European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes monday May 30, 1977 up to 400 die in supper club Blaze continued from Page 1 Cess fully to put the fire out with portable extinguishers. Word spread quickly for guests to leave but thick Black smoke spread even faster through the corridors blocking the Maine trance entirely making it impossible to Sec and ultimately choking hundreds of persons to death. It happened so fast it s a wonder anyone got out said waitress Mary Ann Kinda. 22. Fire trucks had difficulty reaching the scene because the club sits on an isolated 17-acre site atop a High Bluff reachable forthe last Quarter mile Only by a narrow two Lane Road which became the site of a Mas Sive traffic Jam. Deputy Coroner Morris Garrett said panic contributed to the death toll with Many of the dead being found in areas of the building where they had headed for what they thought were were found piled near the exits by the bar and under said one group of victims was huddled at the rear of the cabaret Roo where they apparently had mistaken some decorations for an were whole groups of people just fused together said Southgate Mayo Ken Paul. They were stacked three feet Jim Lanagan a 30-year old ironworker. When firemen did arrive they poured 2 comedians called real heroes crowd panicked lost their Cool Southgate. By. Up Kentucky Deputy state fire marshal Tom Wald sunday used that one word to describe the High death count in a fire at the Beverly Hills supper club Here. Up to 400 persons were killed when fire swept the club which Lute memorial Day Holiday crowd estimated Between 3.500 and 5.000 to listen to Singer John Davidson they said Wald Tui about covers it. They lost their Cool to put it in the Hie crowd panicked and a lot of the stacked up in the doorways he said you think you will try and slay Calm i that kind of situation but when it happens it apparently is very easy to from what i be been Able to piece to Gether All the nightclub personnel tried to keep the crowd Calm he said. But Assoon As smoke started rolling in pretty Good they bolted and headed for the apparently panics South Gate fire chief David Riesenberg said. Apparently the people got they panicked. The place was loaded with smoke and flames and the people could t find the Jim sri Wornor Public relations Man further supper club said the fire knocked out. The electrical system which contributed to the hysteria. It was apparently dark in there an that was a key Factor said Schworer. People could t see what they we redoing and the smoke poured one of the people in the club at the Tim of the fire Richard Schaftlein 32, of Louis Ville said the comedy team of Jim Teeter and Jim Mcdonald helped keep the crowd Calm. They were great the Way they were just telling said Schaftlein who. Along with his wife brother and sister in Law escaped the fire uninjured. I consider those comedians real heroes. I credit the with saving lots of lives including my own. People walked out very casual he said. The two comics were terrific saying things like we be had a lot of people walk out on us but this is ridiculous then everybody started walking out said Schaftlein. We were Lucky we were about 10 Yards from an exit. Then everybody in that damned Roo was trying to get out the after we got out the door people started pushing and smoke was coming through the Teeter and Mcdonald soaped. Carter hints at possible use of a arms in Korea icon Linurd rom Page 1 civic and also in Europe and to defend our own Homeland their very deployment implies a possibility of their use if Neces sary he think the combination of our Over whelming strategic cover with atomic weapons plus the conventional military Al Liance that i be described to you is Ade quate for South Korea s defense. On Panama Carter said current efforts to negotiate a replacement for the 1903 canal zone treaty focus on acceptable ways to ensure that the canal remain open to use by any nation after the year 2000. When the new pact will Likely run out."1 think there is a potential threat to the canal if we Don t act in Good Faith concern ing the demands for increased control Over the canal zone by the panamanians he said sports in Brief Portland Ore. Api Maurice Lucas topped a a guv a Portland attack with v Points Sundu to Lead inc Trail Blairs to a 128-107 Victory Over the Phila Delphia 76ers in the third game of the National basketball association s championship playoffs. Philadelphia leads senators Issue plea in Nureyev s behalf Washington api forty two Sena tors have joined in an Appeal to soviet pre Mier Alexei Kosygin to permit the and Niece of russian Ballet Star Rudolf Nureyev to visit him outside Russia Nureyev who defected to the West in l%0. Recently made a Public plea for Hel to the us. Commission of cooperation and Security in Europe after trying privately for 17 years to gain permission from soviet priorities for his family to visit him the commission was set up to Monitor soviet compliance with the Helsinki accords on human their letter to Kosygin the senators said to Grant this permission is a simple uncomplicated step for your government. We Hope you will take this humanitarian the bestow Kven series m. San Diego a former major league manager Alvin dark was named sunday to succeed John main Nara at Field Boss of the san Diego padre. Ear Lier Story on Page Al. Charlotte up Richard Petty won the 1302,550 world 600 Stock car race sunday by 30,8 seconds Over pole Sitter David Pennon. Atlanta a Hale Irwin untied the final Hole for a five under Par 67 and a one stroke Victor sunday Over Steve Veri Ato in the Atlanta classic. Earlier Story on Page 23. Sunday base Ball National league i by pkg 010 006 11 in i Iii 1401 11 00. 10 1 a i a. Apu � in 4 1 Grot Al. Utu tour ii i l Gas of
