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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1973
Page
8
The South Vietnamese command said Communist forces staged 97 attacks in the last 24 hours with 116 and 81 attacks previously. It claimed 96 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed in four clashes, while government losses were four killed and 23 wounded. A U S helicopter crewman was slightly wounded south of Da Nang.
The Pentagon tallies show U S combat deaths climbing from 1961 through 1968 with a peak of 14 549 in 1968 the year of the Tet Offensive. Weekly battle deaths in 1968 commonly reached 300 to 500 plus with a high of 562 American troops in a single week.
An AP report notes national airport capacity for 1985, but locations remain unclear. Saunders cites Lam bert expansion supporters showing relocation and noise impacts for many, though Columbia Waterloo would affect under 900. He argues scarce suitable sites make Columbia Waterloo essential.
A Trans World Airlines jumbo jet diverted to Ellsworth Air Force Base after an anonymous Spain call threatened a bomb if the plane descended below 3,100 feet. Flight Madrid to New York carried 233 passengers who remained calm and were later flown to New York and Chicago. The airliner found no bomb after security checks and the Doomsday Flight episode prompted refueling detour and base layover.
Henry Easton 53 of Chicago an engineering assistant at Argonne National Laboratory was electrocuted while examining a proton accelerator malfunction. Police recaptured Stateville inmate David Goss 21 who escaped custody at his mother's wake after a 50 to 100 year murder robbery sentence.
The grand jury charged Delores Poleskey with stealing more than $1500 while employed as a clerk in the Saheville city treasurer’s office amid a reported shortage of over $20,000 in the fund. No arraignment date was set. East St. Louis figures linked to a separate auto salvage yard run by Jack Cunningham and his son David.
Gov elect Daniel Walker chose G Angelos for the insurance director post despite Angelos refusing background checks. The Chicago Tribune reported that other finalists had provided letters authorizing checks with their employers and business associates.
The Nixon administration will ask Congress to make the death penalty mandatory for certain serious federal crimes including skyjacking and bombing of public buildings Attorney General Kleindienst announced at a Washington press conference He opposed skyjacking bombing of public buildings and killing a prison guard The move follows a Supreme Court ruling that the death penalty is forbidden in most cases.
Arnold Miller announced that he and other officers and union employees have taken substantial salary cuts to bring the leadership closer to coal miners. The move fulfills a campaign pledge following his ouster of former leader W. A. Boyle.
Massachusetts youth reform leader Jerome G Miller is chosen to head Illinois Department of Children and Family Services at a $30,000 annual salary. He supports closing institutions and moving youths to community programs, arguing most offenders are not violent and that prisons foster violence. He will bring Massachusetts practices to Illinois amid local controversy and investigations into his efforts.
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