Fires destroy fiberglass plant and motel near Goreville
The American Fiber-Glass Inc. factory, a 30-employee plant, was destroyed by a fire started at 8:30 p.m. with an explosion in a trash pile. A second blaze at the Siesta Motel, six hours later, caused about 60,000 in losses. Firefighters from Goreville Marion Vienna and others contained both fires with no injuries. The plant planned expansion and relocation plans were already in progress.
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Goreville
American Fiber-Glass Inc
Siesta
Rt. 37
Carl Deeter
Dexter
Marion
Vienna
Deeter
Jack Hancock
Hancock
Carrier Mills
Cartervilles
Johnston City
Nixon argues North Vietnam aid essential for peace
President Nixon at his first news conference since Jan. 31 said postwar aid to Hanoi is essential so North Vietnam will have a stake in peace and would be funded from foreign aid and defense budgets. He also announced a April 23 meeting at San Clemente with South Vietnam's Nguyen Van Thieu and defended dollar stability amid market speculation.
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Nixon
Hamnoi
North Vietnam
White House
San Clemente
Calafi
Nguyen van Thieu
South
Iestioned
At- Lee
U.S
Hanoi
Germany
Japan
Harry Truman
Europe
Far East
UMWA Names Canton Man Ship Mine Safety Coordinator
John Derich, of Canton, appointed by UMWA International HQ to be district 12 strip mine safety coordinator in Illinois. Dawes said Derich’s salary not available. Grimes remains underground mine safety coordinator. Overview: 51 mines reported production last month. surface and underground roles addressed to cover all Illinois mines.
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John Derich
Canton
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
Illinois
Werich
Umwa International
Washington, D.C
Kenneth Dawes
Dorich
Grimes
Dawes
State Department of Mines and Minerals
Viet Cong prisoner releases face delay amid Hanoi talks
U S delegation said Hanoi would release 106 American prisoners on Sunday but the scheduled release of 30 POWs by the Viet Cong hit a snag. The dispute with Saigon over the number of Communist prisoners to be freed prompted the delay warning. A Viet Cong spokesman claimed 34 prisoners would be released at Gia Lam airport on Sunday.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Saigon
South Vietnam
US S
Joint Military Commission
Gia Lam
Dollar Slump Hits Europe Amid Crisis
The dollar fell further in Europe as markets closed to curb the monetary crisis. European banks rejected or reduced dollar transactions while tourists faced higher costs from new exchange rates. A Brussels meeting of the nine member nations finance ministers was announced for Sunday to address the crisis.
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London
Europe
Brussels
Sudanese rebels demand U.S. flight for hostages in Khartoum
In Khartoum the Palestinian Black September group demanded a Sudanese plane to fly hostages to the United States along with two Sudan cabinet members. The government rejected the plan. Hostages include Ambassador Noel and Curtis Moore with other diplomats. a U.S. State Department official arrived to observe.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Middle East
United States
Khartoum
U.S
Sudan
Black September Organization
Jordan
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
California
Mansour Khaled
Omar Haj Nousa
Cleo A. Noel Jr
Curtis G. Moore
Moore
Nixon vows aid but resists blackmail in hostage crisis
President Nixon declared the United States would do all it can to secure the release of diplomats held in Khartoum by Palestinian guerrillas while stating the U.S. would not submit to blackmail. He sent Undersecretary William Macomber to Khartoum to negotiate for Ambassador Cleo Noel Jr. and others still in captivity. The president noted the ambassador role has grown dangerous worldwide.
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John B. Connally
Nixon
United States
Beirut
William B. Macomber Jr
Washington
Khartoum
Macomber
State Department
Charles W. Bray
Sirhan
U.S
Sudan
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
William Macomber
Cleo A. Noel Jr
G. Curtis Moore
Peace talks at Wounded Knee leaders' home bombed during parley
Senators McGovern and Abourezk described a tense, late night session at Wounded Knee after militants learned Aaron Desersas home near Pine Ridge was firebombed as hostages were freed. Desersas, AIM official, may not be among barricaded militants. Police declined comment. Indians demand Senate subcommittee hearing and a probe of treaty violations and BIA corruption.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
George S. McGovern
James Abourezk
D-S.d
McGovern
South Dakota
Aaron Desersas
Pine Ridge
Desersas
American Indian Movement
AIM
Department of Justice
Great Plains
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Senate
BIA
Richard Wilson
Militant Indians seize widow’s home in Wounded Knee
The house of 72 year old widow Mrs. Mary Pike was seized to serve as a headquarters for militants who have held Wounded Knee for three days. The Gildersleeves, owners of a nearby store, described a raid that emptied a general store of food and arms and left a rifle wielding Indian warning residents they are hostages.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Mary Pike
Weekend Rain Outlook With Mild Temperatures
The forecast calls for seventy percent rain tonight with lows in the forties. Saturday remains cloudy with a chance of rain and highs in the sixties. Sunday through Tuesday show partial cloud cover and little or no rain.
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John Stewart
Southern Illinoisan
Butch Nevious
UMW
Viet Cong
Adley el Nasser
Guy Eid
Belgium
Noel
Militant Indians
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