Apollo 17 ends lunar mission with Challenger crash
Apollo 17 crews prepared for return after sending the lunar module Challenger into the moon near Taurus Littrow. Cernan Schmitt and Evans will wrap up tasks including spacewalks and film cassette retrieval as plans call for splashdown in the South Pacific.
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Taurus- Littrow
Cernan
Schmitt
Moon
America
Earth
Evans
Space
South Pacific
United States
David Strangway
Manned Spacecraft Center
DPS predicts Texas Christmas New Year traffic tolls
The Department of Public Safety estimates 87 will die in Texas traffic crashes during the Christmas and New Year holidays. Twelve days span the period with 6 p.m. Dec 22 to 12 a.m. Dec 25 and 6 p.m. Dec 29 to 12 a.m. Jan 1 cited for projected fatalities.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Department of Public Safety Today
Texas
DPS
Nixon Clean Sweep At Labor Department Sets New Team
President Nixon accepted the resignations of six top Labor Department officials including the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Assistant secretaries W. J. Usery Jr. and Michael H. Moskow are expected to remain as holdovers in the new administration.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
W. J. Usery Jr
Michael H. Moskow
Mesquite to Share in Dallas Police Helicopter Service
Mesquite and several area police agencies will share Dallas Police Department helicopters under a federal grant of 394,782 dollars received in May 1971. Capt. Travis Hass and Sgt. Bob Credille attended the Dallas meeting to coordinate the joint program and brief visiting officers on helicopter capabilities and use.
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Mesquite Police Department
Dallas Police Department
Dallas Area
Travis Hass
Mesquite Police
Bob Credille
Dallas
Hass
DPD
Texas Criminal Justice Council
L. W
Dallas Helicopter Program Expands to Regional Law Enforcement
Spradlin announces purchase of four helicopters and equipment to serve Dallas and neighboring counties. Routine patrol remains in Dallas city limits, but helicopters will assist other agencies in emergencies. Two day meetings introduced coordinators, guidelines, and tech details to Dallas Police and partner departments from multiple counties and cities.
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Spradlin
Dallas
Partment
Sheriff’s Departments
Ellis, Kaufman
Mesquite Fire Department Marks 15th Anniversary
Mesquite observes 15 years since the paid department formed with James Lewis as fire chief. Lewis, who remains chief, will receive a 15 year service award at the December 15 city employee Christmas party. The department started Jan 1958 with seven hires and now has four stations, a fifth under construction, and 77 personnel by January 1973.
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Mesquite
Lewis
Central Fire Station
L. G. Riggs
John McDaniel
W. F. May
Hugh Cahn
Richard Powell
Victor D. O’neal
Percy Johnson
Billy Knoerr
Benny Simons
Jerry Atchley
Jack Hartless
W. H. Schulgen
Joe Gunter
Lewis Risner
Guy Hargrove
Football Receipts Decline 20 Percent in Mesquite 1972
Net receipts from Mesquite secondary school football fell 20 percent in 1972 to 62,623, down from 75,300 in 1971. The drop, linked to the absence of playoff games this year, comes after 1970 and 1969 totals of 342,837 and 35,844, respectively, with North Mesquite accounting for the largest share at 33,007.
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Mesquite
North Mesquite High School
Stallions
Arlington
Mesquite High School
Samuels
Skyline
Bryan Adams
South Garland
Denton
Spruce
Pearce
Bishop Dunne
Bishop Lynch
Turner
Highland Park
Garland
North Mesquite
Motel theft at Villa Inn Mesquite involves TV and bedspread
A Georgia couple checked into the Villa Inn in Mesquite on Tuesday and left the next day with a 21 inch Admiral television and a $345 bedspread worth 450. Mesquite Police report the items were taken from a room rented to a man and woman from Georgia.
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Villa Inn
Mesquite
Admiral
Georgia
Nader presses media to send reporters to White House
Ralph Nader called the White House press corps a mimeograph machine for Nixon and urged investigative teams to probe the White House. He argued the press merely mirrors the President's statements and shows no independent judgment.
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Nader
Press Washington
UPI
White House
Mesquite Independent Schools Close Early for Christmas Break
Mesquite Independent School District students began a 17 day Christmas vacation with dismissal at 2 p m today. Classes resume Tuesday January 2, 1973. The Daily News will announce after the holidays when the district makes up the two days missed earlier this week due to bad weather.
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Mesquite Independent
The
Daily News
Balch Springs Holds Yule Lights Contest
Balch Springs Chamber of Commerce announces a Christmas lights contest with 50 prize dollars split 25 to commercial and 25 to residential divisions. Judges are Richard Hill Allie Ray Roberts Chris Kirten and Johnny Thomas. Nominations accepted by phone through December 22.
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Balch Springs
Chamber of Commerce Office
Hughes
Mesquite School Board forms 15 member textbook panel
At its regular meeting the Mesquite School Board appointed a 15 member committee to select textbooks. Dr. Ralph Poteet will chair. Members include Leese Pace, Betty Spence, Naomi Tribble, and others from Mesquite ISD. Adoptions cover grades 4 5 6 texts and secondary courses such as American history civics economics and language offerings.
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Leese Pace
Betty Spence
Naomi Tribble
Florence
Wreck Injuries Reported In Mesquite Two Vehicle Collisions
Mesquite police investigated two injury incidents Thursday. In the 1600 block of Scvene Road and SH 635 a collision involved William Adrian Watkins and Robert Joe Aldridge. Lila Beatrice Watkins suffered slight injuries, while drivers were unhurt and Mrs. Watkins declined treatment. A second crash on Peachtree Road involved Sandra Vaughn Jones whose Corvette struck a fence and tree after a speeding vehicle passed. she was taken to Mesquite General Hospital with slight injuries.
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Scvene Rd
William Adrian Watkins
Hayes Lane
Bald Springs
Robert Joe Aldridge
Springhill
Watkins
Lila Beatrice Watkins
Sandra Vaughn Jones
Hillcrest
Mesquite
Peachtree Rd
Scyene Rd
MPD
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Patrick Murphy
Jersey City
N.J
Frederick Stevens
Civil Service Commission
Truman
Kansas City
Harry S Trunin
Mesquite Chamber of Commerce
Adress
Helicopter
Ational
Pepsi
Ralph Hatch
Pepsi-Cola Manufacturing Bottling Co, Inc
Don Woodal
Wayne Shamblin
Fire Department
Gan
James Fleming
Don Nelson
Tere
Ays Christ
Bank of Mesquite
Gus Thomassen Auad
Ralph Poteet
Carol Howard
Galloway
Ora Speed
Hodges
Betty Hunstable
Lawrence
Liz Cathey
Rutherford
Weimer Converse
Wilkinson
Margery Petrovich
Social Studies
Margaret Birdsong
UPI Telephoto
Richard Nixon
William Henry Bartlett
Tiber Creek
Hallmark Cards
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
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