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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1971
Page
1
Congress plans to adjourn next week after the Senate approved William Rehnquist for the Supreme Court and upheld Nixon on day care and the war. Leaders signaled a return home, with loose ends on foreign aid and possible surprises still in play.
Senate leaders push Mansfield amendment seeking a six month timetable for U S withdrawal from Vietnam while the House refuses to vote the measure. Mansfield agrees to delay the issue until next March as a defense and aid bill moves forward with a continuing resolution debated.
Indian paratroopers mounted an airborne assault on Dacca the East Pakistan capital as Indian forces press the eastern front. About 5,000 troops reportedly involved with 50 aircraft from Calcutta airfields. India urged Pakistani forces to surrender saying there is no escape as fighting nears the city.
The U N Security Council planned to hear the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan as efforts resume for a cease fire in the India Pakistan war. Bhutto arrived in New York while Swaran Singh was due from London to press for acceptance of the General Assembly cease fire resolution.
Indiana Partly cloudy and cooler today with highs 42 to 52. Tonight fair and cooler, lows 25 to 35. Sunday partly cloudy with little change, highs 42 to 52. Illinois Tonight increasing cloudiness with lows 30 to 35. Sunday cloudy and mild with a chance of showers, highs upper 40s to lower 50s. River stage 0.04 rising. Street thermometer readings: 6 am around 31, 2 pm around 45.
A spring like storm with 67 mph winds swept the Terre Haute area Friday killing five year old Angela Pizzola as a tree limb crashed through a windshield. Her grandmother Beulah Pizzola drove the car. mother Betty Pizzola was injured but released. Services set for Monday at Thomas Funeral Home.
The Senate approved William Rehnquist 68 to 26, boosting Nixon’s conservative Supreme Court plan. Nixon praised Rehnquist and Powell, noting their integrity and intellect. Several liberal and Republican senators split, with 30 Democrats for and 23 against. three Republicans opposed. Powell had earlier been confirmed 89 to 1 to fill Hugo Black’s seat.
The Tribune-Star Basket Fund invites cash donations to aid Christmas baskets for Vigo County families. Contributions to The Tribune-Star Fund are published and may be given at 721 Wabash Ave. Applications for baskets must be made in person to Miss Sharon Time at 20 Chestnut St. before 4 30 p.m. December 15 during weekday hours.
President Nixon approves a tax cut bill hailed as a Christmas tree plan. It cuts personal, business and consumer taxes by 15.8 billion over three years and relieves the 7 percent automobile excise tax retroactive to August 16.
An 18 year old Robinson girl Rosemary Goodwin was killed instantly in a head on crash south of Robinson. Charles Rich 25 was critically injured and taken to Crawford Memorial Hospital. The crash involved deputy sheriff Wood’s unit and a pickup driven by Roy Watts. A Greenup man Larry Farrant, 30, died when his car left a road north of Montrose. A separate Interstate 74 crash near Crawfordsville killed four, total states seven in Illinois highway toll.
A noon bomb exploded at a crowded furniture store on Belfast's Shankill Road during the Christmas rush. Police report four dead including two children and at least nineteen injured as debris injured shoppers and passersby.
James L. Swift, to become chief of police at the start of the Brighton administration, emphasizes merit appointments. He outlines three assistants Gerald Loudermilk Frank Hoffman and Robert Kable and assigns Loudermilk to field operations with shift captains reporting to him. Loudermilk praised for past leadership and extensive law enforcement training.
North Vietnamese surface-to-air missiles shot down a U.S. F105 fighter-bomber as a major rescue operation flew 40 aircraft to retrieve the pilot from rugged terrain near the North Vietnamese Laotian border. Maj. Robert E. Belli was rescued. a second crewman is missing.
The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is the official name of Rhode Island as recognized in state records. The designation reflects the full historical title used in legal and governmental contexts.
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