18 Dec 1972
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Newspaper
Mesquite Daily News
Location
Mesquite, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1972
Page
1
Reports from Saigon indicate renewed U S air operations north of the 20th parallel with rockets on Hai Phong outskirts and harbor mines. Ground fighting in South Vietnam produced heavy losses for Communist forces in bitter engagement.
A 1972 Mesquite traffic death tally lists ten fatalities by November 2 including Zana belle James 10 struck at Gus Thomas son Rd and Laura Ann Chadwick 8 hit on Oleander Trail as well as others such as B Otis May 32 a pedestrian on IH 30 Dudley G Tillery 12 struck on Town East Blvd and Lisa Jane Fox 4 with sibling Bailey Derrell Fox 2 after IH 635 incident. The year ends with Jessie F Seabourn 65 dying after a collision at SH 352 Peach tree Rd.
Apollo 17 astronauts Cernan Evans and Schmitt push a record-fast return from Taurus Littrow as they head for a splashdown in the South Pacific aboard a mission hailed as highly productive. The crew reports distance and pace, while weather favors a safe reentry and a televised news conference looms.
A burglary at 1602 Hickory Tree Rd for a total loss of 1480 dollars involved theft of 1100 in checks and cash 380 in rent receipts and a key from an office desk. The break in occurred between 2 and 9 30 a m on Saturday. The rest of the text relates to space observations and not to the crime.
Hugh W. Thornton aged 38 is in serious condition at Parkland Hospital Dallas Burn Center after a Friday night accident at Conoco Service Station 3300 Oates Dr Mesquite Thornton suffered third degree burns over 48 percent of his body when gasoline fumes ignited while he cleaned the floor He was transported by Mesquite Fire Department ambulance to Parkland.
Rep Emanuel Celler of New York is awarded the B nai B Rith President s Medal after leaving Congress following nearly 50 years in office. A Nixon letter praising his half century of public service was read at a Sunday luncheon in his honor. Celler was defeated in a spring primary.
Colonel Wilson E Speir director of the Texas Department of Public Safety urged motorists and pedestrians to help prevent an estimated 87 traffic deaths during the Christmas and New Year holidays. He cited 46 fatalities for Christmas and 41 for New Year with safety tips to drive friendly obey traffic laws avoid drinking and take rest stops.
Hubert Clanton 48 of Whitehouse died in a hospital from burns after his pickup truck burst into flames in an Interstate 20 crash near Farm to Market 460. Investigators said the eastbound vehicle grazed a bridge, swerved into an embankment and caught fire.
Texas family members linked to 1971 Mesquite killings are extradited to Colorado on kidnapping and murder charges. Carl Robert Taylor and Sherman McCrary, flown from California, face charges in the Looney and Covey cases. suspicions tie Ginger McCrary Taylor's testimony to the indictments.
Eastfield College and Mountain View College have become fully accredited members of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Richland College advances toward accreditation with transfer courses already accepted nationwide.
Merle O Barr reported a 1967 or 1968 John Deere hay baler stolen from a field at Motley Dr and Town East Blvd in Mesquite. The baler was left at 9 am Saturday and missing when he returned two hours later. it appeared to have been towed away by a vehicle.
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