Guerrillas Kill 21 at Rome Airport and Hijack West German Jet
Guerrillas attacked Leonardo da Vinci airport destroying a Pan American 707, burning many passengers and killing at least 21. They then hijacked a Lufthansa 737 to Athens, amid a tense standoff with Greek authorities and calls for freed prisoners.
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Rome
UPI
Leonardo da Vinci
Pan American
Athens
Pan American World Airways
Leonardo da Vinci International
Pan Am
Man charged after fatal fire at former girlfriend’s home
In Maxton North Carolina police charged laborer Alexander McLaughlin 28 with arson after a fire killed five of 11 children inside a framed house near railroad tracks. Witness Lou Bertha Jones 40 said she quarreled with him earlier and a jug of kerosene was found near the blaze. Six children escaped. Telisa Jones 17 was burned.
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Maxton
N.C
UPI
Lou Bertha Jones
Alexander McLaughlin
Telisa Jones
Minooka Board Allocates 300000 For Treasury Certificates
Minooka High School Board approves 300000 in treasury certificates split into 30 60 and 90 day maturities after reviewing tax receipts from Will Kendall and Grundy counties. The panel also authorized bus bids, approved assistant for girls volleyball, heard heating system evaluations and set fair land values in Will County.
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Minooka
State Office of Public Instruction
Wrmi-Fm
Morris
Dwight
Marseilles
Seneca
Will County
A. L. Mattingly
Educational Service Region
Nancy Fisk
Minooka High School General Vocational Education Advisory Committee
Hazel McEvilly
Everett M. Bailey and Sons
Pontiac
Commonwealth Edison
Two Die in South Side Leaf Raking Dispute
Chicago police say a long running quarrel over leaf raking ended with Clyde Steele and his wife Ruth killed in front of their South Side home. Harry Curtis, 35, was arrested for murder after barricading himself then surrendering. A device found in Curtis’s townhouse proved to be improvised from railroad flares and an alarm clock.
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Chicago
UPI
South Side
South Chicago
Harry Curtis
Clyde Steele
Ruth
Curtis
Steeles
Chord Seeks Democratic Nomination for Education Region Post
Robert F. Chord 40, Saratoga Community Consolidated District 60-C superintendent, seeks Democratic nomination for superintendent of the Grundy County educational service region. He has 16 years as administrator and educator, with recent duties in Saratoga Grade School. Also details his education, Navy service, and family.
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Robert F. Chord
Saratoga Community Consolidated District
Educational Service Region
Grundy County
Chord
Saratoga Grade School
Stronghurst
Bardolph
Morris
Western Illinois University
Western
Rushville, HI
Kewanee
Kewanee High School
Navy
Weekend and weekday snow showers across Dresden area
The forecast calls for occasional snow and a rise in temperatures tonight with a low around 12 to 22 degrees. Tuesday will be cloudy with more snow possible and highs in the 20s. At Dresden Island Locks and Dam weekend highs reached 23 with 14 as the low, Sunday’s high 27 and low 7. This morning Morris registered 9 degrees at 7 a.m. and 18 degrees downtown by 10:20 a.m. Precipitation measured at .18 inches.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Stratton State Park
Channahon
Mlinois-Michigan Canal
Dresden
Knight
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Kendall County Hires Assistant State’s Attorney
Robert Nelson, a private-practice attorney from Aurora, was hired at the Kendall County Board December meeting to serve as an assistant state's attorney. Nelson, a 1964 Oswego High School graduate, earned a BA in history from DePauw in 1968 and a JD from the University of Illinois in 1972. He is single, resides in Oswego, and is the son of former Kendall County SA Jerome Nelson. The appointment follows a rising workload cited by State's Atty. Dallas Ingemanson. the other assistant is Anthony Bassak.
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Norwall Galloway
Jack Satorius
A. L. Mattingly
Howard Voss
Voss Associates
Rex. A. Siron
Tri-County
Illinois Association of School Boards
Chicago
Lee Thompson
Harvey Lewis
Dorothy Albert
WJRC
Joliet
Weber Dairy
Chord
American Association of School Administrators
Illinois Association of School Administrators
Phi Delta Kappa
Elks
Morris American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Francis B. Chord
Kewanee
Janis R. Delockery
Leroy W. Delockery
Morris
Chords
Richard
Candice) Scott
Port Arthur
Tex
Kelly Chord
Shabbona School
Colette Chord
Morris Community High School
Highland
Wilfred Harty
Kinsman
James Williams
Verona
Yorkville
Robert Nelson
Kendall
Nelson
Nelson and Dunn
Aurora
Oswego High School
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
University of Illinois College of Law
American Bar Association
Kane County Bar Association
Oswego
Jerome Nelson
Kendall County
Dallas Ingemanson
Anthony Bassak
Tele-Santa direct line opens for Morris area youths
The Morris Jaycees resume Tele-Santa bright line giving Morris youngsters 6 to 8 p.m. access Tuesday to Thursday. Children dial 942-0113 to chat with Santa at the North Pole, supported by the Grundy County Chamber of Commerce. Almost 200 calls were logged in 1972, and callers are urged to retry after a busy signal.
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Morris Area
Santa Claus
North Pole
Morris Jaycees
Santa
Jerry Wright
Sponsoring
Jaycees
Grundy County
Nader Deems Energy Crisis Phony at TEA Speech
Ralph Nader labeled the energy crisis as the most phony crisis in modern society before TEA in Philadelphia. He urged fuel cuts for business and industry and rejected gas rationing and higher prices as energy saving methods. He questioned why a nation wastes 40 percent of its energy.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Ralph Nader
Tax Equity For America
TEA
Nader
New York Hit by Sleet and Snow Disrupts Transit and Markets
A Sunday snowstorm bringing sleet freezing rain and hail paralyzed New York and suburbs. Schools closed power outages hit homes and commuter flows were delayed with TA reporting 15 minute delays on elevated subways and exchanges delaying openings. Bids for Gebhard Woods State Park topping planned. Springfield bids set for Friday.
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New York
UPI
Gebhard Woods State Park
Springfield
Seneca Christmas fund drive extended to Wednesday
The annual fund drive for the needy in Seneca continues until Wednesday. Residents and businesspeople are urged to donate at the Community State Bank to fund food baskets and small gifts distributed by the Seneca Ministerial Association. Contact Bernard Sheedy for details.
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Seneca
Community State Bank
Seneca Ministerial Association
Bernard Sheedy
Joliet center to become adult prison after juvenile closure
Springfield Illinois Department of Corrections Director Allyn R Sielaff announced the Joliet Reception and Diagnostic Center for Boys will close as a juvenile facility on Feb 15 and become a minimum security adult male center. Most juveniles will transfer to St Charles for assessment and care.
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Springfield
Illinois Department of Corrections
Allyn R. Sielaff
Joliet
Sielaff
Illinois State
St. Charles
Vienna Correctional Center
Joliet Center
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James Yatuni Sr
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Michael H. Joyce
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Lester Yoder
Merrill St
David M. Togliatti
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