Henry Kissinger wants one more negotiating session with North Vietnam. Fighting intensifies in Vietnam before proposed ceasefire takes place.        

Nixon easily defeats McGovern in presidential election, winning by over 17 million votes, the largest absolute majority ever. McGovern says he will not run again but accepts defeat well.        

DC9 Southern Airways flight hijacked.             

George McGovern and Sargent Shriver vacation in Virginia. 
Henry Kissinger goes to Paris to negotiate peace with North Vietnam.

Kissinger in Paris meets secretly with North Vietnamese negotiators. Viet Cong and South Vietnam excluded from talks.  
1800 US troops pull out of Vietnam.    

Richard Speck, who killed 8 nurses in 1966, sentenced to life in prison. Second meeting in as many days between Henry  Kissinger and North Vietnamese negotiators.         

A third meeting near Paris between Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese negotiators for Vietnam peace. President Nixon in Camp David retreat.      

Reports from Paris and Saigon say US and North Vietnam are no closer to peace settlement after five days of talks. North Vietnam's demands are said to be unreasonable. President Nixon and family visits New York City.         

In New Zealand's general election, the National Party led by Prime Minister Jack Marshall, lost its 45-seat majority in New Zealand's House of Representatives. The Labour Party won 55 seats and control of the government as Norman Kirk was sworn in as the 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand.

A bomb explodes at the Film Centre Cinema in Dublin. 

Pierre Trudeau forms Canadian government. Yankees trade with Cleveland Indians. Craig Nettles comes to Yankees.      

No further Vietnam troop withdrawals while Paris talks continue. Troop strength now at 27,000. Nixon looked at by many as too powerful to be president.                                  

Review of 1972.             

Private talks on Vietnam peace settlement resume in Paris. Kissinger in private sessions with North Vietnam. US troop strength down to 25,500.          

Paris peace talks postponed for one day. Last moon mission Apollo XV11 prepares for liftoff.            

Mrs Ferdinand Marcos of Phillipines attacked by knife assailant.
Assailant is killed by security guards. Mrs. Marcos requires 75 stitches for cuts to hands and arms. Former President Harry Truman hospitalized in critical condition.                 

Three meetings in one day at Paris peace talks. Apollo 17 Astronauts Cernan and Schmitt rest after working on moon.          

A profile of the Apollo 17 spaceflight, the final Apollo mission to the moon.        

Reports that South Vietnam is resisting peace settlement terms proposed by US and North Vietnam. Final moon exploration for astronauts Cernan and Schmitt. 

Apollo XV11 lifts off from moon with many rock samples. Condition of former President Truman worsens.      

House Armed Services Subcommittee exonerates General John Lavelle for making unauthorized strikes against North Vietnam. Committee says strikes were proper. McGovern denounces administration position on Vietnam.

The FBI arrests United Mine Worker official William Prater in connection with the murder of Joseph Yablonski. President Johnson resting comfortably in Brooke Army Medical Center following heart attack.     

North Vietnam protests renewed air strikes at Paris peace talks. May boycott the talks. Apollo XV11 returns home safely, completing last of the US moon missions.          

North Vietnam considers boycotting any future peace talks because of US bombing.           

White House denies rift between Nixon and Kissinger on Vietnam peace talks. Pope Paul regrets resumed bombing of North Vietnam.        

Former President Truman still in very serious condition. Apollo XV11 astronauts return to Houston, Texas.          

Former President Truman's condition almost critical. Females now deputy sheriffs in Los Angeles      

Holiday bombing pause in Vietnam. Former President Truman's condition worsens.          

Former President Truman dies. Gunshots wound three civilians in Northern Ireland.     

Special presentation on the death of former President Harry S. Truman.            

Body of Harry Truman lies in state at Truman library. Funeral to take place in the library. North Vietnam boycotts Paris peace talks. Will not negotiate until bombing ceases.         

Harry Truman is buried in a private ceremony. Medical researchers say heavy coffee drinkers are more likely to have heart attacks.         

Apollo XV11 on-board film is released by NASA. Newspapers should be read to keep well informed as TV news only covers the surface of a story.          

In Paris, North Vietnam demands US sign peace settlement. US wants changes. Pope Paul is happy to hear Vietnam peace talks are resuming.         

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians usher in the year 1973 with music and song. Robert Trout reports from Times Square.                  

North Vietnam pushing for negotiated settlement. Kissinger and Nixon meet.      

Low-level talks continue in Paris. House Democratic caucus renominated Carl Albert as speaker and Thomas O'Neill as House Majority Leader.         

"NIXON: THE NEXT FOUR YEARS--THE CORRESPONDENTS REPORT"
CBS SPECIAL BROADCAST (Video Tape).

Walter Cronkite is anchor for a roundtable discussion by a group of seven CBS correspondents on what might be expected from President Nixon's second administration, projecting both domestic and foreign planning and actions, and comparing the future to what has happened during the past four years. The correspondents are Eric Sevareid, Dan Rather, Charles Collingwood, Marvin Kalb, Roger Mudd and Daniel Schorr, with Cronkite as the seventh in the discussion. 

Two Royal Ulster officers killed by booby-trapped bomb attached to their car by IRA. Elvis Presley's "Aloha From Hawaii" becomes the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer.         

General Alexander Haig goes to South Vietnam to discuss peace negotiations with Saigon.           

September 11, 1972-May 7, 1973. Hour-long variety show hosted by comedian Bill Cosby and featuring Lola Falana, Foster Brooks, Oscar deGruy, and Susan Tolsky.                          

Reports that ceasefire agreement may be signed in several days are denied. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir meets with the Pope then flies to Geneva Switzerland.    

Pentagon Papers case begins. Casper Weinberger testifies in Senate hearing.           

Rumors abound of Vietnam peace settlement. Senate approves Frederick Dent as Commerce secretary.