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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1972
Page
6
Intelligence links a minor attack on Nakhon Phanom Air Base to rising Thai Communist activity. Reports say one American officer wounded. base facilities and aircraft unharmed. About 49,000 U.S. airmen at seven Thai bases may face greater threats as tensions grow near Laos.
Frederick Dent, a South Carolina textile magnate, named secretary of commerce replacing Peter Peterson who will head a new agency. Claude Brinegar named secretary of transportation succeeding John Volpe, who becomes ambassador to Italy. Brinegar is a Los Angeles oil executive.
Los Angeles AP report says the Pentagon Papers trial will start next Tuesday with about 100 pages of government evidence barred for not being disclosed to the defense. Judge Matt Byrne allows most new material but deems portions as moving targets and denies extra prep time. Ellsberg and Russo face espionage conspiracy and theft charges over the Vietnam era leak. appeal to the 9th Circuit seeks jury trial continuation.
In Dallas the National Council of Churches urged an immediate halt to U S bombing in Vietnam and called for penitence and thanksgiving services when a ceasefire is signed. The 20 resolutions praised peace talks while urging churches to reflect in action and life.
In Belfast the Murder Task Force searches for gunmen after the body of Ernest Duke Elliott, 28, a UDA lieutenant colonel, is found with head wounds in a stolen panel truck. Bombs injure several in Armagh and a factory fire hits Portadown as referendum voting begins in the Republic.
Health statistics reveal one in four men will get cancer and one in 14 will be crippled by emphysema while one in ten already suffers from a mental or emotional problem. The figures underscore the need for preventive health measures and mental support services.
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