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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1973
Page
9
Skylab 1 astronauts continue their 28 day mission while Skylab 2 craft and Saturn 1B booster move to Cape Kennedy for a July 27 lift off. Conrad Jr Kerwin and Weitz report good health as earth resources solar astronomy and medical experiments proceed aboard the station.
Pulitzer winner William Inge was found dead at 60 in a Hollywood Hills garage. Authorities say it was an apparent suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. his sister discovered the running car and closed garage. Inge earned a Pulitzer for Picnic in 1953 and an Oscar for Splendor in the Grass, with Bus Stop and Dark at the Top of the Stairs among his major works.
Boston police say a uniformed security guard shot his wife Thelma and five children in Dorchester before dying of an apparent drug overdose. Thelma, George Jr 13 Colleen 11 Kathleen 10 and twins Michael and Melvina 8 were found with a .38 revolver near the scene. A surviving 15 year old daughter Teresa O Leary returned home and found the bodies. Police recovered notes including a final message to landlord David explaining the deaths and urging no disturbance.
The Worldwide Fireworks Co plant exploded Saturday while preparing shipments for Independence Day. The blast damaged windows up to three miles away. Federal and county investigators search for the cause as Sheriff Tyrrell notes a recent safety citation by Treasury inspectors.
An aide to Rep. Sam Steiger says he tried to eavesdrop on conversations of two former Emprise employees in a San Diego motel in July 1971 to corroborate Steiger’s charges linking Emprise to underworld figures. Steiger says he may have known of the plan and that the action was investigated by the House Select Committee on Crime. authorities question Steiger’s involvement.
Three Nepalese nationals hijacked a Royal Nepal Airlines plane to India and fled into the Himalayan foothills with about $400000 from a Nepalese state bank cargo. All 15 passengers and three crew remained unharmed as a government manhunt seized border districts in India and West Bengal.
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