Trash Fire Causes 3 State Power Outage at Utah Prison
A Utah Power and Light official says a prison trash fire ignited two barrels of flammable liquid and shorted two major transmission lines, triggering a 1.5 million person blackout across Utah and parts of Idaho and Wyoming. The blaze under high tension lines 20 miles south of Salt Lake City led to automatic shutdowns and seven plants going offline. The incident disrupted traffic, schools, and services, with one calf dying at the University of Utah lab and another surviving on an artificial heart. An anonymous call alerted officials to the prison fire.
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Fire death toll rises to twenty at Keansburg boarding home
In Keansburg New Jersey a two story elderly and mentally disabled boarding home fire killed 20 people with 13 missing feared dead. Eight injured residents fled into freezing night as firefighters searched rubble. The building lacked sprinklers though had room smoke detectors.
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Haig warns of Soviet power dangers during Senate hearing
Alexander Haig Jr. told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that unchecked Soviet military growth could paralyze Western policy. He defended Nixon era actions, submitted a 9 page appendix, and pressed urgency for a secretary of state at Inauguration Day while noting an eight to nine million dollar earnings gap over four years.
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Fatal crashes rise as belt use stays low in 1980 outlook
UPI reports 51,083 traffic deaths in 1979 with a projected 51,900 for 1980, while belt use remains at about 11 percent overall. Joan Claybrook notes drivers still resist seat belts amid rising fatalities and falling miles driven.
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Billy Carter Hopes Libyan Loan Troubles End
Billy Carter says he expects his problems over a Libyan government loan to end when his brother, President Carter, leaves the White House later this month. A Senate subcommittee and the Justice Department are examining the loan of 220000 dollars from last year and other dealings with Libya. He adds he is through with the Senate and expects a Justice Department ruling on whether to drop the case.
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Class action suit filed for Cuban refugees held indefinitely
An attorney filed a federal class action on behalf of 1,800 Cuban refugees in U S custody alleging human rights violations by holding detainees indefinitely. The suit names Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti and targets 22 year old Moises Garcia Mir and others detained due to Cuban records. A second item reports a Norman Oklahoma helicopter crash near an oil site killing all five aboard, including pilot James Benson 37 Enid.
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Soviet Denounces Polish Dissidents as Counter-Revolution
Izvestia accuses Polish dissidents of promoting counter revolution and blames anti socialist forces backed by Western circles for Poland's crisis. Jacek Kuron and Adam Michnik are named for denunciation as Solidarity leaders faced mass protests for a five day work week.
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