Police evacuate malls find explosive bomb near Willow Springs travel agency
Illinois cops evacuated 3% of stores at Old Willow Shopping Center after a caller warned of a bomb set to detonate in 30 minutes. Police found a metal explosive device behind the travel agency, nearby a fence, and detonated it at the police range. No injuries reported.
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Willow Springs
UPI
Michael Corbitt
Corbitt
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Solons warn on deceptive ads for IRAs
Reps J J Pickle and Charles A Vanik urged caution for IRA buyers amid reports of improper advertising. They expect IRS and FTC to announce probes into misleading tactics in IRA marketing. They noted misrepresentation of returns and wide value differences, risking thousands in retirement income.
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UPI
J.J. Pickle
Dtex
Charles A. Vanik
Ohio
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Federal Trade Commission
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Vanik
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Mother and boyfriend held in Harlem child slayings
A woman Debra Mackall and her boyfriend Alfred Forte were arrested after the nude burned bodies of 7-year-old Rodell Mackall and 4-year-old Candy Cunningham were found in a Harlem vacant lot. Police say the children were killed several days earlier and doused with a flammable substance. Both face double homicide charges.
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Astoria
UPL
Rodell Mackall
Candy Cunningham
Harlem
Queens
Edwin Dreher
Debra Mackall
Alfred Forte
Flushing
Dreher
Christmas Storms Sweep Nation Amid Snow and Ice
Storms hit much of the nation with heavy snow in the Midwest and New England icy rains. Boston area transit shut down as floods crippled the main generating plant. Seattle suffered 70 mph winds and a shattered bank window. Weather service warned of a major winter storm moving east as Vermont and New York issued warnings.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Turkey bone centerpiece keeps long distance Christmas ties
In a Texas to California family ritual dating to 1955 a turkey carcass travels between Col. W. L. Ward in Wichita Falls and Helen and Hubert Morton in Torrance. Each Christmas the bones are repurposed as a keepsake centerpiece symbolizing enduring family bonds across the miles. News from Texas sparked reporters to call the Morton home on Christmas Day.
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Calif
Air Force
W.L
Bill” Ward
Wichita Falls
Tex
Ward
Helen
Hubert C. Marton
Tor Tante
Ruth
Texas Air Force Base
Morton
Bill
Highway Patrol chief fired for drunkenness
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah Highway Patrol Superintendent Roy M. Helm was dismissed for drunkenness and bringing ill repute to the force. The civil service commission, with two of three members present, cited Helm’s alcohol problem and two incidents, including a Nov. 2 drunk driving case and a 1974 tampering allegation, but recommended rehabilitation and potential reinstatement if he overcomes his problem.
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UPI
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Roy M. Helm
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Davis County
Willard Eccles
Ogden
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Eccles
Public Reby
NAACP chief blasts Levi for busing stance
Roy Wilkins former executive director of the NAACP denounces U S Attorney General Edward H Levi for seeking a judicial reexamination of Swann v Charlotte Mecklenburg desegregation remedies. He calls the move capitulation to ignorance racism and mob rule and accuses Levi of naive retreat from rights protections.
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New York
UPI
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
U.S
Edward H. Levi
Wilkins
Levi
Cbs-Tv
United States Department of Justice
Justice Department
Swann
Charlotte Mecklenburg
North Carolina
Supreme Court
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