Hyatt Disaster and Prison Among Top State Stories
Kansas editors named the Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse in Kansas City as the top state story of 1981. The unrest at Lansing State Penitentiary ranked second, with the severance tax proposal for education third. The Hyatt collapse killed 113 and injured nearly 200. investigations and lawsuits followed.
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Topeka
Kan
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Kansas City
Kansas
Associated Press
Hyatt Regency
National Bureau of Standards
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
John Carlin
Carlin
Senate
Hoagy Carmichael Dies At 82 In California
Oscar winning songwriter Hoagy Carmichael known for Stardust and Georgia on My Mind dies at 82 in Rancho Mirage California after a heart ailment. He is being returned to Bloomington Indiana ahead of a tentative January 4 funeral.
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Hoagy Carmichael
Rancho Mirage
Calif
Carmichael
Elsenhower Memorial Center
Helen Eckert
Bloomington
Ind
Dick Jensen
Palm Springs
Jensen
Indiana
An Academy
Redman
Isham Jones
New York Dance Orchestra
Victor Young
Mitchell Parish
Louis Armstrong
Bing Crosby
Armstrong
the Groom
Johnny Mercer
Settlers Torch Homes in Sinai Protest Over Compensation
In Yamit northern Sinai, settlers torched an empty house overnight to protest delayed compensation for evacuations ahead of the April return to Egypt. A prior blaze and barricade fortifications followed as about 100 businessmen seek up to 260,000 dollars each, while others reject offers for apartments.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Sinai
Yamit
Egypt
Raim Felfel
Israel Radio
Middle East
Menachem Begin
Jury selection begins in Atlanta double murder trial
In Atlanta, Wayne Williams faces a six to ten week trial for the 28 killings linked to a special police task force. About 700 prospective jurors were summoned, with one third expected today. Prosecutors seek a life sentence. Georgia's death penalty cannot apply due to conditions.
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Atlanta
Wayne
Williams
Gordon Miller
Fulton County
Superior Court
Clarence Cooper
Nathaniel Cater
Jimmy Ray Payne
Special Police
Payne
Cater
Chattahoochee River
Chattahoochee
Georgia
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Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall
Don Redman
McKinney
Cotton Pickers
Emporia Teen
Emporia
Peter Gonzales
Wichita
Emporia Fire Department
Neil Diamond
Drifter
Neil
Cees Buh
Timnay
Sarre Chene
Aidy Bey
George Jones
ALCO
CBS Records
Pink Floyd
John Denver
Placido Domingo
Dugt
Bt Sentance
Sane A
Barbra Streisand
Eouon Ff
Incluidi Ene
Tailer
Ann Landers
Grea
The
Ottawa Herald
Ted
Ffers
Gary Hobbs
Cedar
Ottawa
Sinai Offers
Arieh Naor
Naor
Defense Ministry
Ariel
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