Yugoslav tourists die in Corsica DC-9 crash
A chartered DC-9 carrying 172 Yugoslav tourists and six crew crashed into foggy Mount San Pietro near Ajaccio Corsica. All aboard were killed, with searchers recovering debris hours after contact was lost. Weather hampered the effort. The excursion was organized by KOMPAS in Ljubljana.
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Israel courts evangelical Christians to bolster U S ties
The Anti-Defamation League arranges a 1980s mission led by Rev Bailey E Smith of the Southern Baptist Convention to Israel. Begin backs outreach as liberal ties wane and Moral Majority grows. Smith, once hostile to Jews, will meet Jerusalem's mayor and leaders, with Falwell publicly allied to Israel. The trip faces Jewish opposition at home amid concerns about evangelist influence.
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Israel
Anti-Defamation League of B’nai Brith
Bailey E. Smith
Southern Baptist Convention
Anti-Defamation League
Menachem Begin
Smith
United States
Moral Majority
Begin
Jerry Falwell
Harry Wall
Wall
National Council of Churches
League
New York
Nathan Perlmutter
All Smith
Teddy Kollek
Yitzhak Navon
Yitzhak Rabin
Alexander M. Schindler
Conference of Presidents
The
Jerusalem Post
Blizzard rips Plains states leaving two dead
A blizzard with 50 mph winds swept Nebraska to neighboring states causing impassable highways and halted snowplows. At least two deaths occurred with another missing, as 100 miles of I-90 and various roads were blocked and motorists sought refuge in shelters and motels.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
South Dakota
Brookings
Iowa
National Weather Service
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Bill Janklow
Murdo
Pierre
Mitchell
Rockies
Interstate 35
Moscow City
Brian Dittmer
Lincoln
Cheyenne
Darrell Johnson
Grand Island
Omaha
Bob Kriz
Hooker County
Mike Okinn
Nebraska State Patrol
Shelton
Wyoming
North Platte
Lexington
Oshkosh
Tom Drudik
Hall County
Arizona
Texas
Dallas
New lead found in Wetherall murder case
New evidence has emerged in the Joan Wetherall murder investigation, Sheriff Don White says the finds are definitely related and provide new leads. Wetherall, 30, was strangled and dumped on the Elkville Vergennes blacktop November 11. A $15,000 reward is offered for information leading to the slayer.
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Southern Illinoisan
Joan Wetherall
Jackson County
Don White
Ms. Wetherall
Elkville-Vergennes Blacktop
Carbondale
White
Jonesboro girl, 8, killed waiting for school bus
An 8 year old Jonesboro girl Candice L. Goodman, daughter of Jerry Goodman, was killed at 7:50 a.m. on Illinois 146 one quarter mile west of Jonesboro while waiting for a school bus. She darted into the path of westbound car driven by Franklin Porterfield. Porterfield, 48, of Dongola, was unhurt and not charged. Police say sun glare may have blinded her and she was thrown about 115 feet.
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Illinois 146
Candice L. Goodman
Jerry Goodman
Union County Hospital
Franklin Porterfield
Dongola
Porterfield
Weather outlook with windy chills and light snow chances
National Weather Service forecast shows variable clouds and windy conditions tonight with a 30 percent chance of snow flurries and a low in the lower 30s. Wednesday brings partly sunny skies and cooler temperatures with highs in the lower to middle 40s. Thursday through Saturday turn partly cloudy and warmer with lows in the mid to upper 30s and highs in the mid to upper 50s.
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