This Day In 1970's History: Friday December 15, 1972
- Le Duc Tho is returning to Hanoi from Paris. Today in Paris, U.S. Ambassador Porter and North Vietnamese Minister Xuan Thuy resumed technical talks regarding a Vietnam peace settlement. Thuy, Madame Binh, the Chinese ambassador and the Soviet ambassador saw Le Duc Tho off at the Paris airport.
President Nixon met with Henry Kissinger to discuss the Vietnam peace plan. Reports say that Kissinger has what he considers to be the best settlement obtainable. The President is trying to decide whether to accept it, with or without the approval of President Thieu of South Vietnam. It is widely believed that Thieu is still holding to his condition that the settlement contain recognition of South Vietnam's right to sovereignty. [CBS]
- U.S. B-52 bombers raided enemy targets in North Vietnam and South Vietnam. [CBS]
- Arnold Miller now holds a comfortable lead over Tony Boyle in the United Mine Workers election. Joseph Yablonski's heir, Miller, has claimed victory over John L. Lewis' heir. Miller promises higher pensions for miners, lower salaries for officials, an elected executive board, and headquarters in the coal fields. Miller stated that he will make the UMW responsive to the miners. Joseph Yablonski, Jr., said that this election has been fair, but the last one (which his father lost) was like an election in Russia. [CBS]
- At least 16 people were killed and 10 are still missing after an explosion in a coke plant at the Weirton Steel Company near Weirton, West Virginia. Final checking procedures were underway in the plant at Brown's Island when a series of explosions began. Koppers Company of Pittsburgh, contractors on the job, had not yet turned the new plant over to Weirton Steel. There is a danger of further explosions from broken gas lines. [CBS]
- Former President Harry Truman is still in very serious condition. [CBS]
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