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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1972
Page
1
The Managua quake and fire devastate central Managua with thousands roaming in shock. Reports say one American killed, water and power cut, presidential palace damaged, and hospitals largely leveled as embassies suffer heavy damage.
An automobile struck a utility pole in Lockport New York causing a short circuit in the air-raid warning system. Sirens sounded waking thousands for about two hours. Driver William Frannz 49 of Royalton escaped injury.
SAN FERNANDO Chile AP Two helicopters evacuated the last eight survivors from a frozen Andean crash site 10 000 feet high on the Chile Argentina border. The Uruguayan rugby team Old Christians members told how 16 had endured hunger blizzards and avalanches after the October 13 derailment.
Americans express gratitude at home and abroad for the holiday as Bethlehem faces a slow tourist season due to poor weather. In California and an Arctic outpost, families share relief and joy as Cmdr Gorden Nakagawa reports a fractured arm after a crash near Hai Phong, while he braces for a second Christmas in captivity.
Fog and drizzle blanket the eastern half of the country while central and southern plains stay clear. Snow and freezing rain strain Montana and North Dakota as rain spreads along the Atlantic coast. Idaho river tributaries remain iced, prompting flood watches as Blackfoot residents return home.
Dennis S. Sabella of North Tonawanda died when his automobile struck a utility pole in Lockout New York. Police reported the fatal crash occurred today and is under investigation by local authorities.
In the first six hours of the holiday period, 102 people died in traffic accidents across the nation. Weather slowed travel with fog and drizzle in the eastern half and snow and freezing rain in the north central region. The toll began at 6 p.m. Friday and runs until midnight Monday.
North Vietnamese officials rejected a South Vietnamese claim that Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap was killed in Haiphong. Hanoi called the report a product of American psychological warfare while U.S. warplanes led a major air blitz over the city.
Two bombs exploded at a Masonic hall in Belfast one minute after midnight marking the IRA cease-fire start. No casualties were reported. A gunman fired at a British soldier in a Catholic area but missed.
Ella Gutosky 28 was found dead in a car in Bridgewater Township New Jersey after apparently driving 60 miles in a daze following an accidental fire at her Levittown Pennsylvania home. She wore only undergarments and a towel when found in the back seat of the car in a warehouse lot.
President Nixon's aides said he left open the possibility of a Yuletide halt to heavy bombing in North Vietnam. Nixon met with Kissinger and Haig to push for a negotiated peace while planning a quiet Christmas at their Key Biscayne villa without the daughters, who are abroad with their husbands.
An editorial reflects on Christmas optimism amid war threat and social decay. It notes sorrow and fear from international tension, poverty, and youth alienation, then cites an ancient Assyrian tablet about enduring civilization, concluding with a wish for a merry Christmas.
North Vietnam media said U S pilots held as POWs in Hanoi were wounded in raids on December 20 and 21. Washington rejected the claim as incorrect. The Hanoi Hilton detention camp houses the majority of the more than 400 U S prisoners of war.
A flash fire in a Toronto mail truck destroyed about 500 pounds of mail mostly Christmas cards with another 500 pounds saved though singed and soggy. Driver Martin Murphy, 19, escaped as the truck burned near its battery cables. Officials will determine if any federal pension checks were destroyed. rescued mail will be dried and delivered Wednesday.
Arnold Miller, new president of the United Mine Workers Union, ousted 20 district trustees and top officials including Edward L. Carey and Suzanne Richards, claiming illegal appointments by W A Boyle. He appointed 20 rank and file members to the executive board and pledged district elections as miners cheered at the headquarters in Washington. Joseph Yablonski attended the swearing in amid tensions from ongoing labor conflicts.
Two Garland brothers were arrested on kidnaping charges after a $250000 ransom was dropped at a specified spot. FBI agents captured Woorow Holmes Ransonnette and Franklin Joseph Ransonnette as they counted money, with the ransom recovered. The victim, Mandy Dealey, praised the captors and described the kidnappers as courteous under the circumstances.
Pueblo hospital offers Visit Vision to let mothers see their children via closed circuit TV. Patients can talk to the visiting child and see the caller's face on a monitor in their room. A chapel camera also allows televized chapel services to all rooms with further interdenominational services planned.
The Donald Wieman family faced a brain aneurysm with six weeks in hospital. They received broad support from Granada area volunteers, Holly donors, and Pueblo neighbors. The highway department contributed 1242 dollars and local churches prayed for recovery as the family plans to heal at home.
Kansas City AP report says former president Harry S. Truman, 88, remained unconscious and in critical condition at Research Hospital and Medical Center after increased lung congestion and kidney issues. A hospital spokesman noted decreased responsiveness as blood pressure stayed normal with medication.
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