This Day In 1970's History: Friday December 8, 1972
- A United Airlines Boeing 737 carrying 59 passengers crashed in a residential area of Chicago; 40 bodies have been recovered so far. The plane crashed though a row of houses as it approached Midway airport to land. Three houses were completely demolished. CBS news correspondent Michele Clark was among the passengers. The office of Illinois Congressman George Collins said that Collins was also aboard the plane. [CBS]
- Former President Harry Truman remains in critical condition. Heart trouble is the main concern of doctors at Research Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Wallace Graham, Truman's physician, said that the patient is very weak. Margaret Truman Daniel reported that her father was quiet today, but ate some food. Bess Truman is keeping a vigil for her husband, as are the people of Independence, Missouri. [CBS]
- The unemployment rate was down last month from 5.5% to 5.2%. [CBS]
- President Nixon is considering ending wage and price controls. Treasury Secretary George Shultz, Federal Reserve Board chairman Arthur Burns, budget director Caspar Weinberger and Council of Economic Advisers chairman Herbert Stein attended a Camp David meeting with the President. Shultz supports voluntary guidelines to replace mandatory controls, with the Cost of Living Council monitoring and preventing flagrant violations. Burns urged the retention of controls through 1973. [CBS]
- Attorney General Richard Kleindienst will remain at his post for President Nixon's second term, but five key aides in the Justice Department will be replaced. Solicitor General Erwin Griswold will be succeeded by Robert Bork when Griswold retires at the end of the Supreme Court session; Bork drafted the administration's anti-busing policy. Louis Bruce, the commissioner of Indian affairs, will also be replaced. [CBS]
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