Nursing Home Fire in Marietta Kills 21 Patients
A nursing home fire in Marietta Ohio killed 21 residents 19 women and 2 men and injured 27 others including two firemen and a staffer. Neighbors aided rescue amid 6 degree weather with winds and ice hindering efforts. Officials say most deaths were from smoke inhalation and the blaze was the worst nursing home fire in Ohio since 1963.
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Marietta, Ohio
Harmar House
Nursing Home
Marietta
Ohio
Fitchville
Ohio River
Kenneth Owen
Washington County
Anna Hupp
Hupp
Heavy U.S. Casualties From Mortar Attacks in Vietnam
The U.S. Command reports the heaviest American losses in five months from rocket and mortar fire. Four Americans were killed and 79 wounded in three shelling attacks overnight in Saigon and surrounding areas.
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Saigon
U.S
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Cam Ranh Bay
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Black Virgin Mountain
Courthouse Dates Set In Whitley County Relocation Plan
Franklin Circuit Judge Henry Meigs allowed Whitley County three extra weeks to move offices before the courthouse must close by January 30. A Monday briefing in Williamsburg will consider combining county and city facilities for federal aid toward building a new courthouse.
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Circuit Judge
Pleas Jones
Whitley
Williamsburg Armory
East Second Street
Judge Jones
Food
Steely
South Main Street
Williamsburg
Gentry Hotel
Weekend Weather Outlook With Snow Chance
Increasing cloudiness lowers tonight to near 10 to 16 degrees. Sunday brings a warmer trend with a chance of a snow shower by mid afternoon and highs from 26 to 32. Monday turns colder with a chance of snow flurries.
Theatre Schedule Unfolds Late Week
The listing shows showtimes for January 7 to January 19 with performances at 12:50, 3:00, 5:10, 7:20, and 9:30. Details on titles or venues are not readable in the fragment.
Local Deep Freeze Hits Area With 12 Below Zero
Cold snap grips the region with readings from 8 to 18 degrees below zero locally and 12 below at London Corbin airport. Corbin L and N yards report 18 below. WCTT studio sensor at 8 below. Snow flurries add light accumulation as road conditions remain hazardous especially on secondary routes while I 75 stays in decent shape.
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London- Corbin
Corbin
L&n
Driver Licenses Offered at Local Market in Whitley County
Mrs. Lois Patrick Whitley County Circuit Court Clerk announced a new convenience for renewing motor vehicle operator licenses. Residents in the northern county may renew through Deputy Clerk Mrs. June Engle at Engle's Market Woodbine saving a trip to Williamsburg.
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Lois Patrick
Whitley County
June Engle
Engle
Woodbine
Williamsburg
Wilton Youth Is Fined For Shoplifting
Danny Lee Helton twenty of Wilton was arrested Friday by city policemen Gillis Mayne and Bill Russell and charged with shoplifting. He pleaded guilty before City Judge Lawrence Henderlight and was fined 54.50 dollars and ordered to repay the merchandise taken from the Dollar General Store.
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Wilton Youth
Danny Lee Helton
Wilton
Gillis Mayne
Bill Russell
Helton
Lawrence Henderlight
Dollar General Store
Koreans Accused of Viet Atrocities Reported by Refugees
Refugees describe South Korean marines shooting civilians in Phu Yen Province and mass killings amid Viet Cong turmoil. The researcher, Y. Rambo, faced suppression from Saigon officials and later sought publication under top secret classification.
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Rambo
Saigon
Phu Yen
South Vietnam
University of Michigan
American University
McClean, Va
Vietnam
Southeast Asian Development Group
Sesame Street Leads Kentucky Children To Learning
A Kentucky report shows preschoolers increasingly watch Sesame Street four days a week. Parents praise the educational impact with letters from across the state praising numeracy and literacy gains and demand for more local airings.
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Lexington
Kentucky
O. Leonard Press
Ashland
Carnegie Corp
Ford Foundation
U.S. Office of Education
National Network
NET
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Beman Biehl
Maysie Cousins
Mildred Hall
Executive Towers
18Th Street
Melvin Rogers
Bob Shelby
D. H. Prewitt
King Street
Masterstown
Don Hodge
Tay Ninh
ETV
Channel Three
Office of Health Education
Dept. of Health
Kentucky Educational Television
Health Education
Pham Dang Lam
Paris
WCTT
Human Sciences Research, Inc
McClean
Department of Defense
Defense Department
John
Quinn
Department
Elmer Brooks
Thenia Clark
George Golden Dillard Lockard Harrison Smith
David Taylor
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