Weather Outlook for Greene Sullivan Area Heats Up This Week
Hazy hot and humid conditions persist through Wednesday with mid 70s overnight and mid 90s by day. Monday reached 92 with a low of 74 and a 78 degree morning. Continued heat and humidity expected for most of the week.
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Greene-Sullivan Area
United Press International
Indiana
National Weather Service
Linton
Terre Haute
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Indiana Pacers Telethon Reaches 8000 Ticket Goal
The Indiana Pacers telethon exceeded the 8000 tickets sales goal to sustain NBA investment. The event featured music recollections of past glory and a festive crowd contributing funds to keep the team alive in the league. An autopsy was scheduled in Indianapolis on an unidentified young woman found near Zionsville. The body showed no obvious wounds. she appeared dead several days earlier.
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Zionsville
Boone County
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Visitors turned away as power fails at Field Museum Tut exhibit
About five thousand holiday visitors at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History were turned away in temperatures over ninety degrees after a two hour power outage. Officials closed the Tut exhibit first, then the entire museum for the day.
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Field Museum of Natural History
Richard Sobczak
Lakefront
Fourth of July parade draws large crowd despite smaller floats
The 1977 Fourth of July parade drew an unusually large crowd, with estimates near 40 000. Attendees praised the entries though there were fewer floats, and traffic headaches persisted at key intersections despite police and sheriff patrols. Neighbor Nick Sarris helped briefly clear South Main and Vincennes Street.
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Sheriff's Department
State Police
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South Main
Vincennes Street
Nick Sarris
Parade draws 30000 in Linton Fourth of July jubilee
Linton residents and about 30000 visitors celebrated with a prominent parade, park gatherings, fireworks, and a busy midway at Humphreys Park. The Civitan Club float Symbols of Freedom won the Sweepstakes Award for the second year, with numerous other floats and local groups honored.
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Linton Professional Services
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Hastings Appliances
Iwo Jima
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Mayflower Transit
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I Calvary
Rotary Club
Pakistan Army Seizes Power in Coup Against Bhutto
Gen Zia Ul Haq leads statement announcing martial law after Bhutto is jailed and opposition protests erupt. Reports say a three-man junta could govern with Zulfiqar Ali Khan and Mohammed Shariff. Bhutto’s government collapses after disputed elections on March 7.
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Karachi
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Navy
Air Force
Zulfiqar Ali Khan
Shariff
Heat wave grips Indiana with emergency level possible
Heat and humidity push Indiana into dangerous conditions with temps near 90s, highs in the 90s, and nighttime readings in the 70s. Forecasters warn of heat stress approaching emergency levels this afternoon and advise precautions for people and livestock amid a multi day heat spell.
Auto wrecks rise over holiday weekend in Greene County
Greene County Deputies investigated six wrecks with no serious injuries. Incidents included a 5 am press- box steering failure in a station wagon east of Switz City, a Kenworth rollover on County Road 400 East, a detassling machine overturn near Lyons, and a Jeep collision north of Sandborn. Damage totals range from $175 to $3,500.
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Greene County
Deanna K. Robertson
Linton
Switz City
Kenworth
Norman Waler
Salem
David L. Everett
Bloomfield
Rte 2
Lyons
Everett
Rickie L. Heshelman
Sandborn
Heshelman
Sherrie Clifford
Base Line
George Benham
Lyons Rte 1
Benham
Charles E. Padgett
Paul L. Wright
Wright
Vincennes Street
Mark A. West
Panamanian hijacker surrenders after deadly bus spree
Luis Robinson, 26, a U S Navy enlisted man, hijacked a Vermont bound bus in New York City, killed the driver and a female passenger, wounded four, and held a dozen hostages at Kennedy Airport before surrendering after a 92 hour ordeal. He sought $6 million and a plane and said the plan came to him in a dream. He blamed mistreatment in the United States and problems with Navy life for the attack.
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Luis Robinson
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New York City
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Queens House of Detention
US may admit 15000 Indochina refugees on emergency basis
The White House weighs admitting an extra 15000 Indochina refugees on an emergency basis with State Department backing. The move would lift normal immigration procedures for those in Thailand and Southeast Asia as Carter reviews the proposal with national security advisers.
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