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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1975
Page
7
Amanda James and her blind husband John James lived in a frigid ramshackle south Philadelphia home. Robbery on December 11 depleted their rent fund and sparked nationwide donations. Amanda died after pneumonia and gangrene, while John remains homebound and the fund supports him.
In Marblehead Ohio a Christmas night distress call triggered a costly response including a 44 foot boat, two search vessels, a 180 foot tender, and helicopter patrols over Lake Erie. Officials say the call was routine, yet privately warn of penalties for hoaxers, with possible prison time and a $10,000 fine. The effort stretched 50 hours with ice, fog, and cold amid uncertainty of the source near Zanesville Ohio.
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