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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1973
Page
1
A man named Bill discusses expected baby expenses with a friend, noting doctors fees from 290 to 400 and hospital charges including room, operating, and nursery costs. He cites Elyria Memorial Hospital rates such as 68 dollars per day for a semi private room and 23 dollars daily for nursery care, calculating a four day stay.
In a downtown bar a man frets over affording his daughter Bonnie’s wedding. He catalogs typical costs from engagement ring to reception, noting a quarter carat diamond averages 250 to 300 dollars, and a half carat up to 600 dollars as part of the total marriage bill.
UPI reports Hargrove, U S consul in Managua, died from a bullet to the head. An embassy communique said the wound appeared accidentally inflicted with a small caliber automatic weapon. He was treated at a field hospital, then flown to Gorgas Hospital in the Panama Canal Zone where he died.
A 560 foot container ship Seatran Ohio with 45 men aboard was ablaze in Chesapeake Bay about 40 miles north of Norfolk. The Coast Guard coordinated firefighting from Cutter Port Brown and other cutters and a Navy tug with helicopters aiding the effort.
A Chicago restaurant collapse killed three firemen and left seven injured amid a string of fires nationwide. In New York, seven died at Pine Grove Resort Ranch. Baltimore saw four children die in a row house blaze. victims’ ages ranged from 18 months to eight years. Additional fires in Washington state and Ohio, and other locations, caused more deaths and injuries.
President Nixon approved Henry Kissinger's final negotiating instructions for the renewed Vietnam talks in Paris. Kissinger heads to Paris to meet North Vietnam's Le Duc Tho and Xuan Thuy, seeking a three part accord: POW return, cease fire, and a framework allowing South Vietnam to decide its future.
North Vietnam announces a state of emergency to stabilize production and living conditions following extensive bombing of Hanoi Haiphong and other centers. US warplanes pound the southern panhandle as the US Command reports another aircraft loss.
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