Four bombs shake downtown Chicago injuring five
A series of blasts outside four downtown buildings including police headquarters and the John Hancock Center wounded five people, two seriously. Police suspect a terrorist gang with no claim of responsibility.
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Bank Leumi of Israel
City Hall
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First National Bank of Chicago
Ford reassured after bowling green flashbulb scare
President Ford and his Secret Service detail were startled by a coed photographer's camera flashbulb in Bowling Green Ohio. The blast sent fragments upward but no injury followed as Ford and agents protected him, then he immediately resumed greeting supporters.
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Bowling Green University
White House
William Lukash
Smokey CB Radios Reach State Police Cars
Albany report details truckers and drivers hearing police CB chatter about radar use on the Thruway. Maj. Nicholas Lecakes says troopers may use personal CB gear during duty but must follow state guidelines. The division is studying whether to standardize CBs as official equipment.
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Nicholas Lecakes
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Lecakes
Parole Granted for Caril Fugate in 1958 Slaying Rampage
York Nebraska AP Parole board granted Caril Fugate parole 4 to 1 after she served more than half her life in prison for the 1958 murder spree with Charles Starkweather that killed 10 people. The decision imposes a rule banning interviews without board permission and is supported by board chair John Greenholtz with one dissent from Catherine Dahlquist.
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Caril Fugate
Charles Starkweather
Miss Fugate
John Greenholtz
Catherine Dahlquist
Greenholtz
Cloudy Warm Weather Forecast With Scattered Showers
The National Weather Service at Hancock Field expects cloudy skies tonight with a 20 percent rain chance and a low in the low 60s. Winds will be southwest at 10 to 20 mph. Tomorrow remains cloudy with a 20 percent rain chance and a daytime high in the mid 80s. The extended outlook calls for warm temperatures with the daytime high near 40 and a chance of showers by Friday.
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National Weather Service
Hancock Field
Pound strengthens on 3.3 billion loan to Britain
The pound jumped after Britain's 3.3 billion foreign loan was announced and rose again during midday trading. Sterling reached about 1.7745 dollars, the highest since May 20, aided by miner union acceptance of a wage restraint plan limiting rises to 5 percent.
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London
Britain
Miners Union
Not monkey boy Burundi tale debunked by experts
Two child psychology experts say the Burundi monkey boy story is imagination not fact. They examined Balthasar Nsanzerugeze and found no monkey upbringing and suggest encephalitis caused severe retardation while noting a missing historical record due to Burundi's oral tradition.
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Boston
Burundi
Harlan Lane
Northeastern University
Richard Pillard
Boston University School of Medicine
Africa
Balthasar Nsanzerugeze
Fighting belies cease fire in Beirut area
Beirut Radio reported heavy fighting east and south of Beirut despite a cease fire announced earlier. Syrian troops clashed with Lebanese and Palestinian forces as the conflict continued in the region.
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Cyprus
Beirut Radio
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Primary contests down to the wire
President Ford and Ronald Reagan race toward a possible deadlock as California Ohio and New Jersey vote for delegates. Carter leads Democrats while Ford and Reagan spar over campaign tactics and personal attacks as the nominating battle narrows.
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United Press International
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Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
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Ohio
New Jersey
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Reagan
Carter
GOP
Pri
Dayton
Morris Udall
Udall
Woman grabs 4700 from florist in North Syracuse heist
Sheriff's officials search for a 25 to 30 year old woman in a brown ankle length dress who walked into Paul’s Flower Market on Brewerton Road and fled with two bank bags containing 4700 dollars. The loot was in yellow Lincoln First Bank and blue First Trust and Deposit Company bags. Deputy J J Coyne noted the suspect fled on foot with unknown direction. A state trooper saw a woman matching the description walking south of the shop shortly after 10 am. Authorities led by Sgt Robert Lee and Lt Anthony Valleriani continued the investigation.
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Paul McLaughlin
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Syracuse
Lincoln First Bank
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Paul
Parently
J. J. Coyne
Robert Lee
Anthony Valleriani
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