Driver in fatal hit run admits guilt in three child deaths
John H. Barnes, 41, of Cleveland, held without charge after allegedly admitting he was the driver who struck five Boulevard Elementary pupils near an East Side school, killing Tracie Lewis 5 Linda Lewis 8 and Richard Gonda 9.
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Cleveland
East Side
Boulevard Elementary School
Tracie Lewis
Linda Lewis
Richard Gonda
St. Luke's Hospital
Christopher Landrum
Paula Schuschmel
John H. Barnes
Yarmouth Castle sinks after fatal fire near Bahamas
A blazing fire doomed the cruise ship Yarmouth Castle 110 miles east of Miami. Coast Guard reported 88 missing from the 550 aboard as Bahama Star Finnpulp and others rescued 360 to 462 survivors. Fire reached water line. 4,000 foot smoke plume noted. search continued.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Yarmouth Castle
Miami
Coast Guard
Finnpulp
Bahama Star
W.R. Cooper
Badeau
UN Action Demanded Crush Rebels Britain Urged By Africans
African leaders pressed the United Nations to invoke armed force to protect Rhodesia’s black majority and crush the white minority regime led by Ian Smith. The Security Council debated amid a stop gap resolution denouncing Rhodesia’s independence declaration. France abstained as Ghana and Ivory Coast prepared a harsher draft invoking Articles 41 42 and 43 of the UN Charter.
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United Nations. N.Y
Britain
Rhodesia
United Nations
Ian Smith
Smith
Africa
Ghana
U.N
Council
Outlook For Ike Is Good
Doctors reported Dwight D. Eisenhower showed signs of recovery after his second heart attack, with physicians saying he has passed the critical period. At 75, the former president appeared to be stabilizing and might again be able to golf, according to Drs. Thomas Mattingly and Harry Harper at the Augusta hospital.
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FT. Gordon
Mattingly
Eisenhower
Marcos urges law enforcement to guard electorate will
President elect Ferdinand E Marcos, as official vote totals rise, calls on police and agencies to foil any attempt to alter the will of the electorate. Incumbent Diosdado Macapagal refuses to concede, despite appeals from the Election Commission and others. Macapagal's press office says no plan for a concession statement.
Cuban Sealift Starts Exile Shuttle From Key West
A government chartered excursion boat Skipper K sailed from Key West on the first Op eration Sealift shuttle to Cuba. It aims to load 150 refugees from Matanzas for exile, escorted by the Coast Guard cutter Diligence through the Florida Straits toward Cuba, with a second vessel New Pan American joining soon.
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Key West
Fla
Cuba
New Hope
America
Matanzas
U.S. Coast Guard
Diligence
Florida Straits
Fidel Castro
Pan American
Emergency landing of AA 727 at Capital Airport
An American Airlines Boeing 727 with 93 passengers and six crew made an emergency landing at Capital Airport in Springfield after the pilot reported buffeting in the rudder controls. The plane was bound from Dallas to Chicago and landed normally with no injuries.
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Springfield, Ill
American Airlines
Capital Airport
Dallas
Tex
Chicago
Winter Preview Hits Miami Valley With Cold Night
The Weather Bureau predicts a sharp cool down for the Miami Valley tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures will dip to the upper 20s by morning and only rise to around 35 tomorrow with brisk north and west winds. Snow flurries are anticipated in the northern part of the state and may reach this section.
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Miami Valley
Weather Bureau
Power blackout report due after weekend probe
Washington AP The Johnson administration expects a probable cause report next week on last Tuesday's massive power failure that hit eight northeast states and parts of Canada. Federal Power Commission chairman Joseph Swidler said the inquiry will continue through the weekend and a Tuesday target date may emerge after Monday. The leading theory points to trouble possibly starting in upper New York State at the Niagara power complex.
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Washington
Johnson
Canada
Joseph Swidler
Federal Power Commission
Swidler
Upper
New York State
Niagara
Northeast
Panic at Salt Lake City Air Crash Survivor Recalls Fire
Lt. John J. Sullivan of Malden Massachusetts survived United Flight 227 crash landing near Salt Lake City killing 41 others. He had also survived a Tulsa Oklahoma collision earlier in the week and described a panic as passengers forced exits amid flames and smoke.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
John J. Sullivan
United Air Lines Flight 227
Sullivan
Malden
Mass
Tulsa
Okla
Hill Air Force Base
Salt Lake
Oklahoma
Heavy Casualties Reported In Viet Cong Clashes
American and Vietnamese forces reported heavy Viet Cong casualties in two actions north and southeast of Saigon. US infantrymen of the 1st Infantry Division fought near the capital while B52 bombers hit two Viet Cong targets. Casualty figures included 14 killed on the north and as many as 161 to 300 guerrillas killed in the southeast operation.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
1St Air Cavalry Division
Central Highlands
U.S
Air Force
Canton man killed as car hits train at crossing
William Summons, 22, of Canton was killed when his car rammed a freight train at a Canton crossing and burned. Lulu Belle Smith, 29, also of Canton, was injured, and engineer Paul B. Euliss, 44, of Galion, was hospitalized after being struck while directing traffic.
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Canton
Ohio
William Summons
Lulu Belle Smith
Paul B. Euliss
Galion
Chuckle You Might Fall Backward Overreaching Advice
A light remark warns that leaning too far backward risks losing balance and a humorous caution against overextending oneself as a practical maxim.
Tornado toll rises in Illinois and Indiana
A Joliet widow survived a devastating tornado that killed a 70yearold visitor in Channahon and left over 200 homeless across Preston Heights Sugar Creek and nearby areas. The storm damaged 150 homes created extensive losses and disrupted several towns as rescue teams aided victims and police guarded against looting.
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Preston Heights
Sugar Creek
Joliet
Channahon
Herman Heisler
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Tinley
Joliet I
Illinois
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Inlaw
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Michigan
Great Lakes
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