Elkville Elementary principal welcomes baby daughter
Bobbi Ragan delivered a baby girl named Audrey Kristen on Christmas morning. Gary, the father, planned holiday turkey dinner as their 6 pound 12 ounce, 18 inch daughter was born at 5 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.
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Audrey Kristen
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Carbonege Coun'e
Elkville Elementary
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Butch Nevious
190 Moslem pilgrims dead as Egyptian ship goes down
More than 190 pilgrims died when the Egyptian passenger ship Patra sank after catching fire in the Red Sea near Jeddah. About 500 aboard. rescue ships brought survivors to Jeddah, Suez City to follow. Official counts vary as crews continue evacuations.
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Saudi Arabia
Red Sea
Patra
Mecca
Medina
Southeast Asia Shipping Co
Nuuber
Suez City
Tess
Moscow
Cairo
69 Dead in Bangkok Jet Crash at Textile Mill
Rescue workers pulled charred bodies from the wreckage of an Egyptair Boeing 707 after the jet plunged into a Bangkok textile mill on Christmas morning. About 69 believed dead, with 40 bodies recovered. 51 passengers on board and 18 mill workers missing and presumed dead. Officials awaited Egyptian aviation experts.
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Thailand
Weather and tax note in Jackson County report
The forecast calls for mostly sunny days with highs in the upper 30s and lower 40s, and partly cloudy nights with lows near 20s. Officials warn late tax bills could cost Jackson County up to 90000 in unearned investment interest as changes to measurement units loom. The item ends with a note about the metric system and a teaser about what the kids may be.
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Jackson County
Carter transition team tackles regulatory turnover
President Elect Carter’s transition team studies coping with rapid turnover in federal regulatory agency personnel. The note appears in a broader page roundup of political and civic items across the newspaper.
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Carter
Federal Regulatory Agency
Family New Year's Eve Plans In Local Nightspots
Murphysboro senior citizens announce a New Year's Eve party on Friday while other area seniors plan activities. Entertainment ideas are listed on page 29 and 30.
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Murphysboro
Area Holiday Tournament previews headline names
Sports section previews Carbondale Breese Mater Dei and Eldorado with features on Gordon Welch of Carbondale and Dale Haverman of Belleville East. Minnesota meets Los Angeles and Pittsburgh faces Oakland in conference games deciding Super Bowl participants. Gale Sayers analyzes violence in professional football.
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Breese Mater Dei
Eldorado
Gordon Welch
Dale Haverman
Belleville East
Minnesota
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Oakland
Christmas gift returns swirl through Southern Illinois stores
Store managers across Carbondale Murphysboro Sparta Chester Mt. Vernon and surrounding towns plan for post Christmas exchanges and refunds as customers return items including personalized gifts. Stores set gift return areas and emphasize proof of purchase while offering exchanges or refunds and weighing risks of used merchandise.
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H.C. Rottmeyer
Montgomery Ward Co
Murphysboro
Don Stallman
Ace Hardware
Chester
Stallman
Patricia Matson
Matson
Sparta
Karen Book
Mt. Vernon
J.C. Penney’s
University Mall
K-Mart
Carbondale
Travis Prater
Lon Connor
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Mohr Value Store
West Edge
Harold Robinson
Fire Tragically Ends Christmas Party In Chicago
A joyous Christmas Eve party for 11 year old Jesus Garcia ends in a fatal blaze in a three story Chicago brick building. The fire forces ten children and two adults to flee. Lighter fluid spilled on coals caused the blaze as the Garcias tried to move the burning can down the stairs. Police say the sequence left front escape blocked and several residents leapt to the sidewalk below. Eight injured, three in serious condition.
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Jesus Garcia
Lesniak
Holiday traffic deaths hit 275 in three day weekend
The Associated Press states 275 people had died in traffic accidents by 8 p.m. CST on Saturday during the Christmas travel period. The National Safety Council projected 460 to 560 total fatalities for the three-day weekend, compared with 397 deaths last year over four days.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
New York Hunts Out-of-State Scofflaws Over Parking Tabs
New York City pursues 80 million dollars in unpaid parking tickets from out-of-state drivers using collection agencies and data tools. So far 10 million has been collected, with actions including bank garnishments and vehicle liens. A Rolls Royce case led to an auction at 10 200.
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Cali
Rolls-Royce
Mautner
New Jersey
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
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