Hunter group hunts suspect in Girl Scout killings near Locust Grove
A 250 man posse including state police sharpshooters, Tulsa officers, and 156 volunteers scoured a 10 square mile area around Skunk Mountain near Camp Scott after authorities named Gene Leroy Hart, a 33 year old fugitive, as a suspect in the killings of three Girl Scouts aged 8 to 10. Bloodhounds, attack dogs, and a Tulsa station loaned helicopter aided the search though sightings proved inconclusive. Hart had escaped Pryor jail in 1973 and is linked to the Locust Grove area.
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Gene Leroy Hart
Hart
Locust Grove
Pryor
Camp Scott
Illinois House kills no fault divorce bill with alternative reform
The Illinois House defeated a no fault divorce measure by a 65 to 24 vote. It approved a separate bill simplifying divorce grounds while keeping fault-based options. A prior note mentions a Senate action on other education and port district items.
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Springfield
Illinois
Aaron Jaffe
D-Skokie
Senate
Carter seeks Senate override on Cuba trade ban
President Carter and House Democrats seek Senate reversal of House passed limits on U S aid or trade with Cuba and indirect aid to six nations. The $6.7 billion foreign aid bill cleared the House 208 to 174 despite Republican charges of demagoguery.
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Washington
Carter
House of Representatives
Senate
U.S
Cuba
House
Thomas O’neill
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Uganda
Angola
Mozam
Bique
White House
Jody Powell
Powell
Congress
Akron Toilet Fire Preludes Massive Sewer Explosion
Firefighters dismissed a strange toilet fire report in Akron. Five hours later a powerful sewer explosion tore up west side streets, caused extensive damage, and buckled streets near Glendale Cemetery. Vandals at Patch Rubber Co. faced a $1000 reward as authorities investigated plant break ins and valve openings.
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Akron
Ohio
West Side
Patch Rubber Co
James Harris
Glendale Cemetery
Harris
Rights policy enters loan discussions in Chile aid debate
AID seeks about 11 million dollars for rural projects benefiting at least 60 000 Chilean farmers. The potential loans face opposition from State Department officials over human rights concerns amid Chilean junta abuses. The dispute plays out as U S policy wrestles between aid and criticism during a Chile rights crisis.
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New York Times
Washington
Chile
Agency For International Development
Cyrus Vance
Carter
U.N
Santiago
U.S
Organization of American States
Grenada
State Department
United States
CIA asked to study Chile regime alternatives
The National Security Council ordered the CIA to prepare a study on possible alternatives to Chile's anti communist military regime. The move signals a new anti junta posture within the Carter administration led by liberal recruits including NSC adviser Robert Pastor. The purpose remains unclear and some officials doubt it is a covert operation.
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The
National Security Council
CIA
Chile
NSC
Robert Pastor
Pastor
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Nixon
U.S
David Popper
Popper
Santiago
Chief seeks to fill new jail in Fort Mill
Police Chief Floyd Foss aims to fill his 22 month old Fort Mill jail which has space for 19 inmates but an average daily population of one. He plans to house federal inmates by applying to the U S Bureau of Prisons.
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Fort Mill
S.C
Floyd Foss
Foss
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
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Mt. Prospect
Food and Drug Administration
Murphysboro
Carbondale
N. Illinois
Herrin
Southern Illinoisan
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North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Carbondale Illinois
Cartondale Free Press
Herr
Marion
Junta
Salvador Allende
Warren Christopher
Allende
Clodomiro Almeyda
Almeyda
Socialist Party
Communist Party
Christopher Almeyda
Eduardo Frei
Walter Mondale
East Germany
Brady Tyson
U.N. Human Rights Commission
Geneva
Tyson
W Kent
Styrest Nursing Home
Diederich Insurance Real Estate
W. Main Carbondale, Ill
Tom Pfister
Mutual of Omaha
Modern Life Insurance
United of Omaha
Mutual
N. Market Marion
Carterville
Surance
United
Puritan ‘Sporting Life
Siet
S. Iil
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A. O. Smith Gas Water
Williams Street
Murphysboro Industrial Park
W. Murphysboro
Brewster
FORD
Lincoln
North Park
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