18 Dec 1972
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Times
Location
Portsmouth, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1972
Page
1
Apollo 17 crew Eugene Cerna n Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans on track for a 2:24 p.m. EST splashdown in the South Pacific aboard America. Evans conducted a 44 minute space walk to retrieve film canisters and moon rocks as the mission nears completion.
AP report outlines Kissinger and Hanoi clash over core issues in Vietnam talks. Disagreement over political control of the South and the size and role of an international ceasefire force keeps a durable peace elusive. The U S seeks a decent interval after fighting, while Hanoi wants looser ceasefire terms.
AP dispatch notes Kisinger reports North Vietnam seeks weak supervision while U S intelligence sees plans to resume fighting after cease fire. Documents describe unit fragmentation, caches of ammo, reinforcements, and a need for a robust international supervisory force to manage post cease fire operations.
In Kampala Idi Amin announced the takeover of all foreign owned tea estates and eight large Ugandan concerns, seven British and one American. He said British aid personnel may stay on at local salaries if they wish. if they leave they must depart by month’s end under the same rules applied to 75,000 noncitizen Asians expelled earlier.
Former President Harry S. Truman, age 88, remains in very serious condition at Research Hospital and Medical Center. Doctors report steadily worsening kidney function, with heart and lung ailments also present, and note dialysis is not being used to avoid risking heart balance.
U S forces resume some actions above the 20th parallel in North Vietnam including mining Haiphong harbor and launching rockets at suburbs as pressure to secure a peace deal. Hanoi denies strategic details while Viet Cong plans a limited cease-fire for Christmas and New Year.
Sen William Proxmire opens hearings into Pentagon weapon buying asking if Litton Industries is shifting financial woes onto the government Roy Ash new OMB director and Litton president Fred W O Greene refuse to testify while Litton Navy shipbuilding claims exceed 500 million are under negotiation The four day hearing also covers the F14 program and Lockheed C5A waste allegations The senator released his November 30 letter to Navy Secretary Warner.
The Kinney Spring remains closed after routine tests found dangerous bacteria levels. Portsmouth Health Department ordered the shutdown on March 2 and residents await a reopening decision.
A massive rockslide on U.S. 23 two miles south of Catlettsburg Kentucky blocked the highway. Officials estimate the debris field at 80 feet long and 8 to 10 feet high and expect two days to clear with drilling and dynamite work starting today. Traffic detoured via Savage Branch Road to Kentucky 3.
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