Trains collide in Chicago Loop wreck kills 11
A rear end crash of two elevated CTA trains in a snowstorm at Lake and Wabash streets left 11 dead and more than 200 injured. Investigators weigh an overridden automatic braking or a faulty electronic signal as possible causes.
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River Forest
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Lake and Wabash Streets
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Chicago Transit Authority
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Oak Park
Agnes McCormick
James Kilroy
Kilroy
CTA
Young says Rhodesia whites resist accord in Africa mission
Andrew Young on fact finding mission in Africa for President Carter says Ian Smith's white minority regime in Rhodesia will not settle with blacks. He criticizes Smith's plan for an internal settlement and notes talks in Geneva stalled. Young meets African leaders in Zanzibar as Tanzania marks union celebrations led by Julius Nyerere.
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Associated Press
Zanzibar
Tanzania
Andrew Young
Africa
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Ian Smith
Rhodesia
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Young
Geneva
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United
Tanganyika
Julius Nyerere
South Africa
Russ Seen Working on Future Weapons
A Pentagon report warns Russian scientists are pursuing directed energy weapons that could disable satellites and missiles with intense light or particle beams. It notes little technical detail is public, but confirms large-scale Soviet investment in research and development.
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Pentagon
United States
U.S
Russia
Watergate trials seek Supreme Court reversal
Attorneys for John N. Mitchell and H R Haldeman ask the Supreme Court to overturn their Watergate convictions and order new trials, arguing the earlier trial should have been postponed. One line briefs surface amid a week of appeals.
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H. R. Haldeman
Supreme Court
Amy
Washington (Ap
Mary Fitzpatrick
White House
Carter
Georgia
Youth draws two guilty counts in Minnesota killings
Russell Bangert, 19, of Rapidan, Minn., was found guilty of first degree murder in the deaths of his half sister and her husband in Mankato. He received two life terms in Stillwater Prison. The judge ordered an investigation into whether the sentences should run consecutively or concurrently. Bangert confessed regret when asked. He fled after the shootings and was captured weeks later in Fort Worth, Texas, where he later tried to shoplift cupcakes and told an employee he had murdered his sister and brother in law.
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Minn
Blue Earth District Court
Russell Bangert
Rapidan
Bangert
Stillwater
Miles Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Robert
Ellen Evenson
Evensons
Ft. Worth
Texas
Michael Pittman
Pittman
Victoria flu strain feared in Florida outbreak
Fifty seven elderly residents at a Miami nursing home fell ill with A Victoria influenza in the season’s first outbreak. Health officials said the strain is likely circulating in South Florida. The CDC confirmed A Victoria presence in Miami. Seven patients remained hospitalized and transfers were halted.
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Dade County
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CDC
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Secretary of Health
Joseph Califano
Washington
Hong Kong
Morgan
Dade
Tulsa
Okla
Senate reshapes committees in sweeping reorganization
The Senate approves a restructuring reducing committees from 31 to 25 and subcommittees from 174 to about 125. Senator Adlai Stevenson chairs the study panel praising the change as the most sweeping since the 19th century. President Carter seeks authority to reform the federal bureaucracy.
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Carter seeks broad authority to reorganize federal agencies
President Carter asked Congress for four year authority to reorganize the federal bureaucracy subject to veto by either chamber. Rep. Brooks insists any plan requires approval from both houses, or it usurps the Constitution. Sen. Ribicoff supports the plan and hearings are set for Tuesday. The president defended the pledge as central to his election.
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White House
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The page list outlines sections covering area news, sports, classifieds and legal notices, with editorial, society notes and TV mics. It serves as a contents guide for Thursday’s newspaper, indicating page numbers for each department and feature.
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