Man admits borrowing match to start fatal Chicago tavern fire
Robert Lee Lassiter 26 admitted using a borrowed match to ignite a gasoline trail at the Secret Club on West Madison Street. The blaze killed 13 and injured 22 as patrons fled blocked exits amid chaos and flames. Lassiter charged with 13 counts of murder.
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Tanzania orders vaccination campaign in Dar es Salaam
A vaccination drive is underway in part of Dar es Salaam after three smallpox cases in a week. About 400 people in two major hotels, Hotel Kilimanjaro and Agip Motel, have been vaccinated or revaccinated due to a victim who worked at both sites.
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Four Guards Transfer to New Vienna Unit
Four staff members from Menard Penitentiary in Chester were transferred to the new minimum security prison at Vienna. Warden Max P. Frye announced Jake Rohrich, Anthony Wasulaski, Hubert Davis, and James McElyea moved to Vienna, which opened on November 23.
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Hubert Davis
James McElyea
Vista Coeds Win Skirmish With Indians
Two VISTA Volunteers Judy Rothman and Jill Hunt, barred a week at Red Cliff Reservation, return to work amid protests from tribal leaders over youth clubs and dances. Catholic priests at Red Cliff and Bad River criticized outside involvement, while VISTA leaders defend local programs and club activities.
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University City
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Kewanee
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Meeting Tuesday for Carbondale Memorial Day Association
The Carbondale Memorial Day Association will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall correcting an earlier note that the meeting would be Thursday.
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Farm Bureau chief urges market based foreign aid plan
Charles B. Shuman president of the American Farm Bureau Federation urged a new direction for food aid at the 47th annual AFBF meeting. He called for U S purchases of grain cotton dairy and other products for foreign aid on the domestic market price to strengthen prices and reduce program costs.
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Who Will Get Atom Smasher
The on site inspection of 85 possible locations for a 280 million atom smasher is finished. The Atomic Energy Commission will rely on National Academy of Sciences study results to pick five or six sites before final White House and congressional authorization.
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Rickey Burial Set For Tuesday
Baseball pioneer Rickey, known as the Mahatma of the game, will be buried Tuesday at 1 p.m. CST in the Rickey family plot in Scioto County near Portsmouth Ohio. Funeral services were held Monday in Grace Methodist Church in St Louis. Rickey died Thursday night at Boone County Hospital in Columbia Missouri after a long illness dating from a heart attack in November during his Missouri Sports Hall of Fame acceptance ceremony. The service in St Louis was led by Rev Ralph Stockman a former New York Methodist minister and Ohio Wesleyan alumnus. Rickey earned a literature degree from Ohio Wesleyan University.
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