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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1972
Page
1
Residents across Southern Illinois express shock and sorrow at the death of 33rd President Harry Truman. Local Democrats and Republicans recall his courage, honesty, and wartime decisions while noting personal connections and gratitude for his leadership.
Illinois Governor Ogilvie ordered state buildings' flags at half staff to mourn former President Harry S. Truman. Governor-elect Daniel Walker lauded Truman as a great American whose legacy will endure. Nixon declared a national day of mourning with half staff on federal buildings for 30 days and urged nationwide remembrance. Weather forecasts predict mostly cloudy, colder conditions with chances of rain.
President Truman, aged 88, died at 7 50 am CST in Independence. Nixon proclaimed two days of national mourning and ordered half staff flags for 30 days. Truman's funeral planned for Thursday at the Harry S Truman Memorial Library with attendance by invitation.
Mary Juricak, formerly at the U.S. Embassy in Managua, Nicaragua, embraces a coworker after an evacuation plane landed at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington D C. Juricak had been overseas until six months ago and safely returned home.
Official sources confirm that survivors of a Uruguayan rugby team plane crash in the Andes ate the flesh of dead comrades to endure a 6 day ordeal. A solemn pact was reportedly made to not discuss the matter until Montevideo. Three have returned. 13 remain in Santiago awaiting return.
North Vietnam areas Hanoi and Haiphong were bombed again by U S forces after an eight hour Christmas halt. The U S Command said air strikes resumed across South Vietnam at dusk, with no explanation for the longer North Vietnam halt. Casualties and missing aircrew were reported as the Christmas cease-fire expired amid ongoing war pressures and political confusion over peace terms and a two-state concept.
A group of major banks led by Chase Manhattan Manufacturer Hanover Chemical Bank and Marine Midland boosted their prime lending rate from 5 to 6 percent following federal inflation control efforts. A Chase spokesman cited awareness of the government's push to moderate rate pressures. The move ties prime rates to short term rate fluctuations.
The Associated Press reports the nationwide three day Christmas weekend traffic deaths totaled 565. This is fewer than 814 in 1971 and well below the 720 killed during the 1965 three day celebration. The National Safety Council estimated 550 to 650 fatalities from Friday evening to midnight Sunday.
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