Mesquite Police Investigate Two Vehicle Accidents
Mesquite officers investigated two Wednesday crashes injuring a Nova driver and a 16 year old pedestrian. A 1963 Corvette collided with a 1973 Nova injuring the Nova driver, who was hospitalized. Later a 16 year old pedestrian was struck by a Pontiac Catalina with minor injuries treated.
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Worth W. Harris
Ebriie St
Lillie P. Smith
Old London
Kearney St
Melvin Willis Jr
Mesquite General Hospital
Michael Allen Gibbons
Hula
Motley Dr
Harmon Ivie
Young Gibbons
Nixon offers best wishes to Apollo 17 crew
Nixon issued a personal message to the Apollo 17 astronauts after launch praising the mission as the crowning achievement of the program and wishing them a safe return. In Dallas, Jo Ann Rue, 27, of Trenton New Jersey died after being raped and shot during a motel robbery. One suspect, Michael W Madden 21 of Dallas, a methadone clinic patient, has been arrested, with two other men injured but recovering.
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Message Space Center
Ouston
UPI
Dallas
Jo Ann Rue
Trenton
N. J
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Michael W. Madden
Mice Voyage With Apollo 17 Marks Animal Space Test
Five pocket mice weighing about one third of an ounce flew toward the moon aboard Apollo 17 to study cosmic ray effects. The mice, unnamed, are the first animals and humans to travel together in space, advancing biomedical tests aboard the mission.
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Space Center
Houston
UPI
Apollo 17 Astronauts Launch Toward Moon
Apollo 17 lifted off from Cape Kennedy after a 2 hour 40 minute delay due to an electronic circuit fault. The crew Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt aimed for a Sunday moon landing as mission control bypassed the issue and boosted the rocket’s burn.
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Houston
APS
America
Cape Kennedy
Cape
Alabama
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Moon
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison H
Jack
Burglary Steals Four Guns From Hackler Home
Four firearms and ammunition were taken from Terry R. Hackler’s residence at 2013 Sycamore after burglars forced a back door and searched a bedroom closet. Items stolen include two 12 gauge shotguns, a revolver, a Czech-made pistol, two shotgun cases, and ammunition.
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Terry R. Hackler
Sycamore
Truman's Condition Improves Amid Health Crisis
Former President Harry S Truman, age 88, shows improved condition after a spell of critical health. Doctors report his heart and lungs stabilized though his age keeps the outlook guarded. daughter Margaret Truman Daniel expresses strong faith he will recover.
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Kansas City
UPI
Harry S Truman
Truman
At Research Hospital
Wallace Graham
Independence
Bess
Margaret Truman Daniel
Mesquite School District Hosts December Christmas Programs
December brings crowded schedules in Mesquite schools with PTA events at Motley Florence Tosch Lawrence McWhorter Rutherford Shands Hodges Tisinger. Black Elementary hosts a 7 p.m program. Mesquite High School debuts Here's Love December 9 with a choir and band concerts through December 14 and NMHS faces Nimitz on December 15.
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Tosch
Lawrence
McWhorter
Rutherford
Shands
Hodges
Tisinger
Black
Augel
Mesquite High School
Agnew
Range Elementary School
North
TEC to Establish Office in Mesquite
Rex Miller announces a new Texas Employment Commission branch in Mesquite to open by January 15 1972. The 16 member staff will operate from a Gus Thomasson Road site near Broadway Skating Rink, with services including veterans aid, on the job training, counseling, and local chamber support. Miller notedTEC offices nationwide follow uniform job codes and classifications.
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Rex Miller
New Texas Employment Commission
Mesquite
Charles Schuerenburg
TEC
Schuerenberg
Weldon Lacy
Texas Employment Commission
Miller
Texas Employment Commis
United States
SEC
Veterans’ Affairs
Chambers of Commerce
Charles Schuerenberg
Holiday Inn
Texas Employment Come Mission
Dallas County
Kansas
The
University of Wichita
Tiger Bites Host and Lion Damages Car at Preserve
Tiger Bives Paar WEST MILFORD N J UPI a tiger bit talk show host Jack Paar and a lion ripped open the tire of a car carrying Paar and John F Kennedy Jr during a filming session at a wildlife preserve on Wednesday. Dan Brennan executive vice president of the Warner Bros Jungle Habitat said Paar would have a sore wrist for a day or two and that the wounds were from playfully picking up a six month old tiger. The wound required five stitches Brennan said.
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West Milford
N. J
UPI
Jack Paar
Paar
John F. Kennedy Jr
Dan Brennan
Warner Bros. Jungle Habitat
Brennan
Salvation Army Kettle Tradition Began in 1894 Portside San Francisco
In 1894 the Salvation Army started the red kettle tradition to aid hungry sailors on San Francisco’s waterfront. Captain Joseph McFee funded a soup kitchen and shelter, while kettles spread nationwide by 1900. This year the program aids the sick elderly veterans in hospitals and prisoners, with toys shoes warm clothes and Christmas dinners for thousands through kettle donations.
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Martha Nelle Carr
Market Street
San Francisco
Salvation Army
Texas
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