Word: case
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...took off for a mountain-top retreat, and for his last Thanksgiving as President. Rosalynn, Amy, Jeff and his wife Annette, and Annette's parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.C. Davis Jr., joined the President at Camp David. He had taken along his cross-country skis in case there was snow, but he was disappointed. He made a few phone calls, one to his mother, still recuperating in Georgia from a broken hip, and another to Connecticut Governor Ella Grasso, who was in a Hartford hospital undergoing chemotherapy for cancer of the liver...
...minor improvements. Miami Beach, for example, adopted a tough code in 1976 but only requires its existing hotels to install, among other measures, manual fire alarms and emergency doors. A team of Miami Beach fire officials is going to Las Vegas to see what lessons the MGM Grand Hotel case holds for their city. Admits Assistant Fire Chief Braniard Dorris: "The potential [for a similar fire in Miami Beach] is there...
...five casino hotels in Atlantic City, on the other hand, four were built after the city adopted a tough fire-safety code in 1978. As a result, they have sprinklers and smoke alarms on all floors, elevators that return automatically to the ground floor in case of fire, and outside stairways to allow quick evacuations. Yet no matter how new they are, high-rise hotels-indeed, all high-rise buildings-remain largely out of the life-saving reach of firetruck aerial ladders. Most of them can extend only 90 ft. or so, or as high as the eighth or ninth...
...members of the Council and the two House Committees say they want to "work from within" the committee for reforms, many students in the other ten upperclass Houses--all of which decided this week or last to continue the boycott--say CRR is dangerous or useless, and in either case should be abolished...
Fierra yesterday refused to comment on whether he would allow a rehearing of the case, adding that he hoped to make a decision on the appeal by Christmas. If he rules against the petitioners, their only recourse to prevent the full operation of the $230 million plant would be a court action...