Kilns To Collide On Southbound Tracks In Illinois
A Illinois Central Gulf freight collision occurred when a southbound train failed to cross and struck a second freight. Three crewmen died and four diesel engines were destroyed, with a fifth crewman severely burned and one more missing. Coal hoppers spilled, hindering searchers for eight hours. The northbound train was routed onto the southbound tracks at Anna to bypass repairs and was to rejoin the northbound line later.
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Cobden, Ill
UPI
Ilinois Central Gulf
D.B. Baltzell
Centralia
Ill
Illinois Central Gulf
ICG
Anna
Here
Trains Collision Kills Three in Northbound Southbound Run
Three Centralia men die in a head on freight crash near the site. The northbound train’s engineer Robert D. Taylor 43 and head brakeman Richard W. Arning 36 died, along with southbound engineer De E. Shedelbower. Fireman Ronald Haack 38 of Mascoutah Ill. sustained serious burns.
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Centralia
Robert D. Taylor
Richard W. Arning
De.e. Shedelbower
Ronald Haack
Mascoutah
St. Louis
Memphis
Tenn
Letter Bomb Warnings Reach Federal Agencies and Oil Firms
UPI reports the U S Postal Service warned federal agencies and oil companies to be alert for letter bombs possibly mailed Friday from Toronto. The warning, described as precautionary, offered screening of suspicious mail and cited letters likely measuring 4 by 6 or 4 by 11 inches with white and pink cards and a Swiss return address. Names on the correspondence included Yasrat Guy Yahr and Yosef A. Rungdu Prabanaon.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
U.S
Toronto
Switzerland
Yasrat Guy Yahr
Yosef A. Rungdu Prabanaon
Bed Stuffed With Dreams
Esther Marie Bellard a 19 year old hotel maid may keep 10000 found in a mattress after turning in a bag of 100 dollar bills to police. A district court will decide if she may retain the money with her weekly 52.50 salary and her husband 75.00 toward a dream home for their wedding anniversary.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Esther Marie Bellard
Prosecution Seeks More Nixon Tapes as Key Evidence
Washington UPI prosecutors call Nixon era tapes the most important single evidence despite flaws. They seek additional tapes to fill gaps while White House factions defend the originals. Judge Sirica continues hearings on tape gaps as Gen Haig and Gen Bennett may testify this week about notes and unreproduced meetings with Dean.
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Washington
UPI
Watergate
Nixon
White House
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Alexander M. Haig
John C. Bennett
Bennett
John W. Dean III
Coenr
Dean
Senate Watergate Committee
Archibald Fox
Cour
U S Increases U N Observers in Middle East Tensions
The United States sent 28 new officers to bolster the U N observer team in the Middle East amid deadlocked truce talks with Egypt and Syria. The force mirrors a Soviet contingent already in the region as Israel and Egypt hold firm positions on troop pullbacks and Geneva talks.
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United Press International
United States
U.N
Middle East
Tel Aviv
U.S
Egypt
Syria
Navy
Air Force
Ches
Cairo
Israel
Golan Heights
Geneva
al Akhbar
Henry A. Kissinger
Anwar Sadat
Kissinger
Common Market Eyeing Emergency Fuel Measures Across Nine Nations
European Common Market officials in Brussels discussed emergency actions to counter Arab oil cuts. A new energy plan would create an oil and energy crisis committee while ministers push anti inflation steps and price and income controls.
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Brussels
UPI
European Common Market
Senators Seek Windfall Profits Ban Amid Oil Boom
Fourteen Democratic senators led by James Abourezk urged President Nixon to curb oil industry windfall profits after a 63 percent rise in third quarter profits. They cited consumer energy cuts and called on Nixon to use the National Energy Emergency Act to prevent excess profits at the nation's expense.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
James S. Abourezk
D-S.d
Nixon eases fuel allotment cuts for general aviation
President Nixon reduces proposed fuel limits while maintaining reductions across sectors. Sun day an industry spokesman hailed the move as considerably improved with allocations cut to 25 percent for most general aviation and smaller cuts for air taxi agriculture and personal and instructional flying.
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Washington
API
Nixon
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Kansas
Edward W. Stimpson
General Aviation Manufacturers Association
Hunters sought after shots fired at California hunters
Lemhi County authorities plan to contact two Wisconsin hunters about charges they fired on November 3 while three California hunters were hunting west of Salmon. Prosecuting Attorney Fred Snook said Dr. Jim Cross and Harold and Anita Lange of Lodi, Wisconsin, asked for an investigation. It is believed two 16 year olds from Manitowoc Waters fired high powered rifles.
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Salmon, Idaho
Upi
Lemhi
Wisconsin
California
Fred Snook
Jim Cross
Harold
Anita Lange
Lodi
Calif
Salmon
Snook
Manitowish
Wisc
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Moshe Dayan
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Mariano Rumor
Rene Barjavel
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