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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1982
Page
1
A downtown Taegu hotel fire killed ten people and injured 23, including four Japanese tourists and a Korean Indonesian family. About 40 fire engines battled the blaze for two hours before containment. Police say the cause is under investigation and that no Americans were among the victims.
President Reagan completes West Coast business including the USS New Jersey recommissioning in Los Angeles and heads to Palm Springs for several days of rest highlighted by a New Year’s Eve gathering with friends from business and entertainment.
Kansas crews cleared snow and ice after a Monday storm. Highways slowly reopened while crews treated surfaces in Finney and Hamilton Counties. Flights and buses resumed with delays as authorities urged cautious travel and monitored for slick spots and accidents.
Garden City's assistant city manager Halloran his wife Tamara and their 14 year old son were hurt Tuesday night in a two vehicle collision nine miles west of Garden City on US 50. Halloran treated at St. Catherine Hospital for broken ribs and released. Wife and son in fair and stable condition. Miller of Oklahoma City driver of the opposing car not injured. Snow packed ice on the highway. Wiley said Halloran may be out of work for an unknown period.
A fast moving blizzard dumped up to 18 inches of snow across the Midwest and into Canada, causing widespread outages, downed utility poles, and flight disruptions. More than 100,000 people lost power, with Michigan, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa heavily affected. Flooding hit Mississippi and Louisiana, governors declared disaster areas, and several parishes evacuated as guards aided relief.
Police sealed off a 84 square block area in Miami’s Overtown after looting and rock tossing by gangs angered by the wounding of Newell Johnson Jr. at a video arcade. One looter was killed and seven others injured as 29 people were arrested. Police kept riot patrols and exit ramps closed amid fears of renewed violence near New Year celebrations.
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