Oil Fire Rizzo Hospitalized as Philadelphia Refinery Blazes
A nine alarm ARCO refinery fire near a storage tank in Philadelphia injured Mayor Frank Rizzo with a broken thigh and required surgery. Fire officials said the inferno was stabilized but not under control as 250 firefighters and 150 ARCO workers battled gusting winds, keeping the area cool and surrounding the blaze.
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Philadelphia
Frank I. Rizzo
Joseph R. Rizzo
Atlantic Refinery Co
ARCO
Schuylkill River
Gulf Oil Co
Rizzo
Hahnemann Hospital
Anthony Fulwood
Balmy October Sparks Harvest Rush Across Ledgerland
Hot October weather drives a swift harvest in Audrain and nearby areas. By midmorning 80s temperatures persist as farmers reap beans Milo and corn with on-farm grain dryers transforming the crop, yielding better than expected results despite drought. Soybeans and Milo show strong numbers while early corn fairs best. a few fields remain unharvested. Wheat prospects are uneven as farmers juggle plowing and second soybeans.
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Ledgerland
MFA
Escapees on run after daring prison breakout near Salem
Four federal inmates who escaped Marion Penitentiary held a couple hostage for five hours before a chase ended in a crash near U.S. Highway 50. One captured escapee and the four others, including Roche and Gargano, were identified. A high-profile manhunt with 200 officers and tracking dogs covered 27 miles of woods east of Salem as authorities vowed to continue searching.
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Salem, Til
Here
Philadelphia
FBI
Salem
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Victor Schaefer
Schaefer
Bill Schiavo
Buncombe
Marion
Hubert Dotson
Dotson
Cosmonauts urge new space ventures after Apollo Soyuz
Washington AP report says cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valery Kubasov with American astronauts Donald Slayton Thomas Stafford and Vance Brand urged broader cooperation in space. They cited shuttle missions and international Mars flights as possibilities and noted Apollo Soyuz provided valuable knowledge. They planned to visit Chicago Omaha Salt Lake City San Francisco Reno Los Angeles Atlanta Nashville New York before returning.
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Donald Slayton
U.S.U.S.S.R
Slayton
Mars
Leonov
Spain
Valery Kubasov
Earth
United States
Soviet Union
Rose Garden
Ford
Alexei Leonov
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Thomas Stafford
Vance Brand
Washington
Chicago
Omaha
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Reno
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Nashville
New York
Woman Held Hostage by Five Prison Fugitives
In Buncombe Illinois a 73 year old Hubert Dotson and his wife Mary described a five hour hostage ordeal by five escapees from Marion federal prison. The couple were bound with household items, the attackers sought clothes and weapons, and local police were notified after the Dotsons freed themselves.
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Buncombe
Ill
Hubert Dotson
Marion
Dotson
Mary
Church of Christ
St. Louis
Dotsons
Court To Hear Petition On Sheriff Buckley Ouster
Missouri Supreme Court will hear arguments on a petition seeking the ouster of St Francois County Sheriff Kenneth Buckley. Prosecutor Hugh Roberts Jr contends Buckley illegally employed his wife's uncle as deputy in violation of anti nepotism laws. Buckley seeks dismissal. Hearing set for January 1976 session.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court Today
St. Francois
Kenneth Buckley
Hugh C. Roberts Jr
Buckley
Roberts
Fred Fisher
Bus Issue Exploited by Ford Says NAACP Leader
Margaret Bush Wilson, St Louis attorney and NAACP board chair, accuses President Ford and other leaders of exploiting compulsory school busing to divide the nation over desegregation. She says the busing debate diverts focus from economic problems like rising egg prices.
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ST. Louis
Ford
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Margaret Bush Wilson
America
Iman Name Chosen for Newborn at Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Phillip L Iman of 1509 West St announce the birth of their son Jeremy Louis Iman at 6 44 pm Sunday weighing nine pounds five ounces. The father works at Hoffmans IGA. Also, Mr and Mrs William Edward Brown of Route 3 Mexico report a son born at 2 22 pm Sunday at Audrain Medical Center weighing eight pounds five ounces. Mr Brown is employed by Diemakers Inc in Monroe City.
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Jeremy Louis Iman
Phillip L. Iman
West St
Audrain Medical Center
Mr. Iman
Hoffman
IGA
William Edward Brown
Route 3
Mexico
Brown
Diemakers Inc
Monroe City
Long Council Meeting With Dozens Of Agenda Items
The city council faces a long meeting with about a dozen items on the 7 30 p m agenda. A public hearing will review the priority list for community development funds totaling 526000 next year. The citizens committee ranks housing rehabilitation OATS bus repairs Boulevard Street paving and other projects. The council may approve paying off a vacant property in the Neighborhood Development areas at a cost of 55760 saving 45644 in interest. Continued on Page 5.
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Citizens’ Committee
OATS
Courtney Child Care Service
Fairgrounds Park
Lakeview Park
Northeast Park
Garfield and
Lafayette Park
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Richard Vance
Arthur T. Mankins
Germanton
N.C
Mankins
Edward P. Roche
Katonah
N.Y
Maurice Philion
Oakland
Calif
Henry Gargano
Dennis D. Hunter
Ohio
Roche
Gargano
K&m
Agana
Guam
Thuong Tin I
Vietnam
James A. Herbert
Interagency Task Force
South Vietnam
Herbert
Central Pacific
U.S
Saigon
NAACP
Browns
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