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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1972

Page

4

Warplanes Target Reds Near DMZ in Broad Vietnam Drive

U S planes staged heavy bombing against North Vietnamese supply lines below the DMZ as government forces pressed a counteroffensive in Quang Tri and Kontum. More than 315 air strikes hit Communist targets in the north, 90 missions against routes in North Vietnam, and 50 B52s dropped up to 1000 tons of bombs on Quang Tri targets.

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Senators Open Informal Hearings On Congress Reform

Sen. Charles Mathias Jr. opens hearings arguing Congress is a relic and must reform to preserve the system of separate and equal powers. Sen. Adlai Stevenson joins as 15 witnesses including Lucy Benson and Clarence Mitchell testify on seniority secrecy and budget coping.

Jane Denison Washington UPI Sen Charles McC. Mathias Jr R-Md Mathias Congress Adlai ¥. Stevenson D-Ill Lucy Wilson Benson League of Women Voters Russell Hemenway National Committee For An Effective Clarence Mitchell Washington NAACP

Shelled Coastal Villages Hit by North Vietnam Strikes

In the north, shells struck populated coastal villages in Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces, damaging homes and forcing residents to flee. Military officials reported shelling along the coastline with bursts of fire breaking the calm.

Thanh Hoa Nghe An

Leaded Gasoline Phaseout Planned

The EPA will issue rules to make lead free gasoline available for 1975 model cars and anti pollution devices, with a possible year delay for a full phaseout. Initial proposals call for 65 percent of stations to sell at least one 91 octane lead free grade by July 1 1974, no more than 0.95 grams of lead per gallon.

Washington Environmental Protection Agency EPA Tists

Five Are Rescued From Ice Floe After Five Days

Five people including an American and three New Zealanders survived five days on drifting ice floes near Antarctica after an engine failure left them adrift. A U S Navy helicopter rescued James Kenneth Lowry and the others near McMurdo Station. they suffered fatigue frostbite and snow blindness. An iceberg rammed their boat during the ordeal.

Scott Base Antarctica U.S. Navy James Kenneth Lowry Richmond McMurdo Station Lowry

EPA estimate on fuel additive costs to raise gasoline price

The EPA projects that replacing certain aromatics with more costly petroleum aromatic substitutes would lift gasoline prices by about 1.65 cents per gallon by 1980. The analysis notes the change reflects shifts in fuel formulation and compliance costs.

EPA

Penguin rescue voyage on drifting ice and failed sighting

A stranded crew on a breaking floe abandoned their boat and hunted a penguin to eat. They patrolled the ice to stay warm as waves and a southerly wind lashed them. They fired flares for a passing plane with no sighting, then a British air force transport alerted a rescue helicopter on Sunday.

Lawry New Zealand

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