Timid Broadcaster Tests Old Slave House Overnight
Dave Rodgers a 26 year old WSIL TV broadcaster vows to spend Monday night on the third floor of the Old Slave House in Equality Illinois to test the ghostly legend. Locals and a museum operator say others have failed to stay the night, with 1 am as the usual departure time and a long history surrounding the 1834 Crenshaw built mansion.
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John Hart Crenshaw
George Sisk
Sisk
Shawneetown
Rodgers
Crenshaw
New Jersey
Saline Reservation
Illinois
George
A.J. Sisk
Iran Ends Oil Strike Amid Birthday Turmoil Across Cities
In Iran on Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's 59th birthday, officials announced an end to a major oil strike while a sniper killed the Jahram police chief and wounded the martial law administrator. Demonstrations erupted in Tehran and other towns, with some marchers wearing black as government buildings were festively adorned. Pars news agency cited the shooting as two officials being hit returning from birthday ceremonies.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
Jahram
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Pars
Man Dies In Flaming Crash Near Monroeville
John Gayheart 77 of Plymouth died in a fiery head on crash on Peru Center Road south of Monroeville. His pickup struck a concrete abutment, the cab burned, and firefighters fought flames about 15 minutes. The fatality is under investigation with remains at Drake Funeral Home pending transfer.
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Peru Center Road
Monroeville
John Gayheart
Trux St
Farid Said
Norwalk
Highway Patrol
Gayheart
Graham Road
Huron County Sheriff's Department
Drake Funeral Home
Plymouth Funeral
LCC Weather and Deaths Reported in Brief
Decreasing cloudiness tonight with lows in the mid 30s and partly cloudy Friday highs in the upper 40s. Precipitation chance 10 percent tonight, near zero Friday. West to northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Weather data includes Wednesday temperatures 65 to 42 and total precipitation 0.26 inch. Obituaries note deaths: Eleanor W. Rook 74 Greenwich Roy Allen Barker 14 months Birmingham infant Alan Robert Knoll 10 weeks Norwalk Alma Marie Perrine 60 Norwalk. Also mentions famed Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar with about 25,000 songs.
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Eleanor W. Rook
Greenwich
Roy Allen Barker
Richard Barker
Coral Springs
Fla
Melvin
Chip) Hall
Birmingham
Alan Robert Knoll
Robert A. Knoll
Norwalk
Alma Marie Perrine
Israel expands West Bank settlements threatens peace talks
Israel sent top peace negotiators Moshe Dayan and Ezer Weizman to Washington amid a cabinet decision to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. The move drew sharp reactions from the United States and Egypt, with Cyrus Vance calling it deeply disturbing as Cairo weighed recalling its negotiators. Dayan and Weizman flew to Washington after a Paris stopover, seeking to continue a U S backed treaty talks while officials noted a cabinet push for wider support for the draft agreement.
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UPI
Israel
Washington
United States
Egypt
West Bank of
Jordan
Moshe Dayan
Ezer Weizman
Eliezer Shostak
Cairo
Cyrus Vance
Menachem Begin
West Bank
Vance
Begin
Mustafa Khalil
Khalil
Kamal Hassan Ali
Butros Ghali
Dayan
Weizman
Paris’ Orly
Mordechai Gazit
Carter
U.S
Inflation plan rejected by Marshall in wage guideline clash
Labor Secretary Ray Marshall refused to back a call by Teamsters President Frank Fitzsimmons to alter wage guidelines under Carter's anti inflation program. Marshall stated the plan would not change.
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Washington
UPI
Ray Marshall
Teamsters
Frank Fitzsimmons
Carter
Norwalk Tonight and Local Events Schedule
Norwalk hosts girls volleyball at 6 30 p m Norwalk Junior High School Moonlight Madness sales downtown Norwalk 7 10 p m safety forces city hall talk Norwalk High opens house at 7 30 p m In national news wage insurance tax rebate faces mixed bipartisan support with six to eight months for early signs Teamsters president and AFGE criticize stance White House launches effort to push Carter plan with few immediate changes planned by year end
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Tiffin Columbian
Norwalk
Moonlight Madness
City Hall
Marshall
Teamsters
Frank Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Taxes to Reach Huron County From Penn Central Back Taxes
Huron County expects 106 408 today as first installment of 303 112 owed by Penn Central with 26.4 percent of total plus interest. Tax money supports schools and local governments in nine townships and six municipalities, with subsequent payments due in December 1979 and 1987 via bonds.
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Huron County
Penn Central Railroad
John Arthur
Philadelphia
Richard Hauser
Hauser
Arthur
Kenneth Reed
Penn Central
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