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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1978
Page
5
AP report details a six story Coates House hotel fire in Kansas City that killed 14 people including a child. About 140 escaped or remained unharmed as investigators probe the upper floor blaze and freezing debris. Fire Chief John Waas says stairs and ladders hampered rescue, with 90 firefighters on scene.
The Coates House in Kansas City, a 110 year old luxury hotel, once famed for fireproof marketing, faced a deadly fire on Saturday morning killing at least 14 tenants. Once expensive rooms were available for $24 a night in the early 1900s and guests included Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt, with Grant among early patrons. The building stood near the dilapidated Coates Opera House across the street once burned years ago.
Inmates holding seven women and three men hostage at British Columbia Penitentiary meet Canadian Mounted Police negotiators and seek transfers to Archambault or Millhaven prisons. The 30 hour siege began earlier. negotiations continue as inmates press for Ottawa approval.
An 11-year-old girl was abducted and sexually assaulted, locked in a car trunk for over ten hours, then escaped by squeezing through a removed taillight after freezing cold weather. An 18-year-old Richfield man was arrested on aggravated criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping charges.
Cuyahoga County Commissioner George Voinovich announced his candidacy Saturday for the Republican nomination for state auditor. Voinovich, 41, said his record and experience are what the GOP needs to unseat the current Democratic state auditor. Voinovich was elected county commissioner in 1976.
Vital statistics from Brandywine Street to Franklin Street list newborns a Sunday and Saturday including names Alsip Hawk Marshall and More. Hospital dismissals name Gentry Moore Crowe Fugett and others with visiting hours noted. Community needlework group meets at Middletown Public Library with bargello demonstration by Hortensia Portela tomorrow.
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