Fire kills seven in Hampton family home in Chicago
In a Hamp ton South Side house fire seven people died including five children Darnell 13 Denise 11 Norman 10 Loretta 6 and Frankie 5 along with Ann Hampton 39 and Willie Westbrook Investigators suspect an overloaded electric space heater started the blaze Low water pressure and winds hampered firefighters and flames spread to adjacent houses before they arrived Witnesses say the back of the house burned first and bodies were found in two upstairs and front bedrooms
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Chicago
UPI
South Side
Hampton
Ann Hampton
Willie Westbrook
Darnell
Denise
Norman
Loretta
Frankie
Westbrook
Jacquelin Baly
Ms Hampton
Final Farewell for Circus Legend Karl Wallenda
In Sarasota a crowd of about 1,500 mourners gathered at Robarts Sports Arena for Karl Wallenda’s closed casket funeral. Three Show Folks of Sarasota chaplains led services. Rabbi Barry Konovitch read Psalms 23 and 121. Wallenda, 73, died after a San Juan high-wire fall, leaving a memorial of flowers and somber remembrances from fellow circus figures and fans.
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Sarasota
Fla
Karl Wallenda
Show Folks of
Robarts Sports Arena
Wallenda
Luther Willer
Barry Konovitch
Temple Beth Sholom
San Juan
Henrietta Grote
Fent
Omaha
Rietta Wallenda
State abandons centralized auto parts computer system
Springfield the Ili reports the Department of Administrative Services will save about 120000 dollars annually by ending the PICES PLUS centralized computer system for auto parts inventories. Testing began in 1976 but data processing costs made it uneconomical. garages now use individual inventory files and requisitions, returning to the former method in February 1978 through collaboration of data processing and garage personnel.
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Springfield
Ilinois Department of Administrative Services
DAS
Theodore D Puckerius
Miners End Strikes in Ohio and Virginia
United Press International reports Ohio and Virginia UMW miners returned to work at 12 01 a m under a new contract after the longest strike in union history. While these locals resumed, construction workers in Illinois and parts of Pennsylvania extended walkouts seeking a separate pact. retirees also threatened to picket over pension terms.
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United Press International
UMW
Ohio
Virginia
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Frank Dwyer
Ilinois
Bryan Monk
Billy Coffey
Clinchfield Coal Co
Coin collection stolen from owner's house
Chicago police said a Northwest Side home was robbed while the weekend theft involved a coin collection valued at up to 25 thousand dollars. William T. Lovelace the 48 year old owner and Morton Grove Coin Club president placed the value higher than police estimates noting the loss included a 1916 standing liberty quarter bought a month ago for 1800 dollars.
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Chicago
UPI
William T. Lovelace
Lovelace
Morton Grove Coin Club
Fort Wayne
Ind
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