12 Dec 1972
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1972
Page
1
President Nguyen Van Thieu proposed a peace package including a Christmas cease-fire, immediate release of all American and Vietnamese prisoners of war, and Vietnam only negotiations to reach a settlement with North Vietnam and the Viet Cong.
The pace in Vietnam cease fire talks quickened with two subcommittee meetings in the morning and Kissinger Tho talks in the afternoon. Premier Chou En Lai said an agreement could be signed in Paris in two or three days. Thieu urged presenting a package at Thursday’s four party talks and proposed a Christmas cease fire with actions: release POWs for repatriation and broad consultations among Vietnamese parties to set the stage for a final peace settlement.
Ann Landers presents a puzzle tied to community obituaries and funeral notices. Readers encounter a themed crossword while notices of deaths and funeral arrangements appear alongside editorial content on the page.
Demolition crews will pause work in the downtown core for three weeks to minimize shopper disruption. Major demolition resumes after the first of the year, with focus along Central Avenue and sewer line work near Clinton Street and behind the YMCA.
North Vietnamese troops flee north toward Svay Rheng in Cambodia after heavy fighting near Tay Ninh. Saigon reports 79 enemy killed and three wounded, with air strikes and artillery harassing the retreating battalion as U S B 52s pound supply dumps along the coast near the DMZ.
In Taurus Littrow Valley astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt rest in their Challenger module after a near perfect moon landing. Ronald Evans aboard America monitors science gear as the two prepare to drive Rover to a South Massif slide to collect rocks dating to lunar beginnings.
Cloudy skies with rain likely tonight and a chance of showers Wednesday. Highs in the 40s, with cooler late afternoon. Extended outlook shows rain Thursday and Friday with highs in the 30s and lows in the 20s. Yesterday in Middletown reached 27 with a 26 overnight low and a trace of rain.
The concourse murals, 14 by an artist group, face destruction around February 15 as Southern Railway plans tearing down the concourse. University of Cincinnati art historian Gabriel Weisberg on the mayor's task force urges preservation efforts and warns the date undermines those plans.
Dwight Beede 69, recently retired Youngstown State football coach, is missing since Sunday. Authorities plan to drag Little Beaver Creek today as five sheriffs deputies and about a dozen family and friends search the farm near the creek. Beede retired after 1972 season and was honored Friday at an East-West Shrine banquet for his football career.
A quip defines a bachelor as a man wholly devoted to fife liberty and the happiness of pursuit, emphasizing independence and personal joy over marriage.
The General Assembly legal committee approved a plan to limit U.N. action on terrorism to a study of its causes, by 76 votes to 34. The United States and allies abandoned their treaty bid, signaling a move to pursue anti-terror measures outside the U.N. system.
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