Fire kills 42 inmates at Maury County jail in Tennessee
A smoky jailhouse fire in Columbia Tennessee killed 42 inmates most from Maury County with many victims found on the floor asphyxiated. A 16 year old runaway Andy Zimmer reportedly started the blaze after being placed in a padded cell for disciplinary reasons.
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Columbia, Tenn
Maury County
Bob Farmer
Wisconsin
Andy Zimmer
Nashville
Farmer
Randy Dow
Billy Thurman
Thurman
Andrew Ear
Tennessee Bureau of Criminal Identification
Mike Smith
Smith
William Walter
Bramwell’s One-Man Police Chief Earns Town Praise
Frank Benfield, Bramwell’s police chief, acts as the sole officer plus youth supervisor and handyman. Mayor George Butt credits him with strong community cooperation and street work, while a failed referendum and water-bill idea left his pay unresolved and his staffing needs doubtful.
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Maryanne Stevens
Daily Telegraph
Frank Benfield
Bramwell
Benfield
George Butt
Butt
Burt
Patterson to Challenge UMWA Election Outcome
Lee Roy Patterson announces from Washington that he will challenge the June 14 UMWA presidential result in a bid to set aside the vote and rerun the election. Patterson leads a Miller opposition on the executive board and seeks a new vote timed to avoid disrupting bargaining with operators. He also pushes for probe of pension and welfare funds and possible August election.
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Louisville, Ky
Lee Roy Patterson
United Mine Workers Union
Arnold Miller
Patterson
Washington
UMWA
International Union
Miller
Harry Patrick
Chuck Baker
Madisonville
Harry Huge
Union
Health and Retirement Fund
Huge
Secret Graham fund grows to near twenty three million
The World Evangelism and Christian Education Fund of Dallas, tied to Billy Graham's ministry, has amassed about 23 million in land, stocks, bonds and cash over seven years. The Charlotte Observer says the fund, founded in 1970 and funded largely by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, supports groups like Campus Crusade for Christ and Young Life.
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Charlotte
N.C
Billy Graham
Charlotte Observer
World Evangelism and Christian Education Fund
Dallas
Tex
Graham
Campus Crusade For Christ
The
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Baptist World Alliance
Young Life
Observer
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Evangelistic Association
World Evangelism Fund
Buncombe County
At&t
Exxon
General Electric
IBM
T. W. Wilson
Montreal
Wilson
Mixed reactions to President Carter tax gift
President Carter paid 6000 in taxes he did not owe and returned 20026 of a 26026 refund while noting he owed no 1976 taxes. Respondents from California to Nashville labeled the move political or generous with varied views on tax reform and public image.
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Cindy Goodaker
Associated Press
Carter
Beatrice Davis
Rosalynn
Monika Huntley
Sherman Oaks
Calif
Daniel J. King
Chicago
West Side
King
Nixon
United States
F.H. Compton
Nashville
White House
Jody Powell
Powell
Frank Higgins
Philadelphia
J. Joseph Vacca
Letter Carriers’ Union
Searchers resume hunt for Gene Hart in Ozark woods
FBI agents and armed SWAT teams rejoined the manhunt for Gene Leroy Hart, a 33 year old convicted rapist charged with three murders, as trackers pushed into the snake and tick infested timberlands near Camp Scott. Investigators say Hart may be hiding among Mayes County relatives.
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Locust Grove
Okla
FBI
Ozarks
Gene Leroy Hart
Hart
Camp Scott
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Mayes County
Pete Weaver
Weaver
Don Mentzer
Mentzer
Attila the Hunt Coined Phrase Urban Renewal Claim
The Telegraph notes a claim that Attila the Hunt first used the term urban renewal. The Bluefield Orioles won their second game of the season Sunday night, as they prepare to continue the home stand with a contest today.
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Attila the Hunt
Bluefield Orioles
Sports
Government workers mass filing phony injury claims
A Staten Island mailman falsely claimed a work injury and drew full pay before being fired. A House panel cites a rising abuse of the 1974 liberal injury law, with payments costing taxpayers rising from 267 million in 1974 to 475 million last year and projected toward 1 billion by 1980.
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Washington
Staten Island
N.Y
House Government Operations Committee
House Education and Labor
Postal Service
Corona
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Jackson
Tennessee
Columbia
Alabama
Chattanooga
Miles
Columbia Police
Edward Holton
UMW Vote Challenged
By Bill Hendrick
UMW
Higgins
New York City
Nathan H. Jones
Kennedy
Hoover
Inside Todays Telegraph
Telegraph
Ette
Oliver Corona
Labor Department
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