Orchids Flourish in Pat Hungerford's 14 by 25 Foot Greenhouse
Pat Hungerford of Route 4 Carbondale has expanded a hobby into a 14 by 25 foot greenhouse housing 50 to 60 orchids. She began growing them over a kitchen sink about 12 years ago. A Cattleya blooms pink and red for six weeks each year. The rarest in her collection is a Vanda Ascocentrum, and orchids are now easier to grow at home due to cheaper propagation methods.
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Pat Hungerford
Hungerford
Route 4
Carbondale
Beirut hijackers threaten release terms amid hostage crisis
Arab hijackers holding about 30 American hostages aboard a jetliner in Beirut pressed for Israel to release more than 700 Shiite prisoners. Up to 10 Americans were moved to an undisclosed Beirut location as negotiations continued. Nabih Berri's Shiite militia increased airport alert while Red Cross aid talks surfaced amid renewed firing near the airport.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Sky Pirates
Israel
White House
Robert Sims
Sims
Nabih Berri
Reagan
U.S
TWA
Elmer C. Zimmerman
Nashville, Ill
Ben Zimmerman
Hijackers Take Greek Flight to Beirut and Algiers
A Boeing 727 operating Athens to Rome is hijacked by two Arabic speakers at about 10 a.m. and forced to Beirut and Algiers over 20 days. They release dozens of passengers, claim Marines on board, demand the freeing of Lebanese Shiites and Ali Atwa, and trigger Delta Force involvement. Negotiations begin as U.S. officials withhold comment.
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Athens
Greece
Rome
Beirut
U.S. State Department
Algiers
U.S. Marine
Israel
Ali Atwa
U.S
Delta Force
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Washington
Pentagon
White House
TWA
New York
Rea
Brutal murder described by freed hijack victims
Australian family freed from the hijacked TWA jetliner spoke of a brutal killing of an American passenger. Ruth Henderson recounted sighting the beating and execution as hijackers forced the man from his seat and shot him after a long period of abuse.
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London
TWA
William Henderson
Rosemary
Ruth
Heathrow
Paris
Algiers
Algeria
Ruth Henderson
Henderson
Space shuttle Discovery set for 6:33 a.m. liftoff for unique mission
In Cape Canaveral technicians wrapped a final tune up for Discovery on a seven day international mission. The crew includes Prince Sultan Salman Al Saud along with a French pilot born in Cameroon and a Shanghai born woman astronaut. The mission aims to boost communications for 22 Arab nations and Mexico.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Mexico
Sultan Sal
Man Al-Saud
Cameroon
Sultan
Saudi Arabia
Fahd
U.S
Construction worker survives mine pond collapse near Burning Star mine
Rod Hagel, 27, Pinckneyville, nearly drowned when a slope failure toppled his bulldozer into a mine pond at Consolidation Coal Co. Burning Star Number 2. Trapped in the cab as water flooded in, he fought to break windows and escape, aided by faith and calm under pressure.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Rod Hagel
Hagel
Consolidation Coal Co
Burning Star Number
Pinckneyville
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Southern Illinoisan
John McCutchen
Krupp Funeral Home
Nashville
Zimmerman
Lutheran Medical Center
St. Louis
Alton
Cascade
Berri
Amal
Red Cross
Damascus
Syria
Mediterranean Sea
Cies
Ali Derickson
U.S. Air Force
Torrejon
Spain
Ivy Paige
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