Fire kills fifteen in Geiger Nursing Home
In Honesdale Pennsylvania a fast moving fire in a one story Geiger Nursing Home trapped fifteen elderly residents, most in their 60s, in their rooms. A licensed practical nurse escaped as thick smoke filled the residential wing. Coroner Robert Jennings said many died of smoke inhalation and some from burns. an immediate state investigation was planned for possible criminal negligence. The blaze began near 8 p.m. in a laundry room. nurse Vaudine Lyon alerted authorities after discovering damp clothes and hearing a crash.
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Honesdale
Pennsylvania
Robert Jennings
Wayne County
Jennings
Residen
Vaudine Lyon
Hawley
Fire claim at rural home after failed escape
Jennings recalls discovering flames in the laundry as the resident attempted to flee down a hallway. The fire cut off access to the phone and interior exits, leaving responders to find a person in a white uniform outside and the occupant unable to reenter.
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Jennings
Fire at Pennsylvania convalescent home kills several residents
A deadly blaze at a rural convalescent home on Route 191 near here killed multiple residents and injured others rushed to Wayne County Memorial Hospital. Most bodies were found in beds, chairs, or rooms in the residential wing, while the dining area and owners' apartment remained largely untouched. Owners Harvey and Joyce Geiger were away when the fire started, and the home had housed 18 patients.
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Harvey
Joyce Geiger
Pennsylvania Route 191
Here
Dedicated Cop Guthrie Spends Vacations Visiting Police
Cincinnati Vice Squad sergeant Paul Guthrie, a 15 year veteran, treats police work as life. He spent four weeks vacation visiting police departments in England and in U S cities to study drug policy and enforcement. He notes English addicts can obtain prescriptions, sparking debate on effectiveness.
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Cincinnati
Paul Guthrie
Guthrie
England
Scotland Yard
London
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Bill Aims To Dry Up Polluters By 1985
The Senate Public Works Committee advanced a new anti pollution bill targeting all U.S. waters within 14 years. It shifts from standard setting to a no discharge approach with 14 billion dollars in grants, EPA enforcement, citizen suits, and daily fines up to 50000 dollars.
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Washington
Senate Public Works Committee
U.S
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Environmental Protection Agency
New Yorker Finds Bribes Everywhere
New York police corruption testimony reveals bribes to officers across divisions. Patrolman William R. Phillips, an undercover agent for the Knapp Commission, says Harlem precincts extracted about $70,000 monthly in graft and that nearly all plainclothesmen he worked with took payoffs. He describes $1,000 monthly personal take and about 20 payoff operations in Harlem in 1961, funded by bars, restaurants, dance halls, and construction firms, with gamblers advising new officers to join the scheme.
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NEW York
New York City
William R. Phillips
Knapp Commission
Harlem
Phillips
Commission
East Side
19Th Precinct
Manhattan
Train Blast in Houston Kills Fire Inspector
A Missouri Pacific freight train derailed in southeast Houston sparking a massive explosion. Fire Chief C R Cook said the cause was undetermined while Thurston J Hathaway Jr., 31, a city fire inspector, was killed. Firemen, newsmen, and residents were evacuated as flames reached 200 feet and damaged vehicles, a fire truck, and a nearby house.
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Houston
Tex
Houston Post
Jim Bishop
Bishop
Missouri Pacific
Thurston J. Hathaway Jr
C. R. Cook
Partly Cloudy Weather With Mild Tonight and Thursday
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and little temperature change tonight with lows in the mid to upper 50s. Thursday will be cloudy with highs in the 70s. Yesterday’s high reached 77 and the overnight low was 53.
Lon Nol declares military dictatorship in Cambodia
Premier Lon Nol announced a new government to halt anarchy and end democracy. He said certain groups risk tearing the nation apart as he dissolved the National Assembly and the Council of the Republic to form a constituent assembly, effectively declaring himself ruler.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Lon Nol
Strongman
Norodom Sihanouk
Long Boret
Viet Cong
National Assembly
Council of the Republic
Constituent Assembly
Citizens Office Robbed At Savings & Loan Branch
A man wearing a silver hard hat robbed the Citi zens Savings & Loan at 316 S Breiel Blvd near noon today. He forced Branch Manager Mrs Phyllis Churchhill into a restroom, she was unhurt. He claimed a gun but did not display one during the robbery and escaped with an undetermined amount of cash.
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Citizens Savings & Loan Association
S$ Breiel Blvd
Phyllis Churchhill
Shocker About Drugs Warns Affluence Fuels Use
Middletown audience heard grim slides showing lethal examples of heroin and glue abuse. Dr Bates, lab director at Barney Children's Medical Center Dayton, blamed affluence and lax parenting for youth drug use while urging vigilance and professional help when needed.
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Jeri Spencer
Journal
George Bates
Middletown
Bates
Barney Children’s Medical Center
Dayton
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Jenkings
Cincinnatian
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
New Yorker
Memphis, Tenn
R. D. Elliot
Ann Landers
Heloise
Es Valley News
Ads
Citizens Office
Shocker
Warren County
Springboro
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