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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1972
Page
1
Hoosier weather brings a rapid 25 degree drop from near 60 to below zero with ice on roads. Purdue warns farmers to heed safety around harvest gear as harvest delays persist. Indiana construction climbs with residential up 21 percent and nonbuilding up 22 percent this year.
If you have not received your Linton Daily Citizen by 6 00 p m call your carrier first. If no answer call the Citizen office 847-4487. If still no answer call 847-7420.
Apollo 17 crew Captain Eugene Cernan, Commander Ronald Evans, and geologist Harrison Schmitt prepare for a 9:53 p.m. EST liftoff at Cape Kennedy. The 12 day mission aims to collect rocks and map the lunar surface, with a record 75 hours on the moon and a 23 mile moon buggy traverse.
Former President Harry S Truman, age 88, lay seriously ill at Research Hospital in Kansas City. Doctors reported his condition worsened from fair to serious due to pulmonary congestion with fluid in the lungs, as his wife stayed beside him.
Spokesman said vital signs unstable and diagnosis may improve. Neighbors saw an ambulance at the Truman home in Independence Missouri. By 5 30 p m officials announced hospitalization as Bess Truman, 87, joined her husband in the sixth floor room with police and Secret Service control. Mike Westwood served as bodyguard and drove her to the hospital in the family limousine.
President Nixon planned to unveil a new Cabinet and was expected to announce Frederick B. Dent of South Carolina as the new secretary of commerce. Dent would replace Peter G. Peterson, who will leave after a study on international trade.
Soviet rocket attack on Tan Son Nhut, South Vietnam's largest allied airbase, killed nine people and wounded 54. Fifty three 122 mm rockets caused damage to eight houses four helicopters and 6 000 gallons of fuel while delaying nearby commercial flights for hours.
UPI reports peace negotiator Henry Kissinger and Hanoi envoy Le Duc Tho resumed the third session of direct secret talks aimed at ending the Vietnam War. The talks, held in Neuilly sur Seine near Paris, followed a 24 hour break and were back in a changing venue for the fourth site in this round. A Vietnamese spokesman blamed the stalled session on a U S request. the U S side offered no comment.
Governor Whitcomb approves 78 500 to repair and rehabilitate the vacant mansion with the consent of Governor Bowen and his wife Beth. Work includes repainting exteriors masonry repairs a new kitchen heating plant and garage remodeling. The plan preserves the present site at 4343 North Meridian Street and halts a proposed move to IU property along White River.
In Marion Illinois the jury convicts William R. Gonder on seven counts including four aggravated kidnapping and murder for the 8 year old Dorothy Kavanaugh. The parents express relief and wish for capital punishment. Gonder faces sentencing December 20 in Williamson County Circuit Court. remains jailed pending sentencing.
A Pope Air Force Base C130 transport and an F102 from McEntire ANG Base collided during a routine training mission near Bayboro, South Carolina. All 13 crew and occupants died, with no survivors found after a search, though reports of a flaming parachute or debris were noted.
John Burns named Assistant County Supervisor for Bloomfield Farmers Home Administration effective November 26. He transfers from Shelbyville where he served since January 21 and will assist County Supervisor Paul Singleton in FmHA programs across Owen and Greene Counties. Burns, a Noble County native, is a Purdue University graduate.
Indiana Attorney General Theodore Sendak said sheriffs with merit boards cannot promote deputies or grant pay increases. He stated that power now rests with the merit boards rather than the county sheriff in counties with county police forces and merit boards. The opinion was requested by State Board of Accounts examiner Kenneth R. Beesley.
Indiana faced a sharp cold snap with readings near zero within hours as a cold front drove temperatures down from above freezing Tuesday night. Heavy rain turned to freezing precipitation on roads while motorists slowed. lows by 7 am EST ranged from 16 to 19 across Lafayette Terre Haute and Chicago, with forecasts warning of continued bitter conditions statewide.
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