Twenty years later Speck murders haunt Chicago memories
A nurse and eight fellow students were slain in 1966 by Richard Speck in a South Chicago townhouse. Decades on, survivors and relatives recall the horror, the -smell of death- and the impact as Speck fights parole hearings at Stateville.
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Chicago
Twalde
Richard Speck
Hell
George Murtaugh
John Schmale
South Chicago Community
Nadine Filipiak
Jack Wallenda
Speck
Fire Ends After CSX Train Derailment Near Miamisburg
A five day old phosphorus smoke incident from CSX derailment near Miamisburg was extinguished. About 300 residents could return home while as many as 40,000 were evacuated earlier. Officials cited 90 degree heat warping rail, with a small area remaining off limits for salvage.
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Doug Fisher
Associated Press
Miamisburg
Ohio
United States
William E
Loftus
Federal Railroad Administration
John Weithofer
CSX Transportation
Dayton
Secret Fighter Crash Area Sealed Near Bakersfield
Air Force guards with automatic rifles sealed a wide area of Sequoia National Forest around a burned crash site believed to be an experimental stealth fighter. The pilot, stationed at Nellis AFB in Nevada, was identified, while officials held no comments on the mission or the aircraft. A brushfire of about 150 acres resulted, and civilian flights were restricted as investigators pursued answers about the F-19 prototype.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Air Force
Nellis Air Force Base
Nevada
John Kuminecz
Nellis
4450
Pentagon
Glen Flood
Sierra Nevada
Sequoia National Forest
Investigators Hint at F-19 in Night Crash
Analysts and officials debate a mysterious F-19 fighter crash. Andy Lightbody cites sources in government and industry while the House committee probes a top secret Lockheed plant leak in Burbank. Col. Piccinilo notes only what the local paper reported.
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Andy Lightbody
International Combat Arms
Defense Technology
Los Angeles Times
House Energy and
Elyria Distance Classic 10K Signups Underway
Signups are underway for the 9th annual Chronicle Telegraph Jaycees Elyria Distance Classic. The 10K race is set for Sunday August 3 with an entry form in today’s sports section.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Jaycees
River festival and local stalls at Elvna and Larah Lagrange
Outside mostly cloudy today with a chance of showers and thunder storms mainly in the morning. Highs in the 80s. The Gash car Wat River Floret Elvna and Larah Lagrange Lions Dairy Festival Sumcat 1:00 at Lion's Park Try on new meat hons and fresh daily specials Tran Station, 424 E River.
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Elvna
Lagrange Lion's Dairy Festival
Sumcat
Lion's Park
Tran Station
E. River
Cocaine Capital Glut Hits Central Falls Prices
Central Falls Rhode Island described as a cocaine capital with an ounce of highpurity coke near $1000 and diluted swill around $2500 in Boston. Officials estimate the drug trade at about $100 million yearly in a 17,500 resident city, with Colombians from Medellin controlling traffic. Immigrant communities and urban decline frame the scene as federal focus sharpens.
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Arnold Zeitlin
Associated Press
Central Falls
R.I
New England
United States
Rudy J. Legenza
Legenza
Carlos A. Silva
Boston
Lincoln Almond
U.S
Rhode Island
Silva
Medellin
Colombia
Paul Brown
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
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Gargallo
Schmale
Farris
Pasion
Wilkening’ i
Ségatione
Weithofer
A.F
Bill Sweetman
Commerce Committee
Lockheed California Co
Burbank
Feningen
Northrop Corp
Lockheed
Albert C. Piccinilo
Advanced Tactical Fighter Program
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Central Fall
Textile Mills
Hialeah, Fla
Queens, NY
Brown
Rndy Legenza
Michael White
R.C
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