Plane Collision At Airport Kills Nine
CHICAGO AP Two airliners carrying 138 persons collided on a fog shrouded runway at O Hare International Airport killing nine. The North Central DC9 flight 575 to Madison and Duluth and International Falls clipped the tail of a Delta Convair 880 taxiing after a West Palm Beach Tampa flight.
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Chicago
O'Hare International
North Central Airlines
Delta Airlines
Cook County
North Central
Delta
Madison
Wis
Duluth
International Falls
Minn
O’hare
Yester- Airport
Gunfire in Londonderry Pub Kills Five in Night of Violence
Masked gunmen opened fire at the Hill pub in Londonderry during a crowd watching soccer, killing five and wounding four. The attack followed a day of bombings and other killings across Belfast Clonmore and Londonderry, part of Northern Ireland's deadly violent stretch. The total fatalities for the year reached 444, with 676 since August 1969, while Britain proposed new judicial measures for terrorism amid opposition from Catholic groups.
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Bhilfast
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Clonmore
County Tyrone
William Whitelaw
Britain
High Court
Lord Diplock
Doctors Hope New Treatment Keeps Truman Poison Down
Harry S Truman remained in very serious condition at Research Hospital as doctors used a new approach to provide essential amino acids without waste byproducts. The former president, age 88, faced rising blood urea nitrogen levels and potential coma if it continued, amid lung congestion bronchitis and kidney failure.
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Kansas City
Harry S.truman
Truman
Research Hospital
Neal
King
Dozen Hurt as Truck Crashes Into School Bus in Hamp ton Township
About 25 people, mostly high school students, were injured when a tractor trailer struck a standing school bus in foggy rain near North Hills Passavant Hospital. The bus overturned on the busy roadway as it picked up pupils for Hampton High School and occupants exited via rear emergency exits with help from passersby.
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Pittsburgh
Hampton Township
North Hills Passavant Hospital
Pennsylvania
Hampton High School
Pennsylvania 8S
Crossing Nails Another Victim Firemen Responded
Firemen rushed to a still alarm at 6 35 yesterday but found no blaze. Lester Hepler of 730 East Main Street reported his car hit the railroad tracks on First Avenue, ripping off the muffler and punching a hole in the tank. Hepler moved the car off the tracks and firefighters hose down the gasoline. Hepler faced no damage estimate and complains of the incident.
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Thomas Lathrop
Lester Hepler
East Main Street
First Avenue
Hepler
Nixon Warns Thieu Over Vietnam Peace Pact Ultimatum
Washington pressures Thieu to sign a Vietnam peace accord as Nixon threatens to cut off both military and economic aid if he refuses. Hanoi accuses the White House of insolent threats while Saigon and U.S. officials debate the overdrawn ultimatum and Thieu's response via Gen. Haig.
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Saigon
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thieu
Washington
Hanoi
North Vietnam
White House
Pentagon
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
United States
State Department
U.S
Thien
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Paris
Alexander M. Haig Jr
National Security Council
Haig
Three More B52s Down as US Raids Press On
AP reports three more B52 bombers lost with 12 airmen missing amid the Hanoi Haiphong bombardment. US command cites six Bs as down since Monday night, while Hanoi claims heavy civilian losses and paraphrased retaliation. Viet Cong sets 24 hour ceasefires for Christmas and New Year.
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Saigon
U.S
Hanoi-Haiphong
Radio
Thailand
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Nixon
South Vietnam
Sentence Boy In Local Assault Case In Juvenile Court
A 16 year old Corry youth was sentenced to an indefinite term at George Junior Republic after a juvenile court hearing on assault and battery and larceny of gasoline. Judge Fred Anthony presided as the second such local juvenile sentencing in weeks with possible release after six months for good behavior.
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Corry
George Junior Republic Correctional Institution
Erie County
Fred Anthony
Corry Area High School
George Junior Republic
Apollo 17 Crew Arrives Home After Moon Mission
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans land at Ellington AFB Texas after splashdown near Pago Pago. They bring back a record collection of moon rocks including orange soil that could alter lunar science.
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Cernan
Schmitt
Evans
Splas
Pacific Ocean
Pago Pago
American Samoa
Columbus Joins Corry Network Elects Officers for ’73 Terms
Columbus firemen met to elect officers for the coming year and to strengthen the township alerting system with home monitors. They voted to join the Elgin-Beaverdam Volunteer Hose Company and Sparta Fire Department in using the Corry switchboard for all area calls, linking four communities. Chief Thomas Messenger noted the mutual hookup enhances regional efficiency. Officers named: David Curtis president, Thomas Felton vice president, Joseph Ficcarces secretary, Gene Hasbrouck treasurer, Messenger chief with Gary Deutschlander and James Williams as assistants. Trustees Douglas Brown and Fred Bunce. relief association officers re-elected Floyd Utegg president, Michael Savko vice president, Deutschlander secretary, Messenger treasurer. Fund-raising plans include the June fair.
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Columbus
Corry
Elgin-Beaverdam Volunteer Hose Company
Sparta Fire Department
David Curtis
Thomas Felton
Joseph Ficcarcs
Gene Hasbrouck
Messenger
Gary Deutschlander
Jaems Williams
Douglas Brown
Fred Bunce
Firemen's Relief Association
Floyd Utegg
Michael Savko
Deutschlander
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West Palm Beach
Tampa
Fla
Roy Ritter
Rockford, Tl
Ritter
Vincent Maloney
O'Hare
Raymond Ojakangas
Gregory
Federal Aviation Administration
National Transportation Safety Board
Wallace Graham
Radio Hanoi
Corry Network
Thomas Messenger
Pilares
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
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