Charges Considered Over Willow Island Scaffold Collapse
UPI reports the government has not decided on criminal charges against contractors cited for 16 safety violations after the Willow Island disaster that killed 51 workers. Research-Cottrell Inc. bore 16 citations, 10 willful, with fines up to $10,000 each. officials weigh criminal action with the Justice Department while noting possible penalties.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Kal Bingham
Research-Cottrell Inc
Bound Brook
Willow Island
Karate instructor nearly bleeds to death in self stab
Fred Bode a 21 year old karate teacher in Salt Lake City was demonstrating exercises for two friends when a samurai sword caught on carpet and plunged about 12 inches through his rib cage. The blade damaged his liver and colon and other organs as he nearly bled to death.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Fred Bode
Topeka girl wins National Spelling Bee title
Peg McCarthy 13 of Topeka Kansas outspelled 106 contestants to win the National Spelling Bee earning a trophy and $1,000. Runner up Lyn Sue Kahne 12 from San Diego State College’s area daughter. Peg credited luck and said she won’t have to study anymore.
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Peg McCarthy
Topeka
Kam
Washington
Kan
Peg
Holy Name Catholic
Lyn Sue
House Allows Radio Coverage For First Time
Washington UPI reports House leaders will permit radio coverage of routine floor proceedings starting Monday for an indefinite trial. Coverage cannot be commercial or political and will use the existing sound system, not chamber setups, with access to accredited news media.
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Washington
UPI
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
O’neill
California Prop 13 triggers layoff notices and budget plan
In Sacramento public employees receive layoff notices as Prop 13 takes effect. Schools announce first cutbacks while Gov Brown proposes spending California's $5 billion budget surplus to aid local governments. He urged three weeks to decide multibillion dollar questions and stressed nonpartisan action.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
Brown
Hair dryers blamed for Providence College dorm fire deaths
Providence Journal Bulletin reports a December dormitory fire at Aquinas Hall, Providence College, killed 10 coeds. Officials had suspected a gooseneck lamp, but the official account attributes the blaze to two portable hair dryers plugged into a socket and left together on the floor near a dorm room closet.
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Providence
Providence College
Providence Journal-Bulletin
Aquinas Hall
Journal-Bulletin
News media stress linked to more ulcers and heart attacks
Dr Mitchell A. Spellberg, acting chair at Michael Reese Hospital, warns that constant news exposure raises stress and triggers health issues. He cites fires, crashes, murders, and other horrors as factors, noting modern life keeps people in a perpetual threat state.
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Chicago
UPI
Mitchell A. Spellberg
Spellberg
Michael Reese Hospital
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