European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday May 31, 1977 the stars and stripes Pago 7 ? survivor s Story. And it does t look like cigarette smoke7 More note Bob Basta Wax one of the about that time two waitresses ran by and the heal became unbelievable. But we any names. We looked Back at the Ore of the Flat saturday night at the t mean they were not just hurrying they kept moving everybody hanging onto and we saw no More people com editors Basil survivors f Beverly Hills supper club in Kentucky. The following is his Story. By Bob Bast a Nastold Topi Southgate by. Up we had dog show saturday in Cincinnati. After the show we had reservations for dinner at the Beverly Hills club for about 100 in our group. We were in a party room upstairs. We were just getting ready to sit Down to dinner when my wife looked up at the chandeliers and said it looks like the Light is getting Gray and it does t look like cigarette Abou i were running. I saw people at a table in our group get up. They knew something we did t. I am sure they were starting to fee the heat. The smoke got grayer and then a Manfrom the night club came in and said Okay everybody be Calm get up walk slowly toward the door and get everybody got up and we started at a steady brisk Pace. Very Little talking. But we passed one girl who said us too late we pulled her into our group. We got to the stairs and the smoke started getting thick but it was still Gray not Black. We took one or two Steps Down the stairs an t Kep each other. When we got downstairs that s when we hit Black smoke and i mean twas heavy. A Man told us in an authoritative s go keep moving Well make it just keep Calm keep your Heads Down an Don t i Don t knew who the Man was but he knew what he was talking about. Finally we could see the Light and As we left the door a Man was standing there directing traffic saying. Go left go i estimated we walked about Iso Yards in two minutes to get out. When we got out we still had not seen an the door an coming out and we figured we were just about the last ones out. Smoke was pouring out the front door. It was thick Black and i mean thick like soot. You could t see through walked around Back and that was the first Lime i saw flames. I said. My god. I Don t believe people Kepi lolling us everybody got out safely. Later when i Learned that a lot of people died i was stunned absolutely stunned. It was then i realized what danger we had really been in. I said a prayer to myself and thanked god that we made it out. Singer tells of escaping from Blaze los Angeles Ai i a tired and shaken John Davidson flew to los Angeles sunday Only hours after his music director died in a fire at a Kentucky supper club where Davidson was headlining a show. Five members of the club s House band who were providing Davidson s musical accompaniment perished in the fire at the Beverly Hills supper club in Southgate. . 35. Said he was in his dressing room shaving for his performance when his drummer rushed in and told him the building was on fire faster and faster we did t think it was that Davidson said it s like any tragedy you think that it is not going to bad so we very slowly filed out and then the filing got faster and faster just seconds after we got out. The door we came through was engulfed with smoke and flames Davidson he got out of the building. David son said he helped hold doors open to let others people were jamming the doors and there was such a panic i estimate there was 1.100 people in the one room i was in just jammed one of those who died in the fire was Davidson s musical director Douglas George Herro of Canoga Park Calif Herro had worked with Davidson for 4 years an was a graduate of the University of Cali fornia at Ink Angeles. The Beverly Hills supper club in South Gate ky., is a Heap of rubble following scene of fire tragedy a Blaze that took a heavy toll of life. A lower left is the covered Entrance to the giant club located on 17 acres of land eight Miles South of Cincinnati. A surgeon wins suit against patient fort Pierce. Fla. Api a jury has awarded an orthopaedic surgeon $175.000 damages in his lawsuit accusing a former patient and his lawyer of suing him without judge called the Case totally unprecedented and the doctor s lawyer said the verdict eventually will lower insurance rates by reducing frivolous lawsuits. Every decision i make in this Case i m blowing new ground for every lawyer and doctor in the United circuit judge Royce Lewis said before the verdict was brought in late the verdict is upheld in the expected Appeal its Impact could reach beyond the two Profeta irions. For instance insurance companies say one reason Auto insurance costs so much is that so Many ungrounded personal injury claims Are filed that inc companies can t fight them . John Sullivan of Vero Beach was sued in 1971 by James Terry. 78. Of furl Pierce Terry complained that when Sulli Van set his broken Arm. The steel Rod implanted in the Arm to help it heal was one Inch too Long. The doctor s insurance company. Com Mercial Union wanted to Settle but Sulli Van insisted that he had t been negligent and that the insurer fight the Case com Mercial Union then cancelled his malpractice insurance forcing him to practice for a year without Protection on the Day Terry s suit would have gone to thai his attorney. Otis Parker dropped the Case. Sullivan then sued his former patient As Well As Parker and the fort Pierce Law firm of fee. Parker and Lloyd he charged malicious Legal prosecution after a week Long trial and five hours of deliberations the jury returned the $175.000 award. The judge s instructions to the jury establish a new Standard of practice for Law yers said Sullivan s attorney. Ellis Rubin of filing suit Jin attorney must re search the Law and establish the truth of the facts to the extent that there is Proba ble and reasonable cause for filing a Law suit. If the lawyer Falls below this new Standard he himself May be found liable or both the Legal and medical professions of Florida acknowledged the potential Impact of the Case doctors chipped in to pay Kubin for handling Sullivan s Case and lawyers look up a collection to defend Parker. "1 am very Happy with the result Sulli Van said i feel i can walk out Wilh my head held similar cases have been filed in the past trial the Magazine of the american trial lawyers association said three such cases had been filed but none had gone to u jury 3 kids drown in bid of save boy who did t . In i up i three Young sters drowned trying to save a 6-year-old boy struggling in turbulent water near a Bridge on Thompson s Creek but the 6 year old survived the Accident occurred sunday at the us. 61 Bridge on the Stream. Divers from the West feh Ciana sheriff s department pulled the bodies from the water. The victims were identified As Gadapi Sun Richard 15 his sister Carol Denis Richard. 12. Both of Baton Rouge and Jerry Lee Williamson. 10, of Zachary. La. Brenda Mcvay a nurse s aide at West Feliciana general Hospital who was at the scene when the bodies were recovered said she understood the 6-year-Otd brother of Jerry Lee Williamson was in a turbulent area of the Stream and began floundering. The others tried to Rescue him but had difficulty themselves and drowned she said. The area where they were swimming is a popular picnic and wading spot
