Fire kills seven and injures many at Providence College dorm
A hair dryer sparked a blaze on the fourth floor of Aquinas Hall at Providence College early today. Seven women died and at least 15 were injured as residents fled into the cold. two jumped from windows to their deaths before ladders could reach them. Fire officials say the fire remained on the top floor and started in a closet where a student was drying clothes.
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Providence, RI
Providence College
Aquinas Hall
Leo Trambakis
Providence Public Safety
Roger Williams Hospital
Providence
Israelis arrive in Cairo for Cairo conference show of flags
Israeli delegates and 27 staff plus 35 journalists arrived in Cairo on an E Al Boeing 707 under Egyptian and Israeli flags. Eliahu Ben Elissar urged broader Arab participation as Cyrus Vance pressed Syria in Damascus. Saudi King Hussein may visit to mediate. Armed troops watched the landing.
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Tel Aviv
Cyrus R. Vance
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Egypt
Cairo
Vance
Beirut
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Hussein
Israel
Khaled
Syria
Avraham Tamir
Tragic Providence College Fire Shocks Rhode Island
The Providence College tragedy prompted officials to close the campus through Jan 9 and reschedule exams. Gov Garrahy and college spokesman Joe McAleer praised heroism by students and firefighters as about 4,100 students faced the loss.
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Rhode Island
J. Joseph Garrahy
Providence College
Joe McAleer
The
Dominican Fathers
Crime Alert Public Safety Message
A brief crime alert urges residents to call 425 7700 if they witness a crime or spot suspicious activity and report it to police.
Labor Department updates job classifications in new dictionary
The Labor Department released a 1300 page dictionary of Occupational Titles after 12 years of work. It renames roles like busboy as dining room attendant and batboy as bat handler, aims to remove sex and age references, and keeps waiter and waitress as a combined term, with a price of 12 dollars for checks on all 20 000 classifications.
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Washington
Labor Department
Mild springlike spell to continue through week
The National Weather Service reports mild air persisting with yesterday’s high near 39 and a 35 degree low this morning. Expect occasional rain tonight and into Wednesday with lows in the 30s and a 40 degree high, then fair skies Thursday to Saturday as highs climb from the 40s to the low 50s and lows stay in the 30s.
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National Weather Service
Downright Disappointment as TV Toys Oversell
Philadelphia AP reports that dazzling television ads inflate toy size strength and humanity, causing early disappointment when a child first uses the product. Professor Christopher McKenna of Penn State Middletown recommends realistic comparisons and involving kids in buying trips to temper expectations while preserving belief in Santa.
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Philadelphia
Christopher McKenna
McKenna
Penn State University
Middletown
Agreement Reached in Cincinnati Bus Strike
A tentative agreement was announced in Cincinnati after about 17 hours of talks between striking city bus drivers and Queen City Metro. The proposal will be reviewed by union members tonight for ratification with no immediate details released.
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Cincinnati
Queen City Metro
Metro
Two Die in Cleveland Heights House Fire
An early morning fire in Cleveland Heights killed Desirie King, 16, and her infant daughter Dareka, about nine months old. Seven others escaped, including six children aged 7 to 18.
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Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Cleveland
Desirie King
Dareka
Coast Guard hunts for missing New Bedford scallop crew
Rescue teams use eight aircraft and one ship to scour Georges Bank as the 86-foot Navigator, last heard from Wednesday, may have sunk with 13 crewmen aboard. Navy and Canadian forces join Coast Guard planes and a cutter in a wide Atlantic search for a life raft. The vessel carried a British double bottom life raft canopy. engineers suggest possible electrical failure or rapid flooding. The boat spoke with a nearby vessel 25 miles off Nantucket last Wednesday and was overdue by Saturday.
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North Atlantic
Coast Guard
Nantucket Island
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