Thornton Wilder dies at 78 in Hamden Connecticut
Thornton Wilder, author of Our Town and winner of three Pulitzers for The Bridge of San Luis Rey Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, died in his sleep at age 78 in Hamden Connecticut. He was taken to the Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven and pronounced dead. Amos Tappan Wilder said he had been in poor health for years but remained active traveler.
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90 flee as landmark hotel burns
Salt Lake City AP reports a general alarm fire destroyed the old Congress Hotel and surrounding businesses early today. About 90 residents were left homeless while 11 residents were unaccounted for though not believed in the building. four people including a fireman were hospitalized for smoke inhalation and injuries. The fire, likely starting in a VFW club kitchen, was contained to the building as Red Cross aids displaced residents.
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Salt Lake City
Congress Hotel
Leon DeKorver
Six Bodies Found Buried in South Carolina Field
Police report six bodies buried in a corn field near Lake City South Carolina. James K Judy 23 of Charleston was arrested and charged with murder in the slayings of four men and two women. Investigators say at least two more may face charges and a possible link to a car theft ring in eastern South Carolina.
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Lake City
S.C
South Carolina
James K. Judy
Charleston
Knight Editor Knight III stabbed to death in Philadelphia
Police pursue three men in the brutal home invasion at a luxury 23rd floor apartment overlooking Rittenhouse Square. Knight III, 30, editor and grandson of Knight publishing founder, was found tied and stabbed five times. One house guest, Dr. John McKinnon’s wife, was also stabbed. the assailants spent hours ransacking five rooms.
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Philadelphia
John Shively Knight III
Knight Publishing Empire
Knight
Rittenhouse Square
Donald Patterson
Homicide
Yale University Hospital
John McKinnon
Harvard
Rosemary
FAA probes possible extra near misses near Chicago
FAA investigators search for two additional near misses within 90 miles of O Hare after two Boeing 727s came within 300 feet over Lake Michigan. A North Central Convair 580 and a Cessna 421 near O Hare plus a TWA 429 and a Jet Commander near South Bend are also reviewed. No injuries reported.
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Chicago
Neal Callahan
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
O'Hare International
Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
Lake Michigan
O’hare
Callahan
North Central Airlines
Janesville
Wis
O'Hare
Paul Waukee
Wheeling
TWA
Flight 429
Pittsburgh
South Bend
Ind
GOP committee bars Ford fund-raising list access
The Republican National Committee refused President Ford's fund-raising group access to its contributor mailing list. The move follows a decision that any services for Ford must also be offered to Ronald Reagan if he is the nominee. Contingency talks with Citizens for Reagan began as Ford trails in primary fundraising.
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Republican National Committee
Ford
Ronald Reagan
California
Republican Committee
Reagan
National Committee
New Hampshire
Ford Committee
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Frank Church
Senate Intelligence Committee
Church
Henry Kimelman
George McGovern
John
Coal output rises slightly in week ending November 22
The U S Bureau of Mines reports total coal production for the week ended November 22 reached 13 710 000 tons, up 405 000 tons from the prior week. This is well above the 1974 level during the miners’ strike, when the same week produced 4 758 000 tons.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.S. Bureau of Mines
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