Fire sweeps Moscow Rossiya Hotel. toll climbs past 50
A massive blaze at Moscow's Hotel Rossiya, the world’s largest with 6,000 beds, raged over five hours trapping hundreds of guests. At least 17 known dead, with emergency doctors saying toll could reach 50 to 60. Foreign guests evacuated as fire crews battled smoke and flames through the 12 story complex beside St Basil’s cathedral.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Case Western Reserve University Alumni Association
Cloyce Palmer
Fairfield
Iowa
Palmer
St. Basil's Cathedral
Strikers clash with police at Pepperell and Laconia mills
In Spring 1893, about 7000 workers gathered at the Pepperell and Laconia mills to demand shorter hours and a weekly 10 cent raise. The crowd resisted Superintendent Gibbs and Deputy Marshal Newcomb as the arrest of Oliver Courtois escalated tensions.
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Dick Charles
Pepperell and Laconia
Gibbs Eee
Marshal Newcomb
Oliver Courtois
Gibbs
Newcomb
Courtois
Eight year old to dairy farmer stays on Biddeford farm
Ur bain Gagnon began tending cows at his Biddeford farm when he was eight. More than fifty years later his daily dairy routine remains simple as Journal photographer John Ewing visits to observe his small operation.
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Biddeford
Gagnon
Dai
Journal
John Ewing
Fishing limits take hold as prices edge up
Washington officials outlined the 200 mile fishing limit on foreign vessels and said enforcement begins Tuesday. Officials expect it to aid American fishermen and possibly curb retail fish prices. Agency heads noted most major fishing areas sit near the old 12 mile line.
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UPI
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Brock Adams
Adm
Owen W. Siler
Coast Guard
United States
Siler
Sugar import cut plan could lift costs by a billion
Five sugar refiners warn that a proposal to slash imports to 4.2 million tons and set support at 13 to 14 cents per pound would raise consumer prices. They estimate raw sugar at under 11 cents and say a 3 cent rise wouldCost consumers about 648 million, with corn syrup refiners adding 210 million and further wholesale effects totaling hundreds of millions.
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UPI
Agriculture Department
West
Midwest
Congress
Kennebunk police probe deepens over officer firing
Robert Pelletier, a Kennebunk police officer fired for allegedly keeping an $8.24 town check, has appealed to Town Manager Kenneth Barrett. Pelletier’s attorney Chester Cram says the decision seems not to be based on evidence from the hearing, which examined the reimbursement checks cashed for Alfred Superior Court appearances. Lt. Robert Jude’s case was also reviewed, with testimony stressing lack of knowledge of encashed checks and handwriting suggesting the wife, not the officers, cashed them. Cram urges Barrett to reconsider, noting no proof of fraud or intent to defraud was presented beyond a police chief's statements. The letter asks for fair treatment analogous to Lt. Jude’s handling.
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Pelletier
Chester Cram
Kenneth Barrett
Pelletier Cram
Barrett
Robert Jude
Alfred Superior Court
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Lt. Jude
Cram
Cheif
Kennebunk Cops
Mayor Dutremble Sets Prudential Deadline for Runway Land Deal
After a 30 day deadline passed without action from Prudential Investment on land near the airport runway, Biddeford Mayor Lucien Dutremble notes 32 or 33 days have elapsed with no proposal. He allowed city concessions including zoning the land to industrial use and extending roads and sewers, while Prudential offered to donate needed land for runway expansion but faced questions over timing and potential conflicts with former city officials. The mayor says the deadline’s purpose was to test sincerity, but he declines to press further.
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Lucien Dutremble
Prudential Investment Company
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Dutremble
Prudential
Edward Gaulin
Philip Gadbois
Alse
Firemen flee Station as river swells
Eastern floods force evacuations across multiple states as Cowanesque Creek swells in Pennsylvania. Lawrenceville Fire Department abandons HQ. 200 residents flee. A 15-foot ice wall knocks out a Sinnemahoning bridge while Pine Creek nears the Susquehanna. Sunset Bay and Lodi also evacuate amid rising creeks and floodwaters. Western Colorado faces heavy snows reviving ski season with Easter week expected solid.
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Lawrenceville
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Sunset Bay
N.Y
Lodi
N.J
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Sai
Charles Chiodo
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Pam Conklin
Vail
Gerald Ford
Walsenburg
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Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Almanac and sports world on February 26, 1977
The Almanac notes February 26 as the 57th day of 1977 with celestial details and birthdays including William Cody born February 26, 1846. It recalls Napoleon’s Elba escape in 1815, Grand Canyon creation in 1919, Luftwaffe start in 1935, and a 1972 West Virginia flood. It also covers Pete Maravich scoring 68 for the New Orleans Jazz, a NBA record pace, with full coverage on page 9.
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Jupiter
Saturn
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Elba
France
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West Virginia
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National Basketball Association
Pete
New York Nicks
New Orleans Jazz
N.Y
NBA
Elgin Baylor
Jazz
Wilt Chamberlain
Maravich
Cartoons and Classifieds Note Journal Page Snippet
A fragmented newspaper page includes sections labeled Cartoons Classifieds Community and national news with a brief line from a humorous column. The text hints at a bygone era page layout and a stray “Dear Abby” element, plus a crossword puzzle and editorials.
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Orville
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