Biggest air attack on North Vietnam since bombing halt
An armada of 350 American fighter bombers pounded antiaircraft defenses and supply depots in North Vietnam around the clock. Informants said the raid signals a third day of heavy operations, the largest since the halt in bombing three years ago.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Johnson
Hanoi
Radio
U.S
Nixon
United States
Radio Hanoi
South Vietnam
Thailand
Constellation
Coral Sea
Tonkin Gulf
Thanh Hoa
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Cambodia
Laotian Defense Ministry
Pathet Lao
Banda
Four inmates missing after Vanderburgh jail break
Sheriff reports 15 prisoners escaped Vanderburgh County jail after overpowering a guard and propping cell locks. 11 recaptured within hours. four remained at large near Mount Vernon and Mount Carmel areas, with roadblocks set at Wabash River bridges.
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Jerry Riney
Riney
Weather outlook with drizzle rain and weekend temps at Dresden Island
Occasional drizzle and light rain forecast with highs in the lower 40s and a low in the mid 20s. Cloudy conditions turn colder with rain changing to snow and a high near 30 on Tuesday. Weekend at Dresden Island Locks saw Saturday high 48 and low 35, Sunday 42/35. At 7 am today the temperature was 38 and precipitation measured 0.15 inches.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Two Coal City men charged in Bellettini Ward theft burglary
Bond set at 10000 for Kenneth Fisk and David Super charged with burglary of Bellettini's Montgomery Ward at 245 S Broadway Coal City. Watches found on arrest. Grand jury to consider additional burglary cases.
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Robert Malmquist
Coal City
Bellettini
Montgomery Ward
S. Broadway
Kenneth E. Fisk
Main St
Braidwood
David E. Super
S. Illinois St
Allen Conant
Richard Wilder
Atty. Wilder
Robert Norris
Susan Circle
Colin Brooks
Bimet Corp
U S. 6
Brooks
Norris
Fisk
Super
Atty
Wilder
Grundy County
Dominic Bertoglio
Michael Dresen
Sunbeam Bread of
Ottawa
Ward
Dresen
Bertoglio
Melvin Dearth
Marvin Olson
Army unit protests drug policy at Travis Air Force Base
Eighteen Army enlisted men aided by three Vietnam Veterans Against the War members seized a second floor observation ward at Travis AFB California to demand immediate release from hospital and amnesty for troops drug patients. The peaceful takeover ended without injuries or damage as officials review possible actions.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
VVAW
Air Force
George E. Reynolds
Travis
San Francisco
Army Spec
Mike Oliver
Oliver
United States
Tenants Injured in County Holiday Car Crashes Across Grids
A spree of county accidents during the Christmas weekend left seven injured in a Kinsman crash involving Joan Phelen and Timothy Phelen and two groups hurt in Marion Storm and other collisions. Deputies cite obstructed visibility and driver errors as contributing factors. Local hospitals treated patients from Morris to Peoria.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
California
Grundy County
Kinsman
Kinsman Road
Joan T. Phelen
Methodist Hospital
Peoria
St. Mary's Hospital
Streator
Timothy J. Phelen
Phelen
Paul D. Santelli
Arlington Heights
Santelli
Mary L. Phelen
Jane F. Phelen
Betty J. Phelen
Mary Phelen
St. Mary’s Hospital
Peter E. Behn
Roger Erickson
Des Plaines
St. Mary’s
Behn
Erickson
Solon
St Mary's
Elmer Harlow
Joan Phlen
St. Mary's
Hugh Phelen
Don's Arco
Mazon
Marion Storm
Reddick
Dawn Storm
Gardner
Carbon Hill Road
Rice Road
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Rte. 2
Channahon
Todd
Connie
Jeff
Herald
Evansville, Ind
Mount
Chicago
Delta Airlines
O'Hare International
Atlanta
Bob
Delta
Mount Vernon
Wabash River
New Harmony
Illinois
Robert Wilder
Evansville
Army
Morris Daily Herald
Morris
Vice Pole
Morris Hospital
Davis Ambulance
Storm
Dawn
Roy E. Christensen
Arthur R Mogler
Whitemore
Iowa
Interstate 80
Kneller
Shell
James Gretencord
Fred Ehrman
Mabel Court
Evergreens
William L. Wren
Rte. 5
Mabel
Carl W Stipes
Lorance Baker
West Ave
Robert L Krug
Millington
Pine Bluff Road
Baker
Krug
Amax
Banville
Charles E. Hood
Wilmington Hood
Barrett
Leonard Robert Elam
H. Neary
Southmor Road
Elam
Thomas Grindstaff
Grindstaff
Joseph Mackawiak
Spring Valley
Michael Dunk
Villa Park
Michael
Karyl) Dunk
Jamie Dunk
Division
Chapin Sts
Marvel Eugene Jefferies
Bruce, S. D
Division St
Mary L. Carroll
Bookwalter Woods
Jefferies
Sandra Swartz
Lisbon and
Waverly Sts
Paul Ehrman
Rte. 4
Lisbon St
Edmund A VanDeGejuchte
Lincoln St
Waverly St
VanDeGejuchte
Ehrman VanDeGejuchte
Bond
Walt’s Arco
North Division St
Thomas P. Tierney
Las Vegas
Nev
Walter G. Olson
Buchanan St
Tierney
Olson
Liberty St
Susan Jo Richards
Richards
James T. Skinner
Robinson Drive
Richard B Anderson
Richard B. McTague
Chapin St
Pine and
Chapin Streets
Anderson
McTague
Donald Ward
Eunice Hayes
Fremont St
Alma M. Ridenour
Seneca
Hayes
High Street
High and
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