Miss America recalls Roosevelt Hotel fire escape
Miss America 1984 Donna Axum recounts escaping the Roosevelt Hotel fire in Miami in which 21 died. She was trapped with her chaperone Lucille Previtt on the 10th floor and was rescued by William Fielden. Axum plans to attend Orange Bowl events in Miami while hospitalized.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Roosevelt Hotel
Donna Axum
Miami
Dallas
Kennedy
Lucille Previtt
Linwood
N.J
Miss ‘Axum
el Dorado
Ark
Miss. Axum
William Fielden
Eight die in bus truck collision near Ahmedabad
In India near Bombay eight people were killed and twelve seriously injured when a bus and a truck collided near the textile town of Ahmedabad, north of Bombay.
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Bombay
India
Ahmedabad
Theft Stirs Police Jitters In Phoenix Plant
Eric A Lufty proprietor of Thunderbird Cartridge Co. reports a Finnish manufactured semi automatic 20 millimeter antiaircraft cannon missing from a packing case at his Phoenix plant. The weapon is described as in good working order and the incident unsettles police.
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Phoenix
Eric A. ‘Lufty
Thunderbird Cartridge Co
Finland
Blackballer Hat Saves Man as Garage Wall Falls
Sydney Smith, 77, credited his bowler hat with saving him from serious injury when a garage wall collapsed sending hundreds of pounds of bricks and rubble onto him in Blackburn England. He escaped unharmed.
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Blackburn
England
UPI
Sydney Smith
American cuts first class and coach fares for families
Starting January 15 American lowers first class and coach fares for family travel. The change reduces the gap on long flights from 35.65 to 15.00 to New York and lowers cost proportionally on other routes. Wives and children travel at 25 off in coach when with husbands. husbands pay full fare and children under 12 travel at 50% off.
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New York
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