Hyatt Horror Five Years After Deadly Hyatt Collapse
Chuck Hayes, injured in the Hyatt Regency lobby collapse that killed 114 on July 17, 1961, reflects on recovery and trauma. The disaster led to licensing actions against engineers, changes in industry policy, and a $120 million settlement for victims and families.
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Kansas City
Chuck Hayes
Hyatt Regency
Hyatt
National Bureau of Standards
Jack D. Gillum
Daniel M. Duncan
Missouri Board of Architects, Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
James Deutsch
Duncan
American Society of Civil Engineers
Gillum and
Edward Pfrang
Engineering Society
U.S. Forces Prepare Drug Raids in Bolivia
About 100 U.S. soldiers arrived in northeastern Bolivia to back planned raids on jungle cocaine labs near Trinidad in Beni and Chapare. Bolivian Leopards and U.S. pilots will join the operation while Washington says troops stay in support roles.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
U.S
Panama
Trinidad
Beni
Leopards
Size
New Jersey
Chapare
US S
Bomia
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Associated Press
Paz Estenssoro
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Djerejian
DEA
Reagan
Washington
Interior Ministry
Congress
Atlanta imposes first water restrictions amid drought
Atlanta moves to curb water use as the Southeast faces a severe drought. The heat wave and low river levels drive Bowater to scale back operations at its Catawba mill, while Alabama fish kills and regional restrictions threaten industries and residents. Local officials warn heat may break records with minimal thunderstorm relief.
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Atlanta
Wes Tyler
Bowater Inc
Catawba, D.C
Bowater
Catawba
Alabama
Catherine Lamar
Department of Environmental Management
Appalachicola
Chattahoochee
Flint
Lake Lanier
Georgia
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Panhandle
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Ellijay
David Westmoreland
Carolinas
Tennessee
Best-Heeled Firms Duck Taxes in No-Tax Years
Washington AP. Citizens for Tax Justice reports that over half of the 250 largest corporations paid no federal income tax in at least one year from 1981 to 1985, averaging 14.9 percent tax on $388 billion profits. Names include AT&T DuPont Pepsico Xerox General Mills.
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Washington
Citizens For Tax Justice
American Telephone & Telegraph
DuPont
Pepsico
Xerox
General Mills
Robert S. McIntyre
America
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Hayes
Deutsch
Missouri
Pfrang
Charlie Hucker
Hallmark Cards Inc
Crown Center Redevelopment Corp
Sally Firestone
Moen Phillips
Missouri Supreme Court
Moen
John Jacobs
U.S. District Court
Grrd
Edward Djerejian
White House
Martin Steinberg
North Carolina
South Carolina
National Weather Service
Pete Reynolds
National
Reynolds
University of South Carolina At Columbia
Athens
Waycross
Dothan
Ala
New Bern
Greensboro
N.C
Harry DeLaughter
Columbia
Princeton
Kansas
Rex Are
Safe Wilson
Springbrook Farm
Jack Beauchamp
Adv
Pald
Robert W. Green
Treas
15Th St
15Th Street
New Holland
Kenmore
L&m
Jim & Ginny Lancaster
Buddy Griffin
Barb Griffin
Allan Campbel
Griffin Auction Service
Ottawa
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