Christmas holiday toll climbs in Pa with 18 deaths
Across Pennsylvania the Christmas weekend claimed at least 18 lives in traffic crashes and fires. A winter storm dumped up to two feet of snow in the north and west, slowing motorists and triggering skidding accidents. multiple individual fatalities are listed with locations across several counties.
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United Press International
Pennsylvania
Edna Wahah
Quakake
Schulykill County
Hazleton State Hospital
West Penn Twp
Schuylkill County
Glenn L. Sweigart
Reamstown
Ephrata
Thomas K. Dalton
William
Loyalsock Township
Thomas Kazenstein
Kintnersville
Bucks County
Six die when hit by auto in Christmas rain
New York police report a car traveling at least 60 mph struck Juan Soto his 3 year old daughter her 14 year old son and three teen friends as they crossed beneath an elevated track. The car fled but left a damaged vehicle with hair and flesh on it. Eduardo Coba 27 was charged with multiple offenses.
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Philadelphia
Jerret Giffin
Camp Hill
Londonderry
Dauphin County
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New York
UPI
Juan Soto
Soto
Eduardo Coba
Brooklyn
Leonard Spector
Coba
Spector
Parents respond as Gacy case widens in Chicago area
Police probing John Wayne Gacy received hundreds of calls from parents who fear their missing children may be among his alleged sex slayings. Investigators dredged rivers and searched the crawl space beneath Gacy’s home, recovering four decomposed bodies and a fifth, with at least 20 depressions marked. Gacy, 36, is charged in the murder of 15 year old Robert Piest, with authorities saying he buried many victims under his house and dumped others in the Des Plaines River.
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UPS
John Wayne Gacy
England
Australia
Gacy
Robert Piest
Norridge
Des Plaines River
Piest
Des Plaines
Nissan
Inmates Free Hostages After Nighttime Prison Siege
Four inmates at Delaware County Prison released three hostages after a five hour knife siege to protest conditions. State police and prison officials opened an investigation into possible charges. The inmates demanded a meeting with Warden Thomas Rapone and a reporter to voice grievances including food and medical care. Hostages were unharmed upon release.
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Tehran demonstrators face deadly troops clash and unrest
Iran troops fatally struck a professor amid anti shah protests in central Tehran as riots surge. Oil workers strike drives record low crude output and queues form at gas stations amid fuel shortages. Political leaders seek civilian government to replace military rule, with discussions on transferring power to parliament and pursuing anti corruption measures.
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Woman accused of killing estranged husband with wine bottle
In Brooklyn a 30-year-old woman Rosa Mae Saraphin faces a grand jury after police say she beat her estranged husband Addison Saraphin with a wine bottle and choked him with his tie when he brought Christmas gifts for their sons. He died at her apartment. Police say she was not charged yet as the case proceeds to the grand jury.
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UPI
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Addison Saraphin
Brooklyn
District Attorney's Office
Salem
Ore
John Rideout
Greta
Rideout
Oregon
Charles Burt
Iowa
Delaware
Oil Tank Fire Diminishes In Scotlandville After Overfill Blame
A 3.4 million gallon crude oil storage tank fire at Scotlandville, Louisiana, reached 200 feet and then diminished over its third day as authorities awaited burnout. State police kept U.S. 61 roadblocks. residents were evacuated on Christmas Eve after the blaze peaked.
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Scotlandville
UPI
U.S. 61
Indira Gandhi to be freed after parliament adjourns
India’s president adjourned the lower house enabling Indira Gandhi to be released from jail. The 61 year old former prime minister had been jailed since December 19 for blocking a probe into her son’s business dealings. Her arrest sparked protests with multiple deaths and hundreds injured nationwide.
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India
UPI
Indira Gandhi
Gandhi
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Janata Party
Mrs. Gandhi
Indira Congress
Janata
Submerged wreckage sought in Alitalia DC9 disaster search
In Palermo Italian search teams say they may have located the Alitalia DC9 wreckage after its early Saturday plunge killing 108 of 129 aboard. Warships divers and a small submarine scour the sea along with a tanker and cargo vessel collision in the Strait of Messina as a second disaster unfolds.
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Sicily
UPI
Italy
Strait of Messina
Messina
Omonia
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