Death Tourists Gather Quizzed In Hotel Blaze
In Vossestrand Norway the Starheim Hotel fire killed and injured many tourists. Investigators believe American guests may have leapt to a cliff, with 10 bodies recovered and more missing or hospitalized. A Norwegian guide faced questioning over a party in his room before the blaze. Authorities summoned mountain climbers to search behind the four story hotel as the cause remains under investigation. The guests included 130 Americans, 13 Britons, 2 Swedes, and 2 Dutch.
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Vossestrand
Norway
UPI
Starheim Hotel
Oslo
Unsettled Arizona Construction Impasse Persists
The Arizona construction industry remains at a standstill amid a statewide dispute involving Local 428 of the Operating Engineers and major contractors. About 10,000 workers are idled and roughly 500 million dollars in road dam and building projects are halted or delayed across the state. No negotiations are planned as unions and employers fail to reach a contract, with the Page dam and Glen Canyon Dam projects notably affected.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Glen Canyon Dam
Page
Merritt-Chapman & Scott
A. E. Williams
Phoe
Jet Flights Open to Tucson Travelers to New York Route
American Airlines launches first pure jet service to the Southwest on July 12 linking Tucson with New York via Dallas. Flight 87 departs New York at noon and arrives in Dallas at 3:05 p.m. CST, then Flight 911 to Tucson arrives at 5 p.m. DST. Return trips start from Tucson 10:55 a.m. to Dallas 3:30 p.m., with a Dallas to Idlewild leg arriving in New York at 10:25 p.m. EST. The Boeing 707 carries 112 passengers and will offer 24 daily schedules once Dallas service begins, expanding jet traffic to 2,000 daily.
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New York
American Airlines
Southwest
Dallas
K. G. Dixon
American District
American
E.D.1
Los Angeles
Chicago
San Francisco
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Boston
Dixon
Herter Accepts Chairmanship of Arthritis Foundation Campaign
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter, an os teoarthritis sufferer, accepts honorary campaign chairmanship of The Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation. Don Belding is national campaign chairman for a $5 million drive to fund patient care and research nationwide.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Arthritis and
Floyd B. Odlum
Voluntary Health Agency
Herter
Don Belding
Los Angeles
Odium
Foundation
State May Pay For Blocking Driveways
Arizona Attorney General Wade Church ruled that right of way funds may compensate homeowners whose driveways are blocked by state highway work. In a case where a driveway would be blocked for 10 months, the state may pay the homeowner $100 monthly for alternative accommodations.
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Phoenix
Atty
Wade Church
Church
Teamsters Seek Talks as Subsistence Debts Spark Tension
Herman Lown of statewide Teamsters Local 83 said talks with the company should resume whenever ready. He hinted at possible action but did not confirm a strike, accusing the firm of failing to honor the old contract and of unpaid subsistence payments promised a year ago.
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Richard Grand
Bruce Couston
Efaw
Justice of the Peace
Alice Truman
Ballard Bullion
Bullion
Lown
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