Nine Die In Springfield Nursing Home Fire
Nine persons were killed and 32 injured when a fire struck Carver Convalescent Center in Springfield Til. on a Saturday. The home housed 41 residents of a 52-capacity facility. Fire on the second floor gutted the wing as firefighters evacuated first-floor occupants. Mayor William Telford named owner Dr. Byron Weisbaum as the event unfolded in a poor Black neighborhood. Memorial Hospital reported nine pronounced dead on arrival and multiple patients treated for smoke inhalation.
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Springfield
Til
Franklin Yoder
State Public Health Department
Carver Convalescent Center
Yoder
Memorial Hospital
St. John’s Hospital
William Telford
Byron Weisbaum
Telford
Theodore Rose
All Nations Tabernacle
Fire Department
Foes of Busing Sweep Indianapolis School Board
A non partisan election in Indianapolis produced a sweep for a slate opposing busing to achieve racial balance. The board now includes seven members as three hundred pupils are bused in a 105000 student system. A U S district judge ruled segregation in admin policy and the ruling is on appeal in Chicago.
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Indianapolis
U. S
U.S. Court of Appeals
Chicago
Skyjacker Bails Out Over Honduras During Cuban Trip
An East ern Air Lines hijacker, who extorted about 403000 from the carrier, bailed out over Honduras after a forced flight from Allentown to Washington and New Orleans. A second hijacker in a Western Airlines jet moved toward Cuba, with a Vietnam veteran aboard, while authorities sought to identify both men and recover ransom.
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Honduras
Central America
Eastern Air Lines
Cuba
Pennsylvania
Merida
Mexico
San Pedro Sula
Allentown
Washington
Dulles
New Orleans
Allied Site Wrecked in Enemy Raid Near Pleiku
AP reporting from Firebase 42 near Pleiku describes heavy shelling by enemy troops at a central highlands brigade headquarter. 80 defenders killed or wounded, an American adviser killed, and field reports of about 100 total casualties. Phnom Penh bombardment reported with 16 killed and 180 wounded.
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Saigon
Saigon Command
Phnom Penh
William Haynes
Columbus
Paine
Central Highlands
Haynes
Kissinger Paris Trip Acknowledged By White House
Washington report states Henry Kissinger traveled to Paris Tuesday for secret talks with Hanoi's Le Duc Tho, confirmed after peace groups cited a Communist official. White House press secretary Ronald Ziegler cited bad faith by North Vietnamese negotiators and said the trip spurred U S pause in Paris talks. Nixon planned a Moscow summit may 22 but officials insist no change in plans.
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Washington
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
Hanoi
le Duc Trio
Nixon
Ronald Ziegler
U. S
Kissinger
Kissinger Leff
Ziegler
U. S. Ane
Saigon
New York
Moscow
Soviet Union
Hangi
Conglomerate Chief Turner Faces Counts
Orlando resident Glenn Turner 87 plans to surrender in Jacksonville to face Florida lottery law charges. His attorney says he will resign as president of Glenn Turner Enterprises. State actions target Koscat pyramid schemes and referral selling, with Iowa finding Koscat guilty of consumer fraud. Turner spoke at the Iowa Jaycee convention in Dubuque.
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Orlando
Fla
Glenn Turner
Florida
California
Jacksonville
Turner
Glenn Turner Enterprises
Kascot, Interplanetary Sc
Koscat
Iowa
Koscot
Attorney General
Consumer ‘Protection
Dubuque
Plane Crash in Sicily Kills 115
An Italian airliner crashed into a mountain near Palermo killing all 115 aboard. Among victims was Franco Indovina, a noted film director. The Rome to Sicily flight lost contact while preparing to land at Carini in clear weather. most passengers were Italian.
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Pallermo
Sicily
Franco Indovina
Rome
Palermo
Carini
Nails Spillage Jams Parkway
Rush hour traffic on the Baltimore Washington Parkway backed up for miles after four barrels of nails fell from a south bound truck and scattered on the highway. State police and motorists spent about half an hour cleaning up the mess in a tacky incident.
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Baltimore
Baltimore- Washington Parkway
Devaluation to be Formalized
Washington reports that the United States will formally devalue the dollar on Monday, adjusting the gold parity from one thirty fifth ounce to one thirty eighth ounce. Treasury Secretary Connally said the move satisfies the late December bargain with the wealthiest non Communist nations and completes the last official step to fulfill the agreement.
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Washington
U.S
Treasury
Connally
International Monetary Fund
Nixon rejects abortion-on-request policy in report
President Nixon on Friday dismissed key findings of the Population Growth and the American Future commission led by John D. Rockefeller III. He insisted he does not support unrestricted abortion policies and warned that such measures would undermine strong family relationships. The panel urged lower growth, broader access to birth control, sex education, and two-child families, while Nixon emphasized married couples’ right to decide their family size.
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Washington
Nixon
Population Commission
The
Commission On Population Growth
American
Future
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Americans Rescued From Downed Helicopter in Vietnam
Five of ten Americans presumed killed when a helicopter was shot down in the central highlands of South Vietnam were rescued Saturday. The others remained missing. Survivors, reportedly without food or water, contacted friendly forces after coordinating radio signals and directions from the two crew members.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Dak
Tan Canh
Proxmire Story Thwarts Holdup in Washington
Sen. William Proxmire of Wisconsin, facing two would be holdup men, bluffingly told them he had terminal cancer and would be dead in two weeks. The incident occurred as he walked home, with one robber threatening to blow his head off, but the ruse worked and the men fled.
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Dulles
Tansot
FBI
Vietnam
America
U. S
Ind China
Linda Mast
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Richard Nixon
Dallas
Sen
Proxmire
D-Wis
Iran
Senate
Pool Taken Over by Ducks in Creve Coeur
In Creve Coeur Missouri a wild mother duck and 14 ducklings occupied Ralph Hirsch’s pool after the winter cover was removed. Mrs Hirsch said the mother duck tries to coax the ducklings from the pool but they remain. The family will wait for the ducks to leave before swimming again.
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Creve Coeur
Ralph Hirsch
Hirsch
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