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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1978
Page
13
Gregory Wittine, 23, a handicapped Scout with cerebral palsy, receives the Eagle badge and patch after a previous denial by the Boy Scouts of America for taking too long and being too old. Scoutmaster Richard Golden approves. ceremony held Friday in Roosevelt, New York.
Italians decide in balloting today and Monday whether to retain laws giving police broad powers to combat terrorism and state subsidies to political parties. Most observers expect repeal to fail. The 1975 police powers law followed rising crime and violence, including the Aldo Moro kidnapping and killing. The Communists back both laws.
U N peacekeeping role in southern Lebanon faces change as Israel plans to withdraw from the last third of the 500 square mile area. Gen Emmanuel Erskine said Israel wants to transfer control to right wing Lebanese Christians, prompting questions on negotiating capacity. Lebanese Christian leaders petition Israel to delay withdrawal amid fears for protection from Palestinian guerrillas and leftist allies.
Crews cleared wreckage after a crash involving a commuter train and Amtrak Montrealer in Seabrook Maryland injuring 68. Officials said the incident disrupted the Northeast rail corridor and likely stemmed from signaling failures. NTSB investigators expect months to determine causes while Amtrak and Conrail review warning systems and speeds. Sixty five treated and released, three kept overnight for observation.
Antoinette Giancana, 42, daughter of slain mobster Sam Giancana, says she will be evicted Wednesday from a $400-a-month rented house in Geneva, Illinois. She claims she is eligible for grocery money and blasts the situation as ridiculous, saying she was once known as the Mafia princess.
The daughter of the slain mob boss Sam Giancana fights a court battle over an estate estimated at more than 132000 dollars after his 1975 Oak Park death. She says she is broke despite driving a new convertible and designer clothes, having lived beyond means and lost alimony rights after a divorce. She describes her father as disgusted by divorce and recalls his rise from a sixth grade education to Don of all dons, while briefly working odd jobs and seeking help from old associates.
Police search for James Thompson a 30 year old Rockwood photographer reported abducted Friday night near O’Hare while preparing to depart for Alaska. He said two armed men hijacked his van tied him with twine and drove to Schiller Woods Forest Preserve where they argued over killing him before leaving with $53 000 in cash and his photo gear.
Washington AP: The Transportation Department challenged independent truckers to prove whether higher fuel use occurs at speeds above 55 mph versus the 55 mph limit. Thirty three tractor trailer operators will run 50 miles twice on an oval track in East Liberty Ohio.
For the first time in its 117 year history the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States elected a woman as its chief ruling officer. Sarah Bernice Mosely of Sherman Texas was chosen moderator after a vote of 246 to 152 over Rev. John Crowell of Mobile Alabama.
A party ending the school year at Boras City Hotel in Boras 35 miles east of Goteborg turned deadly when a fire engulfed the six story building at about 2 30 am. At least 20 youths died and 59 were injured as flames raced from the lobby to the restaurant and ballroom. Witnesses described people jumping from windows and crowds crying in the streets while ambulances arrived. Police said the cause was under investigation with no immediate indication of a bomb.
A disastrous blaze injured 59 people aged 18 to 25 on PAGE 4, with burns and smoke inhalation. Ambulances and taxis rushed victims to a hospital. about half were treated and released, while four with severe burns up to 40 percent were airlifted to other facilities.
In Tupelo, civil rights supporters and Ku Klux Klan members held back to back marches with heavy police presence. About 600 United League of North Mississippi members ended at the Lee County Courthouse, while 50 Klansmen and 100 sympathizers began their procession amid scattered violence and three arrests.
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