Errant Soviet missile over Norway lands in Finland
A low flying object believed to be a Soviet cruise missile passed over northern Norway and landed in Finnish territory in what may be a misfired training shot. Finnish border police began searching Lapland for traces while a Stockholm paper quoted an eyewitness near the Soviet border describing a loud explosion and ground shake.
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Oslo
Norway
Lapland
Finland
Helsinki
Stockholm
Wilhelm Hoegre
Pasvik
Dagens Nyheter
Hoegre
Menard guard linked to escape scandal at prison
Oscar Bennett a 44 year old maintenance supervisor at Menard Correctional Center was arrested on a felony charge of aiding an escape in connection with the December 4 prison break of John Edwards Jr and Benjamin Gibson. Bennett held since 4 30 p m in the facility and faces up to seven years if convicted. Several other corrections officers have been arrested in past internal state prison investigations. Edwards 61 and Gibson 46 were serving long Mason and Coles County terms respectively when captured later in Santa Rosa California. Authorities began removal proceedings and Bennett has been suspended with pay since mid December.
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Springfield
Menard Correctional Center
Oscar Bennett
du Quoin
Randolph
Ardell
Currat
Bennett
John Edwards Jr
Benjamin Gibson
Nic Howell
Howell
Santa Rosa
California
Edwards
Coles County
Gibson
Mason County
Andes crash outlook grim
Rescue workers near Illimani base search the wreckage of Eastern Airlines Flight 980 a Boeing 727 buried on a 45 degree snow slope. Twenty nine aboard including eight Americans presumed dead as debris scattered across a high altitude site near La Paz Bolivia.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Andes
Eastern Airlines
Grover Rojas
Bolivian Air Force
U.S
Marian Davis
Paraguay
Arthur H. Davis
William Kelly
Peace Corps
Red Cross
Urana
Illimani Mountain
Richard McGraw
Miami
McGraw
Asuncion
el Alto
Paula Musto
Jonathan Watson
Divorce will give her first husband benefits
A 66 year old South Beloit woman, Mildred Davenport Garry, may need to divorce her second husband to qualify for her dead first husband David Davenport’s Social Security and Medicare benefits. Officials say she cannot receive widow or Medicare benefits while remarried and must wait until age 62 for her current husband, with other options costing about $200 a month to join Medicare. The case highlights perceived inequities and has aides promising Congressional review to find a solution.
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South Beloit
Mildred Davenport Garry
Thomas Garry
Garrys
Garry
Phil Gambino
Social Security Administration
Baltimore
Gambino
Davenport
U.S
Paul Simon
Lynn Martin
Rockford
Floyd Fithian
Simon
Alice Gray
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Thompson votes and staff urge veto on seat belt law
Gov. James R. Thompson says seat belts save lives and government can require them but he has not decided whether to approve or veto a bill in Illinois. He wants to scrutinize the measure and listen to folks before ruling. Staff majority urge a veto as aides relay latest letter counts on the proposal.
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Mike Lawrence
Springfield
Houston
Texas
James R. Thompson
Tation
Gregory W. Baise
Oil traders doubt OPEC can curb cheating after prices slide
Analysts in New York say OPEC failed to reassure markets as crude oil tumbles to five year lows. West Texas intermediate hits 25.86 to 25.92 a barrel, the lowest since 1979, amid doubts about enforcement and credibility after Geneva meeting.
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New York
OPEC
West Texas
U.S
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Geneva
William Randol
First Boston Corp
Randol
New York Mercantile Exchange
West Texas Intermediate
Exchange
Mary Ann Matlock
Edward Dellamonte
Prudential Bache Securities Inc
Switzerland
Man Shot Dead Near Mount Vernon Identified
Jefferson County deputies found Timmy L. Mosier dead in a wooded area about six miles north of Mount Vernon after a 911 report of a shooting. Sheriff Bob Pitchford said Mosier likely died less than an hour before discovery. a suspect is in custody, with address details withheld pending investigation.
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Mount Vernon
Jefferson County
Mosier
Pitchford
Boys escape unhurt after Amtrak collision near Centralia
Two unidentified teenage boys escaped injury when a car stalled on railroad tracks and was struck by an Amtrak train northeast of Centralia around 11 p.m. Wednesday. The crossing lacks gates, though marked, and the train was traveling at high speed. The car was totaled and the train delayed about 45 minutes. no injuries aboard.
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Amtrak
Centralia
Marion County
Bob Robertson
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Ala Paz
Brazil
Suruguay
Chuck Budinger
Illinois Department of Insurance
Keith Mayo
Janesville
Wis
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General Assembly
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