Retired Persons Group Opens Three Day Anaheim Convention
The American Association of Retired Persons begins its biennial convention at the Anaheim Convention Center with 25 000 anticipated attendees. Seminars feature George Burns and Andy Williams. Sen. Cranston and Gov. Babbitt discuss elder care amid budget cuts. Shirley Chisholm delivers the keynote.
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Calif
American Association of Retired Persons
Anaheim Convention Center
George Burns
Andy Williams
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Arizona
Bruce Babbitt
Fire devastates nursing home in Jacksonville killing three
A early morning blaze at Rosedale Nursing Home in Jacksonville Illinois gutted the three story brick building before 1 am. Three residents died Dora Houser 76 Clarence Scott 84 and Marilyn Adams 49 were identified by Police Chief John Irlam. Six others were injured as crews battled the fire in the first floor lounge area.
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Jacksonville
Ill
John Irlam
Rosedale Nursing Home
Dora Houser
Clarence Scott
Marilyn Adams
Irlam
Fire at nursing home injures six residents in dual hospital transfers
Five people suffered minor burns and smoke inhalation and were taken to a Jacksonville hospital. A sixth person was sent to Memorial Hospital burn center in Springfield. Firefighters and nursing home manager Boyd Farmer evacuated 21 residents. Cause under investigation.
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Jacksonville
Memorial Hospital
Springfield
Irlam
Boyd Farmer
Coppola and ONeal Sons Hurt in Memorial Day Boat Crash
In Edgewater Maryland the director Francis Ford Coppola s son Gian Carlo Coppola 23 died from a severe head injury after a Memorial Day boating accident on the South River. Ryan O Neals son Griffin Patrick O Neal 27 sustained a shoulder injury and declined treatment.
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Griffin Patrick O'Neal
Cpl
William Stallings
Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police
Light plane crashes in suburban yard killing three
A Bellanca Viking single engine plane crashed in a suburban yard in Riverdale Maryland after takeoff from College Park, killing Louis Santacroce 25 John Santacroce 37 and Ralph Sansone 32. The plane en route from Myrtle Beach to Annapolis caught fire at about 7 25 p m. Local police identified the three victims.
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Washington, D.C
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Milton Lilley
Maryland State Police
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Annapolis
Louis Santacroce
Forrestville
John Santacroce
Arnold, Md
Ralph Sansone
Hewitt, N.J
Tennessee cave explorer rescued after seven hours in shaft
In Shelbyville Bedford County, 18 year old Robert Scott Allen was pulled from a 30 foot cave shaft after a seven hour drama. Deputies civil defense workers and volunteers faced waist deep water and mud. He was hospitalized in stable condition with a head laceration and leg injuries.
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Shelbyville, Tenn
Robert Scott Allen
Tony Barrett
Bedford
Gypsies dedicate Memorial Day weekend to Holocaust memorial council
In Chicago over 700 Gypsies spent Memorial Day weekend electing delegates to advise the U S Holocaust Memorial Council. James Marks, a Gypsy leader from Spokane, stressed Gypsy deaths are underrepresented in remembrance. The council, created in 1980 by President Carter, oversees permanent memorials for Nazi camp victims.
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Chicago
U.S
Holocaust Memorial Council
James Marks
Spokane
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