Inmate sets blaze in Mississippi jail fire tragedy
A mentally disturbed prisoner started a fire in a padded cell at Harrison County Jail in Biloxi Mississippi. The blaze killed 27 inmates and injured 46 others as smoke filled the facility with 95 prisoners present. Fire Chief Guy Roberts said the fire was controlled quickly but the jail filled with smoke and the jailer was overcome.
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Biloxi
Miss
Harrison County
Guy Roberts
Bruce Marie
Marie
Roberts
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Biloxi Regional Medical Center
Tom Gee
Gee
Gulf Coast Community Hospital
Harold Boyer
Borg-Warner strike ends as workers return to Elyria plant
Blue collar workers at Elyria Borg-Warner plant end week long strike after United Steel Workers Local 6985 accepts a three year contract with a $1.30 hourly raise plus 2.93 per hour permanent boost and an attendance incentive program. The deal maintains many terms of the rejected earlier offer and clarifies piecework rate adjustments.
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Elyria
Borg-Warner
United Steel Workers Local 6985
Joseph Rulli
Rulli
A $5 cab ride sparks a second chance
A veteran drunk faces jail after shoplifting and tells a judge friend he will turn his life around. The judge orders a cab to Salvation Army and directs the $5 to the driver to avoid temptation. The tale frames a simple, hopeful idea: seize small opportunities to begin anew.
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Hyde
Jeckyl
Salvation Army
Oberlin presidency hopeful Starr visits campus
S. Frederick Starr, Tulane history and architecture professor, is the second leading candidate visiting Oberlin College for the president position. He meets trustees and the Presidential Search Committee and plans meals with students and staff during a fast paced tour.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
S. Frederick Starr
Tulane University
James Powell
Starr
Rudolph Weingartner
College of Arts and Sciences
Northwestern University
Emil Danenberg
Tulane
Greater
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Joseph P. Allen
Vance D. Brand
Robert F. Overmyer
Westlake
William Leseir
A.T. Grol
Preston
Heiden Farm
Pittsfield
LaGrange Hunting and Fishing Club
Dave Zapotosky
Dick Feagler
Yale
Kennan Institute For Advanced Russian Studies
Smithsonian Institution
Presidential Commission On Foreign Languages and International Studies
Weingartner
Christina
Joffrey
New York City Ballet
Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble
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