Cold air mass triggers deadly Dixie storms
A southward surge of subfreezing air unleashed violent weather across the Deep South. At least seven people died and scores were injured as a 100 mph squall line swept from Virginia to Georgia and into Louisiana, with tornadoes hitting Natchitoches and Conasauga and Mayor Ray Scott calling Natchitoches the worst disaster in the city’s history.
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Pipeline permit sought for 2600 mile Arctic Gas Pipeline
A U S and Canadian firms seek government approval to build a 2600 mile 5.7 billion pipeline moving natural gas from Arctic Alaska and Canada to North America. Alaskan Arctic Gas Pipeline Co. and Canadian Arctic Gas Pipeline Ltd. filed applications with U S federal and Canadian authorities. Also energy news notes March gasoline allocations rising for five states and Texaco cutting wholesale gas prices by one cent.
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Duluth Hotel Fire Kills Two, Injures Eight
A downtown Duluth blaze at the Crossroads Inn killed Olaf Johnson 88 and Mrs. Roger Stoneburner 27 and injured eight others, with two in critical condition. Firefighters battled subfreezing temps for two hours as investigators confirmed all guests were accounted for.
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Donald Parkkonen
Olaf Johnson
Roger Stoneburner
13 Year Old Miami Flat Boy Plans Walk On Prosthetic
Stephen Southerland 13 of Cincinnati undergoes amputation of his left leg below the hip for a rare bone cancer. He was fitted with an artificial limb 24 hours after surgery and plans to walk today as doctors report no tumor spread.
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Brown acquitted in 1972 New York police ambush case
Henry Brown, a reputed Black Liberation Army member, was acquitted by a state Supreme Court jury after nearly three days of deliberation. He denied involvement in fatally shooting Patrolmen Rocco Laurie and Gregory Foster in Manhattan's East Village, asserting a Cleveland, Ohio alibi and claiming he was scapegoated. The prosecution argued the killings were a revolutionary act.
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Ohioan hijacker’s mother recalls son’s unpredictable actions
Bertha Horton of Toledo says she could never tell what her son Dennis Tillman would do after he allegedly planned a $1 million hijacking. Tillman, 26, of Detroit, held a hostage at Indianapolis Weir Cook Airport and was shot, later charged with assault with intent to kill. Hostage Rebecca Dotlich, 22, suffered a slight neck cut.
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Bertha Horton
Toledo
Detroit
Dennis Tillman
Weir Cook
Indianapolis
Michigan
Horton
Tillman
Rebecca Dotlich
Prison guards strike at Chillicothe prison enters new talks
In Chillicothe Ohio officials and striking guards meet again to resolve a dispute over job assignments. About 30 guards and supervisors stay on duty while 1,200 inmates are on a holiday schedule with limited programs canceled. Spokesman Joe Ashley says order remains despite the strike.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Chillicothe Correctional Institute
Joe Ashley
Rehabilitation and Correction Department
Ohio legislature recesses after child abuse bill passes
The 110th General Assembly plans a two week push to clear major bills then recess for a month starting April 4. The House passed a strengthened child abuse law 62 to 26 and urged Congress to repeal winter Daylight Saving Time.
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Dayton
Bank extortion attempt ends with two arrests
A Cincinnati man James Lee Campbell 38 and Kentucky teen Michael Hamlin 17 were arrested on Hobbs Act charges after a female FBI agent posed as a bank employee to accept a $10,000 payoff. Police and FBI traced four threatening calls to Central Trust Bank in downtown Cincinnati.
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Michael Harry Hamlin
Bellevue
U.S
Burton Perlman
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