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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1972
Page
4
Searing flames swept a hallway of the Sloane House YMCA on West 34th Street, killing four and injuring 29 as hundreds fled. Aerial ladders rescued 22 people from ledges, sills, and a chimney amid heat and smoke. Dozens were treated at the scene. 29 hurt were taken to three hospitals, three admitted.
The federal government seeks to identify which gas producers have reserves as shortages trigger rationing. The FPC plans a self funded survey, facing industry pushback and a Magnuson bill to use its own staff. Critics question data accuracy from the American Gas Association.
Miss Elfriede L. Van Rheenen reported her 1967 Pontiac was hit while parked at the curb by the Colonial House Tuesday. Left fender and bumper dented. damage apparently from another vehicle backing from the curb.
Seven Morris high school students join peers from YMCAs in Chicagoland for a Model United Nations program. They will represent Ireland and the U S S R in discussions on world health apartheid and ecology with Tom Drake as chair and Vanessa Taylor as chaplain.
City police logged Wednesday vandalism to a 1970 Dodge at the Shel-Mar tavern on Bedford Road after James A. Bryant found broken windows at 11:45 p.m. A Rev. Elmer Powell reported a tape player stolen from a car left locked for three weeks outside John’s Body Shop before being towed to Safety Service Garage for repairs.
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