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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1972
Page
1
Area forecaster warns December will bring much below normal temperatures with highs near five degrees below normal. Soils may stay frozen during day, easing concerns for farmers with lingering crops.
December began with subdued weather as temperatures hovered in the 30s and 40s across Indiana. A 10 to 30 percent chance of snow was forecast, with highs from 38 to 45 and overnight lows in the upper 20s to low 30s, then highs in the mid 30s to upper 40s on Saturday.
In Marion Illinois UPI reports five witnesses testified in the William R. Gonder murder trial. A Lawrenceville woman identified a photo as eight year old Dorothy Kavanaugh and described the attempted escape from an old black and white pickup June 26.
Santa will be in his headquarters on Main St in Linton tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. He will also stop in Linton Thursday Friday and Saturday from now until Christmas with hours 1 to 5 p.m. on Thursday and Saturday and 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday.
South Vietnamese paratroops waded through darkness to reach and retake a hilltop position near Quang Tri City. The hill marked the second such summit seized in three days as combatants push to control the province ahead of a cease-fire. A rocket attack near Bien Hoa Air Base injured several, including four Americans, and a child was killed.
George P. Shultz, a Nixon Cabinet founder, is expected to stay on as treasury secretary in the second term. He joined the administration in 1969 and has held multiple posts including labor secretary and OMB head. Nixon and Connally discussed international economic affairs during a weekend at Key Biscayne.
The Twentieth Century Fund task force will launch a national news council next year to investigate public complaints about the press and counter threats to press freedom. It aims to focus on major news suppliers rather than local outlets, with similar bodies already in Britain Sweden New Zealand and parts of the US.
Police arrested Keith L. Apple 29, Ronald L Boone 24, and Jimmy D. Skinner 23 after uncovering a ring distributing amphetamines and barbiturates to high school students. Apple hosted six months of meetings promoting police support under John Birch Society themes. The trio allegedly sold 100 amphetamine bags for 25 dollars to teens who resold for 50 dollars, with $10,000 in drugs seized at their north side home.
A Communist document circulated in Paris claims the Vietnam cease fire draft guarantees broad democratic liberties in the south. It cites private enterprise and property rights and freedoms of religion press assembly organization travel. Negotiations in Paris and Washington show deadlock over Saigon's demands and Kissinger’s talks with Le Duc Tho. Porter urged caution about pessimism as talks continue.
Indianapoli s UPI mayors at the 49th Congress of Cities urged continued federal aid under the revenue sharing law. Led by Roman Gribbs and Sam Massel, they backed block grants, local control, noise limits on aircraft, gun sales limits, and billboard restrictions as next policy aims.
Eight days of balloting began across the coal fields for the United Mine Workers presidency with federal agents at polling places. Incumbent W A Boyle opposes Arnold Miller, backed by Miners for Democracy, in a vote involving about 205 000 members under court and Labor Department supervision costing roughly 4 million dollars.
Apollo 17 crew Eugene A. Cernan Ronald E. Evans and Harrison H. Schmitt receive a morning long medical exam in Cape Kennedy in preparation for a Wednesday night launch ending an era at America's moon port. They have lived in quarantine for two weeks and followed a high potassium diet to reduce heart risks. Weather outlook for a 9 53 p m EST liftoff is favorable and countdown proceeds smoothly at complex 39.
State Department officials say Cuba will resume refugee airlifts to the United States soon. The move does not indicate a thaw in relations. Cuba halted the airlift on May 12. They have informed via the Swiss Embassy in Havana that 3,400 people are being processed for departure to Florida.
Mrs. Raymond Johnson a 72 year old Bloomfield resident was admitted to Greene County Hospital with injuries after a two car crash at 12 30 p m Thursday at the junction of Highways 54 and7 west of Bloomfield Deputy Sheriff Mike Holts investigated and reported that Raymond Johnson 71 driving a 1969 Chevrolet north on Highway 97 turned onto Highway 54 and was rear ended by Dale Fry 33 driving a 1964 Ford truck Johnsons car sustained about 250 in damage and the Fry truck about 500
Firemen probing a downtown skyscraper fire in the Bault Center say a secretary reported a warning she received that the building would blow at 1 p.m. The 16 story building burned Wednesday. three women who jumped to safety died and a man perished in flames. Three others were critically injured. Authorities questioned the secretary and another woman about the warning.
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