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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1972
Page
1
Wisconsin’s 1972 toll rose to 1132 as a Kenosha man died today. Dane County approves nearly $500000 in salary increases for about 1000 county employees under the 1973 wage agreement.
U S air raids on Hanoi and Haiphong deepen casualties to a 19 month high as two more B52s and two fighter bombers are shot down. Total U S losses reach eight B52s and four fighters with 43 airmen missing amid claims of POW camp damage and civilian impact.
IRA sources say the guerrillas will suspend offensive operations from midnight tonight to midnight Christmas but will not declare a formal cease fire. They may resume if British Army uses the lull to conduct searches and arrests.
The city will shift routine Monday pickups to Tuesday due to the Christmas holiday. Street superintendent Nate Klassy announced the schedule change.
Tickets are available for the 50th Monroe Chamber of Commerce Banquet to be held Tuesday January 9 at the Monroe Country Club. Featured speaker will be Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Martin J. Schreiber who serves in multiple state commissions and acts as governor when Lucey is away. Tickets from the Chamber Office or Board Directors.
Washington reports consumer prices up three tenths of a percent in November, driven by food, clothing, and residential gas. Beef prices rose, Nixon extends meat import quota suspension into 1973, while the wage price control Phase 2 closes its first year amid a 3.5 percent yearly rise.
President Nixon hosts a Bayside talk with top Vietnam advisers Kissinger and Haig at his Florida island compound. Haig returned from Southeast Asia with Thieu’s reply to threats over a possible U S aid cutoff. White House officials declined to discuss communications between Nixon and Thieu amid peace talks. A Santa Claus dressed hitchhiker humorously signs off at North San Francisco.
The post office will observe Monday December 25 as a holiday at all postal installations. In Monroe there will be no mail delivery by city or rural carriers and no window service offered that day. Regular holiday lock box service, special delivery, and regular holiday collection, receipt and dispatch of mail will be provided.
In Kansas City, doctors reported former president Harry S. Truman, 88, underwent a period of dangerous cardiac instability caused by low blood pressure and a fluttering pulse. He remained in very serious condition though not on the critical list after morning concerns. Kidney function improves on a special amino acid diet, with careful monitoring for potential body chemistry changes.
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