Fusebox Blamed In Fatal Coffee County Fire
A faulty fusebox is blamed for a Sunday fire in Coffee County that killed six people including three Waldrop children and a grandchild. J K Parrish, state fire inspector, says the box was overloaded. Charles Waldrop, 39, is hospitalized with third degree burns. his wife Wilda, 36, is hospitalized in shock with burns on her hands. The two story frame house was nearly destroyed.
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Reagan Humphrey Visit S C With Fire Tragedy Nearby
Ronald Reagan and Hubert Humphrey planned South Carolina appearances after weekend stops by Lloyd Bentsen and Shirley Chisholm. A fatal house fire in Coffee County claimed six lives including children Jimmy and Anthony Waldrop and Ellen Brown. Neighbors aided victims as flames spread, with investigators noting escape attempts failed due to smoke.
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Another Pearl Harbor is Feared
Retired Army chief of staff Gen. Westmoreland told about 200 Pearl Harbor survivors at Patriots Point aboard the Yorktown that the United States is in danger of another Pearl Harbor. He warned we are back where we were before the first bombs fell as he spoke on the 34th anniversary of the attack. Other speakers included Rear Adm. Kessler and Charleston and North Charleston mayors.
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Thornton Wilder Dies At 78 In Hamden Conn
Writer Thornton Wilder famed for Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth died of a heart attack at his Hamden Connecticut home aged 78 His death occurred Sunday afternoon at Hospital of St Raphael in New Haven after being found unresponsive Wilder had won three Pulitzers and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 The author was born in 1897 in Madison Wisconsin and studied at Yale His survivors include his sister Rabel and brother Rev Amos Niven Wilder Funeral plans will be announced later.
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