Knife Flasher Ejected from Bar Starts Blaze Causing 13 Deaths
Chicago witnesses recount a bar dispute on West Madison Street where a man ejected for flashing a switchblade returned with gasoline and set fire to the Seely Club saloon. Thirteen people died as flames trapped patrons. Robert Lee Lassiter, 26, was charged with murder and arson after police captured him three hours later. He allegedly threatened the bartender and vowed retaliation.
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Charles Azzarello
Lassiter
Edward Gaston
Gaston
De Gaulle Uses TV Interview to Shape Runoff Image
In Paris President Charles de Gaulle agreed to a nationwide TV interview to present concrete positions on domestic and foreign policy ahead of Sunday's runoff against leftist Francois Mitterrand. Interviewer Michel Droit led the Q A, with De Gaulle preparing questions and answers. Mitterrand also appeared for two hours of television time.
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Mitterrand
AFL-CIO to Push 50 Percent Social Security Rise
The AFL-CIO Convention is expected to approve a policy package calling for a 50 percent boost in Social Security benefits and a doubling of payroll taxes to fund them. Leaders also seek Medicare expansion and lowering the retirement age to 60, with the plan drafted by the Resolutions Committee for delegates. Weather outlook for New England then follows with above normal temperatures and mixed precipitation through the week.
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Rhode Island
GOP Leaders Weigh Extremist repudiation at meeting
Washington leaders in the Republican Coordinating Committee debated a resolution to repudiate support from both the right and left groups including the John Birch Society the Ku Klux Klan and the Communists. Goldwater opposed a formal resolution and was absent due to his wife’s illness.
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John Birch Society
Ku Klux Klan
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Barry M. Goldwater
Idaho
Robert E. Smylie
Hugh Scott
Thruston B. Morton
Goldwater
Birch Society
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