Ex City Residents Die In North Central Flight Crash
Three former La Crosse residents are tentatively listed among victims of a North Central Airlines crash at Chicago O’Hare. Beverly Long 52 of Titusville Florida and Edward Wolf 50 and Margery Wolf of Oak Hill Florida were traveling to La Crosse for a mother’s funeral.
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la Crosse
North Central Airlines
Chicago
O’hare Field
Beverly Long
Titusville
Fla
Edward
Margery) Wolf
Oak Hill
Wolf
Cecil
Hazel) Wisler
Glendale Ave
Schumacher Funeral Home
Thomas
Patricia
Paris
S. 20Th St
John
Wisler
Waupun
Florida
Cape Kennedy
Youngstown
Long
Oliver
Pan American
Grumman Aircraft
Longs
Camp McCoy
Central
Charles Blair
Madison
Helma Aalto
R. 1
Aurora
Minn
Darlynn Darby
Baker
Ore
John Kruse
Sun Prairie
Wis
Beverly Dempsey
Rantoul
E. Tonder
Hasle
Norway
U S reports heavy B52 losses amid Hanoi Haiphong raids
The U S Command reports three more B52s lost with 12 crewmen missing as raids on Hanoi Haiphong continue. Hanoi claims 12 B52s and 14 fighter bombers shot down. U S casualties rise to six B52s and two fighters with 27 missing fliers. Christmas truce talks emerge as scale of bombardment widens.
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Saigon
U.S
Hanoi-Haiphong
Radio
Thailand
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Nixon
Weather outlook: clouds, colder night then milder Friday
Variable clouds and a colder Thursday night with a low in the lower 20s. Friday turns mostly cloudy and slightly warmer with a high in the mid 30s. Light winds shift to southerly Friday. Measurable precipitation chances at 20 percent Thursday night and Friday.
Nixon Undergoes Checkup Finds Health Fine
President Richard Nixon had a Wednesday medical exam with normal results except for a noted lack of exercise. The report appears on page 6 of the issue.
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Richard Nixon
Survivors Tell Of Escape Through Front Of Plane
At Chicago O'Hare fog grounded flights then a DC9 crash on takeoff killed nine of forty five aboard and injured thirteen including Pat Helgesen a St Mary's College senior. Survivors describe crawling to the front exits and leaping to the ground as flames enveloped the aircraft.
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Chicago
Pat Helgesen
O’hare International
St. Mary’s College
Notre Dame
Ind
Evansville
Wis
North Central
Madison
Duluth
International Falls
Minn
Richard Ojakangas
University of Minnesota- Duluth
Ojakangas
Gregory
Holiday Turns Into Terror At O Hare Crash
A Christmas trip ends in tragedy as a North Central DC9 collided with a Delta jet at O Hare in fog. Among the survivors and injured are Wisconsin residents Dawn Harbert and Roger Volbrecht, with 15 people hospitalized and 13 listed as seriously hurt.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Chicago
O’hare Field
Dawn Harbert
North Carolina
Robert L. Harbert
Delta Airlines
Volbrecht
North Central
Convair
O’hare
Air Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Appleton
Illinois
Milwaukee
Mitchell Field
Passes for Comeau stir controversy in Wisconsin case
Kenneth C. Comeau, declared innocent by reason of insanity in the 1966 murder of Onalaska teenager Jonalynn Jewell, has received overnight passes from Mendota State Hospital prompting a clash between Judge Leonard Roraff and state doctors. Letters cited questions of safety and long term cure amid psychiatric uncertainty.
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Kenneth Brekke
Tribune
Mendota State Hospital
Madison
Onalaska
State Institution
Kenneth C. Comeau
Jonalynn Jewell
Main St
la Crosse
Leonard Roraff
Comeau
Roraff
James Lynch
Mendota
Lynch
Richard L. Pyle
Central State Hospital
Waupun
Pyle
L. A. Eckland
Kenneth Comeau
Drs. Pyle
Ecklund
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Ohio
Central High School
Fire Department
South Vietnam
Washington
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
Friedheim
North Central Flight 575
Delta
Neal Callahan
Federal Aviation Administration
Palm Beach, Fla
Rees Ni
Joseph Y Ccesacceeseesli Stock Market i Dwaevesdele ‘Sports Ees
Ann Landers
Tri-State
Richard Ojakanges
Harbert
Minnesota
Melvin Volbrecht
Montello
Roger
An Volheecht
Oklahoma
Park Ridge
Ill
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Delta Air Lines
Resurrection Hospital
Laura Biglow
Lake Shore Drive
Sally Dangelo
Lake Park
Waukegan
Elsie de Long
Cornell
Villa Park
Jo Carol Hatcher
Laird Hill
Tex
Julie Holmlund
Vystad R
North Park College
Margaret Jordan
900 Crescent
Wheaton
Fair
Steven Kuhlman
Stoughton
Greg Ojakangas
6Th St
Duluth, Minn
Miss Jewell
Lorenz
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