03 Nov 1972
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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1972
Page
1
A fire engine with a winch and cable seen around a tree pulls roots from another tree entangled in the undercarriage. Part of a fence is under the truck. Three persons were injured in the accident. More details on Page 2 and in related photo.
The United States drafts a secret plan to station American civilian advisers in South Vietnam after troop withdrawal, to be employed by civilian firms under Defense or State contracts. The move mirrors Laos and may precede a cease fire. U.S. supplies rush into Saigon, including C130 engines, as training lags.
A 61 year old night clerk, Ralph Agrippino, was found in a pool of blood in the Amsterdam Hotel lobby and died en route to a local hospital. Police report stabbing with a sharp instrument. state police investigate.
The United Nations General Assembly committee approved 115 to 0 a plan to create an environmental governing council a fund and a professional secretariat. The fund aims for 100 million dollars in five years with the United States pledging 40 million and others contributing 60 million. The 109 Stockholm recommendations cover climate monitoring resource management water research and waste recycling. The Soviet bloc abstained and criticized binding the Stockholm plan though it voiced general support for international environmental cooperation.
More than 100 U S B52 bombers attacked Communist stockpiles across North and South Vietnam and Laos. Bombing targeted the Ho Chi Minh supply network with 2500 tons of explosives across central highlands and provinces near Saigon.
An New York appellate court ruled that a Civil Service exam notice favoring minority groups violated the state constitution. The Appellate Division upheld injunctions against appointments from the 1970-71 test for the State Professional Careers list and condemned the targeted preferences as arbitrary.
In Kengkok Laos Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese forces overran a town sending Wesley Chopard and colleagues into hiding. Two young women Evelyn Anderson and Beatrice Rosin were found charred in a burned house while Mattix and Oppel remained prisoners. Missionaries and local workers fled by canoe as insurgents advanced.
The piece argues the 1972 campaign was the ugliest since 1928 condemns Watergate and political espionage on the Republican side and calls out Democratic vituperation. It endorses President Nixon as the steadier choice, praising his achievements and leadership while criticizing McGovern as indecisive and impractical. The editorial urges voters to trust established leadership for stability.
The United States secured commitments from Itran Taiwan and South Korea to loan F5 fighter jets to South Vietnam. Pentagon spokesman Jerry W. Friedheim said deliveries are already underway as part of a rapid buildup of the South Vietnamese air force.
The Labor Department reported gains in employment last month with 82.7 million Americans at work, an increase of nearly 700,000. The jobless rate remained unchanged at 5.5 percent of the labor force, and seasonally adjusted figures show a rise of 260,000 for October.
The Pentagon extended the $1,500 enlistment bonus for combat branch recruits to June 30, delaying the previous end date of October 31. The extension applies to eligible young men who enlist in the Army or Marine Corps.
The West German government rejected a claim that the Lufthansa hijack was a government set up with Palestinian guerrillas. A spokesman called the allegation malicious and false. The note mentions ransoming the plane and passengers after releasing three Arab survivors of the Olympic team attack.
Albany reports Governor Rockefeller's office says $300000 will be advanced to the State Dormitory Authority to meet a deadline for starting work on a science center project at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo.
Santiago AP reports President Salvador Allende named three cabinet leaders as a step to end a month of crippling strikes. Opposition politicians urged adding military men to the cabinet to ensure fair congressional elections in March for all 150 deputies and half the 50 Senate seats.
Rep. Jack Kemp announced that the federal government will provide 1.2 million dollars for preliminary engineering studies for Buffalo’s proposed 257 million rapid transit system. The funding supports early design work and project planning.
Basque separatists forced entry into the French Consulate injuring Consul Roger Tour and two staff members and planted a time device that ignited a blaze. Tour suffered serious injuries while others had minor injuries as political sources tied the incident to a crackdown on Basque extremists in France.
In a re election appeal President Nixon says North Vietnam will watch Tuesday's presidential election to gauge public desire for peace with honor. George McGovern counters that Nixon's TV remarks raise skepticism about a lasting peace as negotiations continue.
Thirteen donors led by W Clement Stone gave Nixon’s re election campaign 34.4 million in previously secret gifts. The list of 283 donors who gave 95 million from Jan 1 1971 to March 9 1972 was released after a settlement with Common Cause. Further donor lists will follow before April 7 law change.
The Finance Committee to Re elect the President disclosed 283 donors who backed a secret campaign fund for President Nixon. Total contributions reached 4.77 million dollars led by W. Clement Stone and his Chicago wife who gave one million dollars. Stone heads the American Insurance Company and is a noted financial backer of the President.
A 52 year old woman, Stella Twardowski, was shot while rushing to help her husband Walter, 82, who was attacked by two mug gers near their travel agency on St Marks Place. Detectives say the suspects fled with $260 in Eisenhower dollars and Kennedy half dollars after the assault. The husband, who was beaten, said he handed over the envelopes before witnessing the shooting. He was treated for a head wound and released from Bellevue Hospital.
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