Toll of 400 feared in Beverly Hills supper club fire
Kentuckians search the Beverly Hills Supper Club ruins after a blaze ripped through the three story complex on a holiday weekend. As rescue continues, 159 bodies recovered and officials fear hundreds more remain under collapsed girders. Fire officials cite lack of sprinkler system and ongoing attempts to identify victims as operations resume.
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Southgate. Ky
U.S
Beverly Hills
Dick Riesenberg
Riesenberg
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Memorial Day tribute to aging veteran and fallen soldiers
Memorial Day 1977 reflects on 83 year old Charles Hansen of 318 Holly Lane, a former PFC with serial 217584 who served in the American Expeditionary Force. His service included Somme and Meuse-Argonne campaigns in France, later joining American Legion Post 12 where he remains active after 57 years.CT Chief Photographer John Kenney honors both the war dead and living veterans in a commemorative portrait.
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United States
Charles Hansen
Holly Lane
Pfc Hansen
Somme
Aisne
Montdidier-Noyon
Champagne-Marne
France
Aisne-Marne
Oise- Aisne
Meuse-Argonne
Gray Honors Unknown Rebel in Gray Maine Memorial Day
An unknown Confederate soldier buried among Northern troops lies in Gray Village Cemetery with a simple inscription STRANGER A Soldier of the late war died 1862 Erected by the Ladies of Gray. His body was shipped to Gray by mistake for Lt. Charles H. Colley and delays in travel led to his burial in Gray.
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Gray
Charles H. Colley
10Th
Maine Volunteers
Gray Village
Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire Kills Hundreds in 1977
In Southgate Kentucky UPI reports the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire, described as burning like a furnace, killed more than 160 people with hundreds feared buried. Rescue workers haul bodies from the ruins as FBI and Army teams assist the investigation. Witnesses recall the blaze and chaotic efforts to save patrons as the Cabaret Room roof collapses.
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Southgate
UPI
Rick Schilling
Beverly Hills
America
National Guards
478Th
Ft. Thomas
Bagnum
Ft. Thomas Armory
FBI
Cincinnati
Benny Bucalo
Bucalo
Oval
No sprinkler added when club rebuilt
Beverly Hills Supper Club rebuilt after a 1970 fire without a water sprinkler system. Saturday night’s blaze killed over 200 people, prompting officials to call for stricter safety laws while noting non retroactive status and a mistaken exit path. Partly cloudy with possible storms. highs around 75, lows near 55, 30 percent rain.
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Southgate
Beverly Hills
Kentucky
Ken Paul
Julian Carroll
Baggers on federal payroll draw $12 million a year
Rep. Les Aspin says teens bagging groceries at military commissaries are now federal employees. The change, upheld by the Justice Department, bars tips and imposes salaries and fringe benefits, costing $12 million to $18 million annually and retroactive pay of $35 million to $53 million, potentially eliminating many bagger positions.
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Washington
UPI
Les Aspin
Wis
Aspin
Civil Service Commission
Justice Department
Defense Department
Pentagon
Elyria Memorial Day Parade Starts At 11 A M
Elyria begins its annual Memorial Day parade at 11 with participants from Elyria high schools including Elyria, Elyria West and Elyria Catholic. Veterans groups scouts and schoolchildren join the march from Lodi Street to downtown ending at Ridgelawn Cemetery for a service around 11 30 a m.
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Elyria Memorial Day
Elyria
Lodi Street
West Avenue
Broad Street
Washington Avenue
Elyria West
Elyria Catholic
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Tragedy at nightclub leaves hundreds trapped dead
Fire swept through a popular nightspot near the Ohio River killing hundreds as smoke blocked exits. Patrons 3,500 to 5,000 crowded corridors and rooms, many dying near exits or under tables. Deputy coroner cites panic and disoriented crowds hindering escape while crews fought the blaze atop a bluff.
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Carroll
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Indiana State Line
John Davidson
Mary Ann Kikta
Morris Garrett
Rhodes vetoes election day registration in Ohio bill
Gov. James A. Rhodes vetoed election day registration and two other controversial sections of the voter registration reform bill. He kept intact mail and door to door registration as well as statewide forms distributed by county officials. The vetoes target provisions for deputy registrar registrations and permanent citizen registration once recorded. Rhodes cited fraud concerns and said the changes will improve the election system.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Tony P. Hail
Dlayton
Brown
Hail
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Campbell County
Fred Stine
Midwest
Steve Baymun
Highland Heights High School
Tommy Beble
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