Fire at Up Stairs Lounge Kills 29 in French Quarter
Authorities say burglar bars on three front windows trapped most victims as fire swept the Up Stairs Lounge in New Orleans French Quarter. Fifteen people were injured during the Sunday night beer bust event as investigators probe claims of arson or accelerants.
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New Orleans
William McCrossen
Adolph Medina
San Antonio
Tex
Linn Quinton
Houston
Quinton
Bill Larsen
Metropolitan Community Church
House Hopes to Pass Cambodia War Funding Ban
Democratic leaders, led by Speaker Carl Albert, express optimism that the House will approve a measure to cut off U S funding for combat in Cambodia and Laos. The Senate already passed a ban. Nixon would get 10 days to act, risk of a veto or halt if the bill becomes law.
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Carl Albert
House
U.S
Cambodia
Laos
Senate
Nixon
Congress
Indochina
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Joint Pledge Caps U S Soviet Talks
The United States and the Soviet Union ended a week of summit talks with a joint promise to curb arms, promote peace in Cambodia, expand trade, and push for an early East West European settlement. Brezhnev heads home after a 3 400 word communique noting prospects for a broader accord and a possible supersummit.
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San Clemente
Calif
United States
Soviet Union
Cambodia
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Moscow
Paris
Nixon
Washington
Camp David
Europe
Brezhnev
Middle East
Soviet Communist Party
Vietnam
Laos
U.S
Southeast Asia
Vienna
Geneva
Dean Says Nixon Involved But Didn't Grasp Implications
Former White House counsel John W. Dean III testified before the Senate Watergate committee that he believes President Nixon was involved in Watergate but did not realize the implications. Dean discussed his role in the cover up, his repayment of $4850 in campaign funds used for his honeymoon, and named aides implicated in the events.
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John Dean III
White House
Senate Watergate Committee
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
Dean
Maureen
Washington
John W. Dean III
Nixon
United States
Leonid I. Brezhnev
John Caulfield
Joseph Kraft
Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Justice Department
FBI
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Chappaquiddick
Mass
George McGovern
Colson
Gordon Strachan
H.R. Haldeman
Strachan
Charles W. Colson
Deadly blaze at The Up Stairs Lounge racks New Orleans
A fast moving fire in the French Quarter killed 29 people at The Up Stairs Lounge. Fire Chief McCrossen said the deaths came from superheated gas rather than direct flames. Firefighters from 21 units fought the blaze for hours as spectators watched the grim aftermath unfold.
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New Orleans
William J. McCrossen
McCrossen
Court voids tax deductions for nonpublic school parents
The Supreme Court struck down tax deductions for parents of nonpublic school students as violating the First Amendment. The decision voided various tuition reimbursement schemes and state payments for private school tasks, while a Mississippi case rejected textbook aid to racially segregated private schools. The court also allowed bans on partisan campaigns by public employees. President Nixon proposed a federal tax credit for nonpublic school parents, pending a ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Nixon
Baden Preparing for Consecration as Bishop
Bishop elect John A. Baden and family said farewell at Frederick Episcopal Parish after 11 years. His consecration as suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Virginia is set for Saturday at 10 30 a m in Washington Cathedral.
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Frederick Episcopal Parish
Baden
Diocese of
Virginia
Washington
Frederick
Christ Church
St. Paul’s on-the-Hill
Shenandoah College
Tilford Room
H. Paul Rhodes
Robert Kern
Alexandria
Tennyson Ave
Joanne
Handley
Winchester
James
VPI
John, III
Falls Church
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Ulasewicz
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Middletown
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John Alfred, III
John
John, IV
Carper & Carper
Penneys
R & T Packing Co
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