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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1972
Page
1
Reports recount heavy U S bombing around Hanoi Haiphong with B52s and fighter bombers. casualties include dozens dead or wounded civilians while embassies in Hanoi and elsewhere suffer damage amid renewed strikes and prisoner reports.
Thursday around 2 p.m. the Benton Fire Department answered a call from two children reporting their house on fire. Firefighters arrived to find a blaze in the residence and began extinguishing efforts.
Tonight will be cloudy with a low in the lower 30s. Saturday remains cloudy and warmer with a high in the 40s. Sunday stays cloudy and warm. Monday turns cold with a chance of rain.
A consumer education class at Carterville High School earned first prize for its classroom door display featuring a Santa Claus theme with checkered accents.
Kansas City AP reports on a crisis mention linked to President Truman, noting a special essential amino acid diet discussed by Dreves as part of the broader situation. The snippet emphasizes the diet amid the crisis discourse.
Saigon AP reports the US Command will not release specific numbers of airmen shot down in North Vietnam. Spokesman Maj. Jere K. Forbus said the blackout applies to all planes, though earlier officials suggested it would target B52 bombers.
Gov elect Daniel Walker names Don Moore to head the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission and Harvey Johnson to run the Department of Law Enforcement. Dean Barringer becomes director of Registration and Education, with Roland Burris as director of General Services and Howard Fricke leading Business and Economic Development.
Navy civilian cost specialist Gordon Rule says Adm. Isaac Kidd reassigned him and pressed for retirement after Rule testified to a Senate panel about a Litton shipbuilding contract. Rule claims pressure and intimidation were used to force retirement, while Aspin and others condemn the actions as a hatchet job for defense contractors.
Armed with a federal court order, reform candidate Arnold Miller was sworn in today as president of the United Mine Workers of America. He vowed hard work ahead while opposing the decade long reign of Tony Boyle and supporting the Yablonski reform cause.
Forty persons were arrested in coordinated drug raids across Whiteside and Lee counties. The arrests followed indictments returned Thursday and covered charges from heroin possession to dynamite possession. Three dozen teams from federal, state and local agencies, totaling 130 officers, seized LSD cannabis and heroin.
President Nixon joined Kissinger and Haig for a Florida strategy session. Haig returned from Southeast Asia with Thieu's reply to threats over a Saigon peace deal. White House spokesmen refused to reveal communications or details of letters between Nixon and Thieu.
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