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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1978
Page
1
Katherine Sheridan holds her seven month old Nicole at a second floor window as flames rage in a South Boston apartment. William Sheridan lowers his son and daughter to waiting arms below. The family climbs down a ladder to safety.
President Carter told a NATO summit at the Kennedy Center that alliance forces must be strengthened with conventional, tactical nuclear and strategic arms to counter a Soviet military expansion he called far exceeding Warsaw Pact security needs. He pledged U S participation and warned NATO must modernize to meet future threats while expanding responsibilities beyond Europe. He noted Soviet and Cuban actions in Africa as part of broader implications for alliance interests.
Dozens of explosions hit Texas City Refining Inc causing three deaths and 12 injuries as a fireball 200 feet high lit the dawn sky. About 15 workers were at the plant at 2 am. tanks burned and firefighters halted flames to prevent further blasts. Evacuations affected some 250 residents.
In Mossy Head Florida an overnight derailment of a 100 car Louisville and Nashville train caused four cars carrying toxic anhydrous ammonia to leak. About 300 residents were evacuated as workers fought to plug a leaking valve while three leaks were halted before daylight. No injuries were reported. It was the third such mishap in 24 hours involving Louisville and Nashville trains in the Florida Panhandle.
Federal Judge Julius J. Hoffman revoked Frank Walus citizenship after finding he lied to immigration officials about a Gestapo background during World War II. The ruling, described as clear and unequivocal, could lead to deportation proceedings for the 55 year old former Chicago laborer who claimed he never served with the Gestapo.
The forecast calls for fair, cooler tonight with lows in the sixties, sunny and hot midweek with highs in the nineties, then cooler by Thursday with possible showers. Former area officials fail to move extortion trial from Benton. SIU Carbondale develops Geostatistics to gauge coal in underground reserves. A one pound loaf costs about 12 cents more than in 1971. Ned York, linked to Hillside Stranglings, gains notoriety. Oral Roberts University emerges as a rising power in college baseball per coach Richard Jones. The St. Louis Cardinals end a losing streak with a win over the Mets.
FBI seeks warrant to open a box at Lambert St Louis Airport believed to contain handguns destined for Barbara Annette Oswald the widow of a helicopter hijacker who died during the aborted escape attempt. Investigators tie the package to Oswald and three prisoners named by prison staff while also examining a car registered to her containing firearms.
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