Winter storm lashes Pacific coast with wind and snow
A powerful winter storm battered the Pacific coast with 90 mph winds atop Mt. Tamalpais and widespread rain and snow from California to Washington. It caused power outages for tens of thousands, flooded basements near San Francisco, closed highways, and knocked ten Seattle radio stations off the air. Avalanche warnings were issued for Oregon and Puget Sound waves crashed ashore in Port Orchard area.
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Monterey
Prunedale
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Marin County
Redding
Sacramento
Seattle-Tacoma International
Cougar Mountain
Turkish Airlines Jet Crashes Near Ankara Hill Killing 39
A Fokker F-28 en route from Samsun to Ankara smashed into Cubuk Hill in heavy fog near Ankara, killing 39 of 43 aboard. One stewardess and three passengers survived, authorities said, with 15 bodies identified and fears some may never be identified. The cause was undetermined, but fog hampered visibility.
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Police line-up Wednesday in robbery at health club
Jackson County authorities hold a man in connection with a Saturday armed robbery at the Continental Health Club in rural Carbondale. A police line-up is planned for Wednesday as victims attempt to identify the assailant.
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Carbondale
Sheriff's Department
Chief's car bombed after firings over overtime revolt
Kansas City Fire Chief John Waas said the firebombing of a city car was revenge for firing 12 firefighters amid a overtime dispute. Local 42 president disputed firefighter blame, while police pursued a suspect linked to a Continental trailer break in. No charges filed yet.
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Firefighters’ Union
John Germann
International Association of Firefighters
Continental
New Era Road
Carbondale
Sheriff's Department
Royalton
Franklin County
West Frankfort
White
Jackson County
Classified ad contact details and postmaster line
The notice lists telephone numbers for Carbondale Murphysboro Herrin and Marion for service, plus classified advertising lines and the postmaster address at Southern Illinoisan Box 2108 Carbondale IL 62901.
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Marion
Southern Illinoisan
Christmas under guard where Christ was born
Bethlehem marked Christmas with a Jerusalem to Bethlehem motorcade led by Monsignor Beltiritti amid Israeli guard lines and patrols. About 5,000 spectators watched as the ceremony entered the Church of the Nativity for a midnight Mass. Prime Minister Begin delivered a holiday message while Bethlehem Mayor Freij denounced Iranian hostage actions in Tehran and called for peace. Israeli border police secured the area as tourism officials anticipated large year end crowds despite high inflation affecting local shoppers.
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Manger Square
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Elias Freij
Israel
Yosef Ziv
Menachem Begin
Freij
Tehran
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
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Jerusalem
Nazareth
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Lebanon
GOP leader forecasts $20 billion tax cut in election year
House Republican Leader John Rhodes predicts Congress will approve a tax cut of about 20 to 25 billion dollars in 1980, arguing political pressure and windfall profits tax moves. Administration officials say Carter will not seek an income tax cut, citing inflation concerns. Rhodes cites re election incentives and windfall tax politics as drivers. He also notes possible savings tax provisions and oil decontrol context tied to price controls.
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John Rhodes
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ABC
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Senate
Policemen hurt in bomb blast in Norris Tennessee
An explosion at the Norris public safety building injured two officers. Alan Harris, 30, of Knoxville, and David Williams, 22, of Norris, were identified as the wounded victims after a bomb appeared to be mailed to the building.
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Public Safety
Tennessee
Alan Harris
Knoxville
David Williams
Norris
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