Tragic jail fire in Tennessee kills forty two inmates
In Maury County Jail Columbia Tennessee a pad locked cell fire started by a 16 year old inmate killed 42 people including 44 inmates trapped in cells. Deputy with keys collided causing delays while the suspect Andy Zinmer faces arson charges and possible adult trial. Fire officials report toxic fumes and limited evacuation despite nearby responders.
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Columbia, Tenn
Imate
Maury County
Robert H. Gay
Andy Zinmer
Zinmer
Nashville
Waukesha
Wis
Superior
Led Lake Inc
Doussman
Zincer
Authoriies
Bob Karme
Farner
Columbia
Ray Blanton
Tennessee
Blanton
Bank Robbery Recovery and Other City News
Nashua police recovered 385000 from a daytime Nashua Trust Co robbery at the Nashua Mall branch with two suspects at large. Concord reports the Alabama Safety Action Project ends today after driving education reforms. Berlin notes a deadly passenger and freight train collision near Frankfurt Oder with 27 dead and seven injured. Manchester records a man killed by lightning in a sudden storm. Forest Park reports Michael Todd remains robbed from his grave, with officials seeking Elizabeth Taylor’s involvement amid ransom rumors.
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Nashua
Nashua Mall
Nashua Trust Co
Mine Falls Park
New Hampshire
Berlin
Prankfurt
on-the-Oder
ADN
S Ee
Tame
Boves
Todd
Forest Park
Michael Todd
Elizabeth Taylor
Brest Park
Michael Thom
Waldheimt
Miss Taylor
Zuni Mountains
New Mexico
Legislators Seek Ways to Cut New Mexico Budget
Concord New Mexico AP report says Speaker George B Roberts Jr announces a conference committee will start talks on trimming the Senate passed 419 million dollar budget. Gov Thomson urges cutting pending proposals rather than tax hikes as revenue outlook remains unclear.
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Concord
George B. Roberts ,Jr
Legislative Conference
Senate
Dher Thomson
Lin
Roberts
House
Newington Considers Digital Plant Plans Meeting Tonight
Newington officials and the Civic Center prepare for a town session on Digital Equipment Corp. potential plant land in the industrial park. Spokesmen dispute knowledge of a Maynard meeting while officials warn the Seacoast area may face water sewer and school strain if a large facility arrives.
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Digital Equipment Corp
Maynard
Mass
Newington
Digital
Selectmen and Planning Board
Civic Center
Portsmouth Banker of Commerce
David Cordeau
Chamber
Seacoast
Three Thousand Rally For Seabrook Nuclear Plant Support
About 3,100 advocates of nuclear energy gathered in Manchester New Hampshire to back the Seabrook plant amid ongoing regulatory battles. The demo drew utility workers unions and families from across the Northeast, with attendees traveling from New York Connecticut New Jersey Rhode Island Massachusetts and Maine. Norman Rasmussen MIT urged opponents to drop anti environmental labels while Melcrint Thomson praised workers and Madeline Thompson organized the parade. The event underscored the plant as a central energy cost issue for New England with a license expected in 1983.
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Manchester
Nji
Seabi
Oceanside
New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Massachusetta
Maine
Hough
New Hampshire
United States
New England
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Public Service Company
Norman Cullerot
PSC
Massachsetts
Trustees Bid Farewell As New Hampshire University System Faces Change
At a Durham Plymouth State College meeting the Board of Trustees announced President Harold Hyde retires after 26 years and Keene State President Leo Redfern takes a fall leave of absence for professional development. Also leaving is Justee Virginia Steelman and Dean Maynard Heckel from the School of Continuing Studies. The board discussed the operating budget request and potential tuition increases as the Legislature revises the system budget. Hyde urged trustees to balance fair treatment with the distinct needs of each institution while Redfern plans a statewide higher education coordination study.
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Durham
University System
Plymouth State College
Harold Hyde
Keene State College
Leo Redfern
Alwence
Justee Virginia Steelman
Maynard Heckel
School of
Richard Morse
Sivas
House
Senate Finance Committee
Pye
Haroll Hyde
Fronze
Tie
Plymouth
Keene’s
Merrimack Valley
Hyde
Keene
Tedfern
Fate of Bt bomber on ballot this week
Congress and President Carter face decisive votes on defense funding for the Bt bomber. The House will seek to strike all Bt production money from a $10.6 billion defense bill and may attach amendments curbing CIA interference. Carter plans a week end decision on production or scrapping the bomber, while hearings also target a new intelligence committee and anti assassination provisions.
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Washington
Congress
Carter
House
U.S
Joseph F. Addahho
Garter
Addabbo
Senate
Hep
Bil D. Burlison
D-Mo
CIA
House Rules Committee
Labor Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Supreme Court limits liability for ski tramway death Mt Cranmore
New Hampshire high court ruled Mt Cranmore Ski Area cannot be sued over a boy’s death from a tramway fall. It held the Passenger Tramway Safety Act blocks suits unless the act is violated, which was not alleged. The decision notes the operator provides a service, not the tramway manufacturer. The ruling also allows prior incidents evidence in a separate drug possession case against William Barker.
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Il Concord
Napi
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Mt. Cranmore
Donald J. Boldug
Baldue
William Barker
Barker
Nuclear power rally lights Manchester march in support
About 1500 protesters from Northeast trades unions joined a Voice of Energy parade in Manchester NH to champion nuclear jobs. The crowd, waving balloons and placards, heard speakers tout Seabrook and Uranium while organizers led chants and distributed shirts. Madeline Thompson led the group from second position.
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Manchester
N.H
Building ‘Tradesimians
New Hampshire Voice of Energy
Madeline Thompson
Voice of Energy Group
Controversy Delays Seabrook Nuclear Permit Reinstatement
Manchester groups and New Hampshire Audubon have moved to block the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from reinstating the Seabrook plant construction permit. Attorney Rubess Backus says an objection has been filed in the tribal statement to the permit and seeks to stay it until all appeals are resolved. The Public Service Co. of New Hampshire, owning 60 percent of the 42.5 billion plant, had asked for prompt reinstatement after EPA approval. Environmental groups plan to appeal the EPA decision in the First Circuit in Boston, timing unclear.
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Manchester
Nulapi
Terrucuast Autimisation League
Uhr New Hampshire Audubon Socrecy
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Comspac
Seabrook
Rubess Backus
Growns
Trin
Backus
Public Service Co. of
New Hamphire
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
First Circuit Court of Appeals
Boston
Energy conference urged after New England Canadian talks
New England governors and eastern Canadian premiers approved a resolution calling for a fall energy conference to exchange ideas on new alternative projects and to select one or two joint ventures for study. Talks covered tidal hydro plants in the Bay of Fundy and potential river sites in Newfoundland and Quebec, with steering duties assigned to Massachusetts Governor Dukakis and New Brunswick Premier Hatfield.
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Digby
N.S
New England
Isva
Newengiana
Tabiermt
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
New Brunswick
Richard Hatfield
Energy Committee
Tenneco Company
Bay of Fundy
Maine
Nova Scotia
Gulf of Maine
New Bedford
Mass
Lester Kirkpatrick
Nova Scotia Power Corp
Boston
Kirkpatrick
United State
Asp
Newfoundland
Quebec
FBI role in fund probe links Nashua officials
The FBI questioned Rep. Judith Stahl in Concord while Gov. Meldrim Thomson aides testified before a federal grand jury probing possible misuse of federally funded employees in Thomson's Energy and related offices. DOJ Public Integrity Section leads the inquiry, with multiple Thomson aides and officials testifying as the panel meets intermittently.
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Concord
Meldrim
Thomson
Energy
PBS
Nashua
Judith Stahl
FBI
Federal
Marshall Cobleigh
Grand Jury
Public Integrity Section
U.S. Justice Department
Office On Drug Abuse
Phamaon
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William Pentelli
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Westfall
Remier Center
Norman Rasmussen
Masschusetts Institute of Technology
Melcrint Thomson
Worninard
Wisco Redfern
Ves
Bar
Lilly and Trades Union Workers
Polion
Wial
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Willian McNally
Pairbanks
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Evert
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Go Pra Nuclear
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