Pontiac prison riot leaves three guards dead
In Pontiac Illinois 1100 inmates rioted at the Pontiac Correctional Center injuring three guards severely and causing fires that gutted three buildings. State police and guards worked to lock down inmates with heavy protection as two other guards were wounded and a hostage escaped. Coroner notes indicated deaths by stab wounds rather than gunfire.
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Pontiac, Ill
Pontiac Correctional Center
Charles Rowe
Rowe
Chicago
Livingston County
Keith van Qualen
Corrections
William Thomas
Launemin
Stanley Cole
Pontiac
Robert Conkle
Graymont
Conkle
Peoria
Marshall Ramsey
CDT
Ramsey
Ilinois
Stateville
Joliet
Civilian massacre shocks Rhodesia amid rising war toll
Salisbury Rhodesia military says 39 black civilians were killed by nationalist guerrillas at a Wedza rally. Government says 106 guerrillas died in follow up actions. sources cite violence amid fragile transition toward elections. The report notes ongoing clashes, censorship, and escalating deaths since the Salisbury agreement.
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Salisbury. Rhodesia
Rhodesia
Ndabaningi Sithole
Transition
Executive Council
Wedza
Salisbury
Mozambique
Sithole
Patriotic Front Alliance
Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwe African National Union
Joshua Nkomo
Zimbabwe Africa People's Union
Zambia
Highfield
Ian Smith
Smith
City interns learn on the job with one year programs
College students hired as temporary city workers discover the realities of public administration beyond classroom lessons. John Leach reports on Page 31. Connie Heinkel, Middletown’s Junior Miss 1969 runner-up, now trains others for Junior Miss contests, per Mary Jo Klaber on Page 17. Team Effort highlights how the Miami Conservancy District built a leading flood protection system, Shawnee Culbertson writes on Page 56.
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John Leach
Connie Heinkel
Middletown
Mary Jo Klaber
Miami
GM Ford to contest FTC car rental probe
General Motors and Ford Motor Co. said they would fight FTC charges alleging discriminatory payments to select car rental agencies. The agencies advertised use of GM or Ford cars, with the FTC noting such allowances must be offered to all competitors. Both firms argued the programs promote competition and are lawful.
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General Motors
Ford
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
FTC
The
Hertz Corp
Hertz
Dayton Air Fair dazzles crowds on second day
Dayton Ohio AP. The Dayton Air Fair at Dayton Municipal Airport honors the Wright Brothers 75th anniversary with wing walks aerobatics and hot air balloons though wind delayed lifts to 18 balloons. Grand marshal Gregory Pappy Boyington leads a weekend program as aviation pioneers are inducted into the Aviation Hall of Fame including Clyde Cessna Gabreski Lear Toby LeVier and Holden Richardson.
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Dayton, Ohio
Dayton
Aviation Hall of Fame
Clyde Vernon Cessna
Cessna Aircraft Company
Francis
Gabby’ Gabreski
William P Lear
Anthony W
Toby LeVier
Holden C. Richardson
Navy
Help for mom as close as a phone in Columbus
In Columbus a program called Telemom offers anonymous listening for about 1,500 callers including mothers seeking advice on parenting and family issues. Hotline staff note many calls come from women with little support, and the service provides nonjudgmental listening, referrals for abuse cases, and nine week parenting courses to build self esteem in children.
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Columbus
Columbus, Ohio
Telemom
Suzanne Fisher
Carolyn Palovchik
Ohio swelters with fourth day of 90s as heat eases
A withering spell keeps Ohio in 90 plus degree heat for a fourth day this week with a break possible Monday as a weak cold front advances. Highs reach near 95 in Cleveland and Columbus while six runners suffer heat exhaustion in Delaware 10 000 meter race and are treated at Grady Memorial Hospital.
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Columbus
Ohio
Delaware
Grady Memorial Hospital
Paternity suit names Mick Jagger
Los Angeles AP report says Marsha Hunt 31 filed a Superior Court paternity suit against Mick Jagger seeking a declaration of fatherhood and child support of 2200 dollars monthly. Hunt alleges she met Jagger in 1969 while touring with Hair and says his payments of 17 dollars weekly cover the child. Jagger was in town for a concert and unavailable for comment.
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Los Angeles
Mick Jagger
Rolling Stones
Marsha Hunt
Jagger
Ms. Hunt
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