74 Die As Jumbo Jetliner Plunges Into Everglades
An Eastern Air Lines TriStar carrying 167 people crashed into the Everglades near Miami, killing 74 as rescuers pulled 93 survivors from the swamp through the night. The L1011, en route from New York to Miami, left wreckage scattered in the murky marsh eight miles north of the Tamiami Trail. authorities pursued the cause amid a large-scale, difficult search aided by Coast Guard, police, and Miccosukee volunteers.
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Miami
Eastern Air Lines
Everglades
Coast Guard
New York
Miami International Airport
Ribal Council
Don Taggerty
Dade County
Martin Simmerio
Long Island
Tamiami Trail
Florida
Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
Eastern
Ohio police to arrest about six thousand New Year drivers
Ohio Highway Patrol will arrest roughly 6,000 drivers during the New Year weekend for traffic violations, many tied to drinking, the AP reports. The notice cites patrol plans for heightened enforcement across the holiday period.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Bombing Halt Ordered as Talks Set to Resume
President Nixon orders a halt to bombing of North Vietnam’s industrial heartland around Hanoi and Haiphong as Kissinger’s secret Paris talks to resume January 8. White House says delay in announcing effect of the halt unclear. 27 aircraft and airmen killed or missing acknowledged.
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Washington
Nixon
North Vietnam
Hanai
Haiphong
Henry Kissinger
Paris
Jan A
United States
Ithepan
Gerald L Warren
Airboats and giant grasshoppers aid Everglades crash rescue
Rescue workers labored through muck to recover 167 aboard an Eastern Airlines Lockheed L101 after a midnight crash. Helicopters and airboats ferried survivors and bodies from sawgrass, as Coast Guard crews and Miccosukee Indians aided amid hip deep water and five foot sawgrass. Survivors described darkness, cold, and screams while awaiting help.
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Bill Hodges
Miami
Coast Guard
Eastern
Everglades
Eastern Airlines
Elyria man shot. wife charged with murder
In Elyria a 27 year old man, James Wilkerson of 509 Willow Park Dr, was killed in a family dispute. His wife Annie Wilkerson, 25, faces a second degree murder charge and pleaded innocent in municipal court. A preliminary hearing is slated for next Saturday.
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Elyria
Willow Park
James Wilkerson
Willow Park Dr
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Annie Wilkerson
Carl Koepp
Wilkerson
Lorain County
Joseph Buddner
Lawrence Jezewski
Willow Park Drive
Batlroom
Minnie Noel
Bond St
Deaths in Elyria Churches Highlight Local Losses
A local obituary note lists several residents connected to Elyria churches, marking community losses across the past weeks. Details include names and brief affiliations with local congregations.
Burglars Hit Ray's Garage. Take Cash and Dane
In Paineville AP report burglars broke into Ray's Garage Thursday night. They stole cash cigars a sander buffer an eight track stereo and several hundred dollars in tools. They also taken a watchdog a Great Dane leaving a blank space on the scene.
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Painesville
Ray
New Year's travel to be treacherous
A major winter storm sweeps the central Plains toward the Mississippi Valley with heavy snow, high winds, and blizzard conditions. Snow spans from the Rockies to the Great Lakes, with advisories in effect across Minnesota North Dakota Kansas Nebraska South Dakota Michigan Iowa and Wisconsin, threatening travel through the holiday weekend.
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Central Plains
Middle
Mississippi Valley
Rockies
Great Lakes
Minnesota
North Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
Michigan
Central Rockies
Plains
Upper
Vine Avenue Urban Renewal and Women in 1972
Lorain's Vine Avenue faces urban renewal in 1973 as Pat Geisler reviews its past and present with photos by John Kenney in the Sunday Scene. The year 1972 highlights on women’s news, triumphs, and setbacks, while West Salem’s hot political scene sparks neighborly rifts explored in the first of a four part Problems series by Karel Netkirk.
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Lorain
Vine Avenue
Vine
Pat Geisler
T Chef
John Kenney
West Salem
Karel Netkirk
Weather outlook with showers, cooler by tomorrow
Tonight brings showers with cloudy skies and lows in the low to mid 40s. Tomorrow stays cloudy and colder with a 40 to 60 percent precipitation chance and highs near the upper 40s to low 50s. Winds from the south to southeast around 10 to 15 mph. Sunset tonight at 9 06 p m sunrise tomorrow at 7 53 a m.
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Art Pierce
Palmetto General Hospital
Hileah
Fla
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UPE
Hastern
FAA
Don Byers
Robert A. Loft
Palmetto
Mercy
Baptist
Mercy Hospital
Fort Myers
Lake Okeechobet
Palm Beach
Naples
Gulf of Mexico
Kes
Terid Bey
Key Largo
Fort Lauderdale
Miami Beach
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Associated Press
Gold Coast
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Pat Georgia
Palmetto Hospital
Michael Laurie
Syosset
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