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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1972
Page
3
Washington AP Nixon is issued the first inauguration license plate by J Willard Marriott Sr chairman of the inaugural committee The plate set costs 15 dollars and funds inaugural expenses ahead of the second term sworn in next month.
Dan McAuliffe of the Justice Department says heroin addicts have surged twelvefold in a decade, with an estimated 600 000 current addicts compared with 50 000 ten years ago. He notes the rate remains high but rising more slowly.
Edith Vaughan, 69, sweeps up poisonous powder used on streets to kill pigeons as the town council seeks legal advice to stop her. She says she will continue the act, calling it cruel.
Residents of West Carrollton, Ohio, pressured the Oxford Paper Co. to keep its 70 year old steam whistle after the plant announced it would switch to an electric buzzer. Mill manager Glenn Field said those who wanted the whistle prevailed and the company will retain the rooftop signal.
Santa and two helpers planned to parachute into a Phenix City shopping center. An elf landed in a drainage ditch while a second stuck to a target. Lt Nick, unharmed, was found dangling from a clothes line about a half mile away.
The 2 000 coral islands form the Maldives off the tip of the Indian peninsula and encompass only 115 square miles.
Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt wrap up a farewell lunar excursion in Taurus Littrow while Ronald Evans in orbit photographs and probes the moon. Orange soil samples in Challenger hint at a late geological period. In orbit America tracks the mission.
Kentucky must add 300 000 to 350 000 more agricultural jobs in ten years to match population growth and a growing economy, says Commerce Commissioner Damon Harrison. Also, Cathy Douglas wife of Justice William C. Douglass passed her bar exam and seeks trial experience.
Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler said the White House used a private telephone to help investigators in 1971. He named aides Egil Krogh and David Young and denied links to the Watergate case. The line was removed in January and its location and authorization were not disclosed.
Teenager Becky Alexander named Washington Wheat Queen in Richland Washington. The article notes she is allergic to wheat and mentions ongoing investigations led by Krogh and Young with leakage concerns. Krogh says leaks were addressed and a private telephone line is used for confidential reporting.
Advertising claim promoting FASTEETH denture adhesive powder for a longer firmer hold. Encourages better eating comfort and urges regular dental visits for dentures that fit and overall health.
Doctors prescribe many pain medications, but Anacin stands out as a nonprescription option favored by physicians. It contains the top recommended pain reliever and is touted to relieve headache dental pain arthritis colds and flu quickly with minimal stomach upset and is taken by millions.
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