Two Die After Chicago Heights Chemical Plant Blast
Two men, Antonio Stanislawski and James Hacket, were killed and four others injured when an early morning explosion ripped through Stauffer Chemical Co. in Chicago Heights. About 100 employees were on duty. injuries were non fatal. Authorities examine possible toxic fumes and broader pollution risks as fire and smoke spread across the area.
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St. James Hospital
Antonio Stanislawski
Park Forest South
James Hatchett
Markham
Stauffer Chemical Co
Chicago
Stauffer
Springfield
State Envionmental Protection Agency
EPA
Croatian terrorists free six hostages after long-distance plea
Two armed Croatian nationalists who threatened to blow up the West German consulate released six hostages unharmed after obeying telephone pleas from a jailed man they sought to free. Authorities credited the prisoner’s brother for the peaceful surrender and the hostage release after a 10-hour drama. Police said Ivan Bilandzic spoke by telephone with Stjepan Bilandzic, 39, imprisoned in Cologne, and relayed his pleas to the rebels to surrender.
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Stjepan Bilandzic
Cologne
West Germany
Ivan
Stjepan
Ray admits confession under pressure in King slaying case
James Earl Ray testified before the House Assassinations Committee that he gave a detailed confession to killing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. under pressure from his attorney and after jail mistreatment. He maintained he would repeat the confession under the same circumstances, countering prior court statements that he faced no pressure. The hearing featured disputes over evidence and timing of materials presented, with Lane accusing Rep. Stokes of misleading the public.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
House
Memphis
Dr. King
Harold S. Sawyer
R-Mich
Sawyer
Percy Foreman
Mark Lane
Lane
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Stokes
Tenn
Nurse indicted for mercy slayings at Maryland General
A registered nurse, Mary Rose Kaisler also known as Mary Rose Robanczynski, was indicted on four counts of homicide for deaths of terminally ill patients at Maryland General Hospital between December 1977 and March 1978. The four‑month probe began after rumors a nurse disconnected a respirator in the hospital’s special care unit.
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Baltimore
William Swisher
Maryland General Hospital
Swisher
Mary Rose Kaisler
Mary Rose Robanczynski
Son of Bobby Baker Killed in Washington Crash
The 15 year old son of former Senate figure Bobby Baker died late Thursday when his car struck a tree at a northwest Washington traffic circle after reportedly speeding. Four youths in the car were hospitalized with serious injuries as investigators review the crash.
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Senate
Bobby Baker
Washington
Lyndon John Baker
Baker
Lyndon B. Johnson
Memphis police and firemen approve two year pact
Memphis police and firefighters voted to return to work by evening under a two year contract ending a curfew that kept the city under siege for a week. About 1,100 officers and 1,400 strikers accepted terms negotiated with AFL CIO and city representatives, with union leaders saying no penalties would be imposed.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Aflcio
Carter wins end to gas pricing delay in Congress
President Carter won key House votes that fractured a eight month stalemate on the natural gas pricing bill. Reps. Corman and Rangel reversed after pressure from Speaker ONeill, with Waggoner and Reuss previously defecting. Mondale said the breakthrough clears the measure for Senate floor action. The plan lifts federal price controls on natural gas by 1985 with staged increases. Senate leaders indicated debate would start next week.
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House Senate
Walter Mondale
Senate
James Corman
D-Calif
Charles Rangel
D-N.y
House-Senate Energy Conference
Joe Waggoner
D-La
Henry Reuss
D-Wis
House
Waggoner
Reuss
Capitol Hill
Robert C. Byrd
Corman
Rangle
James McClure
Idaho
Pete Domenici
New Mexico
White House
House blocks Senate office building funds in stunning clash
The House voted 245 to 133 to halt funds for the Senate’s new office complex, denying parity with the Rayburn Building and stoking a rare House Senate power clash. Leaders warned the move could be reversed, while Byrd criticized tit for tat threats. An agreement reportedly sought to move the funds into another bill.
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Senate
Capitol
House of Representatives
William Proxmire
Dwis
John Chafee
R-B.i
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Thomas P. O’neill
D-Mass
Byrd
Ray's brother to be paroled after bank robbery sentence
John Larry Ray, brother of James Earl Ray, was granted parole from Marion prison in Illinois for an 18 year sentence stemming from the 1970 Bank of St. Peters robbery. Parole was set for September 18 after earlier June 14 release was halted amid House committee inquiries into perjury claims.
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John Larry Ray
James Earl Ray
Marion
Ill
Justice Department
Ray
U.S. Parole Commission
House
Martin Luther King Jr
U.S. District Court
St. Louis
Bank of St. Peters
St. Charles County
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