Burn victim Pettit dies after second severe burns
Ben Pettit, 27, of Gibson City, who survived a 90 percent burn in 1977 and returned to work, died after a second severe burn from a gasoline tank explosion near Mahomet. Doctors at Loyola Medical Center said his recovery after the first accident was extraordinary but the second, with more extensive burns and additional injuries, proved fatal at Champaign hospital.
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Associated Press
Loyola
Champaign
Nolan Lewis
Loyola Medical Center
Pettit
Mahomet
Lewis
Justice Served as Burglar Is Sentenced in Chicago
Florence Fisk, 53, chased down Alberto Mendez, 18, after he burglarized her Chicago home on June 14. Mendez received a five year prison sentence.
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Florence Fisk
Ms. Fisk
Alberto Mendez
Chicago
Mendez
Comedy of errors plows through Sidney snow aid row
Sidney Nebraska presses for an 83000 dollar snowplow plus 106000 dollar building and 25000 dollar plan for airport needs amid FAA and State Aeronautics roadblocks. City manager Merle Strouse calls the effort a comedy of errors as officials negotiate costs and shared funding to secure airport snow removal equipment.
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Ellen Haddon
Omaha
Nebraska
Sidney
Merle Strouse
Strouse
Federal Aviation Administration
Feds
FAA
State Aeronautics Department
Kansas City
Nuclear waste cargo accident proves safety
Wildwood Georgia AP reports a truck crash on Interstate 24 near the Georgia Tennessee line involved nuclear waste from Illinois. Officials said there was no leakage and the eighteen 55 gallon drums remained in a shielded cask, with the cargo solid concrete and still on its way to South Carolina.
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Wildwood
Illinois
Commonwealth Edison
Dresden
Morris
Ill
Barnwell
S.C
Joe Crayton
South Carolina
Ken Clark
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Atlanta
Clark
Anonymous benefactor saves pensioners from eviction
In Indianapolis an anonymous donor paid back taxes on a rental house for a family living on Social Security and a small pension. Officials had planned to sell the home to settle the debt, but a certified check of 400.54 stopped eviction and covered taxes through May 1979.
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Indianapolis
Marion County
E. Allen Hunter
Hunter
Indiana
James Hardin
Hardin
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