Kansas City Hotel Tragedy Stories From Hyatt Collapse
The Hyatt Regency disaster in Kansas City drew witnesses and survivors sharing harrowing accounts. Tom and Regina Weir, pinned eight hours, spoke of sounds and near death as debris struck them. Mariachi Estrella Band members from Topeka faced four immediate deaths when fourth floor walkways collapsed. Firefighters faced grisly scenes as batallion chief John Tvedten died and relatives aided rescue efforts. Ray Lopez recounted tending a bleeding, dying woman who urged a message to her kids. A mass funeral for the four band victims was planned, while radiologists at a local hospital reflected on the ordeal.
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Tom
Regina Weir
Kansas City
Weir
Topeka
Kan
Fuller Brush Co
Hyatt Regency
Fire Department
John Tvedten
Tvedten
John Tvedten Jr
John Germann
Firefighters Local No. 42
Ray Lopez
Lopez
Costs Of Packaging Push Billions Wasted In Wasteful Habits
Americans discard billions of food and beverage packaging yearly, costing about 150 dollars per person. A USDA study by Anthony Gallo and John Connor shows packaging valued at 34 billion in 1980, with nine percent of food spending going to packaging and extensive labor savings offset by higher material use.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Economics and Statistics Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Anthony E. Gallo
John M. Connor
USDA
National Food Review
Gallo
Connor
Gallo and Connor
Brighter Future Seen For Farmers
Washington predicts farm net income could reach 85 billion annually by 1990 under a baseline scenario, with profits rising from 27.8 billion in the current year to 26.9 billion in 1982 and then climbing to 85 billion by 1990. Exports may grow 65 percent to 1990, farm assets rise toward 3 trillion, and debt peaks early then stabilizes as higher incomes ease growth. Off farm income should total 243 billion by 1990, while farm debt climbs to 523.2 billion.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Dean W. Hughes
Department
Economic Research Service
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Hughes
ERS
U.S
Doctors Aid Wounded After Skywalk Collapse Banquet
Thirty physicians and their wives attended a hotel banquet when skywalks collapsed. Dr. David Fortin reported a cocktail party on the mezzanine as the catastrophe struck. Doctors rushed to immobilize fractures and guide guests to exit.
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David Fortin
Fortin
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Kansas City, Mo
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Antonia
Agricultural Finance Review
ERS Publications
Washington, D.C
Ottawa
Liter le
Grudon
Paxson
Otela
Folger’s
E. Ist
Hubbard Lumber
Kansas
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