No skywalk in rebuilt Hyatt lobby
The Hyatt Regency Hotel reopens in Kansas City with a redesigned lobby after two skywalks collapsed during a storm, killing 113. The second and fourth floor walkways were replaced by a wider span across the lobby. City officials, hotel staff, and a safety committee toured the site as a report on hotel safety was prepared.
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Robert Macy
Kansas City, Mo
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Richard Berkley
Berkley
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City Times
Kansas City
Disney World marks its 10th anniversary celebration
Disney World in Lake Buena Vista marks ten years since opening on October 1, 1971. The Windsors and 126 million visitors have helped make the park a premier tourist destination as a year long TenCentennial features events ahead of the 1982 Epcot Center opening.
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Lake Buena Vista
Fla
William Windsor
Disney World
Windsors
Casselberry
Magic Kingdom
Walt Disney Enterprises
Carol Walker
Disney
Florida
Orlando
Epcot Center
Main Street
Bob Mervine
Carl Langford
Lenox Wins 209000 White House China Order for 220 Settings
Jersey firm Lenox Inc will produce the White House state dinners set costing 952 each, totaling 209000 for 220 place settings. The process involves 44 workers per setting with nine firings, and the design remains largely secret though approved by First Lady Nancy Reagan.
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Pomona
N.J
New Jersey
White House
Robert Sullivan
Lenox Inc
Sullivan
Lenox
Nancy Reagan
Woodrow Wilson
MIT weighs big donated institute for biomedical research
MIT faculty discuss Edwin Whitehead gift of 7.5 million and a 120 million independent Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research to recruit scientists as MIT professors. Debate centers on governance, faculty power, and potential erosion of appointment authority. Dr. David Baltimore notes growth amid shrinking federal funds. Trustees vote ahead.
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New York Times
Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Edwin C. Whitehead
Greenwich
Whitehead
MIT Corp
Board of Trustees
David Baltimore
Baltimore
American Cancer Society
Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research
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