13 Die In Tyrone Hotel Fire In Freezing Night
In Tyrone Pennsylvania a hotel fire killed 13 people including the owners and five of their children. Firemen battled flames in 10 below zero as they chipped through ice to reach bodies and treated 31 others for frostbite and smoke inhalation.
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Tyrone Hospital
Dominick Turiano
Jo-Ann
Christine
Michael
Mary Elizabeth
Dominick Jr
Michele Marie
Richard Bell
Walter Hieny
John Magino
Malcolm Miller
Tyrone
Charles W. Jones
Nazareth
Johnson
James W. Hoover
Robert M. Wilson
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Methadone Poisoning Ties to Child Deaths in Detroit Clinic
JAMA reports 18 children under seven accidentally took methadone in Detroit within nine months of a public substitution clinic opening. One child died as a result. many incidents came from prescriptions at home. Authors Regine Aronow Shashi D. Paul and Paul V. Wooley note respiratory depression as a key risk, with 23 more cases treated since the article.
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Chicago
API
Journal of the American Medical Association
Detroit
JAMA
Regine Aronow
Shashi D. Paul
Paul V. Wooley
Record Car Sales Spur Ohio Economy
November auto sales lifted Ohio retail activity to 22 percent above November 1970 levels. Car purchases surged 136 percent from the prior year due to a UAW strike lapse and the President's tax program. Gains appeared in lumber and building materials 36 percent general merchandise 24 percent heating and plumbing 14 percent hardware 13 percent and furniture and department stores 12 percent.
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Columbus
UPS
Ohio
Ohio State University Center For Business and Economic Research
United Auto Workers
Hughes Loan to Nixon Contested in Autobiography
A forthcoming McGraw-Hill book reaffirms a 1960s Pearson report that Howard Hughes loaned Richard Nixon’s mother and brother $205,000 while Nixon was vice president. The manuscript claims the loan was never repaid and that Hughes gained favors from the Eisenhower era.
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New York
UPI
Howard Hughes
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Hughes
Eisenhower
McGraw-Hill Book Co
Drew Pearson
Ted Weber
McGraw-Hill
Pearson
Life Magazine
Hannah M. Nixon
M. Donald Nixon
Clifford Irving
Don Nixon
California
Nixon Burgers
Donald Nixon
Salvation Army
Irving
60 Minutes
Legislature Passes Hot Pay Raise and Remap Bills
Ohio General Assembly completes two major laws with a weekend session and a rare February recess. Senate and House persisted through a heated standoff on redistricting and state employee pay hike.
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House
Cop Saves Life Of Ohio Man
Patrolman Leroy Henes saved Gregory Farmer an 18 year old service station attendant whose clothing was aflame after gasoline fumes ignited from a heater. He tackled him with a blanket, extinguishing the fire, while Farmer received second and third degree burns.
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Hamilton
Ohio
UPI
Leroy Henes
Gregory Farmer
Henes
Farmer
Mercy Hospital
George McNally
Hewes
Ex Governor Teller Ammons Dies in Denver Hospital
Former Colorado governor Teller Ammons who served in the 1930s died at 76 in a Denver hospital. Known for the microphone scandal, his term spurred a grand jury probe and convictions linked to eavesdropping and political intrigue.
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Denver
UPI
Teller Ammons
Colorado
Ammons
Microphone
Teller
Nine Die In Old Flint House Fire
An old wood house on Flint Michigan's northeast side burned Sunday killing nine people. Two escaped by leaping from an upstairs window as temperatures fell to 14 below zero. Victims include Mrs Josephine Lorick 38 and her four children Toussaint 11 Mark 5 twins Shelton Shelly 4 Tyrone Finley 21 Geraldine Woods 17 and Vernon Whitmore 13 plus one month old Tomiko William. Geraldine Woods was Finley's girlfriend and Shareen Lorick 18 is mother of Tomiko.
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Flint, Mich
UPI
John Harvey
Flint
The
NAACP
Harvey
Josephine Lorick
Toussaint
Mark
Shelton
Shelly
Tyrone Finley
Geraldine Woods
Finley
Vernon Whitmore
Tomiko William
Shareen Lorick
Anthony
Single Man Adopts Child In Cleveland Area First
Everett M Porter a 37 year old lawyer with the Cleveland Legal Aid Society adopted an eight month old baby last fall in what is believed to be the first such case by a single male in Cuyahoga County The father says he knew the boy was meant for him Evan Mitchell Porter faces final approval in a few months Friends doubted the plan but Porter emphasizes his son’s popularity and his happiness with fatherhood.
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Shaker Heights, Ohio
UPI
Everett M. Porter
Cleveland Legal Aid Society
Porter
Cuyahoga County
Shaker Heights
Evan Mitchell
Toledo And Findlay Endure Cold Wave With Fatalities
Warmer air arrives after sub zero weekend in Ohio but gusty winds blunt gains. Sunday depths reach 17 below in Toledo and Findlay with Norwalk at -15. Deaths linked to cold include a frozen man in Cincinnati and two girls killed by a fire sparked by thawing pipes in Logan County. 1500 students stay home after steam pipe blast in Reading Middle School. AAA logged near 1000 calls for help in Columbus as temps fall across cities from Dayton to Marietta.
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United Press International
Toledo
Findlay
Ohio
Cincinnati
Over-the-Rhine
Moses Timmons
Logan County
Kimberly Pukett
Lisa Pukett
Zanesfield
Pukett
Reading
Robert Pickering
Central Elementary
Columbus
AAA
Dayton
Canton
Akron
Mansfield
Cleveland
Marietta
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