Indianapolis Coliseum blast kills 62 and injures 385
A liquefied petroleum gas leak caused a catastrophic explosion at the Indianapolis Coliseum during a touring ice show. Sixty two dead and 385 injured as flames and collapsing concrete rained down on spectators and performers. Rescue crews used cranes and wreckers to search the debris while hospitals and morgues worked through the injured and dead.
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UMW Seeks Contract At ASG Glass Plant
A National Labor Relations Board election will be held at Blue Ridge Glass of American Saint Gobain Corp on November 16 to decide if workers in District 40 of the United Mine Workers of America will be the bargaining representative. Aaron Dixon of the NLRB says the plant has been nonunion since October 1987 when Glass, and Ceramic Workers of North America were decertified. previous elections in 1962 and earlier saw workers voting against UMW representation.
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Atlanta, Ga
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Ceramic Workers of North America
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Sullivan County Tax Assessor Cleve Hicks Dies
Cleve Hicks 78 longtime Sullivan County tax assessor died Friday at Bristol Memorial Hospital after a lingering illness. He served as assessor for 42 years and was a Bluff City resident. Survived by wife Gladys Rutherford Hicks a daughter and sister. Funeral 3 p.m. Sunday at Bluff City Methodist Church burial in Glenwood Cemetery. Mortuary in charge.
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Cedar St
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U.S. Forces Guard Bases Amid Saigon Coup
Vietnamese marines and some army troops seized control from President Ngo Dinh Diem's palace guard in Saigon amid street fighting. Loyal units remained. reports said air force troops offered limited resistance. A Soviet space ship program was announced to guard orbiting stations, with US troops in South Vietnam noted.
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Shotgun Blast Injures Couple in Family Fight
Police sought the year-old son of Harold and Mrs. Laster after a Thursday night shotgun blast wounded the couple at 1430 Miller Street. The father suffered serious left foot injury as a 12 gauge shell blew off part of his heel. Mrs. Laster also was hit. The son fled with a teen companion in a 1962 car, believed to have a shotgun. Harold Laster called the incident accidental.
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Holston Valley Community Hospital
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TV & Appliance
Explosion Kills Seven At Crowded Georgia Store
A large explosion at a store in Marietta Georgia on a crowded Halloween parade night killed seven people and injured two. Firefighters and civil defense workers fought through dust and debris to rescue victims and shore up the damaged building as witnesses described the scene.
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Georgia
Marietta. Ga
UPI
Skater Describes Blast As Roaring Thunderclaps
A skater recalls a blast described as roaring thunderclaps at a public event. He recounts debris everywhere, several injuries, and a fatality as the sequence upended the crowd and halted the performance. Emergency crews rushed to the scene, with witnesses noting the chaos and reactions from onlookers.
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