Missing 325 Pounds of Gold Sparks Unexplained Loss
Federal officials cannot explain the disappearance of 325 pounds of gold valued at about 1.1 million dollars from the U S Assay Office in New York City. They cite faulty records since 1854, refining losses, and possible hidden traces, with Secret Service investigations ongoing and one employee jailed for earlier theft.
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William Proxmire
D-Wis
Denver
Northeast Endures Winter Storm Warnings and Travel Advisories
A winter storm raged across the Northeast with snow, sleet, and freezing rain. travel advisories and heavy snow warnings covered New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Vermont. Coastal gale warnings issued for Maine and New Hampshire with freezing rain affecting several states. other regions faced winds, flooding, and drifting snow as the system stretched from the Appalachians to the Great Lakes.
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Weather Forecast Roughly Cloudy With Snow Late
Increasing cloudiness with a chance of snow tonight and windy Friday with some snow likely. Highs in the upper 20s to lower 30s and lows in the low 20s. At Dresden Lock and Dam Wednesday high 40 and low 15, 7 am 15. Precipitation 12 inches. Morris downtown 10:04 am temperature 20.
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Kahn weighs tax shifts on leaded and unleaded gas
Washington AP Alfred E. Kahn, Carter inflation fighter, told Congress the administration weighs raising leaded gas taxes while lowering unleaded to narrow price gaps and deter car owners from converting tanks. He noted OPEC price actions and possible removal of price controls on petroleum products as factors. Deputy sheriffs end Will County strike. nursing home staff remain on picket lines amid wage talks as local board considers higher offers.
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Hijacker demands release of prisoner on trial in Illinois
A woman claiming dynamite hijacked a Trans World Airlines DC-9 with 87 aboard and forced a landing at Williamson County Airport in Marion. She sought the release of prison inmate Garret Brock Trapnell amid a federal trial for an earlier helicopter escape, while three inmates in Benton faced related charges.
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Barbara A. Oswald
Trapnell
Martin J. McNally
James Kenneth Johnson
Allen Barklage
McNally
Johnson
Miracle girl Dee wins Christmas wish through charity fund
In Bloomington Illinois eleven year old Dee McGlown who survived a severe brain injury after a motorcycle crash sends a four dollar and fifty seven cent donation to a local newspaper fund to buy toys for needy children She cannot speak yet but can write using an alphabet board and has begun to regain control with help from therapists Her note requests a doll skirt and a trip home for Christmas and she is promised at least one wish before year end
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Bloomington
Morris residents file for city alderman posts
Six Morris residents in four wards filed petitions Wednesday for spring aldermanic elections. Incumbents Roseland and Linn filed for the Second and Fourth Wards, with McComas and Kennedy seeking the Third Ward. First Ward petitions came from Kutches and Lindsay, with Willareth possibly aiming for the Second Ward. The filing period ends December 30, primary February 27, general April 17. Terms of aldermen Roseland Linn Willmington and Siron expire next year.
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Morris City
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Washington St
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Illinois Ave
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Fremont Ave
Duane McComas
Douglas St
Kenneth Kennedy
E. Main St
del Linn
Linda Willareth
Crabapple Lane
Roseland, Linn
Arthur Willmington
Floyd Siron
New test set for Grundy County assessment supervisor
Illinois DLGA schedules a January 19 test for supervisor of assessment in Grundy County. Acting supervisor Lorraine Thorsen says the top three scorers will be eligible for appointment to replace Milton Carlson, who retired December 1.
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Forrest Hare
McHenry County
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Joliet
Phyllis Lamb
Rte. 4
Miss Oseland
Will County
Guerrillas fire Katyusha rockets kill man in Kiryat Shmona
Guerrillas in southern Lebanon launched a volley of rockets at the Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona, killing one man and wounding seven as Israeli artillery returned fire. The PLO in Beirut said the attack was retaliation for Israeli strikes on Palestinian camps about 12 hours earlier. Five children were treated for shock after a building was hit. The cross border fire marked the first attack since Israel pulled its invasion force from southern Lebanon last June.
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New evidence suggests four shots in Kennedy case
New acoustical findings reportedly indicate four shots were fired in Dallas, with one from the grassy knoll in addition to three from the Texas School Book Depository. The claim challenges the Warren Commission verdict of a single gunman and points to possible conspiracy. Representative Harold Sawyer cited experts claiming four shots, including a third from the knoll.
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Wandering walleye case heads to sealed circuit hearing
In Eagle River Wisconsin a circuit court investigation into the wandering walleye opened behind closed doors after Richard Rose requested privacy. The probe centers on alleged illegal sale of a state record 18 pound 12 ounce walleye from the Wisconsin River to Vilas County with figures suggesting a value up to $2000 and possible endorsements. DNR official Richard Wendt and game warden Charles Wranosky attended the session as the case unfolded.
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John Doe
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Rose
George A. Richards
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Volke
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Wausau
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