Five Die as Fire Hits Rockefeller Park Towers in Cleveland
A three alarm blaze in the Rockefeller Park Towers on Cleveland’s east side left five dead and about 20 injured, with 200 residents rendered homeless or displaced. The fire started on the third floor and smoke filled upper floors. four firefighters were among the injured. Names identified include Mae Etta Torrence 47 Emma Virden 81 and Marion Merchant 78.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Mae Etta Torrence
Emma Virden
Marion Merchant
Reward drinking and the slow slide into excess
A reflection on social drinking turning into self reward drinking. The piece traces how Friday Happy Hour habits expand to midweek rituals, how friendships form around heavy drinking, and how leisure tasks like lawn mowing become linked to alcohol. It urges yearly self tests to gauge dependence.
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Bob
PTA
Betsy
Charlie
Proposal Would Ban Raw Milk Sales in South Carolina
Mixed reactions follow a proposed DHEC rule to require all milk sold in South Carolina be pasteurized and end raw milk sales. Exemption would apply to dairies selling raw milk before March 1, 1981, totaling three operations producing under 1 percent of state milk. Agriculture Commissioner Bryan Patrick supports the shift, citing personal history with raw milk, while DHEC official Joe Hall cites health outbreaks in other states.
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Columbia
South Carolina
S.C
Joe Hall
DHEC
Division of
Dairy Foods and Bottling Plants
Oregon
California
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