Zebra Room origin linked to Beverly Hills fire death toll
Investigators report the Zebra Room, a 15 by 30 foot party space, as the fire’s origin after a wedding party left. Officials note extinguish effort evidence and ongoing lab tests while debating whether fire marshal warned of danger last December.
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Southgate
UPI
Beverly Hills
Kentucky
Ken Brandenburgh
Brandenburgh
Larry Hopkins
Walter Bailey
Bailey
GM extends warranty offer for Chevymobiles amid lawsuits
Fewer than 5,800 of about 87,000 1977 Oldsmobiles Pontiacs and Buicks with Chevrolet engines accepted GM’s swap plan. GM will continue indefinitely an extended three year 36,000 mile warranty on engine, transmission and rear axle for eligible cars, except in New York where the swap program was extended.
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Detroit
API
General Motors
San Francisco
Chevrolet
Thomas A. Murphy
Jasper Arts Group Plans Tut Trip to Chicago
Jasper Indiana August bus trip to see King Tut exhibit includes Field Museum and Museum of Science and Industry tours. Two day itinerary August 10 and 11 ends with shopping at Marshall Field. contact Mary Munarin for details.
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Jasper
Ind
Chicago
Jasper Community Arts Commission
Field Museum
Museum of Science and Industry
Marshall Field
Mary Munarin
House Votes Compromise On Kill of Porpoises
Washington Congress votes 334 to 20 to set a 69,000 porpoise and dolphin death quota for tuna nets this year, higher than the Commerce Department but lower than fishermen requested. McCloskey endorses finer nets and future quota flexibility.
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Washington
UPI
House
Commerce Department
John Murphy
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Commission
Paul McCloskey Jr
Calif
California
Murphy
U.S
McCloskey
Tim Lee Carter
Rey
Rep
Don Bonker
D-Wash
Paul McCloskey
Capitol Hill
Austrian Viewers Win Back Kojak After Protest
Austrian state television reinstates the U S. TV series Kojak after viewers protest a planned change. Officials say Kojak, aired for two years, will continue due to its popularity and strong audience appeal.
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Vienna
UPD
U.S
Telly Savalas
Reading Failure Slows 8th Graders in Chicago District 9
Chicago, UPS. District 9 Superintendent Albert A. Briggs orders that no one who cannot read at the 6th grade level may graduate from 8th grade. About 675 of 1,289 eighth graders are likely to be held back, with 140 near passing in remedial prep programs. Briggs, black, cites Crane High as having the city’s worst reading scores.
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Chicago
UPS
Near West Side
District
Albert A. Briggs
Briggs
Inner City
Board of Education
Crane High School
Princ
Crane
Moluccan Terrorists Stand Firm in Dutch Hostage Siege
Dutch authorities press crisis team efforts as about 60 hostages remain aboard a train and at a school in Assen. Mediator talks falter with four proposed mediators rejected and the government insisting on releases of islanders and a safe passage plan amid a stressful standoff.
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Assen
The
Netherlands
UPI
Dick Mulder
Battle of Wits
Indonesia
Mulder
Bavensmilde
Nelleke Ellenbroek
Accused Narcotics Dealer Killed During Hotel Standoff
In Los Angeles an accused narcotics dealer Howard Lee McDowell 27 of Miami was killed by a SWAT rifleman after emerging from a hotel bathroom with a pistol pointed at his hostage girlfriend Janet Meyers 27. Meyers sustained facial bruises but was released without charges. An undercover officer arrested former NFL player Mack Herron 28 in another hotel room on cocaine possession charges with possible connections to the case being investigated.
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Los Angeles
API
Howard Lee McDowell
Miami
Airport Marina Hotel
McDowell
Janet Meyers
Miss Meyers
Norfolk
Florida
Miss Meyer
Miss
New England Patriots
Mack Herron
Herron
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