European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a the stars and stripes wednesday october 9, 1991 this is an artists Conception of the Mem grand hotel and theme Park scheduled to open in 1994 in Las vegas. Wizard of of Park planned for Las vegas Las vegas apr financier Kirk Kerkorian broke ground monday for his grandest dream yet a $1 billion wizard of of theme Park and hotel targeting this gaming City a growing family Market. A a we be been waiting a Long time for this. Its great to finally have it on the Way a the 74-year-old billionaire said As political figures and gaming executives swarmed around him. Burt Reynolds Loni Anderson and Jennifer of Neill also were at the groundbreaking which was capped by fireworks. The project scheduled for completion in 1994, is designed to capture a share of the fast growing family Market in Las vegas. A this is a Complete new dimension. Its not like building just another hotel a Krkorian said. A your research shows that even the High rollers such As major players from the Pacific rim will come with their families if they think there is something for them to do Here a said Robert Maxey Mem grand inc. President and chief executive officer. With 5,007 rooms the Mem grand will be larger than the 4,032-room Excalibur hotel and Casino across the Street and the Mirage hotel a few blocks suspected Boston up1 a a six alarm fire that broke out on the roof of the John f. Kennedy Federal building last week was apparently set fire officials said monday but they had not yet fully traced its origin. Workers returned to the 24-Story office Tower monday after inspectors determined that the building was Safe and that employees faced no threat from hazardous materials. A Union leaders said they remain concerned that fridays fire May have spread fragments of Asbestos a known Carcinogen through the building where up to Plymouth ind. Apr two fathers delinquent in child support payments have been ordered to carry signs each morning outside the courthouse asking Tor work. The signs read a i need a Job to support myself and Marshall county Superior court judge Eugene Chipman or. Ordered the sentences last month Atter citing Bill Epley and Raymond Hummel for contempt. Under his terms Epley and Hummel must carry their signs from 8 . To noon mondays through fridays until they gel full time work. Only inclement weather will excuse visitors will walk through an 88-foot Mem lion into a 33-acre Park reminiscent of the Back lot of a movie studio. Plans include 12 major attractions and a 171,500-Square-foot Casino. William Bennett chairman of circus circus enterprises inc., whose medieval Excalibur hotel has drawn More than 11 million people since it opened in june 1990, said he expected the Competition. A everybody All of a sudden wants a piece of our pie Quot Bennett said on the Excalibur a first anniversary earlier this year. A a that Sok. Its out there for the the $730 million Mirage hotel is reporting similar Success. Visitors can see dolphins rare White tigers and a $13 million Volcano that erupts every 15 minutes. Tourism and gaming continue to grow in Las vegas with More than 20 million visitors in 1990, up from 11.9 million in 1980, according to the Las vegas convention and visitors authority. Krkorian amassed his first Fortune in 1968, when he sold a charter airline he had begun to shuttle passengers Between los Angeles and the fledgling gambling town. Last year he received nearly $1 billion from the Sale of Mem a communications corp. To Pathe communications Boston Blaze 3,000 employees work in dozens of Federal agencies. Government officials denied the charge. The fire which started in a wooden water Tower on the roof burned out of control for More than an hour Friday afternoon sending 40-foot flames and heavy Black smoke shooting into the air and raining the ground with debris. A police officer and a firefighter were injured during the Blaze but All 1,000 employees in the building at the time escaped unharmed officials said. The fire caused an estimated $1 million in damage to the rooftop Cooling Tower and the top two floors. Court records show Epley has been unemployed since november 1990, when his Job As a District sales manager for Galbreath corp. Was eliminated. He has three children. Hummel who has two children has not been employed full time since Mccord heat Transfer closed its factory in Plymouth three years ago. Hummel does not have a Telephone listing. Epley a attorney Preston Henry said his client might Appeal the sentence. He blamed the sluggish Economy for Epley a continued unemployment saying there Are few jobs available that match Epley a skills and education level. I schools closed when water main Breaks from wire reports Louisville. By. A a major water main ruptured in Louisville on monday closing Public schools in the City and surrounding Jeff arson county and prompting a warning to residents to boil their water. The break in a 48-Inch-main occurred around 5 in Eastern Louisville and water pressure dropped so sharply that fire officials appealed to the City s 285,000 residents not to turn on their taps. After about 2vz hours Crews a valved off the water main and pressure was restored said Jerry r. Ford a spokesman for the Louisville water co. Water service returned but residents were told to boil drinking water As a to add names Washington a eight More . Servicemen will be added to the engraved list of names on the Vietnam veterans memorial next month and honoured during a veterans Day Salute the National Parks service said monday. The servicemen Are those whose remains had not previously been identified by the . Military. In addition to adding the eight new names the inscriptions of four other servicemen whose names already Are on the Wall will be changed from missing to killed in action the Park service said. The Wall of the Vietnam memorial now contains the names of 58,175 . Service members killed in action or declared missing As a result of the Vietnam War. The eight servicemen whose names Are being added Are Cosmo l. Barone Brooklyn . Eddie Billups jr., Mermentau la. Ronald j. Fuite West Olive Mich. Peter g. Lechnir Milwaukee Michael c. Poliski Sault Ste. Marie Mich. Douglas Thomas jr., Columbia . Brian l. Thornton Alger Mich. And Richard j. Tortorice los angeles.$10 million donated Chicago a a paint manufacturer has donated $10 million to the University of Chicago to establish a new medical research Center. The gift by Jules f. Knapp and his wife Gwen is the largest so far in a $500 million Campaign announced saturday to Honor the schools 100th anniversary. Knapp president and founder of United coatings inc., is a member of the University of Chicago Hospital Board of trustees. His wife is a member of the visiting committee to the University a biological sciences division. The gift will establish the Gwen Knapp Center for Lupus and immunology research. Lupus is an abnormality in the immune system that damages j the body a connective to be studied Greybull Wyo. The last Section of a 150-million-year-old All saurus Skeleton found last month on Federal land arrived monday at a i Montana museum. J the Fossil will be cleaned and studied at the i museum of the Rockies at Montana state uni i varsity in Bozeman and a plaster cast will be i made said Duane Whitmer area manager of the i Bureau of land management in Cody. The i Bones then will be put on display at the univer i sity of convicted in 6 deaths i Milwaukee a a Mother was convicted of i neglect that led to the deaths of six of her Chili Dren in a fire that broke out while they were Home alone. Joyce Ann Moore 28, was found guilty monday of child neglect homicide and child neglect and could get up to 60 years in prison and a $70,000 Fine. I the children Ages 2 to 9, were killed in a 1990 i Blaze that investigators said was probably caused by children playing with matches. Only Moore s oldest child Cynthia then 11, escaped the fire. A detective testified that Moore left the i youngsters alone at 4 . On the Day of the fire and Tor the next seven hours she and her Boyfriend went grocery shopping stopped at a bar visited a relative and drank Beer. No sentencing Date was set. Non paying dads must carry signs
