Tulsa Sisters Face Sunlight Death Threat From Disease
Terri 12 and Lisa 10 cannot endure sunlight due to xeroderma pigmentosa. Doctors warn ultraviolet exposure triggers tumors and possible fatal spread. The girls have hundreds of tumors removed, with ongoing surgeries and no cure. Parents Billie Ritchie and Edward Addington are carriers. family life confines to a three bedroom mobile home in Tulsa.
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Terri Addington
Lisa
Pete Dosser
Dosser
Terri
Billie Ritchie
Edward Addington
Children’s Medical Center
Oklahoma City
Moslem forces close in on Beirut Holiday Inn
Moslem militiamen surrounded the Holiday Inn Beirut on three sides as clashes intensified in Lebanon's civil war. The night left at least 32 dead and 70 wounded, with total casualties rising to about 300 since Saturday. Police access was blocked amid heavy gunfire and shelling.
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Lebanon
Middle East
St. Georges and
Phoenicia Intercontinental
Holiday Inn
Moluccan gunmen free two hostages on Dutch train
South Moluccan gunmen in the Netherlands freed two of their remaining 31 hostages aboard a train after a meeting with exile leaders. In Valence France a police marksman killed a youth holding a woman in her car during a hostage incident.
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Valence
France
Michel Ghezafel
Holland
Johan Alvares Manusama
Amsterdam
Molucca Islands
Indonesia
Ghezafel
London
Congress Broad Tax Cut Battle Reaches Veto Deadline
Senate leaders push for a six month tax cut extension and urge Ford to sign. House and Senate clash over linking tax relief to 1977 spending limits as Ford threatens a veto and travels to Colorado for a Christmas ski vacation.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Ford
Hugh Scott
Congress
Mansfield
Scott
Senate Democratic Caucus
Finance Committee
Colorado
White House
Vail
Colo
House
State group predicts sharp fall in Illinois school enrollments
A statewide task force told the State Board of Education enrollments will drop about 400000 in a decade but savings for taxpayers will be limited. It urges reform of aid formulas, teacher retirements, and five year plans to curb oversupply while districts may repurpose surplus classrooms.
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Paul Ingrassia Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
State Board of Education
Macon County
Howard Brown
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Colleges of Education
Coal Research Center Clears Final Hurdle at SIU
Congress approves a 1.5 million request for a coal research center at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Rep. Paul Simon says the center will study high sulfur coal extraction and use and may create new markets before Congress adjourns for Christmas.
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Coal Research Center
Congressional Conference
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
U.S
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Simon
Dept. of Interior
Illinois
Associate dean position cut at SIU medical school
The SIU Board of Trustees approved restructuring the top administration of the SIU Carbondale School of Medicine by abolishing the associate dean for health care planning post. Irwin M. Jarett will shift to professor of medical economics and health care planning as a department. Ramon V. Robertson becomes acting health care planning department chair.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale School of Medicine
SIU Board of Trustees
Carbondale
Irwin M. Jarett
Jarett
David B. Knoll
Medical School
Richard H. May
Ramon V. Robertson
Robertson
Stu-Edwardsville
Judge refuses injunction on Williamson County massage parlor law
A judge denied the request to halt enforcement of Williamson County's massage parlor regulation. The weather section notes multiple days with cloudy skies, rain and possible snow, giving temperatures in the 20s to 40s across the period. Southern Illinois events are listed on Page 20.
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Williamson County
Southern Illinois
Freshman State Senator V. Demuzio challenges Dixon
The State A Freshman State senator Vince Demuzio of Carlinville seeks the Democratic nomination for secretary of state, challenging Alan Dixon. Delinquent sales taxes totaling 500000 have been collected by the Illinois Revenue Department. The Women’s Rights movement gains traction though many supporting groups are uncertain. The United States moves toward restoring relations with Indochina, and proposals to condemn foreign intervention in Angola failed at the General Assembly.
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Vince Demuzio
Carlinville
Alan Dixon
Illinois Revenue Department
United States
Indochina
United Nations General Assembly
Angola
Bill Veeck Returns as White Sox Owner
Sports item notes Bill Veeck has returned as owner of the Chicago White Sox. Page 13 mentions this in a brief sports update.
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Bill Veeck
Chicago White Sox
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