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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1972
Page
1
A brief UPI wirephoto caption notes that an individual was arrested but then talked to and released, with no further details provided on the incident or location.
Former President Harry S. Truman was hospitalized in Kansas City with serious condition due to bronchitis complicated by arterial sclerosis and pulmonary congestion. Doctors report conscious with inhalation therapy and antibiotics, as Margaret Truman Daniel considers traveling to visit.
State Mental Health Commissioner Ernest Shepherd said he was asked to discipline five employees at Norwich State Hospital after a patient died by own action Sunday. The hospital also disclosed a second death by asphyxia in a bath tub in the same building on October 20. The New London Day reported two of the named employees are high-ranking supervisors and Superintendent Morgan Martin urged short suspensions without pay.
Daniel Mecca Jr. indicted on two counts of murder for the Oct. 16 shooting of Howard and Ruth Girouard on their front lawn in Waterbury. He was held on 250000 dollars bond after a judge entered a not guilty plea for him.
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 0 that defendants with affirmed convictions on tie votes may appeal again on the same issues. Justice Powell said tie votes affirm lower decisions but settle no legal questions, entitling a second review. Heavy rain and melting snow caused flash flooding in Western New York with some school closures. In Providence, Penn Central Railroad faced ICC scrutiny over discouraging passenger patronage on commuter trains as witnesses testified.
In downtown Buffalo two bank robberies occurred Tuesday. Estelle A. Harris, 24, of Buffalo, was charged with robbing the Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. branch. Earlier, a Marine Midland Western bank branch was held up by a woman who demanded money to rescue her daughter, with an officer saying another woman was held for questioning.
The United States accepts a major portion of Cuba s plan to curb hijackings including keeping anti Castro refugees from harassing the island. A draft agreement also includes extradition of hijackers as an alternative to prosecution and new security rules for air travel.
President Nixon announced Earl Butz will remain secretary of agriculture and Frederick B. Dent will replace Peter G. Peterson as commerce secretary. Peterson to take a temporary mission abroad before returning to private life. Dent, 50, longtime Mayfair Mills president, is a Yale graduate and textile leader. Other changes include James T. Lynn to housing secretary and Roger Morton staying interior secretary. Deputy Secretary Walker and Asst. Secretary Rasides also resign. The president plans to spend the week at Camp David refining his second term administration.
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Seventeen the last Apollo flight lifts to moon on 13 day journey drama surrounds the crew Cernan Evans Schmitt 9 53 p m EST launch weather a factor but officials deem countdown smooth Schmitt bachelor and geologist watched by families and peers as Admiral Shepard notes the team’s readiness. future plans include earth orbit labs and a space shuttle in the late 1970s
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese gunners fired more than 50 rockets into Tan Son Nhut Air Base and nearby areas in the heaviest attack on Saigon since Tet. About 1,500 government troops fought Tam Binh Village with air support as nine people died and 54 were wounded in the rocket strike, including one American.
In Conway South Carolina a jet fighter and a 130 turboprop transport collided at night, wreckage scattered along a highway. The fighter pilot Captain Thomas C. Hagood Jr. of Lexington Kentucky was killed and no survivors were reported aboard the transport, which may have carried 10 to 12 crew on a training mission.
In Paris Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho held a third session totaling 5 1 2 hours with no statement on progress. Nixon sent new instructions during a 24 hour pause as both sides return to talks amid cautious public silence on a ceasefire draft.
The Nixon administration is likely to challenge a federal judge’s order that HEW cut off federal funds to enforce desegregation in 17 states. The decision could trigger new orders against segregated public schools and colleges, with implementation details to be drawn by mid December.
Earl J. Guthridge, who helped train moon walkers and worked on the Apollo program, cannot view the Apollo 17 mission launch because he now works nights as an apprentice electrician earning much less. He laments missing the space events and his friend Eugene Cernan, the mission commander.
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