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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1972
Page
3
Cherry Hill New Jersey residents embrace a bold conservation scheme after Tillie Spetgong proposes placing bricks in toilet tanks to displace water. Council funds 34 000 bricks for 17 000 homes and 175 volunteers distribute 27 000 bricks with a goal of saving 34 million gallons annually by reducing flushes.
Valerian Spetgang, 13, leaves two bricks with a note on a neighbor’s porch in Cherry Hill New Jersey explaining their purpose to save water by placing them in toilet tanks. About 175 people, mostly teens, distributed bricks to homes in the community of 65 000.
Kansas City AP reports former President Truman, 88, was moved to Research Medical Center with pulmonary congestion. Dr. Wallace Graham marked his condition as serious as of 7:55 a.m. CST, with Mrs. Truman at his side and care ongoing since his hospital admission on June 28 after a fall.
In Paris Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho met for about five hours with no joint statement at session end. It follows Nixon's new instructions after a 24 hour pause amid continuing talks. The venue was a private house in a park, later scenes showed a handshake as they departed. In Wisconsin Sparta a budget hearing proposed 15000 for a feasibility study for a new State Patrol Academy at Camp McCoy.
Fair and very cold Wednesday night with a low near minus twelve. Increasing cloudiness and not so cold Thursday with a high around ten. Light variable winds becoming southerly Thursday. Chance of precipitation up to twenty percent.
A study on marrying thermal pollution controls with aquarium fish farming in Wisconsin and other northern states examines implications for a growing commercial industry. The report analyzes energy use, water management, and market potential for aquaculture.
Joseph Alsop writes about his special appointment with Chinese prime minister Chou En-lai, praising the precision and detail of the interaction and drawing reflections on the Chinese statesman.
Ten members of a local AAUW home economics study group surveyed food costs over six weeks. They also compared store location parking bakery carry-out services and hours open. This item appears on page 11 with related sections like Editorials Ann Landers and stock market notes.
The United States accepts much of a Cuban antihijacking plan including ships and aircraft and envisions extradition of hijackers as an alternative to prosecution. Transportation Secretary Volpe orders new airport security with armed police at checkpoints and electronic screening of all passengers and carry-on baggage within 60 days.
Tarco, Inc. will seek a site on the Hauser farm for its proposed recycling center after a meeting with city officials. The council and committees debated land prices at the Hauser site versus the St. Cloud Street parcel, with Tarco and officials clashing over price and odor and noise controls.
Hillsboro High School removed two books The Learning Tree by Gordon Park and Gary by Milton Bass and weighs forming a joint faculty and town committee to review challenged material. The superintendent reportedly ordered removal and officials favor keeping controversy quiet while the Wisconsin Library Association weighs involvement.
Apollo 17 launches from Cape Kennedy at 8 53 p m CST marking the final American moon voyage of the era. Astronauts Cernan Evans and Schmitt prepare for a 13 day mission atop a Saturn 5 with hopes of lunar samples and scientific work amid overcast skies and warm weather.
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