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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1977
Page
1
A fire on the fourth floor of Aquinas Hall at Providence College, likely started by a hair dryer, killed seven women and injured at least 15. Two victims died jumping from windows onto the cold ground as firefighters arrived, with the blaze confined to the top floor and under control about an hour after the first alarm at 2:56 a.m.
A dorm fire caused two women to jump to their deaths from a window while a third was saved by firefighters using a ladder truck. Officials say nine coeds were brought to Roger Williams Hospital, five to Rhode Island Hospital, one to Miriam Hospital, with several in serious condition. The college hosts about 4,100 students and is operated by the Dominican Fathers Catholic order.
Senate conferees signal a compromise to advance a Social Security bill by removing a tuition tax credit rider. House and Senate teams plan a joint meeting to push the measure Thursday with a Rules Committee vote possible, aiming for year end adjournment.
Negotiators for the mines and miners pause talks amid rising strike unrest. UMW members dump coal on Kentucky roads, block docks, and force trucks to unload non-union coal while police report shots fired near a Kentucky train. In Clarion County Pennsylvania, about 800 armed miners forced non-union firms to shut and caused $30,000 damage.
Weather observer John Dellinger reports a 60 percent chance of rain today with a cold front expected to drop temperatures by about five degrees. Rain should end by Wednesday morning with clearing skies and a high around 50.
The clipping cites editorials on Illinois fiscal crisis debated by politicians, a successful Denver program for juvenile crime called New Pride recommended for Illinois, and a note on Bend Lake Community College president Travis Martin not having contract renewed. It also mentions candidates filing for primary nominations and legal actions against Ford Motor Co over a Supreme Court condemnation.
Arnold Miller, head of the United Mine Workers and leader of about 160,000 striking miners, says memories of his time as a miner haunt him. In a Charleston Daily Mail interview he describes payback pressure, unsafe graveyard shifts near Cabin Creek and being forced to work in flooded, cramped conditions after Normandy.
United Mine Workers of America members plan a Wednesday 11 a.m. mass meeting at West Frankfort City Park to decide response to non union mines operating during the nationwide coal strike. Discussion centers on the Cook Coal Transfer Terminal near Metropolis and potential actions if it remains open.
The United States and Japan remain far apart on how to address Japan's trade surplus that has led to plant shutdowns and layoffs in U S industries. Robert Strauss criticized Japan's tariff-cut proposals as deeply short of U S demands as Nobuhiko Ushiba met with Strauss Mondale and Blumenthal. Japan's worldwide exports are forecast to exceed imports by about 16 billion dollars, with roughly half tied to the U S trade.
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