Casa Grande Dispatch (Newspaper) - February 4, 1976, Casa Grande, Arizona ARCHIVES RECORDS 3RD STATE CAPITOL PHOENIX AZ A 3yearold girl and her 2yearold brother were burned to death in a trailer fire that seriously injured their 4raonthold brother and their mother Casa Grande police reported today Pronounced dead on arrival at Hospital were Hydie Krum 3 and Kenneth Krum 2 of 768 W Cholla Drive Casa Grande Police said attempts at rescuing the two from the burning trailer were unsuccessful because of the intensity of the heat and iiames Authorities removed the bodies of the children after Casa Grande Firemen extinguished the blaze police said Cause of the fire which began about is under in police said Burned in the blaze and transported from to the Maricopa County Hospital burn unit were the childrens Joan Krum and her 4monthold son Christopher A hospital spokesman said Mrs Krum is in stable condition Christopher is in guarded condition The spokesman said extent of their injuries was unavailable Also burned and in good condition this morning at is a family friend William Woods 761 W Cholla Drive Police said Woods who arrived at the scene of the blaze before officers did tried to rescue the two children who died in the fire Woods suffered first and second degree burns on his arms and back a hospital spokesman said Police said when they arrived at the fire about a minute after it was reported Mr and Mrs were standing outside the trailer attempting to get inside Mrs Krum was holding young Christopher in her arms police said They told officers two more children were trapped inside the trailer home but police said by police and fire department personnel to rescue the children were unsuccessful were taken to by another family friend William Hemphill 662 W Cholla Drive The bodies of the two children were taken to Cole and Maud Mortuary iri Casa Grande after they were pronounced dead at police said Cole and Maud is in charge of funeral arrangements Details were unavailable today Though the cause is still under investigation police said they have been able to trace the actions of the family just before the fire broke out Krum who police said works at Hedas Lakeshore Mine had arrived home from work about Tuesday and stopped at his residence long enough to pick up his vehicle Officers said Krum was visiting a neighbor when the fire broke out Mrs Krum and the three children were believed to be asleep when the fire broke out police said Police said Mrs Krum apparently awoke soon after the blaze erupted and took Christopher who was sleeping in a crib in the master bedroom and raced out the front door She was unable to return inside for her other two children because of the blaze Police said they believed Woods met Mrs Krum and attempted to enter the trailer to rescue the children When he opened the door allowing oxygen inside the trailer the home burst into flames The two dead children were sleeping in separate bedrooms when the blaze broke out police added Police said the Krum family apparently moved to Casa Grande in September or October of last year from Wyoming Officers said they would attempt to interview the couple today The Casa Grande Police Department and Casa Grande Fire Department will conduct a joint investigation police said Officials from the State Fire Marshalls Office were scheduled to arrive in Casa Grande today to conduct their own independent investigation police added ASA GRANDE Final Countys Daily Newspaper CASA GRANDE ARIZONA 85222 WEDNESDAY FEBRUARYS 1976 10PerCopy NUMBER 24 Area Houses 88 TURNING AWAY from the remains of a burned Casa Grande trailer fa which two youngsters were Wiled early today is Casa Grande fireman Steve Burned to death in the blaze were 2yearold Kenneth Krum and 3 Hydie Krum children of Kenneth and Joan Krum 768 W Cholla Drive Mrs Krum and tier 4monthold son Christopher were also burned in the blaze and are in a Phoenix hospital today Cause of the fire is still under in authorities said Staff Photo by Jim Thomson FLORENCE A fire of undetermined origin broke out about noon today in a dormitory in the outside trusty area at Arizona State Prison Officials said there were no immediate reports of injuries By 1 the fire reportedly was contained but was still burning Units from the Final County Sheriffs Office were called to assist prison personnel in policing the area and directing traffic Two sheriffs deputies and one Florence fire truck were at the scene spokesmen said There was at least one report of an attempted escape Leo Beaman public information officer for the state Department of Corrections in Phoenix said the fire ap started in the old dorm in the outside trusty area It appears to have started in the furnace We dont know as yet just how it got Beaman added in a telephone interview from his A spokesman for Warden Harold J Cardwell said the dorm appears to be a total loss The origin is unknown and there are no injuries But weve got a lot of The blaze broke out at about and was contained by No other prison buildings were endangered by the fire and operations at the prison were otherwise normal officials added An arson investigator from the state fire marshalls office has been caHed in the spokesman said but at this time we have no idea how it started and no one is suspected of starting Asked where the 88 trusties who lived in the dorm at the already badly overcrowded institution will be housed the spokesman replied I wish I GUATEMALA CITY Guatemala AP A massive earth quake smashed Guatemala City and rolled through two other Central American countries and Mexico early today firmed reports placed the number of dead in Guatemala City as high as 500 Red Cross and fire department rescue workers pulled people from the debris of collapsed buildings which choked the streets About 10 aftershocks added to the initial panic of the first strong shock that lasted 30 seconds and measured on the Richter scale Officials termed it a major earthquake The aftershocks tumbled already damaged walls There were no immediate reports of deaths or serious injuries in Mexico about miles to the northwest or the other countries affected by the earthquake Honduras and El Salvador which are southeast of Guatemala Huge cracks showed in Guatemala Citys central com building and electricity and telephone services were disrupted A hotel on the Avenue of the Americas was badly damaged and guests fled to the streets Many frightened and dazed residents moved through the wreckage trying to find belongings A volcano south of Guatemala City was spouting smoke when dawn broke Headquarters for the CARE relief organization in New York said information It had received in telephone contacts with representatives in Guatemala City and Honduras placed the number of dead in Guatemala City at about 500 and others injured and the casualty toll was still mounting The New York CARE spokesman said it was not trom whom or how its representatives got their estimates of the casualty tolls He said CARE was standing by in Honduras ready to move in with food and rescue supplies The spokesman for CARE which stands for Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere said the organization reached William S Salas its director for Guatemala at EST in Guatemala Salas said he could still feel aftershocks and the CARE office was in shambles and would be moved to another location A State Department spokesman in Washington said there were no injuries to employes at the Embassy in Guatemala City and except for some cracks in the walls there was no damage to the embassy buildings He said the most severe damage reported as extensive was in the poorer section of the capital where many houses tumbled He said there were no major mudslides reported A report from Guatemalan diplomatic officials in Colombia cited a figure of 300 dead in Guatemala City However the Guatemalan ambassador in Mexico City said he had no such of report Unconfirmed radio reports had earlier said 30 persons were killed and at least 500 injured Gen Romeo Ucas minister of defense was placed in charge of an emergency relief committee He said communications were so bad it would be midday at least before he could make a partial official report on damages and casualties National headquarters for the Red Cross in Washington said its Dade County chapter was monitoring an amateur radio in Guatemala and had confirmed 100 dead Officials in Tegucigalpa said at least eight northern cities and towns in Honduras were severely damaged by the quake but there were no official reports of injuries or deaths Lesser damage was reported in other parts of that country In San Salvador El Salvador the Associated Press corre reported there were no serious injuries but some property damage One highway into the capital city was com cut and others were damaged he said Radio station in Houston carried a report from David C Pierce she duty officer at the Embassy in Belize City in former British Honduras which is Guatemalas eastern neighbor He said the shocks were quite noticeable in Belize but there was no damage He also said he understood the tourist area of Guatemala City did not appear to be severely WASHINGTON AP Two airports were opened by Transportation Secretary William T Coleman Jr today to limited scheduled flights by the Concorde supersonic passenger jet for a 16month trial period beginning March 4 Colemans decision permits scheduled flights by the fast but noisy Concorde by British Airways and Air France into Dulles International Airport near Washington and Kennedy In Airport in New York The decision with respect to Dulles is final unless overturned by Congress or by a federal court since that airport is owned by the government However the Port Authority of New Jersey must approve the decision with respect to Kennedy since that airport is operated by the port authority An attorney for British Airways has said there are no plans to land the Concorde at Dulles before April Colemans approval gives Air France and British Airways au for exactly what they want to operate a maximum of two daily flights each into Kennedy and one daily flight each into Dulles But said the flights must operate between and 10 He also ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to require the airlines to use whatever abatement procedures are safe technologically feasible economically justified and necessary to minimize noise landings by the controversial plane were opposed by the Environmental Protection Agency The State Department did not take a public stand on the planes merits but urged Coleman to weigh diplomatic considerations involving the French and British who have invested more than billion in development of the plane A favorable ruling by Coleman would bring the supersonic age to a country that rejected its own SST program less than five years ago Congress killed the American supersonic transport development program in 1971 by cutting off government funding A favorable ruling also would place pressure on airlines to purchase the Concorde or the SST in order to compete with other carriers flying Concorde And it could in crease pressure on aerospace firms to enter the SST race with private capital Both proponents and opponents of the jet ac knowledged that Colemans ruling would set a for future applications for Concorde service at other airports Colemans ruling affects only the applications of Air France and British Airways at Dulles and Kennedy Both the British and French governments agreed earlier that any increase in the number of flights or any attempt to land the Concorde at other airports would require a new decision by the government WASHINGTON AP Former Treasury Secretary John B Connally is expected to receive a key assignment when President Ford announces his reorganization of the intelligence system White House sources said today The sources said Connally a former Texas governor is in line for appointment to the Presidents Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board which is expected to be strengthened as part of the ad ministrations overhaul of the nations intelligence agencies Connally served on the advisory board until his resignation as Treasury secretary in July 1973 One year later Connally was indicted by a federal grand jury and accused of taking illegal gratuities from a dairy cooperative He was acquitted of all charges in April 1975 Ford is expected to announce details of the intelligence reorganization in about 10 days In other developments House intelligence committee is giving quick approval to recommendations designed to give Congress more control over secret spy operations launched in foreign countries The panel involved in consideration of a number of recom resulting from its study of intelligence approved proposals on Tuesday that would abolish the Pentagons Defense Intelligence Agency and require intelligence agencies to let Congress see secret information Proposals the committee has yet to consider include creation of a permanent intelligence committee and a requirement that all covert operations be reported to Congress Other recommendations approved by the committee would require a group to advise presidents on all proposed covert operations and require each of the six to submit detailed reports to the president for or against each operation The members of the recommended National Security Council subcommittee on foreign operations would include the secretary of state secretary of defense and the director of the CIA The subcommittee would replace NSCs 40 Committee That recommendation stems from a finding in the still un published report that former President Richard M Nixon di the CIA to supply weapons to Kurdish rebels in Iraq despite objections of Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger the CIA and the State Department according to committee sources CG Chambers To Be Friday Evening A slide presentation depicting attractive features in and around Cesa Grande will be shown at the 41st annual meeting of the Casa Grande Chamber of Commerce set for Friday night at the Francisco Grande hotel The public is invited to attend the event which gets under way with a nohost social hour at Dinner will be served at The slide program complete with sound and color views of Casa Grande was prepared to update the Chambers com munity profile It is designed to be shown to industrial and commercial prospects and to be made available to other groups and organizations It was produced by John F Fiene who did the photography Jon Berryhill who wrote the script and by Dean Weatherly who performed the narration Dr W Dean Skaggs elementary schools superintendent will be master of ceremonies Included on the program besides the slide show will be a review of the Chambers past year by 1975 president Harlyn Griffiths a discussion of the 1976 work program by president Sam Ishmael and a presentation honoring Grif fiths to be conducted by manager Don Woodley Virginia wili offer vocal selections The Rev Robert give the invocation and benediction The dinner program will be followed by dancing to the Maules Band from Tucson Tickets to the event may be purchased at the Chamber office 316 E 4th St PHOENIX AP A designed to prohibit ownership of more than two dog or horse racing tracks in Arizona is scheduled for introduction next week in the House Majority Leader Burton Barr said Tuesday horse and dog racing would be separated by setting up a commission to regulate each The proposal would give current owners until Dec 31 1980 to divest themselves of more than two tracks We feel its time to end any monopolistic control of Arizona dog and horse said Barr The attorney general also has some suggestions which may be in iin the Barr said one of Atty Gen Bruce Babbit s tions would prohibit a track operator in Maricopa County from receiving another permit in Pima County With medical malpractice insurance now out of the House Barr said one major issue to be settled is preservation of the Auto Emissions Control Act the target of a repeal by 55 of the 90 lawmakers in both House and Senate Barr said the pressure is growing daily and that the issue cannot be sidestepped Within 30 minutes late Tuesday Barrs secretary took telephone calls from 23 persons demanding repeal of the law which began last month in Pima and Maricopa counties Im sure the telephone campaign has been inspired by op of the act right here in the said Barr Speaker Stan Akers has said he will frustrate any attempt to sneak the through the House by hitching it to other legislation But that is viewed as shortterm strate gy Repeal of this law would put us right back where we started exposed to federal rules which could cost thousands of jobs in said Barr Efforts to improve the law are thwarted because any such attempt would be ambushed with a repeal amendment on the The act requires inspection of all motor vehicles m Maricopa and Pima counties although no actual en forcement of the cleanup provisions will begin until next Jan 1 In other House action Tuesday the Human Resources Committee unanimously endorsed a aimed at reducing welfare fraud Under the a welfare recipient who knowingly receives more aid than he is legally entitled to or fails to report any change in his eligibility would be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to or six months in ja i Obtaining aid through fraud or misrepresentation would become a punishable by one to five years in prison and a fine The needs approval of the Judiciary Committee before being sent to the House floor PHOENIX AP Arizona Senate has begun hearings on medical malpractice insurance legisla tion and canceled all regular committee meetings Senate President Bob Stump announced cancellation of regular committee meetings Tuesday with notice that he wants the top priority measure on the floor by next Thursday The legislative goal is to have the on the governors desk no later than March 1 to permit full implementation bv the time the states last private insurer cuts off malpractice policies on April 1 Senate changes are likely underscoring the need for passage and assignment to a joint conference committee Sen Leo Corbet signaled the prospect for some reworking in the senate in a brief floor speech Tuesday I was amazed and astonished at some of the adornments put on this by the said Corbet an attorney ft looks like all of those with pet peeves or projects anointed the with some of their Corbet called on senators to put aside any pet projects and address the urgent need of providing malpractice at affordable rates for doctors and hospitals
