Ice and snow slow Indiana roads amid winter woes
Snow and ice reach Indiana with slick streets in Bicknell and Seymour areas before dawn. The Linton supplement lists 2936 names, likely World War I draft rolls, headed by Joseph Praboy of Linton and Herman Ball of Worthington.
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Indiana
Bicknell
Seymour
Ancil Tryon
Linton
Linton Daily Citizen
Joesph Praboy
Herman Ball
Worthington
Newcastle
Jasonville Gun Club
Ax and Fry
James Booker
Vandalia
Columbia Music Store
Will Hays
Sullivan
America
Christian Advocate
England
Elizabeth
Europe
Sailors Rescued From Freighter Lincoln Express
The Coast Guard rescued 21 crew members from the sinking Lincoln Express off Puerto Rico. Five were saved from a lifeboat and 16 others from the water overnight. Officials dispute exact aboard count as Bahama Lines reports all aboard may be safe. The ship sank four miles north of Puerto Rico near San Juan around 5 p.m. Thursday.
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Miami
UPS
Coast Guard
Puerto Rico
Bahama Lines of
Mike Truyno
San Juan
Montreal hijacker surrenders after 10 hours of crisis
Larry M. Stanford 21 hijacked a Quebec air flight with 62 aboard at Wabash Labrador. He held a stewardess hostage, forced a Montreal Ottawa round trip, then surrendered to his father and psychiatrist after a 10 hour standoff. He sought help amid psychiatric care history.
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Montreal
UPI
Quebec
Wabash
Labrador
Corp
Earl McLeod
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Bruno Cormier
Stanford
Canada
Larry M. Stanford
St. John
N.B
Center
Quebecair
Peron Rejects Argentine Presidential Nomination and Flees to Paraguay
Former Argentine President Juan D. Peron refused a presidential nomination barred by the military government and flew to Paraguay amid welcoming crowds. He heads toward exile in Madrid for Christmas, ending the initial phase of his limited homeland political return.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
UPI
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Madrid
Miller Lead Increases In Mine Election
Insurgent Arnold R. Miller widens his lead over incumbent Tony Boyle in the United Mine Workers election. Miller, a West Virginia coal miner and reform movement head, tops Boyle by more than 40 thousand votes as the government supervised count nears completion.
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Miller
Washington
UPI
Arnold R. Miller
Tony Boyle
United Mine Workers Union
West Virginia
Reform Movement
Boyle
Labor Department
Heroin Stolen From Police in New York City
The 57 pounds of heroin seized in the French Connection case, worth about 12 million dollars, have been stolen from NYPD headquarters. Police Commissioner Patrick Murphy vows a full investigation, questioning all involved including former detective Eddie Egan who helped inspire The French Connection.
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New York
UPI
New York City
Patrick Murphy
Wll
Eddie Egan
California
Murphy
Robin Moore
Egan
Gene Hackman
Popeye Doyle
Apollo 17 Crew Crash of Lunar Module Ends Moon Mission
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans left the lunar module Challenger crash site near Taurus Littrow after 75 hours on the Moon. They plan to depart lunar orbit at 6 33 p m EST to return to Earth aboard the America.
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Taurus- Littrow
Cernan
Schmitt
Moon
America
Earth
Evans
Space
Apollo 17
South Pacific
United States
Truman's Condition Very Serious
Former President Harry S. Truman suffers a weakened heart congested lung and blocked kidneys with kidney output falling despite treatment. Doctors report he slept fitfully and remains very serious though vital signs stay fairly stable.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Harry S.S Truman
Research Hospital
John Dreves
Dreves
Wallace Graham
Truman
Planes Bomb Red Targets
A record number of B52 bombers hit targets in North Vietnam and jet fighter-bombers carried out heavy raids in South Vietnam. About 50 B52s dropped over 1,400 tons of bombs in the 24 hours ending at noon. The 16 North Vietnam raids were the most in the Indochina war, with 324 South Vietnam strikes reported.
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Saigon
UPS
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
North
U.S
Tho Leaves Paris Hopeful for Vietnam Peace Settlement
North Viet Nam's chief negotiator Le Duc Tho flew from Orly today expressing optimism about a peace settlement after 10 days of talks with Henry Kissinger. He will report to Hanoi and said he will stay in touch with Kissinger as talks continue at a technical level.
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Cernan and Schmitt
David Strangway
Manned _ Spacecraft Center
Moon
Paris
UPI
North Vietnam
Orly
le Duc Tho
Tho
Hanoi
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
Kissinger
William J. Porter
Gif-sur-Yvette
Xuan Thuy
Kissineg
Nixon
Ambulance Driver Rescues Family From Icy River
Indianapolis EMT Tom Wininger 26 risked his safety to rescue Mrs Sharon Taulman 24 and her two children Christopher 4 and Todd 2 after a car rolled off a guard rail into the White River on Michigan Street bridge. They were pulled from the sinking vehicle and treated at General Hospital along with an unnamed passenger. All remained shaken but not seriously hurt.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Tom Wininger
General Hospital
Winninger
Michigan Street
White River
Hoosier Capital
Wininger
Sharon Taulman
Christopher
Todd
Thomas Wininger
Six Amendments Move Toward Indiana 1976 Referendum
The Indiana Constitutional Revision Commission began six new proposed amendments for a 1976 voter referendum. Led by former Gov. Matthew E. Welsh, the group also discussed reviving an unlimited term proposal and expanding borrowing powers. Several amendments passed previously will face a second vote in 1973 before the 1974 ballot.
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Indianap&lisupi
Indiana Constitutional Revision Commission
Otis Bowen
Matthew E. Welsh
Marshall Kizer
Plymouth
Vander
Commission opposes national sales tax for school relief
A presidential advisory commission recommended against creating a national sales tax to relieve local property owners funding public schools. The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, with federal state and local members, said such a tax is unnecessary amid concerns over inequities from relying on property taxes. President Nixon had asked the study, focusing on the value added tax used in Western Europe.
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Washington
UPI
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Nixon
Western
Europe
Judge Announces Six Appointments in Greene County
Judge Edwin B. Long of Greene Circuit Court announced six new appointments this morning. Ruth Workman of Bloomfield joined the Greene County Welfare Board replacing Betty Cross who moved to Bloomington. Charles Mansfield and Elmer Pratt O Nea l were named jury commissioners. Ruth Owen was reap pointed as probation officer. Andrew R. Bennie was named court bailiff and Billie Fitzpatrick became the official court reporter.
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Edwin B. Long
Greene Circuit Court
Ruth Workman
Bloomfield
Greene County Welfare Board
Betty Cross
Bloomington
Charles Mansfield
Elmer Pratt
O'Neal
Ruth Owen
Andrew R. Bennie
Billie Fitzpatrick
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