University Daily Kansan, February 13, 1981
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Eastern storm lingers
A deadly storm failed the East for the second straight day yesterday, sending floodwater through upstate New York and New England. Thousands of people were routed from their homes and damage estimates soared into the millions of dollars.
Temperatures plunged to dangerous depths from Iowa to Georgia. Frozen bodies of people caught out in the storm, the worst of the winter, pushed the death toll of the four-day onlaught to 53.
Schools shut down in Detroit and other parts of Michigan to protect pupils from the severe cold.
Iowa reported eight deaths, including two freezings. New York and Illinois each reported seven storm deaths, Kansas five, Louisiana four
and Texas, Missouri and Michigan three each.
In addition, a small corporate jet crashed in a heavily wooded area near Orchid, N.J., during a fire on Wednesday night, killing seven people.
At least one person was confirmed dead yesterday from a blustery rainstorm that sent floods through New England, brought record high temperatures, then turned roads to bobaled runs as bitter cold returned.
The rising Sugar River in Claremont, N.H., kept firefighters from reaching two fires in a trailer park near the Beauregard Village area. One body was found in the trailer park yesterday.
Flood damage in various communities was estimated at $1 million.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. A bus hotel confessed yesterday that he set the Las Vegas Hilton fire which killed eight people but claimed it was an accident that occurred "while he was engaged in a homosexual act," police said.
Hilton busboy confesses
Phillip Cline, 21, was charged with murder and arson in Tuesday night's $10 million fire that injured 300 people from the nation's largest hotel.
Police LL. John Conner, head of the homicide bureau, said Cline admitted he had been engaged in a murderillion fire when he was engaged in a boisterous act with a man he identified as "Joe."
Conner said he had signed a statement from the suspect, who had previously worked at several other hotels in Las Vegas, including the MGM Grand, where a fire last November killed 84 people.
Cline told police that he was engaged in a homosexual act on the couch in the lobby on the eighth floor when the
marjuiana cigarette he was smoking ignited nearby drapes.
Conner said Cline insisted it was an accident and that the busby called security when the fire broke out. He said the suspect denied knowledge of three other arson fire incidents that occurred in the hotel while firemen were fighting the main fire on the eighth floor.
The suspect underwent a lie detector test, Conner said, and "he failed miserably."
Investigators believe Cline, who had held various low-level casino and hotel jobs and was usually fired from them, admitted to deliberately for "sensual gratification."
Justice of the Peace Earle White ordered Cline held without bail pending formal arraignment Feb.19.
Meanwhile, the president of a Dodge City bank has been released from a hospital where he was treated for injuries suffered in the fire.
For Valentine's Eve:
What's This Thing Called Love?
Is it Only a Game?
7 p.m., Lewis Hall February 13
VALENTINES DAY BALLROOM DANCE
Admission: $3.00
Featuring:
DJ TOM TRILLIN
Sponsored by GAY & LESBIAN SERVICES of Kansas
Sponsored by GAY & LESBIAN SERVICES of Kansas No alcoholic beverages allowed except beer sold at dance—a bounce production 1981
Attention: There will be a general meeting of the Minority Business Students Council on Tuesday, February 17, at 6:00 p.m. in Room 203 Summerfield Hall.
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