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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1977
Page
7
A mysterious illness felled 32 pupils returning from a Christmas carol outing in Aurora. Paramedics treated the group for inhalation but blood tests were negative. buses were checked and found to have no problem. The incident prompted Mercy Center Hospital to activate its disaster plan.
Janet Kendall, 26, adopted at age three, seeks contact with her birth parents to learn nationality and religion and to warn them she carries a genetic disorder that killed one child and threatens others. A Chicago judge says records cannot be disclosed. her husband Tom Kendall urges access, fearing hospitalization if unresolved.
Kenner Products, a General Mills unit, offers Star Wars toy certificates instead of figures, delivering four figures by spring. Certificates priced up to 15 dollars are sold out in major markets like Chicago and New York, while some stores refuse them, saying they sell toys not promises.
St. Paul Minnesota AP reports George Clark, a 76 year old retired meter reader, has logged over two million miles traveling. A sore arm earned the doctor a label suitcase elbow after years of heavy luggage. He has met figures like the Pope Jackie Gleason and Peter Ustinov.
In Babylon New York AP reports former Len Cooperman has legally changed to Ellen Cooperperson. She has used the name unofficially for three years and appeared in the telephone book as E Cooperperson. A National Organization for Women member, she cites feminist language as the reason for the change. She is 31 and has been active in feminist causes since 1971.
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