Holiday death toll over a hundred as winter travels rise
United Press International reports the Thanksgiving weekend death count surpassing 100 due to icy roads and low visibility nationwide. Snow and fog disrupt travel in the Midwest and Plains, with 125 confirmed traffic deaths so far and forecasts predicting 470 to 570 total by Sunday.
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Death toll in Jonestown may reach 800 says UPI report
US recovery teams in Guyana say new bodies are found almost hourly at Jonestown. They have flown out 270 of 408 reported dead and expect up to 800 total. Jones's body identified. FBI confirmed fingerprint match. Surviving cult members describe brutal control and death rituals amid jungle dangers.
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Idaho
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D-Calif
Death of Pennsylvanian Legislator Upsets House Balance
Pennsylvania State Rep. Frank Meluskey 26 of Bethlehem dies in Florida from choking amid congenital heart disease during Thanksgiving visit. His death risks throwing the state House into a 101 101 tie, complicating speaker selection as Democrats and Republicans contest several seats and a special election is required after January.
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FASH leader warns of goons amid steel hauler strike
United Press International reports Bill Hill national chairman of the Fraternal Association of Steel Haulers told Pittsburgh delegates the top agenda item is how to counter Teamsters backed goons harassing picketing haulers in New Kensington Pennsylvania. He alleged 40 attackers funded by trucking firms and claimed mills and carriers fear loss of pay and jobs. A Cleveland injunction hearing is set for Monday before Judge William K. Thomas after a temporary restraining order was issued to curb interference with Penn Ohio Steel Carriers Association members.
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Arrests continue in Lawson Milk store holdups in Ohio and Pa
Campbell Ohio police arrested Ronald Mars and two 16 year old youths early Tuesday as they left the Lawson Milk store on McCartney Road in Campbell. Mars faces aggravated robbery charges after a related New Castle incident. Pennsylvania State Police later arrested Kenneth V. Queens, 29, near the scene of a Lawson Milk Co robbery on West State Street Union Township, with Queens arraigned on armed robbery charges and held on bond.
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News Digest News Index Pay Nov 24 1978
Obituaries list multiple residents with ages and addresses including Sara Elizabeth Fisher 101 Mary Pagley Granato Adamo 78 Gaylord Wynder 56 Clair Brown 76 Tim Dodson 55 Charles Wright 66 William Newton 8 Marvin Hawthorne 77 Hugh Henry 72 F Earl McConnell 74. Weather notes Western Pennsylvania partly cloudy cold tonight low mid 20s Saturday mostly sunny high near 40. Weather stats and Moraine State Park figures report temperatures rainfall and park attendance.
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Ellwood Road
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W. Moody Ave
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E. Washington St
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Court St
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Girard
Ohio
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Youngstown
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