Andes crash survivor recalls 69 days of ordeal
Roberto Canessa, one of 40 passengers and five crew aboard a Uruguayan Air Force plane, survived a two month freezing ordeal in the Andes after a crash. He and Fernando Parrado trekked 10 days through rugged terrain to seek help, while eight others died in a snowslide. Survivors sustained on chocolate bars and melted snow, using wreckage as shelter and improvised blankets.
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Chile
Roberto Canessa
Canessa
Andes
Fernando
Fernando Parrado
Fairchild
Two More B52 Losses Reported In North Vietnam
AP dispatch reports sixth straight day of heavy North Vietnam air strikes with the loss of ninth and tenth B52 bombers. Between 12 and 14 American fliers reported missing as raids hit Hanoi Haiphong area including a major hospital and damage to diplomatic buildings and Haiphong ships.
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North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S
United States
Radio
America
Vietnam
Federal Agents Crack Down On Bookmaking Operation
Federal agents assisted by Texas Rangers and the DPS executed search warrants on nine Midland Odessa and Monahans sites in a coordinated raid. No arrests were reported though evidence was seized and cases are due before the federal grand jury meeting January 2 in Midland. Donald Sullivan led the operation. local officers were not identified as participants.
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Midland
Monahans
el Paso
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Asst
Thomas Westfall
Westfall
FBI
Texas Rangers
DPS
Federal Grand Jury
Paso
U.S
Noel Cason
Cason
Ector County
Ideal Day On Tap For Grid Game
Permian High Panthers meet Baytown Sterling Rangers in the Texas state 4-A football final in Austin at 2 p.m. with an expected crowd of about 8000 from the Odessa area. Skies will be clear to partly cloudy, south winds 6 to 16 mph, and Texas weather suits the title game with mild weekend highs around 63 to 77 across the region.
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Permian High
Panthers
Baytown Sterling Rangers
Odessa Area
Permian Basins
National Weather Service
Terminal
Truman in serious condition as crisis returns
Kansas City AP reports Harry S Truman, 88, sank into unconsciousness and faced a renewed period of dangerous heart instability on the 17th day of hospitalization. Doctors noted possible worsening, with lung congestion and kidney function under close watch as his wife rushed to the hospital.
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Kansas City
Harry S
Truman
Panthers Go For Texas Title In Texas High School Final
Permian High School meets Baytown Sterling at Memorial Stadium in Austin for the 1972 state championship game. Permian arrives 13-0 with playoff wins over Wichita Falls Denton Lubbock Monterey and Dallas Skyline. Sterling is 13-1 after beating San Antonio Lee and others. The game draws an estimated 30 000 spectators with 8 000 from Odessa expected. Permian favored by six.
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Permian High School
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King of Texas
Mojo
Midland-Odessa
University of Texas’ Memorial
Permian
Sterling
Texas
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Harris Raling
Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Denton
Lubbock Monterey
Dallas Skyline
Houston Westchester
Baytown
al Dennis
Rangers
Houston Washington
Houston Bellaire
Galveston Ball
San Antonio Lee
Skyline
Wife Killed In Court Shootout In Florida Divorce Hearing
In Jacksonville a divorce hearing turned deadly when Rudell Hickson and his wife drew pistols and opened fire. Mrs Hickson died from multiple wounds while Hickson was wounded and charged with murder under a felony-death rule. An off duty officer may have fired the fatal shot.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Rudell Hickson
Florida
Duval County
Mike Gould
Hickson
Fred Lampe
3500 New York Trial Lawyers Pledge Defense of Press Freedom
An Association of 3,500 New York trial lawyers pledged Friday to defend freedom of the press, denouncing what it called a major attack by the Nixon administration. The statement highlights concern over government actions perceived as curbing press rights.
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New York
Two Are Charged In Dealey Kidnap
Amanda Dealey, wife of Dallas Morning News scion Joe M. Dealey Jr., was freed unharmed after kidnapers held her two days in an abandoned house. FBI says two Garland brothers Franklin J. Ransonette and Woodrow H. Ransonette were arrested with $250,000 in marked bills. The ransom payoff involved a staged money drop and a veiled threat to kill if the story leaked. The Dealey family, weary from the vigil, had kept details under tight wraps prior to the arrest.
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Joe M. Dealey Jr
Dallas
Garland
Franklin
Amanda Dealey
Franklin Joseph Ransonette
Woodrow Holmes Ransonette
Fourth General Publishing
Dallas Morning News
Dealey
Dealeys
Dallas News
The Quipster Marriage Lesson
A joke turns sour as a man discovers his wife married him for cooking and housekeeping, only to realize he married her for the same reason. The quip reveals mutual motives and a comic, pointed reflection on marriage expectations.
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