28 Nov 1972
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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1972
Page
1
Terre Haute police officers took written exams at Indiana State University with 90 men participating. A total of 247 tests were recorded for ranks including captain, lieutenant, sergeant and detective as oral interviews began the following morning under Watch and Runyon from the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
Merit System Testing Staf seeks qualification for captain and lieutenant posts as interviews for sergeants and detectives are planned. Wall and Runyon join SACP representatives in Terre Haute to interview police. written test counts 50 percent, oral interview 40 percent, length of service 10 percent.
President Nixon announced Elliott Richardson will become Secretary of Defense and Caspar Weinberger will lead HEW. Roy Ash will head the Office of Management and Budget, succeeding Weinberger. Melvin Laird resigns as Defense Secretary to return to private life.
Navy investigators probed weekend disturbances at Midway Island and Norfolk Camp Allen Correctional Center. At Midway a 30 minute brawl involved about 30 black and 100 white junior enlisted men with minor injuries. At Norfolk 32 blacks and one white were confined after a dormitory clash sparked by a black white fight.
Apparent electrocution killed Robert O Dell 27 in Carbon Indiana near Terre Haute while two workers tried to hook twin cables from a crane to a debris bucket. O Dell stood in water as a crane cable touched a high voltage line and he died at St Anthony Hospital. An autopsy was planned to determine the exact cause of death. Zebrowski and Associates of Indianapolis supervised the demolition at 6th and Ohio Streets.
Local conditions show partly cloudy and much colder tonight with lows around 20 to 24 degrees. Wednesday brings partly sunny and cold weather with highs near 30 to 34 degrees and a 10 percent precipitation chance. Illinois and Indiana forecasts mirror the chilly pattern with similar low and high ranges.
In Marion Illinois prosecutors proceed with jury pool for the William R Gonder murder and kidnapping trial tied to Dorothy Kavanaugh’s 1960s death. The defense seeks separate trials and challenged the juror pool while venue was moved to Williamson County.
Vigo County trustees voted to transfer the Glenn property to the Vigo County Department of Parks and Recreation for recreational use and approved hiring an engineer to plan the water and wastewater system at the Concannon site beside West Vigo High School. President Peter A. Farmer and others supported. Charlotte Caldwell and Dr Iverson Bell opposed.
Pontiac police search for a 16 year old Pontiac Central High pupil named by witnesses as the shooter in a campus incident at the high school. Five students were wounded, one seriously, as investigators pursue leads and identify suspects.
Witnesses identified a youth from yearbook photos after a Monday shooting sparked by a confrontation between black and white students during class changes in a crowded courtyard. Timothy Williams, 15, lost a kidney and remained in fair condition. four others, two girls and two boys, were treated and released. Authorities labeled the incident isolated and noted 30 percent black enrollment at the 2,000 pupil school.
The Tribune Star invites donations for a Christmas Basket Fund to help needy families in Vigo County. Contributions may be delivered to 721 Wabash Ave with totals published. applications for baskets are due by December 15 at designated agencies including Salvation Army and Light House Mission.
Heavy fighting erupts along the 300 mile Ulster Republic border with gun battles northern and southern districts. An explosion in Londonderry kills three youths while a police station in Belleek is hit by a rocket killing a policeman. total NI deaths reach 644. Soldiers deployed as IRA threats prompt security for Irish leaders.
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