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SuitsSilo Deathsav7May Be Settled Out 01 CourtLITTLE ROCK (AP) — Ncgo- victims were employes of thetiations are under way which Peter Kiewit Co. of Minneapolis, may lead to out-of-court settle-: 13 worked for the Newberryment of 48 suits filed in connec-! Electric Co. of Los Angeles.l. tion with the Titan missile silo The Martin-Marietta Corp. ofdisaster near Searcy last Aug. Baltimore, which built the silo, 9and the Ralph M. Parsons Co.istAttorney Henry Woods, who of Los Angeles, which designedit. also are named as defcnd-*r. represents many of the plaintiffs, said the possibility of a settlement was discussed inWashington Monday and Tues-ants.The Kiewit and Newberryfirms were doing modification ofj day with the Justice Depart- vvork.ment and two contracting com- widows of the victims eachee panies which are named as will receive a total of $14,300of defendants in the suits. in workmen’s compensationof The suits ask a total of $33.- payments from their husband’s765.080 with individual demands employers. They are forbidden’o, ranging from $228,000 to $1,566,- by law from suing thens 500. employers for more money.Fifty-five men were working The kiewit widows have sued in the underground silo when an Newberry and the Newberry )n* explosion and fire occurred, widows have sued Kiewit.'P- Only two escaped. Forty of the The Justice Department isCity May Seekrepresenting Kiewit and Newberry as well as the government U. S. Attv. Robert Smithsaid this was because the gov-Low-Cost FederalHousing Projecternment may have to paydamages assessed against the two firms under the contractcovering the work being donein the siloThe main issues in the suitsCity Manager Gerald Fox re- are whether Kiewit and New-vealed today that the Fayette- berry took adequate safety pre-ville Housing Authority voted cautions and whether the gov-Wednesday afternoon to file a ernment adequately supervisedpreliminary application for 200 the contractors to see thath- units of low cost federally fi- safety measures were takenr- nanced housing with the V S. p. s. District Judge J. SmithPublic Housing Authority, Henlev has tentatively set trialAll the application needs to of the suits to start Sept. 6send it on its wav to federal Woods said attorneys for then- authorities is the Board of Di- plaintiffs were planning to takest rectors stamp of approval at its depositions next week from AirJuly 5 meeting. The preliminary Force and contractor personnel application will only be a re- but that this might he delayed quest for reservation of funds because of the negotiations, by the PHA for the 200 - unit-- *i t*v I a h %.*ii i iif i. r..i
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Northwest Arkansas Times
Fayetteville, Arkansas, US
Fri, Jun 24, 1966
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