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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1971
Page
1
The heaviest North Vietnam air attack in over three years ended after more than 1,000 strikes in five days. Three U.S. planes were lost, five fliers missing, and one rescued. North Vietnam claimed 14 U.S. planes down with pilots killed or captured.
The US Command reports one American killed in action in Vietnam last week the lowest weekly toll in about seven years. Five Americans died of nonhostile causes and 29 were wounded. South Vietnamese totals show 287 government troops killed and 633 wounded. Allied totals: Americans 45,626 killed in action and 302,396 wounded. South Vietnamese 137,660 killed. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong 788,692 killed.
Final donations to The Tribune Star Fund for Christmas baskets in the city and Vigo County bring total to 2394.54. Indiana State University Jones Hall contributed 100.00, boosting the overall sum from previously reported 2249.54 to 2349.54.
Partial clearing and colder tonight with a fair and colder Friday. Terre Haute highs 35 to 42, lows 26 to 32. Indiana similar with 20 percent tonight and five percent Friday. Illinois tonight fair and colder. Friday mostly sunny with highs 38 to 44. River stage at 6.3 feet and falling. dirt dust count 74 micrograms per cubic meter. Sunrise 8 10, sunset 5 35. Temperature 6 am 56, 2 pm 43.
Fire chief announces a full-scale investigation into a two alarm blaze that caused several thousand dollars in damage to the former Elks Club at 430 North Seventh Street now ISU property. The 1:44 p.m. Wednesday fire disrupted downtown traffic and delayed the ISU housing project and dedication planned for Headquarters Station No. 5.
The article notes that modern theatrical grease paint was invented in Germany about 1870 by opera singer Ludwig Leichnener.
Former Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan died at 72 in George Washington University Hospital after a long illness linked to spinal cancer. He retired weeks earlier and was known as The Great Dissenter for his conservative stand against broad social reforms. His funeral will be private in Weston Connecticut.
The man found dead in a ditch along Indiana 37 near Epler Ave on the southwest side is Radford Pyle, 66, Evansville. Police say he had been dead at least three months and foul play is not suspected. an autopsy will determine the cause of death.
Britain says Malta’s Prime Minister Mintoff demands 46.8 million for army navy and air bases as negotiations fail. London orders 3,500 service personnel and 7,000 dependents to prepare to leave by March 31, with a 24.7 million offer and 18.2 million over five years already on the table. Malta braces for possible foreign influence as it faces financial strain and a strategic shift.
President Nixon announced former Treasury Secretary David M. Kennedy will be the new U.S. ambassador to NATO. Kennedy will also remain ambassador at large, a role he has held since resigning the Treasury post. The decision underscores U S emphasis on bolstering European economic political and military ties.
The U S command said more than 1 000 strikes ended tonight with three planes lost five missing and one rescued. North Vietnam claimed 14 U S planes shot down and pilots killed or captured as jets hit MIG bases SAM sites and depots from the DMZ to the 20th parallel.
Indiana safety officials predict 15 fatalities during the 78 hour New Year period as 1,590 deaths are logged for 1971. Lonnie Rother, 19, of Brookville Ohio, dies after his wheelchair passenger van skids on ice on Interstate 74 near Crawfordsville.
Five people died and two were hurt in a three car collision near Prospect Heights Illinois on Illinois 83. Names include Donn L. MacKay 49 and Nona 48 of Northbrook Linda Burgy 17 Arlington Heights Diane Smith 16 Arlington Heights and Ann Hoffmeister 41 Arlington Heights. Richard Hoffmeister critical and Robert Hoffmeister 9 good. Police say no witnesses and one car may have crossed median.
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