West Frankfort blaze kills man injures couple and baby
Fire swept the Mosley Apartment Building on North Ida Street late Thursday. Fred Webb, 78, was found dead in his burned apartment. Rick and Rosalie Wininger, both 19, were flown to Barnes Hospital with burns and inhalation injuries. Their 18 month old daughter Shannon was saved unharmed by Officer Ronald Gass. Firefighter Richard Minton was treated for smoke exposure. The blaze damaged both floors and an adjacent professional building. cause is undetermined.
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Cathy Saxenmeyer
West Frankfort
Fred Webb
Rick
Rosalie Wininger
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Minton
Union Hospital
Mosley
R.H. Mosley
North Ida Street
Police rescues infant from fire by hanging from sign
West Frankfort officer Ronald Gass saved 18 month old Shannon Wininger from a blazing apartment by gripping an electrical sign with help from two bystanders. The infant was unharmed. parents, both 19, were in critical condition at Barnes Hospital. Firefighters arrived soon after as off duty officers aided. Cathy Saxenmeyer
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West Frankfort
Ronald Gass
Gass
Shannon Wininger
Shannon
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Jim Bernhard
Fire Department
Cathy Saxenmeyer
Yule treasure tale may land landfill thief in jail
Raymond Landsberry Jr. of Cheraw faces a possible $100 fine or 30 days in jail after trespassing at a Chesterfield County landfill to take discarded clothes and shoes for his seven children. The county cites state rules barring private citizens from removing items from landfills. Landsberry, 33, earns $112 weekly driving a garbage truck and says the items were new though slightly damaged.
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Cheraw
S.C
Raymond Landsberry Jr
Landsberry
Chesterfield County
Sre
Oil price rise pushes gasoline costs higher in US
Washington officials warn oil price increases will lift gasoline by 4 to 8 cents a gallon and heating oil by 3 to 7 cents, raise the US import bill by at least 10 billion dollars next year, and push CPI higher as OPEC fails to agree on a unified price structure in Venezuela.
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Washington Star
Washington
U.S
Carter Administration
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Venezuela
Energy
Charles W. Duncan Jr
OPEC
Duncan
President
Council of Economic Advisers
United States
Treasury
G. William Miller
Miller
Walter J. Levy
Can
Piies
Mideast
John Lichtblau
Petroleum Industry Research Foundation
Lichtblau
Levy
Clergymen to visit Tehran hostages during Christmas
Ayatollah Khomeini ordered that Christian clergy be invited to visit the U S Embassy hostages in Tehran during Christmas. The militants confirmed visitors will be admitted, with Americans or foreigners favored and priority to blacks. A Kentucky couple visiting predicted a 60-day crisis end. Students said hostages will be tried as spies.
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Tehran
Iran
Ruhollah Khomeini
U.S
Kentucky
John
Louise Smiley
Mount Sterling
Vis
Khomeini
Revolutionary Council
Ismic
Cutor
Shah
United States
Panama
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John Vincent
Rick Wininger
ED Greer
Cliff Kellum
Clayton Caldwell
National Weather Service
Carter
Ann Landers
Ayatollah
Ruhollah
Associated Press
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