80 Below Zero Chill Factor Hits Northern Illinois
Blizzard conditions grip the East and Midwest with wind chills to 80 below in parts of Minnesota and northern Illinois, forcing travel disruptions, National Guard mobilizations, and gas supply concerns as factories close and unemployment rises. Amtrak and airports suspend service. several deaths attributed to the cold, and relief efforts spread across Pennsylvania, New York, and neighboring states.
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Illinois
Dean Lokken
Associated Press
Midwest
National Guard
National Weather Service
Minnesota
Buffalo
N.Y
Hugh Carey
Transportation Department
Carter
Congress
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Ohio
New Jersey
New York
Carey
Painesville
Kentucky
Ohio River
Illinois Coal Output Dips in 1976 Production
Illinois coal mines produced 57,973,732 tons in 1976, down from 59,354,668 in 1975, reported by the state Department of Mines and Minerals. Last month’s production totaled 5,042,829 tons, ahead of 4,910,662 in the same month of 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Ll
Ilinois
State Department of Mines and Minerals
22 Missing In Hotel Fire
Breckenridge Minnesota ox AP reports 22 persons missing and presumed dead after the three story Hotel Stratford fire. Firemen battled sub zero conditions as debris and hot spots delayed the search while Mayor Hugh Mikkelson noted burned hotel records. Only survivor Douglas Johnson, 41, of Aberdeen, SD, survived after escaping from a window with police assistance.
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Breckenridge
Minn
Stratford
Minnesota
Hugh Mikkelson
Mikkelson
Douglas Johnson
Aberdeen
D. Johnson
Deaths Payton Fugate Bloomington Graveside Service
Payton Kendall Fugate a 66 year old Bloomington resident dies at 8 15 p m Tuesday in Champaign Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 1 p m in Oakwood Cemetery The service had been set for 1 p m today but was changed due to weather conditions. He was formerly of Mt Vernon and is survived by his wife Juliet Morgan Fugate. Irene Grigg 79 of 319 N 14th St dies at home Funeral arrangements will be announced later from Myers Bari Funeral Service Burial will be in Oakwood She was born Aug 17 1897 at Mt Vernon daughter of Oscar and Hettie Grigg She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and Round Table Study Club She is survived by a son Bill Grigg Mt Vernon a daughter Jeanne Moeller Woodland Hills Calif two sisters and several other relatives.
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Irene Grigg
N. 14Th St
Myers-Bari
Oakwood
Cere
Grigg
Mt. Vernon
Oscar
Hettie Aerned
Aymon Rigg
Centralia Man Arrested in Cycle Theft Case
Thomas Marion Sargent of Centralia, 22, was arrested Friday on a felony theft charge. He is accused of stealing a Kawasaki mini bike owned by Lee Myers of Richview Road on August 1, 1975. Sargent was released on a 2500 dollar bond.
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Thomas Marion Sargent
Centralia
Lee Myers
Richview Road
May Beef Up Jobs Program
AP Labor Writer Robert A Dobkin reports that the Carter administration seeks ways to expand the jobs program if Congress asks for more. Labor Secretary Marshall outlines a government wide survey to estimate public service and training job capacity, with departments pressed to quantify possible work in forests parks rail track beds weatherizing homes and HEW education roles.
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Robert A Dobkin
Washington
Congress
Ray Marshall
Marshall
Agriculture and Interior Departments
National Forests and Parks
Transportation Department
James Schlesinger
Carter
Bomb blasts rock Oxford Street and Soho in London alert
London braces as 12 explosions in five hours hit Oxford Street and Soho with three fires and no injuries. Police fear a series of timed bombs. four Irish men await trial on charges tied to 1975 bombings. A man and a woman were detained then released.
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London
Oxford Street
Soho
Scotland Yard
Central Criminal Court
Old Baney
Brias
Irish Republican Army
Jim Nevill
Boyle Happy Over New Trial For Yablonski Killing
Former mine workers boss W A Tony Boyle wins a new murder trial after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled he was denied evidence that could show he was not involved in the 1969 slayings of Joseph Yablonski his wife Margaret and daughter Charlotte. Boyle, 76, is hospitalized with a heart ailment and had been serving three life terms.
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Chris Roberts
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Mine Workers
W.A
Tony” Boyle
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Friday Boyle
Joseph ‘Jock’ Yablonski
United Mine Workers Union
Boyle
Yablonsk
Charles Feruto
Baste
James Howard
Western State Penitentiary
Pittsburgh
Yablonski
Margaret
Charlotte
Clarksville
Mt Vernon Lodge 31 A F and A M Special Meeting
A special meeting of Mt Vernon Lodge 31 A F and A M will be held Monday January 31 1977 at 730 p m. Work in the ard Degree. All members please note visiting brethren welcome. Merle R Tate W M.
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Mt. Vernon Lodge
Merle R. Tate
W.M
Kelley Simmons Mt Vernon Obituary and Weather Note
Kelley Simmons 64 of 815 S 18th St died Friday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Funeral Monday 1:30 at Osborn Funeral Home Dix with Rev Vernell Garren. burial Donoho Prairie Cemetery east of Kell. Survivors include four brothers Walter Earl George Roy and four sisters Esther Nora Susie Margaret. Weather report notes Friday high 30 low 10 below zero and past records.
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Kelley Clark Simmons
S. 18Th St
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Osborn Funeral
Dix
Vernell Garren
Donoho Prairie
Kell
Jr. Simmons
Jefferson County
Gilbert and
Margaret (Derring) Simmons
Walter
Apache Junction
Ariz
Earl
Mt. Morris
George
Mt. Pleasant
Mich
Roy
la Habre
Calif
Esther Myers
Nora Marteeny
Susie Storment
Mt. Vernon
Margaret Hart
Tinley Park
Oscar
Carroll
Joseph
Anna Simmons
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CAP
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Nother
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Freeman
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Kenneth Mills
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Corrine Olin
Wanda Cummings
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Main St
Johnson
Charles F,lberg
Democratic
Shiloh Township
Ss-Bay
Payton Fugate
Bloomington
Payton Kendall Fugate
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Fugate
Juliet
Morgan) Fugate
Champaign
Centralian
Sargent
Selfridge's
Pimlico
Homer Shaeffer
Edward ‘Vertini
Talaga
S. W. Kanarski
Fairfield
Roscoe Gant
Bob Shaw
Carpenters
Pallbearers
Osborn Funeral Home
Duella C
Toler
Lenola Frances
W.altony" Boyle
Jefferson County Krazy Klowns
Illinois Power Building
Kip Carpenter
Ross Elkins
Mortimer the Mouse
Summersville Baptist Church
Jonah
Jonah and the Whale
Sunnersvills Baptast Church
Old Fairfieldnd
Merle Fullerton
Summeresville
Martina
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