Fire destroys Galveston Central Hotel killing at least 12
A five story brick hotel in downtown Galveston burned with 10 to 12 feared dead and 28 unaccounted for. Fourteen hospitalized and two firemen injured as authorities probe arson in three simultaneous blazes. Witnesses report people leaping from windows. one survivor described escaping in pants after jumping from a second floor window. Police questioned a man linked to a prior threat while 47 residents were known to live there.
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ROE Wood
Galveston, Tex
Central Hotel
Galveston
Henry Bowman
New Jersey
Bowman
John Jennings
Jennings
Sheriff’s Office
Sophia Loren and children escape Paris apartment fire
Fire damaged a 10 story Residence George V building near the Champs Elysees in Paris. Sophia Loren said she spent hours on the roof in her nightgown with two young sons until firefighters rescued them. Loren reported coughing from smoke but planned a hospital check. Ponti contacted family after learning of the fire. Neighbor Herve Mille described Loren on the roof in a dramatic scene.
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Paris
Sophia Loren
Miss Loren
George V
Champs Elysees
Eduardo
Carlo Ponti
Switzerland
Herve Mille
Mondale says Ford departs from tradition in criticizing Carter
Vice President Mondale told a White House breakfast that former President Ford has departed from traditional behavior by criticizing the Carter administration. He noted Nixon offered to brief officials on his talks with Brezhnev and other leaders, as Ford eyes a 1980 GOP bid.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Washington
Carter
Walter F. Mondale
Gerald R. Ford
Mondale
Richard M. Nixon
Cranston
California
Ford
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
White House
Congress
San Clemente
Calif
David Frost
Mice disrupt Obraztsova concert in Miami protest
White mice released into the aisles interrupted Elena Obraztsova’s benefit recital for the Greater Miami Opera Association as demonstrators protested Soviet Jewish treatment. The Bolshoi mezzo resumed singing Peter Tchaikovsky after a trumpet blast and two troublemakers were ejected.
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Miami
Elena Obraztsova
Miss Obraztsova
Bolshoi Opera
Greater Miami Opera Association
Peter Tchaikovsky
Why does a husband look tidy after emptying an ashtray
A weary wife ponders the mystery of domestic labor as a simple ashtray clearing somehow makes a husband appear to have cleaned the entire house. The contrast between small task and big appearance echoes household expectations and fatigue.
Young pursues moderate stance on southern Africa at UN
U N ambassador Andrew Young told a Senate subcommittee he aims for a moderate position on southern Africa while calling South Africa's government unrepresentative of its people. He said the U N agency runs the country and urged greater U.S. support for the African Development Fund, with a possible up to 150 million for 1979 81. He noted potential for change in the white minority regime and said he has long supported dealings with South Africa of any color.
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Washington
Andrew Young
Africa
United Nations
Young
United States
South Africa
Senate
Rhodesia
African Development Fund
U.S
Georgia
U.N
Court sanctions school paddling in public schools
Supreme Court rules 5 to 4 that corporal punishment in public schools does not violate the Eighth Amendment. The majority holds paddling of children is not a constitutional failing, while dissents argue for extending protections. The decision affirms that hearings before paddlings are unnecessary and notes possible civil or criminal liability for excessive force.
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Richard Carelli
Washington
Supreme Court
Powell
Warren E. Burger
Potter Stewart
Harry A. Blackmun
William H. Rehnquist
Byron R. White
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
John Paul Stevens
White
5Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Miami
James Ingraham
Roosevelt Andrews
Drew
Senate unit drops 50 dollar tax rebate provision
The Senate Finance Committee voted to strike the 50 dollar rebates and payments from its tax bill. Chairman Russell B Long said there was general agreement and noted the Carter administration supported the provision initially. The panel aims to send a revised bill to the Senate by week’s end while weighing permanent tax cuts and business relief against Carter’s veto stance.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Carter
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate
Dyson seeks more European investors in New York
New York Commerce Commissioner John S. Dyson, 34, on a week-long Britain and France trip, reported growing European investment interest in the United States. He meets bankers and executives to gauge Western Europe’s view of New York as an investment destination and how to improve its appeal.
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London
United States
New York
John S. Dyson
Dyson
Britain
France
Europe
Personal income jumps 1.7 percent in March data
Commerce Department reports March personal income up 1.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.486 trillion dollars. The rise follows February and January gains as construction starts on new homes and factories boost production, signaling continued economic recovery.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Carter
Cammerce Department
Weather outlook showers possible tonight and tomorrow
Weather observers at Han cock Airport forecast a 30 percent chance of showers and thundershowers tonight with a low near 45. Tomorrow should bring mostly cloudy skies and a 40 percent chance of rain with a high near 70.
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Hancock Airport
Gas tax proposal definite in Carter energy plan
President Carter will include a standby gasoline tax, up to 30 cents, in five-cent increments if conservation goals fail. Alan Cranston quoted after a Schlesinger briefing. Brademas noted Carter warned of political heat and planned a tough program if voluntary actions fail to curb fuel use.
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Washington
Carter
Alan Cranston
Cranston
D-Calif
White House
James Schlesinger
House
John Brademas
D-Ind
Brademas
Senate
Millburn Yankees Pennant Stolen From Bloomingdale’s Roof
Police report the 1957 American League pennant on loan to Bloomingdale’s in Millburn New Jersey was stolen overnight. The 20 foot flag, valued around 200 dollars, was last seen at 10 p.m. Sunday and missing at opening Tuesday morning.
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Millburn
Leo Wallace
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