U S Destroyer Hit by North Vietnamese Battery
The destroyer Goldsborough suffered a five foot hole on an upper deck after a shore battery fire off North Vietnam. Two crewmen were killed and three wounded as the vessel operated with the U S 7th Fleet. The attack coincided with heavy U S bombardment of the Hanoi Haiphong area amid new casualty reports and losses.
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Saigon
U.S
Goldsborough
U.S. 7Th Fleet
North Vietnam
United States
Hanoi-Haiphong
U.S. Command
Hanoi
Jeep Contral
Haiphong Harbor
Goldborough
Radio
Thanh Hoa
City Seeks More Airline Service at Hulman Field
The Vigo County Board of Aviation Commissioners asked Vercon Air Service to draft a contract for commuter service at Hulman Field. If CAB approval follows, at least eleven daily flights could operate to St. Louis Chicago and Indianapolis using Beachcraft 990 aircraft. Allegheny Airlines now runs three daily flights.
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Vigo County
Tribune
Allegheny Airlines
St. Louis
Chicago
Indianapolis
Allegheny
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Cloudy tonight with a chance of rain toward morning and mild with rain possible Thursday. Lows tonight in the upper 30s, highs Thursday in the upper 40s. Precipitation 40 percent tonight and 50 percent Thursday. Illinois and Indiana forecasts noted. Dirt-dust count 28 micrograms per cubic meter. Sunrise 8 06 a.m. Sunset 5 29 p.m. Temperature readings 6 a.m. 34, 2 p.m. 34.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Apollo 17 crew heads home for holiday reunions
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Jack Schmitt will journey 6300 miles from USS Ticonderoga to Ellington Air Force Base Houston with stops at Samoa and Norton AFB California to reunite with families and receive acclaim after a flawless lunar finale. The trio return as NASA completes a 25 billion program that put 12 men on the moon for 80 hours 35 minutes across 104 days and 18 million miles.
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UPI
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Jack Schmitt
Houston
Samoa
Norton Afb
Calif
Ellington Afb
Houston Space Center
Cernan
Evans
Jan
Pacific
Lunar
Moon
Taurus-Littrow Valley
Pettebone Heads Valley Scouts Re elected President
E R Pettebone was elected to a second term as president of the Wabash Valley Council Boy Scouts of America at the council meeting at scout headquarters in Terre Haute. Officers include James Whalen and William Long as vice presidents Albert Pease as scout commissioner and Larry Elam as treasurer. The event marked the council's 60th anniversary in the Terre Haute area with more than 50 district representatives in attendance.
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Wabash Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
E. R. Pettebone
Scout
S. 25Th St
Boy Scout Council
Terre Haute
James Whalen
William Long
Greencastle
Albert Pease
Larry Elam
Pettebone
Indiana State University
AR 22
Wabash Valley
Indiana
Iinsis
Earl L. Brandt
Council
Brandt
William F. Long
James J. Whalen
House of Photography
Truman Still Reported as Very Serious
Kansas City AP reports that former President Harry S. Truman remains in very serious condition as more poison enters his bloodstream despite increased kidney output. At 10 a.m. EST, officials noted he was less responsive overnight but became more alert by 9:45 a.m.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Wallace Graham
Gonder Given 54 108 Years For Kidnap Murder
William R. Gonder received a 54 to 108 year prison term after being convicted by a Marion Circuit Court jury of kidnapping and murdering 8 year old Dorothy Kay Kavanaugh. The verdict followed her disappearance on June 26 and seven counts against Gonder.
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Marison
William R. Gonder
Dorothy Kay Kavanaugh
Marion
Gonder
Lawrenceville
Basket Fund Reaches $2100 for Tribune-Star Christmas Aid
Cash donations to The Tribune-Star Basket Fund aid needy families in the city and Vigo County. Donations are received at The Tribune-Star office 721 Wabash Ave and will be published. listed givers include Grace United Methodist Church and North Star Carriers Retired among others totaling 2100.54 dollars.
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Tribune-Star
Wabash Ave
Tribune-Star Fund
Vigo County
Carrie Edmons
Grace United Methodist Church
Vigo Hi-Landers Camping Club
N.C.H.A
North Star
Coca-Cola
Fact-Finding Meetings Set on Harvest Impact in Vigo and Sullivan
In Vigo and Sullivan counties officials from the Sullivan FHA office call two fact finding sessions to assess the 1972 harvest woes. Meetings Friday at Terre Haute Production Credit and Thursday in Sullivan aim to gauge what weather damage did to corn and soybeans and how much can be salvaged.
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Vigo County
Sullivan County
Sullivan
Farmers Home Administration
Terre Haute
Richard Cox
Sullivan Fha
FHA
Cox
United Way Drive Reaches $556 138 Mark
The United Way of the Wabash Valley reports $556138 raised toward a $779367 goal, about 223000 short with projections near 590000 to 600000. Ed Schulz says daily employee campaigns and pledges push the total, while January allocations to agencies remain at current support levels and readmitted agencies receive 80 percent of proposed 1973 funds.
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United Way of the
Wabash Valley
Ed Schulz
Salvation Army
Turner’s
Martin Hourthan
Gas Survey Asked By Senator Bayh
Indiana experiences an energy crisis as gas suppliers seek authority to curtail distribution amid cold wet weather and dwindling supplies. Senator Birch Bayh requests a complete survey by the Office of Emergency Preparedness to set priorities and maximize liquified gas shipments by tank car.
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Bayh
Indianapolis
Indiana
Washington
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Richmond
Auburn
Frankfort
Apollo astronauts log eighteen million miles in space
United Press International reports that the 33 astronauts who flew in space have traveled 18,010,337 miles. It highlights the cumulative distance covered by crewed spaceflight missions.
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United Press International
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Mary Anne Pierce
National Weather Service
USS
Ticondero
Barbara Cernan
Schmitt
Tucson
Ariz
Shorty
California
San Francisco
America
Ticonderoga
News Digest
Pettebone Heads Valley Scouts
Basket
Ion Tribune
By Barbara Geissman
United Way
James Dressler
Indiana Public Service Commission
OEP
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