Suspect charged in three Southern Illinois slayings
Kenneth Rogers, 29, of Carterville, is charged with three murders in southern Illinois. Warrants allege the Christmas Eve slaying of his wife Wilma and Barbara Case and the Nov 25 killing of Lisa Levering near Carbondale. Autopsies confirm strangulation in all cases. Case was raped. Rogers fled in a car tied to Case and a nationwide search was underway.
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Carterville
Williamson County
Harold Farner
Rogers
Wilma
Miss Barbara Case
Jackson County
Richard Richman
Carbondale
Lisa Levering
Miss Levering
Miss Case
Ripley
Tenn
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Tennn
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Barb
Willie
Herrin Hospital
Donald Johnson
Howard Hance
Lesser
W. Sycamore St
Levering
North Bridge Street
Agnew to Asia on 37,000 mile trip via Philippines
Vice President Spiro Agnew embarks today on a 37,000 mile Asian tour to countries including the Philippines Formosa Thailand Afghanistan Malaysia Singapore Indonesia Australia and New Zealand He plans no major addresses but will meet leaders at state dinners and airport ceremonies and will present moon rock samples to host nation leaders He and Mrs Agnew will be accompanied by no children and the trip ends January 19 upon Congress return home
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New Zealand
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Europe
Canada
Israel Attacks Egypt Jordan in Raid Across Middle East Fronts
Israeli warplanes pounded targets in Egypt and Jordan in a 4 34 hour raid, claims of hit antiaircraft batteries near Suez and a Jordan attack on guerrillas southeast of the Sea of Galilee left two Jordanian vehicles afire. Reports say one Israeli jet downed and mixed shelling along ceasefire lines with saboteurs disrupting Gaza railway.
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Associated Press
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Jordan
Suez
Sea of Galilee
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Suez Canal
Israel
Middle East
Storms lash East as New England braces for heavy snow
A major storm battered the East with heavy snow sleet and rain and gale winds. New England faces up to two feet of snow while traffic crawls and airports suspend then partially reopen. New York Boston Washington see flight disruptions and historic snowfall comparisons. In Florida and Louisiana, tornadoes struck Christmas Day damaging homes and killing one elderly woman with several injuries.
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Boston
Logan
New York
Kennedy
LaGuardia
Newarl
Washington
Dulles
Mao Tse tung Turns 76 As China Silent On Celebration
AP reports Mao Zedong is 76 today and in apparent good health though no official events are planned. Hong Kong seamen relay an underground broadcast claiming Chiang Ching was shot in Peking this month, while official outlets make no mention of the anniversary.
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Red China
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Hong Kong
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China
Shantung Province
Mao
Chiang Ching
Peking
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Caribbean quake rocks area near Puerto Rico on Christmas Day
A major earthquake of 7.8 magnitude struck the Caribbean Sea about 35 miles southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Christmas Day with strong aftershocks up to 6.4. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, though tremors were felt on Martinique. The event occurred at 4:41 PM EST, per the National Earthquake Information Center.
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neIs MolgIsis
National Earthquake Information Center
Caribbean Sea
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Martinique
US 1st Infantry to be among withdrawn from Vietnam
The U S 1st Infantry Division the first Army unit to enter the war on July 12 1965 is expected to be among units withdrawn in Nixon s third round of cuts about 560 troops announced next week The division based at Fort Riley Kansas with about 18 000 troops has seen the least action recently and has been turning over bases and zones to the South Vietnamese 5th Division Its operations cover about 50 miles north of Saigon including Bing Duong Province and part of Binh Long Province Maj Gen A S Milloy commands the unit
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Nixon
Ft. Riley
Kan
U.S
A. &. Milloy
Bing Duong Perovince
Binh Long Province
Nixon hints he will sign tax reform bill in budget talk
President Nixon, amid finalizing the fiscal 1971 budget, hinted he would not veto Congress passed tax reform oil loss, while signaling a smaller Pentagon share of federal outlays. He met with Melvin Laird and Budget Director Mayo, and planned major budget decisions before travel to California for the State of the Union prep.
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California
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Melvin R. Laird
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Mayo
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Paul W. McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
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