Fire kills seven coeds at Providence College dorm
A hair dryer sparked a blaze on the top floor of Aquinas Hall at Providence College. Seven women died and at least 15 were injured as students fled into the cold. The fire, contained about an hour after the 2:56 a.m. alarm, led to campus closure through Jan. 9 and rescheduled exams.
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Aquinas Hall
Leo Trambakis
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Roger Williams Hospital
Rhode Island Hospital
Miriam Hospital
Thomas R. Peterson
Rhode Island
J. Joseph Garrahy
Joe McAleer
The
Dominican Fathers
Cottrill testifies on 1976 bribe scheme in Ortiz Davis case
Richard Cottrill says a $1000 Yes For Two contribution and a $5520 payment to Davis were added costs of an alleged 40 percent kickback deal on his state insurance business. He frames payments as bribes to Ortiz and Davis. defense argues they were consulting fees.
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Richard Cottrill
Charles Davis
Rudy Ortiz
Davis
Ortiz
Cottrill
Jerry Apodaca
Apodaca
Nino Trujillo
Bosque Farms
Employment Security Commission
Commission
Attorney General
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Clinton P Anderson
D-N.m
Norvell
Anaya
Toney Anaya
Charley Davis
Farber
Gerald Childress
NMMI
Childress
NMMI Regents Name Amphitheater Oversight Committee
New Mexico Military Institute regents in Santa Fe created a special committee with the Chaves County Commission to handle potential changes in Roswell amphitheater plans. Bids exceeded funds by about 400000, initial base bid 767354, county funds 220000, trimmed to 473154.
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New Mexico Military Institute
Regents
Chaves County Commission
Roswell
NMMI
Federal Economic Development Administration
J. Penrod Toles
County Commission
Teles
Jerry N. Smith
Smith
Toles
Ron Mayer
Conferees Reach Compromise on Social Security Plan
Senate conferees reported a breakthrough to break the stalemate and enable rapid passage of a bill to keep Social Security solvent. They proposed removing an unrelated $250 per student college tuition tax credit from the measure and attaching the credit to a separate bill.
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Senate
House
House Rules Committee
Congress
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Califano
William V. Roth
R-Del
Roth
Carter
White House
Russell B. Long
Social Security Conference Committee
Heaven and Earth
Security buildup for peace talks amid Cairo conference
Police reinforcements secure Cairo as delegates from Israel and Egypt arrive. Bodyguards and bulletproof limousines protect negotiators while radical groups are watched. Foreign journalists receive protection, and a special security squad prevents snipers near the Great Pyramid. An earlier shooting near the airport is described as robbery motive. Separately, U.S. and Israeli security details bolster the embassy and press coverage for the talks with Sadat.
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Great Pyramid of
Cheops
Anwar Sadat
Cardinal Krol Reunites With Boy He Met Years Ago
In Philadelphia Cardinal John Krol visits St. Edmond's Home for Crippled Children at the annual Christmas party. He recalls Ronnie, the boy who bit his finger years earlier, now 11 and able to walk with prosthetics. Ronnie declines a repeat bite.
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John Krol
Ronnie
St. Edmond’s
Krol
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