Alitalia jetliner crash kills over a hundred in Sicily
In Palermo one of Alitalia’s two engine DC-9s with 129 aboard sank after skim landing in rough seas near Punta Raisi. Officials said 108 dead, 21 rescued, including a Frenchman and a Dutch survivor. Most passengers were Sicilian workers returning home for Christmas.
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Palermo
Sicily
UPI
Alitalia
Rome
Europe
Punta Rassi
Davienne Ravel
Simon Sakko
U.S
Inmates Gift Program Brightens Holiday at Lawrence County Jail
The Lawrence County Church and Jail Committee organizes Christmas gifts for inmates, allocating $10 per prisoner from church donations. Volunteers shop, wrap, and deliver gifts, while also aiding year round with job connections and family outreach, led by Rev. Franklin Bishop of Emmanuel Church.
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Lawrence County
Emmanuel United Methodist Church
Maitland Lane
Franklin Bishop
Emmanuel Church
Bishop
Pittsburgh
United Methodist
Roy C. Nichols
United Church of Christ
Manzoni Pays For Girl Heart Surgery To Keep Word
Italian businessman Gaetano Manzoni handed Milena Dorigo’s family a 10000 dollar check to honor a pledge made to kidnappers who abducted him for 80 days. The ransom was lifted after police seized 660000 and he sought the money for the child’s heart operation.
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Udine
Italy
UPI
Florence
Gaetano Manzoni
Giordano
Manzoni
Milena Dorigo
Little Milena
Christmas travel amid heavy traffic foresees hundreds of deaths
United Press International reports that as millions travel for the holiday, 400 to 500 people may die in traffic crashes over the weekend and 18,200 to 23,000 could suffer disabling injuries. By 1 am EST, at least nine deaths had occurred nationwide since the start of the holiday period.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
South Korea to Free Prisoners in Amesty Move
Seoul announces a broad amnesty freeing 5378 inmates including opposition leader Kim Dae Jung on Dec 27. The plan coincides with Park Chung Hee's government reshuffle as he begins a new six year term. Kim, 53, serves a five year term in a Seoul hospital for anti government activities.
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Seoul
South Korea
UPI
Kim Dae-jung
Park Chung-hee Park
Choi Kyuhah
Kim
Park
Four killed in Avondale truck crash in Pennsylvania
Four persons died when their pickup truck left Avondale New London Road south of Avondale, hit a tree, and burned. Victims were Richard Riddle 23 Jud H Myers 20 Sharon McDonough 17 all of West Grove and Walter C Hendrickson 22 of Kemblesville Chester County. Riddle drove the truck. Identification was delayed due to severe burns.
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Avondale
UPI
New London Road
Richard Riddle
Jud H. Myers
Sharon McDonough
West Grove
Walter C. Hendrickson
Kemblesville
Chester County
Riddle
West Virginia coal output forecast at near 82 million tons
West Virginia coal production this year is projected around 80 to 85 million tons, the lowest since 1922 and well below 1977. State figures show 65.3 million tons mined in ten months, a drop from 83.2 million a year earlier and 89.1 million two years ago amid strikes and weak markets.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
West Virginia
State Department of Mines
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Edwin Wiles
West Virginia Coal Association
United Mine Workers
Norfolk & Western Railway
Pittsburgh Council Tentatively Okays Budget Cut Plan
Pittsburgh City Council tentatively approves a budget about six million below the mayor’s 171 million plan. The 5-4 vote rejects a wage tax hike to 2.5 percent, opting instead for a maximum 70 mills increase in the land tax, subject to formal ratification Wednesday.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Richard Caliguiri
Caliguiri
State police urge drivers to obey 55 mph limit
Harrisburg troopers appeal to motorists to drive carefully during holidays and winter weather. State Police Commissioner Col. Paul Chylak warns distractions create a dangerous mix and urges complete attention to driving. Troopers will focus patrols on peak travel times for speeders and drunk drivers.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Paul Chylak
Chylak
Elderly Woman Dies in House Fire in Chestnut Hill
Dorothy Tilling, 78, of suburban Chestnut Hill, died Friday from burns and smoke inhalation in a fire believed caused by a defective heating pad. Her body was found in a second floor bedroom. police said the heating pad wire insulation melted and ignited the bedding.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Dorothy Tilling
Chestnut Hill
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Police officer named in $3 million suit over Hood shooting
The parents of Winston C Hood Jr., 21, filed a $3 million lawsuit against Officer Peter Organsky alleging illegal force in a July 10 shooting. Hood was handcuffed and on the ground when he was shot after defying an order to drop a revolver. Temple Hospital treated him. Police previously said Organsky, 35, was cleared of wrongdoing.
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Philadelphia
UPS
Winston C Hood Jr
Peter Organsky
Hood
Temple University Hospital
Organsky
Poice
Butler teen struck and killed by car near home
A 14 year old Butler girl Vicky Fieske was struck and killed by a car on a street near her home. Charles Cramer 60 Butler was charged with homicide by vehicle and driving under the influence, and the coroner confirmed the death at the scene.
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Butler, Pa
UPI
Butler
Butler County
William F. Young Jr
Vicky Fieske
Charles Cramer
Cramer
Harassment case hinges on repeated conduct says judge
A school official faces harassment charges amid testimony over whether a single insult and a tense dispute constitute a course of conduct. Attorneys argued that repeated acts are required, while others said one offensive label and ongoing conflict already prove harassment and a lack of legitimate purpose.
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Verterano
Buch
Zingaro
Paglia
Cook
Falena
Vetterano
Students print counterfeit cash at technical school
In Phoenixville, Northern Chester County Technical School students used shop facilities to print fake $10 and $20 bills with Merry Christmas on the back. The director said a teacher found the notes, notified the Secret Service, and the incident prompted a learning moment to deter repeats.
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Phoenixville
UPI
Philadelphia
Secret Service
Chester County Technical School
Sanford Pariser
Pariser
40 year jail term for CIA clerk William Kampiles
Hammond Indiana United Press International reports former CIA clerk William Kampiles, 24, was sentenced by U S District Judge Phil McNagny to 40 years in prison after he stole an operations manual for a top secret spy satellite and sold it to Soviet agents for 3000 dollars at the Greek National Stadium in Athens on March 4.
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Hammond
Ind
UPI
CIA
U.S
William Kampiles
Phil McNagny
Kampiles
Athens
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