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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1972
Page
8
Kansas City doctors reported Harry S Truman, 88, remained in critical condition with a failing heart showing irritability and stress. He slept fitfully. oxygen and intravenous feeding supported him as age and lung infection complicate recovery.
Miners back at the Sunshine mine in Idaho, seven months after a fire killed 91. Safety upgrades include concrete bulkheads, new comms, self rescue units, compartmentalization, and additional escapeways. Survivors Ron Flory and Tom Wilkinson reflect on return and fear, with Wilkinson resuming work and Flory choosing not to return.
A United Air Lines jet with 59 aboard crashed on approach to Midway Airport in Chicago's Lawndale area. Reports varied on fatalities, with hospitals treating dozens of injured and police indicating possible high death tolls. a temporary morgue was set up as a house fire and debris remained at the crash site.
In Whitman County Washington the four day hunt for missing duck hunters Wayne James 28 and John James 25 continues. The Mead residents disappeared after a weekend trip near Almora about 11 miles south of Colfax. An overturned boat and camping gear were found but no trace since. Coast Guard and Army National Guard helicopter joined the search downstream from Lower Granite Dam.
About 100 waitresses dishwashers busboys and cooks at Spokane’s Davenport Hotel threatened to strike at noon unless wages owed since November were paid. Hotel officials said funds were available and issued checks, averting the walkout though the source of money was not disclosed.
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