Three Ex-City Residents Among Nine Killed in O’Hare Crash
Nine people died when a North Central Airlines plane crashed at O’Hare Field in Chicago. Among the victims tentatively listed are three former La Crosse residents, including two sisters on their way to attend their mother’s funeral in La Crosse.
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la Crosse
North Central Airlines
O’hare Field
Chicago
Beverly Long
Titusville, Fla
Edward
Margery) Wolf
Oak Hill
Fla
Cecil
Hazel) Wisler
Schumacher
Central
Wolf
Waupun
U S Losses Three More B52 Bombers In Vietnam Raid
U S Command reports three additional B52 bombers lost with 12 crew missing as heavy raids target Hanoi Haiphong industrial districts. North Vietnam claims many B52s down and civilians killed as cease fires for Christmas and New Year are urged by Viet Cong.
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U.S
Hanoi-Haiphong
Radio
Thailand
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Nixon
South Vietnam
Eye, Ear and Throat Institute
Bach Mai
Tass
Washington
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
Friedheim
Survivors Describe Escape From Front Of Crashed Plane
The Chicago crash of a DC9 after a taxiway collision killed nine of forty five aboard. Survivors including Pat Helgesen and Richard Ojakangas recount crawling to the front exit and leaping six feet to safety as flames engulfed the fuselage. Ojakangas and his son were injured.
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Richard Ojakangas
University of Minnesota- Duluth
Ojakangas
Gregory
Holiday Terror Follows O Hare Jet Crash Survivors Named
A Christmas trip ended in a North Central DC9 crash at O Hare Airport with 15 injured and 13 hospitalized. Dawn Harbert 17 of Madison survived after clinging to a passenger amid smoke. Survivors include Roger Volbrecht 20 and other Wisconsin residents. officials noted a Delta jet collision contributed to the flames.
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Wis
Wisconsin
Chicago
O’hare Field
Dawn Harbert
North Carolina
Robert L. Harbert
Harbert
Minnesota
Melvin Volbrecht
Montello
Roger
Oklahoma
Park Ridge
Ill
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
North Central
Delta Air Lines
Resurrection Hospital
Laura Biglow
Lake Shore Drive
Sally Dangelo
Lake Park
Waukegan
Elsie de Long
S. Cornell
Villa Park
Variable Clouds Bring Colder Night Then Warmer Friday
Forecast calls for variable cloudiness and a colder Thursday night with lows in the lower 20s. Friday should be mostly cloudy and milder with highs in the mid 30s and light winds shifting to the south. Measurable precipitation probability remains around 20 percent Thursday night and Friday.
Nixon Checkup Finds Fitness Lacking
President Richard Nixon underwent a routine physical Wednesday and all results were normal except for a noted lack of regular exercise. A newspaper item notes the omission but does not detail any further health issues.
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Richard Nixon
Controversy Over Passes for Comeau Murder Suspect
Kenneth C. Comeau 28, held at Mendota State Hospital after a 1966 murder and mutilation of 15 year old Jonalynn Jewell in Onalaska. Judge Leonard Roraff questions overnight passes granted in June and September, amid letters from hospital officials debating his release and future risk.
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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
Pyle
L. A. Eckland
Kenneth Comeau
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Patricia) Paris
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Minn
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Tampa
Roy Ritter
Rockford, Ill
Lee Crash
Pat Helgesen
O’hare International
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al Helgesen
Evansville
Volbrecht
Convair
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Oshkosh
Appleton
Illinois
Milwaukee
Mitchell Field
Jo Carol Hatcher
Laird Hill
Tex
Julie Holmlund
Vystad R
North Park College
Margaret Jordan
900 Crescent
Wheaton
Fair
Steven Kuhlman
Stoughton, Wis
Greg Ojakangas
6Th St
Duluth, Minn
Palm Beach, Fla
Joseph V
Ann Landers
Tri-State
Los
Miss Jewell
Central State Hospital
Drs. Pyle
Ecklund
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