Tragedy in Seattle a missing girl found dead
Heidi Peterson 4 found on a hillside near Portage Bay identified by dental records. King County medical examiner notes skull damage and unknown cause of death. Parents express relief after a year of uncertainty and hopeful posters nationwide. Police say the area had been searched before. body likely placed there recently.
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Heidi
Seattle
Heidi Peterson
Portage Bay
Reay
King County
Roy Peterson
Peterson
Kissinger and Nixon dine after World Affairs speech
In California Kissinger and former President Nixon met for the first time since Nixon left office. Kissinger warned Congress about foreign policy involvement, saying it risks misinterpretation and world instability. They flew to Palm Springs after Kissinger’s Century Plaza speech.
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Kissinger
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Henry A. Kissinger
Richard M. Nixon
Nancy
World Affairs Council
Los Angeles
Ronald L. Ziegler
Congress
Century Plaza Hotel
Russia
Bill moves in Congress to delay Ford energy plan
In Washington the House Ways and Means Committee backed tying a 90 day halt on Ford oil import tariff boosts to an increase in the federal debt limit to 531 billion dollars. Democrats say the move seeks cooperation to shape a less inflationary energy package.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Sam Gibbons
D-Fla
Gibbons
House
Ways and Means Committee
William J. Green
Dpa
Committee
Herman’t. Schnee
R-Pa
Senio Gop
Social Security Advisory Council
Council
General Treasury
Knife Wielding Robber Escapes With 25 Dollars
Mt V Gas Station on 16th Street and Broadway reports a Friday evening robbery. A short heavyset man wearing a black stocking mask used a switchblade to threaten attendant Jack Gant and take $25 before fleeing on foot down South 16th Street. Gant described the suspect as about five feet one inch tall, weighing 235 pounds, roughly 50 years old, and wearing no gloves.
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Clark
16Th Street
Broadway
Jack Gant
Gant
South 16Th Street
Lambert St Louis Airport Could Last Twenty Years
A Ralph M. Parsons Co. study concludes Lambert St Louis International Airport can serve the region through 1995 with $144.7 million in improvements. The six month report, funded by the Airport Authority and FAA, outlines a new terminal and dual takeoff landing runways and argues against a second major airport for 10 to 15 years or longer.
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ST. Louis
Lambert
Gail Stubbs
Missouri-St. Louis Metropolitan
Six Arrested on Drug Charges in Southern Illinois Counties
Six people were arrested in Lawrence and Wabash counties after a yearlong investigation into drug activity. Charged with delivery of drugs, a felony, are Steve Cox of Bridgeport, Gary Beal of Allendale, Tim Wilson and Rain Watson of Mount Carmel. Misdemeanor charges were filed against Kim Emmons and Pat Kavanaugh, both of Lawrenceville.
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Lawrenceville, MI
Lawrence
Wabash
Steve Cox
Bridgeport
Gary Beal
Allendale
Tim Wilson
Rain Watson
Mount Carmel
Kim Emmons
Pat Kavanaugh
Lawrenceville
Gravel in water main hinders Mt. Vernon fire fight
Mount Vernon firefighters aided by Jefferson Fire Protection District tank truck battled a vacant corner home blaze on 4th Street and Park Avenue early today. Gravel in the little-used water main clogged hoses, delaying extinguishment. 10 firefighters and five ice-used units fought the blaze, which destroyed the house. The return to dampen embers occurred at 5:06 a.m.
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Mt.v
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson Fire Protection District
4Th Street
Park Avenue
JFPD
State Cannot Afford It Governor Vetoes Senior Citizen Tax Relief
Governor Daniel Walker vetoed the $34 million cash grant program for senior citizens, saying the state cannot afford it and that signing it could trigger a tax increase for all taxpayers. The measure, passed by the General Assembly, is effectively dead after the veto.
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Springfield
Daniel Walker
General Assembly
Walker
George Lindberg
Neil Hartigan
Ex-President of E St Louis College Given Probation
Clifton Woods II, former president of State Community College, received five years probation and a $2000 fine in U S District Court on perjury charges. He was convicted last month for lying to a federal grand jury probing alleged funds misappropriation by Robert Jacox, a former college programs director.
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E. St. Louis College
Sherwood Danner Barn Destroyed By Fire
The barn on Sherwood Danner’s farm three miles west of Mt Vernon burned last night, losing 400 bushels of soybeans 1000 bales of hay and straw a six row corn planter three sows and 30 pigs a grain auger and other equipment in a 7 55 p m to 4 30 a m blaze Firemen estimate 20000 loss and say most pigs perished with some rescued Deputies and state police aided traffic control as spectators watched from nearby roads
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New York
Wall Street
Fraunces “Tavern
Financial District
Anglers and Tarpon Club
Fraunces Tavern
George Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Chase Manhattan Bank
Thomas Regan
Charles Anderson
Associated Press
FALN
Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional Puertoriquena
Armed Forces of
CIA
Puerto Rico
Mayaguez
James Gezork
Wilmington
Del
Beekman- Downtown Hospital
Frank T. Conner
Fair Lawn
N.J
Harold Sherbourne
Pine Orchard
Conn
Alejandro Berger
Philadelphia
Abraham D. Beame
City Hall
Richard Ross
Anglers Club
Sherwood Danner
Mt. Vernon
Route 460
Jefferson Fire Protection District
Danner
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