Centenarian Charles Knowles Plans 1977 Driving Test comeback
Kingsley Iowa AP Charles Knowles now 100 plans another driving test soon to renew his license. He bought his first car in 1902 a Buckboard Orient and has driven 75 years with more than 50 000 miles on his current Karmann Ghia. He travels locally and on rare trips to Sioux City Storm Lake and California to visit four daughters. He avoids smoking drinks and stays active in his old factory and golf. He will schedule the test for a day with good weather.
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Kingsley
Iowa
Charles Knowles
Knowles
Sioux
Storm Lake
California
New Year’s Day Fires Kill At Least 10 In Chicago And New York
Predawn fires in Chicago and Queens killed at least ten people. In Chicago a four alarm blaze in a near northwest side brick building left six dead and nine injured with dozens of children dropped to safety. In Queens a gas explosion caused a two story house fire killing a grandmother and three grandchildren. NY victims unnamed pending relatives.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Near Northwest Side
New York
Queens
Cook
Ford proposes Puerto Rico statehood amid local opposition
President Ford urged Congress to grant statehood to Puerto Rico, calling for rapid action before he leaves office. Governor-elect Romero Barcelo backs statehood with economic recovery, while incumbent Hernandez Colon favors the commonwealth. Critics say the island should decide its status, not the president.
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Congress
Carter
Ford
John Carlson
Ford Long
Puerto Rico
U.S
Herman Badillo
Dn.y
Carlos Romero Barcello
Ohio cold snap eases but recovery slow says NWS
The National Weather Service says the worst of the cold snap is over though recovery will be slow. Tonight's low drops below 10 under clear skies while Sunday highs reach the mid to upper 20s with a 10 percent snow chance. An extended outlook shows chances of snow Monday and Wednesday, with fair skies Tuesday and highs in the 30s and lows near 20.
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Ohio
National Weather Service
Tara
Mother Strangles Friend Then Abandons Daughters in Frigid Chicago
Police say Elizabeth Dunlap 28 of Anguilla Mississippi was strangled after leaving with a stranger who offered a ride. Her two daughters 6 weeks and 1 year 4 months survived in subzero cold with frostbite and shock. The man driving the car fled as authorities investigate the case and note the missing underclothes near the victim.
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Chicago
Tara Dunlap
Elizabeth Dunlap
Anguilla
Miss
West Side
Tonile
Tara
Loyola University Medical Center
Car Crashes Into Cincinnati Home Misses Woman and Child
Beulah Ferris lost control on Fairbanks Avenue and crashed a southbound car into a living room in Cincinnati, narrowly missing Joyce Richardson and her 3 year old son. Ferris, unhurt, faces charges of driving while intoxicated driving without a license and changing course without safety.
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Cincinnati
Richardson
Joyce Richardson
Beulah Ferris
Fairbanks Avenue
Four Die From Cold As St Louis Hits Record Freeze
In St Louis area four men froze to death as temperatures plunged to 10 below zero setting a 112 year Dec. 31 record. A fifth man remained in critical condition from exposure. The victims include Danny Robinson 30 De Soto Johnny Beard 57 and Horace Currie 55 along with an unidentified man in his 20s found near a Hazelwood store and Frank Gust 61 who slipped on ice. Police and medical examiner cite exposure as the cause for three confirmed deaths with Gust in critical condition.
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ST. Louis
Danny C. Robinson
de Soto
Johnny Beard
North St. Louis
Horace Currie
Currie
Beard
City Hospital
Hazelwood
Frank Gust
South St. Louis
Gust
St. Louis County
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