After the fire recovery aids offer mental health help
In Cincinnati, grief stricken survivors of the Southgate Kentucky fire receive emergency psychiatric care from University of Cincinnati experts. Langsley notes about 20 percent of loss survivors face serious grief. counselors urge dialogue to resolve guilt and prevent low mood or suicidal thoughts. Salvation Army staff describe the haunting scene at the armory morgue with families seeking closure and loved ones.
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University of Cincinnati
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Beverly Hills Supper Club found in substantial fire safety compliance
Kentucky club Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, where 158 people died, was found in substantial compliance with minimum fire safety regulations. State Fire Marshal Warren Southworth cited a Feb 5 1976 inspection revealing four deficiencies and noted follow up letters showing corrections and added exit signs and lighting provisions. The investigation into arson remains open.
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Louisville
Beverly Hills
Southgate
Warren Southworth
Richard Schilling
John Braimlage
Southworth
Schilling
Fire survivor recalls Beverly Hills tragedy in Kentucky
In Covington, Karen Prugh recalls being pronounced dead after the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire that killed 158. Her policeman husband Terry and other relatives escaped. She survived after paramedic Bruce Rath performed mouth to mouth rescue as smoke filled the exits and lights failed.
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Karen Prugh
Beverly Hills
Southgate
John Davidson
Mrs. Prugh
Terry
Prugh
Cincinnati
Otilia Vollman
Dayton
Covington
Dutch press warned of kidnaper reprisals
Dutch authorities in Assen cordoned off a press center to shield reporters from alleged Moluccan reprisals as gunmen holding 60 hostages pressed for mediation. Officials noted threats and the crisis stretched into its tenth day while the government weighed who could mediate and what the terrorists’ demands entailed.
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Girlfriend of slain boxer Everett held on murder charges
Philadelphia reports Tyrone Everett's girlfriend Carolyn McKendrick, 24, surrendered with her lawyer and was ordered held without bail on murder weapons and drug charges. Preliminary hearing set for June 8 after Everett, 44, was found shot in his South Philadelphia home.
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UPI
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Carolyn McKendrick
Everett
Alfredo Escalera
Three Day North South Talks Aim For Global Pact
Paris sources report 27 industrialized and developing nations in a three day conference nearing a tentative agreement on energy, raw material prices, and aid for poor nations. Foreign ministers plan a final session to resolve the aid level dispute.
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Paris
UPI
Sul
Salvadoran ambassador freed after 43 hour kidnap ordeal
El Salvador's ambassador to Guatemala Eduardo Casanova Sandoval, 58, said his captors hooded him and kept him in a canyon in Guatemala City for 43 hours. He was shot in the right foot during the kidnapping, given two cups of coffee, and told to count to 100 before removing the blindfold before getting a ride home.
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Guatemala
el Salvador
Eduardo Casanova Sandoval
Casanova
U S Plans Diplomatic Exchange With Cuba First Since 1961
The United States and Cuba near a tentative deal to exchange diplomats for the first time since relations broke in 1961. Details were worked out in New York with an announcement expected soon. Carter signals a path toward restored ties amid Cuban moves in Africa and Latin America.
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Plains
Rosalynn Carter hailed in Costa Rica during visit
First Lady Rosalynn Carter met Costa Rica's president and foreign minister in San Jose and drew praise for her diplomatic skills amid her husband's human rights campaign. She planned a school visit and a courtesy call on the supreme election tribunal before flying to Quito. Costa Rican leaders praised her understanding of rights and noted the visit's significance.
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Costa Rica
UPI
Rosalynn Carter
Central America
Daniel Oduber
Gonzalo Facio
Mrs. Carter
Oduber
Carter
Octuber
Georgia
Chardon School Levy Rejected By Narrow Margin
Chardon school district operating levy failed by 812 votes with 1,501 against and 1,689 in favor. Officials warned the district must find operating revenue as schools could close by year end without the levy.
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Chardon
UPI
Sailor denounced as too fat to board Carter visit
Bill Derendal a 27 year old Navy fireman first class says he was deemed too fat to join President Carter's short cruise aboard the submarine USS Los Angeles. He planned legal action against the commanding officers who ordered him and four others below deck while Carter boarded. Derendal, six feet two inches and 225 pounds, describes long clean up and duty days before the visit and says the captain told him he was too fat, a remark he called insulting.
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Carter
Los Angeles
Bill
Derendal
John F. Kennedy
John) Christiansen
Austin Seat
Scott
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