Apollo 17 Makes Precise Lunar Orbit Approach
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cerna n Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt fired the command ship Amer ica for two seconds to place the craft on a steady course toward lunar orbit. The burn raised speed to 2 766 mph from 147 000 miles from Earth as Mission Control corrected a previous off course attempt. The ship was at 132.09 miles from Earth and Moon at 6 36 a m EST as it neared the halfway point of its outward leg.
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Ronald E. Evans
Harrison H. Schmitt
Mission Control
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Lunar
Earth
Kissinger and Tho Meet in Fifth Vietnam Talks in Paris
In Paris Kissinger and Le Duc Tho held a fifth secret session this week aimed at a Vietnam peace settlement. Pompidou, acting as an informal intermediary, hosted a prior meeting with Kissinger as the two sides pushed toward technical details amid a news blackout.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Nixon
Kissinger
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Tho
Navy sailor found guilty of arson and sabotage aboard USS Forrestal
Jeffrey G. Allison, 19, a Navy sailor from Oakland, California, is found guilty by Navy Judge Captain William E. Neely of arson and sabotage in the $7.5 million Forrestal fire. He receives a five year sentence as he stood outside the Norfolk Naval Station during verdict.
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U. 8
Jeffrey G. Allison
Fifth Naval District
Norfolk Naval Station
Navy
William E. Neely
Forresta
Allison
Neeley
Oakland
California
Nixon Orders Kissinger Post Truce Moves Charting Vietnam Plan
At Camp David President Nixon directs Henry Kissinger on prospects after a Vietnam cease fire. He blends Vietnam talks with his reform agenda, budgeting for Congress, and cabinet reshuffles naming Claude S. Brinegar as Volpe’s successor.
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Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Maryland
Vietnam
Murder Task Unit hunts killers of UDA member
Belfast AP report says Northern Ireland's Murder Task Force formed to trap assassins who have killed over 100 this year. The body of Ernest Elliott, 28, a UDA lieutenant colonel, was found with head injuries and bullet wounds in a Belfast panel truck.
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Northern Ireland
Ernest Duke Elliott
Ulster Defense Association
Irish Republican Army
Elliott
UDA
William Whitelaw
Armagh
Nixon Keeps Kleindienst as Attorney General in Second Term
President Nixon confirms Richard Kleindienst remains attorney general while announcing a major Justice Department shakeup. Louis R. Bruce is out as Indian affairs commissioner and Harrison Loesch departs as assistant interior secretary. Robert H. Bork named to replace Edwin Griswold as solicitor general.
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Nixon
Richard Kleindienst
Justice Department
White House
Louis R. Bruce
Harrison Loesch
Ronald L. Ziegler
Yale
Robert H. Bork
Edwin N. Griswold
Unsafe Toys Still on the Albany Market
Health Commissioner Hollis S. Ingraham warns unsafe toys remain on the Christmas market. He urges shoppers to inspect toys for sharp edges, breakable glass, britt le plastic, exposed wires, and small parts that could be swallowed or cause injury.
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Albany
N.Y
Hollis S. Ingraham
Ingraham
Life magazine to cease publication after December 29 issue
Time Inc announces the 36 year old Life magazine will discontinue due to continuing losses. The yearend double issue will close the weekly magazine founded by Henry Luce amid deficits in 1969 1970 and smaller losses in 1971 1972 with 1973 1974 outlooks worsening.
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New York
Life Magazine
Time, Inc
Henry
Luce
Life
Unemployment Falls Sharply in November
The nations jobless rate dropped from 5.5 to 5.2 percent. The number of unemployed fell by over 200000 to 4.2 million, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The employment total stayed near 82.7 million.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Ireland approves removal of church special position
In Dublin voters backed a yes referendum to end the Roman Catholic Church’s special position under the 1937 constitution and broadly approved lowering the voting age from 21 to 18.
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Irish Republic
Dublin
Ireland
Roman Catholic Church
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Three Norwich State Hospital workers suspended after inmate suicide
Hartford AP reports State Mental Health Commissioner Ernest Shepherd suspended three Norwich State Hospital employees following a male patient’s hanging death on Sunday. Names of the employees were not released. Miami AP notes Melvin Brewer will testify via 21 inch TV in a Miami heroin case, with a judge approving the televised testimony as the jurors view the criminologist on screen.
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Hartford
Ernest Shepherd
Norwich State Hospital
Brewer
Dade County Public Safety Department
Three Cuban Hijackers Seek Asylum in Miami
The United States plans to grant asylum to three young Cuban men who allegedly hijacked a Cuban government fishing boat to Florida this week. Government sources deny that they will be sent back to Havana to avoid jeopardizing talks on hijacking.
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Miami, Fla
U.S
Florida
Miami News
Havana
Oil import rules to ease for heating fuel
The Office of Emergency Preparedness announced that oil import regulations will be relaxed for the first four months of 1973 to boost fuel oil supply for heating. The move aims to meet the tight fuel situation described in the statement.
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Washington
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Summit-Type Meet Called Over Boston Area Slayings
Massachusetts Attorney General proposes a summit type conference as authorities pursue a possible serial killer case. Investigators review a string of killings and disappearances of young women in the Boston area over recent months.
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Boston
Sachusetts
Plane Pirates Slain U S Professor Aids Foiled Hijacking
U S professor Roderick Hilsinger of Temple University helped foil a hijack on an Ethiopian Airlines jet from Addis Ababa. He grabbed a live grenade dropped by a panicky hijacker and hurled it toward an empty seat as security guards shot seven hijackers, including a woman, with ten involved and three later arrested. The Boeing 707 with 94 aboard landed safely after one engine and the rudder were damaged.
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Ethopia
Roderick Hilsinger
Temple University
Philadelphia
Rean
Asmara
Richard Wylie
Hilsinger
Rockefeller Uses Cabinet As Think Tank For Society Study
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller uses his cabinet as a think tank to launch a wide study of modern American institutions. The plan envisions panels to examine private sector and government roles, federal state local power division, and inter nation relations.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
White House
CSEA Topples SEIU in State Employee Election
In Albany the Civil Service Employees Association reports a 2 to 1 lead in in person voting for state worker union representation. Final tally shows CSEA 7 825 to SEIU 3 724 with 67 votes for non union and 1 415 ballots challenged.
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CSEA
Albany, N.Y
Civil Service Employes Association
Service Employes International Union
SEIU
Aflcio
Nixon Sending Surgeon to Aid Imelda Marcos
Manila AP United States President Nixon will send Dr. Robert T. Chase from Stanford Medical Center to treat Imelda Marcos after a bolo knife attack damaged her right hand. Marcos said the surgeon would arrive soon to connect severed tendons. Guards killed the assailant as Marcos spoke of the incident and recovery prospects.
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Manila
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Nixon
California
Imelda
Marcos
Robert T. Chase
Stanford Medical Center
Commuter Group Urges LIRR to Resist Wage Demands
A 5000 member coalition urged the Long Island Rail Road to resist what it called outrageous wage demands by striking nonoperating employees. The dispute, entering a second week, has halted talks and jeopardized fares with 90 000 daily riders affected. Nassau and Suffolk executives urged a quick, workable settlement as overcrowding rose at key IND feeder stations.
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New York
Long Island Rail Road
The
Council of Commuter
Ronan
Nassau County
Ralph Case
Suffolk County
John Klein
Caso
IND
169Th
17Th Streets
Long Island
Physician Concern Over Truman Heart
Kansas City AP reports former President Harry S. Truman remains on the critical list at Research Hospital and Medical Center. Dr. Wallace Graham said the heart showed irritability and stress with limited improvement, while Truman’s overall condition fluctuates as family members remain at his side.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital
Wallace Graham
Truman
Graham
Independence
John Drewes
Guilty Plea Tied to Doctored News Stories Extortion
West Haven man James R. Morico pleaded guilty to using forged New York Daily News stories to pressure Ansonia industrialist Paul H. Hershey into paying 50000 dollars. Morico halted his trial on the second day and two more West Haven residents face trial in the same case. Hershey, 82, chairman of Hershey Metal Products, described a letter from a "Leonard Libby" and a Daily News article threatening exposure in Newark if the money was not paid.
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NEW Haven
West Haven
New York Daily News
James R. Morico
Morico
Paul H. Hershey
Hershey Metal Products
Hershey
Leonard Libby
Daily News
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