Wayne School mourns 13 dead in Beverly Hills Club fire
Jacksonburg residents remember coworkers and volunteers among the Beverly Hills Supper Club victims. Cooks and staff from Wayne Elementary recount losses including Mable Barker and Grace Fall, while neighbors organize meals and aid for families as Edgewood School closes for the year.
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Beverly Hills
Southgate
Mable Barker
Martin Herschel
Ona Mayfield
Wayne
Helen Phelps
Jacksonburg Road
Miss Beer
Ann Beer
Phelps
Grace Fall
Treva Shafer
Paullin Drive
Koontz
Robert Cottongim
Fire investigators shift to clues in Beverly Hills Supper Club fire
Arson investigators switch from body search to clues after the Beverly Hills Supper Club blaze kills 160. KY authorities led by Ken Brandenburgh inspect the debris, rule out some theories, and probe crowding in the Cabaret Room as survivors and Red Cross volunteers cope with the disaster.
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Kentucky Highway Patrol
Ken Brandenburgh
Brandenburgh
Kentucky
Thunderstorms Likely Tonight With Warmer Outlook
Weather forecast indicates thunderstorms tonight ending by morning with partly cloudy conditions Wednesday. Overnight low near 66 and high on Wednesday around 78. Rain chances 70 percent tonight and 50 percent Wednesday, then fair, cool Thursday and warmer Friday with a chance of showers Saturday.
Kentucky Declares 30-Day Mourning After Nightclub Fire
Gov. Julian Carroll proclaims state mourning for 30 days in Kentucky after a Southgate nightclub fire that killed at least 160. Flags to fly at half mast as the tragedy affects many across the state.
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Frankfort
Julian Carroll
Kentucky
Southgate
John Nichols
Carroll
Grief at Fort Thomas Morgue After Beverly Hills Fire
Families queued at the Fort Thomas armory morgue where 160 bodies had been recovered from the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate. James Dwyer of Lexington mourned his mother and two sisters. volunteers and clergy aided grieving relatives as coroner Fred Stine warned some remains may never be identified.
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Koontz
Texaco
Conrad
Kontz
Beverly Hills
Wayne High School
Koontzes
Frances
Joan Weber
Lois
Jim
Lois Conrad
Fall
Lisa
Conrads
Webers
Frances Weber
Mrs. Fall
James Dwyer
Lexington
Rosemary
Sheila Ann
Mary Nell
Dwyer
Dwyers
Southgate
Fort Thomas Armory
Ella Werner
Cincinnati
Campbell County
Fred Stine
Stine
John D. Hoyle
St. Luke's Hospital
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Wayne Elementary
Jim Conrad
Donnie’ Koontz
Grace
Hackler
Kenneth Hackler
Wayne Age
Ruby Brown
Wendt
Dick Riesenberg
Midwest
Ohio River
Red Cross
Fort Thomas
Mount Healthy
Ohio
John Davidson
Ken Paul
Ann Landers
FBI
Father Murray
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