Fires in Seven States Kill Forty Five and Damage Boston Church
Fires across seven states killed at least 45 people during New Year weekend and damaged Boston’s Old North church. Chicago apartments saw multiple fatalities with arson suspected in one case. Brookfield victims named as Michael and Ronald Fanta, Theresa Fanta, and twins Kevin and Kenneth Fanta.
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Kevin
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Longfellow
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Bunker Hill
Tennessee
Springville
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Mimi
Sandy
Local Option Tax Priority for Iowa Cities in 1977 Session
Robert Josten, executive director of the League of Iowa Municipalities, said local option tax authority is the top priority for 1977. He favored a countywide one cent sales tax after a referendum, or city-by-city if county approval fails, and urged reform of road tax allocations and budget ceilings to ease urban fiscal pressures. He criticized state neglect of cities.
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League of Iowa
Robert Josten
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Josten
Iowa
America
Smith Rejects Direct British Transition Role in Rhodesia
British diplomat Ivor Richard arrived in South Africa to push new Rhodesia transition ideas amid Prime Minister Ian Smiths rejection of a direct British role. Richard proposed a black dominated interim council with London-led police control, aiming for majority rule by 1978, a plan Smith said violated a Kissinger-brokered September power transfer agreement.
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Salisbury
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Waterkloof
Pretoria
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Port Elizabeth
John Vorster
Geneva
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London
Henry Kissinger
Jazz pianist Erroll Garner dies at 53 in Los Angeles
Jazz pianist Erroll Garner, famed for Misty and a Carnegie Hall debut in 1959, died of a heart attack at 53 en route to Cedars Sinai. Born 1923 in Pittsburgh, he never learned to read music and carried phone books to sight read. He won international awards including the Prix du Disque in 1957 and Downbeat Critics Poll top pianist.
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Misty
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Paris
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Downbeat Magazine
Censorship Muffles Beirut Newspapers Across Lebanon
In Beirut a strict censorship decree bars Lebanese newspapers from publishing controversial material except official communiques. Seven daily papers and one weekly closed by Syrian forces are urged to resume, while As Safir editors are released and An Nahar remains shuttered in protest.
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Lebanon
Riad Taha
Safir
Syria
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