Fire kills eight in Philadelphia row house arson suspected
In North Philadelphia eight people die as a three story home burns after 4:30 a.m. The two low income families living there faced a swift blaze that spread upward. Fire officials suspect arson as cans of flammable liquid were found and a gas bomb reportedly located. The Santos Diaz family on the second floor perished with their five children. the Aponti family on the first floor escaped. Investigators continued to probe the incident.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Philadelphia Housing Authority
Santos Diaz
Lucy Aponti
Anna
Aponti
Manuel Rollon
Julia
Apontis
Harold
Juana
Marta
Diane
Edna
Robert Alotta
Housing Authority
Romeoville Man Fined for Indecent Exposure Case
A Romeoville man, Robert Verkwitz, 26, was fined 200 dollars plus 25 dollars costs after pleading guilty in Grundy County Circuit Court to contributing to the sexual delinquency of a child. Other indecency charges from 1972 and 1976 were dismissed. In a separate notice, the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs office at 201 Liberty St. will close Wednesday noon to Friday 20 for a state seminar and reopen Monday the 23rd at 8:30 a.m.
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Romeoville
Grundy County
Robert Verkwitz
J. W. Gaddis
Uerkwitz
R.A. Bauer
Charles Kindelspire
Ron Fox
Hollenbeck Subdivision
Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs
Liberty St
Prisoner Injures Ear Then Fails to Turn Himself In
A Grundy County Jail inmate Louis Gilbert 38 is in fair condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital after injuring his ear Monday afternoon and being transported from Morris Hospital to Chicago. Gilbert was wanted for cutting a tree in Lincoln Park and traffic violations and allegedly stuck something in his ear before being found by a jailer. X rays showed no head injuries or foreign object. Gilbert had been arrested by Morris police for firing a shot from a .38 caliber handgun over Virginia Means’s head. Bond set at 1000 with condition to stay away from Means. Two traffic tickets issued in Grundy County: Carl Sedlock 23 cited for driving after license suspension and John Berkey 18 for a taillight violation. Sedlock posted 100 bond. Berkey posted license as bond.
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Grundy County
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Louis Gilbert
Liberty St
Morris Hospital
DesRochers
William Button
Gilbert
Lincoln Park
Button
Morris
Virginia Means
Miss Means
Dan Raymond
Carl Sedlock
S. Broadway St
Coal City
Raymond
Broadway
Braceville Rds
Sedlock
John Berkey
Rte. 2
Minooka
McArdle
Broadway Rds
Bullet proof vests found ineffective
A federally funded study tested 53 bullet proof vest models and found nearly half failed to meet standards. Of 25 that failed, 17 allowed a bullet to penetrate the garment and eight allowed the shell to cause a sizable low mood. Morris man thwarted burglary. rims and a bicycle stolen. license plate theft reported.
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Washington
UPI
Public petitions urge Fermilab support in Batavia
Voice of the People reports Will County Homemakers Extension petitions posted in Three Rivers Library Channahon and Troy Library Shorewood urge public signatories to back Fermilab. Since 1972 the lab has conducted over 200 experiments, including the 1977 Upsilon particle discovery, with Dr. Robert Wilson guiding its growth and cost adjustments. Lindahl named acting director as funding concerns rise. legislators in Congress and the Senate push for more funds to keep Fermilab operating and expanding energy.
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Troy
Will County Homemakers Extension
Fermilab
Batavia
Three Rivers
Channahon
Troy Library
Shorewood
Upsilon
Robert R. Wilson
Congress
United States
Wilson
Linear Accelerator Gallery
CERN
Philip V. Lindahl
Tom Corcoran
House of Representatives
Charles Percy
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Matsunaga
Hawaii
Senate
Washington
Congress closes Korean scandal probe with no discipline
The Senate Ethics Committee ends its major inquiry into Korean influence buying with no discipline for current senators. It cites inconclusive evidence against incumbents while detailing past misdeeds by late members McClellan Humphrey Montoya. The House panel recommends reprimands for McFall and Wilson and censures Roybal altered to reprimand, prompting questions on ethics enforcement.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Senate Ethics Committee
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Justice Department
Senate
House
John McFall
D-Calif
Charles Wilson
Park
Roybal
Ethics
Labor Department seeks block on Teamsters fund contract renewal
The Labor Department filed suit in U.S. District Court in Chicago to halt a three year renewal of a multimillion dollar claims processing contract with Amalgamated Insurance Agency Services Inc for the Central States Pension Fund. The action aims to protect assets and workers rights under ERISA and seeks temporary restraints and a possible receiver as trustees faced questions over prudence and controls in the agreement affecting nearly 200000 workers and over 500000 dependents.
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Chicago
UPI
Labor Department
Teamsters Union
Central States Pension Fund
Renwal
U.S. District Court
ERISA
Ray Marshall
Washington
Marshall
Department
Teamsters
Frank Fitzsimmons
Las Vegas
Fitzsimmons
Amalgamated Insurance Agency Services Inc
U.S
Thomas R. McMillan
Amalgamated
McMillan
Prison art show featuring inmates works in Ottawa this weekend
The Illinois Department of Corrections sponsors an art show and sale by offenders from 10 prisons including Sheridan at the Reddick Mansion in Ottawa. The Impressions from Inside 78 exhibit runs 10 am to 6 pm Saturday and 1 to 5 pm Sunday with paintings ceramics rugs macrame leather and perhaps jewelry and sculpture. Proceeds go to each artist’s prison trust fund.
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Springfield
Illinois
Sheridan
Reddick
Ottawa
The
Illinois Department of Corrections
Rotary Club
Ottawa Township
Becky Aten
Charles J. Rowe
Corrections Department
Rowe
Department of Corrections
Alton
Rockford
Dear Ann Landersraunchy words and parental advice mix
A reader questions Ann Landers about using four letter words and whether the column is prudish. Another letter from a Sioux City native explains upbringing. a married woman seeks help with critical parents and controlling spouse. a viewer complains about a movie with children present and asks for guidance. The column lists resources and how to request the booklet Necking and Petting What Are the Limits.
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Ann Landers
Ann
Sausalito
Sioux City
Iowa
Methodist Morningside College
Lawrence Welk
Janesville
Wis
P. O
Chicago
Illinois
Worry Clinic adviser urges voters to back economy minded Congress
Dr George W Crane urges Leonard K and college students to register and vote wisely by backing candidates who demand 5 percent federal spending cuts. The piece instructs voters to study voting records on budget bills, Panama Canal, defense, and welfare, and to scrutinize incumbents for chameleon-like shifts.
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Congress
Leonard K
Crane
Russia
America
George Meany
Panama Canal
France
Louisiana Purchase
Alaska
Fortune Is Fate Quote by Benjamin Disraeli
A historical quotation attributed to Benjamin Disraeli asserts that fortunes are self-made and labeled as fate. It reflects 19th century views on agency and destiny in personal success.
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Mildred Davis
Channa Hop
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John McClellan
D-Ark
Tongsun Park
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
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