Paxton shootout death toll at five prompts manhunt end
After a day-long hunt, police captured Monroe Lampkin in east-central Illinois on a state highway. Five people died including State Trooper Michael McCarter and Paxton officer William Caisse. Lampkin faces murder charges as investigators note 30 rounds fired and three pistols found in his vehicles.
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Paxton, Ill
Monroe Lampkin
Paxton
Les Pauley
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement
Lampkin
Pauley
Illinois
Paxton Community Hospital
Ford County
Michael McCarter
Clyde Lampkin
Gary
Ind
McCarter
William Caisse
Donald Vice
Cleveland Lampkin
Davis Lampkin
Larry Hale
James Benson
Joseph Ginter
Chicago
Ginter
Rantoul
Lampkins
Vital statistics and emergency calls from Cedar Rapids area
Birth announcements list multiple families from Marion Hiawatha Ely and Cedar Rapids with new sons and daughters on April 7 and 8. Also included are names of couples from Cedar Rapids and College Park Ga and other areas. A series of medical emergencies gas flush and furnace related incidents reported between 12:43 a.m. Sunday and 3:42 a.m. today with addresses in SE NW and NE quarters and a odor investigation at 804 15th St SE.
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14Th Ave
Johnson Ave
13Th St. NW
Daniels St
15Th St
F Ave
19Th St
Nuclear plant advisory still in effect amid Three Mile Island protests
About 1,000 people gathered on Pennsylvania’s Capitol steps as engineers worked to plug leaks at the Three Mile Island reactor. Governor Thornburgh expected to decide today whether to lift the five mile advisory for pregnant women and preschool children. NRC officials indicated conditions were safe for a potential lift, with five more days required for a full shutdown. Nationwide demonstrations echoed the Palm Sunday rally as residents voiced fears over the disabled plant. Voters in Austin, Texas, again backed participation in the South Texas Nuclear Project despite the Harrisburg incident.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Three Mile Island
Dick Thornburgh
Paul Critchlow
Joseph Hendrie
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Harold Denton
Thornburgh
State Capitol
Germany
Austin
Texas
South Texas
Pan Am Flight Attendants Vote On Tentative Labor Pact
Pan American World Airways flight attendants near term vote on a tentative labor agreement that ended a brief 44 hour walkout. Negotiators for Pan Am and the Independent Union of Flight Attendants reached a deal after marathon bargaining with federal mediators. The walkout disrupted some Europe flights. no US operations were affected. Picketing occurred at a few airports. Details of the contract were not disclosed.
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Washington
Pan American World Airways
Pan Am
Europe
U.S
Palestinian commandos captured at sea confess orders to kill
Khaled Assafi leader of six Palestinian commandos captured at sea said their orders were to disembark on the Israeli coast and kill as many as possible. He stated they were not to escape and were sent to die in a death by own action operation. He said their orders came from Abu Jihad of the PLO.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Khaled Assafi
Stefanie
Assafi
Abu Jihad
Palestine Liberation Organization
Turkish Premier Warns Kurdish Rise Threatens Turkey
Ankara officials fear Kurdish nationalism spreading from Iran into eastern Turkey. Premier Bulent Ecevit cites foreign and domestic elements aiming to divide the country. Senator Kamran Inan accuses the Soviet Union of fomenting Kurdistan unrest across Iraq Iran and Turkey.
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Ankara
Turkey
Iran
Bulent Ecevit
Kamran Inan
Soviet Union
Kurdistan
Iraq
Evans willing to appeal condemmed killer Evans asks for constitutional appeal
Evans, a condemned murderer, told his attorney he will appeal on constitutional grounds but will not pursue claims of trial errors or mental incompetence. He previously escaped the electric chair at Holman Prison.
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Atmore
Ala
John Louis Evans III
Reggie Stephens
Texas
Holman Prison
Stephens
Evans
Fresh Amin troops clash to save Kampala city
Fresh troops under Idi Amin fight on Kampala outskirts to break the Tanzanian siege. Tanks and armor clash as workers stay home and shops close. Four Western journalists are reported shot by Ugandan police amid the conflict.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Idi Amin
Kampala
Entebbe
Lake Victoria
Amin
Uganda
Rhino Battalion
Somoza Bombs Guerrillas as Planes Hit Nicaragua
In Nicaragua, Somoza forces bombed Sandinista camps near Esteli about 80 miles north of Managua. A government gunship reportedly downed, or possibly downed, in clashes, while Somoza traveled to the United States for his children's spring vacation. A C-47 was said to be shot down by guerrilla fire. official confirmation and casualty details remain unclear.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
United States
Sandinista National Liberation Front
Esteli
National Guard
Costa Rica
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Cross Parkway
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Ninth Ave
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Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
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