Fire Marshal Suspended After Beverly Hills Nightclub Fire
Kentucky investigators faulted the Beverly Hills Supper Club owners and officials for fire code violations and overcrowding that led to 164 deaths. Gov. Carroll suspended Fire Marshal Warren Southworth for ineffective enforcement as the report cites locked doors missing sprinklers hazardous wiring and improper construction. The Cabaret Room capacity was 536 but about 1 360 to 1 360 patrons crowded in with 160 of the fatalities there.
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FT. Mitchell, Ky
UPI
Beverly Hills
Kentucky
Julian Carroll
Warren Southworth
Richard Schilling
Southworth
Southgate
John Davidson
Colby not ruled out on CIA bugging Torrijos
Former CIA Director William Colby said he would not disapprove if the agency did bug Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos, noting there are situations where eavesdropping could be advantageous. The remark came during a USC weekend conference.
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Los Angeles
UPI
CIA
William E. Colby
Omar Torrijos
Colby
University of Southern California
Two 14-Year-Old Girls Die In Huron County Crashes
In Huron County a 14-year-old North Fairfield girl Ardana Eastman died after a bicycle was struck by a car on Boughtonville Road near Willard. The driver Randolph Philbrick, 25, and another vehicle rider fled components. Ardana Eastman died at Willard Area Hospital. The Ohio Highway Patrol investigates. Philip J. Gaeta, 26, of Tallmadge, died in a one car crash on Ohio 18 near Chenango Road after hitting a guardrail. He was pronounced dead at Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital. Gaeta's body was sent to Prentice and Company Funeral Home in Akron.
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North Fairfield
Huron County
Ardana Eastman
Philip J. Gaeta
Tallmadge
Willard
Boughtonville Road
Randolph L. Philbrick
Philbrick
Ardana
Willard Area
Kubach-Smith Funeral Home
Norwalk
Eastman
Farr Eastman
New London
Ohio Highway Patrol
Gaeta
Ohio 18
Chenango Road
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Norwalk Junktique Garage Sale Survives Rainy Day
More than 40 participants from individuals and organizations set up booths on Main Street for Norwalk’s Community Garage Sale and Junktique despite overcast skies. The 1 p.m. auction raised over $311 for the Norwalk and St. Paul Boosters Cl ub, with plans for a possible annual event next year.
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Norwalk
Main Street
Eleanor Tucker
Ream
Junatique
Norwalk High School
Esther Lawrence
St. Paul
Dick Garner
Huron County Bank
Joseph Vattorella
Beeman
Oil firms post big profits in 1977 half year says Energy Action
Energy Action director James Flag says the top 21 oil companies earned 5.74 billion dollars in the first half of 1977, up from 2.82 billion in the same period of 1972. The figures come from the companies themselves in current dollars.
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Washington
UPI
Energy Action
James Flag
Weather and life notices from Fon The Record September 19 1977
Cloudy with showers tonight and Tuesday with clearing by afternoon. Highs near 70 and 40 percent then 30 percent moisture. Births marriages and deaths listed: Alfred Vogel Suzanne Van Vlerah Lonnie Cullen Brenda Fogel Claude Keaton Marylin Hoak Gary Flesher Cindy Rice Philip Sue McCartney Roger Mary Proctor Richard Dreama Fischer Gerald Constance Oney Sherman Wibright Emry Vance Hector Whipple Dorothy Oswalt Archie Bliss.
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Alfred L. Vogel
Plymouth
Suzanne van Vlerah
Willard
Lonnie R. Cullen
Vickery
Brenda K. Fogel
Collins
Claude D. Keaton
Marylin R. Hoak
Gary W. Flesher
Wakeman
Cindy M. Rice
Philip and
Sue McCartney
Norwalk
Good Samaritan
Roger and
Mary Proctor
Milan
Richard and
Dreama Fischer
Gerald and
Constance Oney
Greenwich
Alfred C. Bollenbacher
Ardana Eastman
North Fairfield
Sherman J. Wibright
Rural Willard
Emry Vance
Hector E. Whipple
Dorothy L. Oswalt
Rual Greenwich
Archie P. Bliss
New Haven
Kent State gym project begins amid protest near 1970 deaths
A tractor with a scoop shovel uprooted trees at Kent State University as work started on a six million dollar gym annex. Police escorted the heavy machinery while about 29 protesters were pushed back and a demonstrator named Louie blocked the truck briefly.
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Kent, Ohio
UPI
Kent State University
KSU
Coalition
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
U.S. District Court
Cleveland
Louie
Blanket Hill
Teachers Club Discussion Over Norwalk Salary Dispute
About 100 teachers met Sunday night to discuss the city board of education salary deadlock. Negotiator Jerry Emmons says the meeting location is undisclosed. An impasse panel’s Sept. 30 recommendation may trigger action, possibly a strike.
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City Board of Education
Jerry Emmons
Emmons
Norwalk Teachers’ Association
NTA
Reflector
Bombs Hit Four Miami Hotels in Dawn Attacks
Four prominent Miami hotels were hit by bombs set by Cuban exile militants. No injuries reported. The Pedro Luis Boitel Commandos, an anti-C Castro group, claimed responsibility, following two earlier Washington bombings on September 7.
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Miami
UPI
Pedro Luis Boitel
Widow Marina says Oswald halted Nixon plot after bathroom trick
Marina Oswald Porter recalls in a pre publication excerpt that she locked Lee Harvey Oswald in the bathroom and persuaded him to abandon plans to shoot Richard Nixon seven months before Kennedy’s assassination. She says she tricked him with pleas about the baby and hid his gun under the mattress.
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New York
UPI
Lee Harvey Oswald
Marina
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
The
Ladies Home Journal
Marina and
Lee
Patricia Johnson McMillan
Ms. McMillan
Marina Oswald Porter
Oswald
Nixon
Cuba
Dallas Morning News
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Joy Rusynyk
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Junktique
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