Storms Kill Two As Missouri Storms Hit Southwest Region
A line of violent storms sweeping from Missouri into Tennessee killed two people in Missouri and injured more than 50. Mobile homes were destroyed in Cape Girardeau and Springfield areas, with 20 and 25 injuries respectively. Governor Hearnes declared emergencies in several counties as damage spread across Randolph, Ripley, and surrounding locales.
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Misouri
Tennessee
Missouri
Warren E. Hearnes
Greene
Cape Girardeau
Michael Raings
Stoam
Ripley
Poplar Bluff
Anderson
Newtonia
Billings
Republic
Bufary
Second storm lashes Southern Illinois causing widespread damage
A powerful wind storm battered Southern Illinois for a second time in five days, injuring at least seven people and causing extensive damage. Over 20 mobile homes overturned, roofs ripped from a nursing home in Energy and a church in West Frankfort, a radio tower toppled near Du Quoin, and widespread power outages affected Marion Goreville and Carbondale areas as crews surveyed dawn through morning.
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Tom Redickag
Williamson County Civil Defense
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Orchard Lake
Jack Edwards
Gresham
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Marion
Goreville
J. W. Childers
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Anna Drive- In
Kenneth Sherrill
Perry County
Terry Barton
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Barton
Pinckneyville
WDQN
Randy Smith
Dirler
West Main Street
Franklin County
First United Methodist Church
Warren’ Brown
Franklin County Civil Defense
Main Ct
Brown
Herrin doctors to remain in Herrin area
Two Herrin doctors Watson A. Miller and H. G. Dietrich are staying in the Herrin area. Administrator Larry Feil of Herrin Hospital says they were wrongly listed as leaving in the December 14 issue. Dietrich says he loves Herrin, has many friends and patients, and has never intended to leave.
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Watson A. Miller
H. G Dietrich
Larry Feil
Herrin Hospital
Ex-governor Kerner indicted on bribery and fraud
Former Illinois governor and Seventh Circuit judge Otto Kerner Jr. was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges including bribery mail fraud tax evasion perjury and conspiracy relating to race track stock transactions while in office Several administration appointees and a Chicago businesswoman were named in the 15 count indictment in Chicago U S District Court The panel said the group conspired to obtain about 356000 in race track stocks to influence Kerner s administration and a later IRS dragnet targeted related false statements and tax evasion Kerner 63 sits on the court and is among a handful of federal judges indicted by a grand jury toward the end of a turbulent era
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Otto Kerner, Jr
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Kerner
Chicago
U.S. District Court
Justice Department
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Tornado Strikes Lerna Charleston and Rushton Illinois
A southwest gust touched down in Coles County hitting Lerna Charleston and Rushton and parts of Clingis area. Twenty four persons injured mostly in Charleston with two admitted to Charleston Community Hospital. Red Cross opened emergency center at Lantz gym Hastern Milingis University campus.
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Rushton
Coles
Clingis
Charleston Community Hospital
Merle Rich
Allen Finch
Becker Springs
Richard Lynch
Red Cross
Lantz Gym
Hastern
Mlingis University
Weather brief for upcoming days with temperatures
Tonight is fair and cooler. Low 30s to 35. Thursday partly sunny and cooler with a high around 80. Mostly cloudy Friday and Saturday with occasional periods of light snow or rain.
Newton charges dismissed against Huey Newton in California
A judge dismissed a man slaughter charge against Huey Newton, leader of the Black Panther Party, after the district attorney said another trial would be futile. Newton, 29, faced the 1987 slaying of Oakland police officer John Gray, with previous trials ending in convictions, hung juries, and reversals. The report notes a sharp drop in the US dollar as markets expected devaluation.
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Oakland
Calif
AIP
Black Panther Party
Huey Newton
Newton
Panther
John Gray
State Court of Appeal
India Halts Bombing Pakistan Seeks Cease Fire
East Pakistan commander A A K Niazi urged cease-fire as India paused bombing of Dacca after Gen. Sam Manekshaw ordered a halt until surrender is confirmed. Both sides exchanged signals amid advancing Indian columns toward Dacca and Chittagong. A doctor in Dacca reported overwhelmed casualty intake. Also reported, a 7.3 quake off Kamchatka was recorded by Palmer Observatory.
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Associated Press
East Pakistan
New Delhi
India
Dacca
Sur ‘Render
Sam Manekshaw
A. A. K. Niazi
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Chittagong
Manekshaw
Niazi
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Enterprise
Bay of Bengal
Raj Bahadur
Washington
Calcutta
Lasman
Palmer, Alaska
Siberia
Kamchatka Peninsula
Palmer Observatory
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