PAGE 2, THE HERALD, Wednesday, December 14, 1977 Hair Dryer Blamed 7 Women Die 15 Hurt In College Dorm Fire BONEN antl (AP) — apparen caused by a hair-dryer swept through the fourth floor of a Women's dor- mitory at Providence College early today, eames seven weet ane injuring at ljeas others fire officials said. Two at the ees when jum: rom their window onto the frozen ground, just sec- onds. before firefighters could have reached them with a safety ladder, authorities said. Hundreds of other residents of Aquinas Hall were forced out into the cold night air after the first alarm was sounded at 2:56a.m. EST. The fire was controlled about an hour later. Hours after the blaze was extinguished, the death toll was reported at eight, but a further check shoved only seven had Fire officials said the blaze was limited to the top floor of the four- storey dormitory. One investigator said the fire apparently started in a loset where a co-ed was dr her clothes with a ha yer. Leo Trambukis, Providence public safety commissioner, said six of the victims either died in the dorm or when they jumped from __ their rooms. A seventh was dead on arrival at hospital, e fire investigator said two of the three girls ng the room where the fire started jumped to their deaths from a window. The third was rescued by firefighters using a ladder truck. “If they (the two girls who jumped) had waited five more seconds, they “Blackout” Filming Starts Filming bas begun here s begun here on Blackout, a thriller about four killers on the loose in a New York City ise during a power failure. . Somerville House, a Canadian independent feature film company is producing the movie which features second- generation Hollywood stars Jim Mitchum ani Robert Carradine, the sons of veteran actors Robert Mitchum and would have been saved,” the investigator said. Providence College officials said they were unable to determine how many students were in the dorm — because “reading week,’ a preparation period for exams during which no classes are held, was in progress. About 4,100 students attend the college, which is the only institution of higher education op- erated by the Dominican Fathers, ' a . Roman Catholic order of priests. John Carradine. The film also stars Belinda J. Montgemery,. June Allyson, Jean- Pierre Aumont and Ray Milland French filmmaker Eddy Matalon is direc- ting the $1.2 million suspense film based on a story by Toronto writer John C.W. Saxton. Cinepix will distribute Blackout in Canada, which is scheduled ta be released in the early spring. B.C. Heart Foundation There’s an outfit in this province that’s in the ess of putting itself out of usiness. Honestly! That's their chief aim! Crazy? Sure, crazy like a fox. Because it’s the B.C. Heart Foundation and they’d like nothing better than to become superfluous since that would mean that heart disease and stroke had become things of the past; or at least so in- significant as to be a minimal threat to our health. - Continued research,can , attain this goal - as it has with polio, smati-pox, diphtheria, and other illers of the past. That's what the Heart Foun- dation is all about - providing funds for scientific research into the causes and cures for heart attack, high blood pressure, heart defects, and strokes. What about research? What'sit all about? Well, except under ex- traordinary — cir- cumstances, it is a very rare thing for a resear- cher to make a sudden breathrough, and shout sout. “EUREKA!” and. have all the answers. In . total is impressive. the vast majority of cases, it’s a matter of hundreds of dedicated men, often working alone but always in contact with their 8, plodding away in their search for some tiny clue. Then, a clue here and a clue there, results of earlier studies from way back when, and like a jig-saw e, everything falls into place and then there might be a quietly whispered “eureka”. But while each in- dividual step forward ‘might-be tiny, the sum ODDITIES IN GLASGOW (Reuter) — A Scottish inventor and piper has come up with the first all-electric set of bagpipes, in time for what he claims is a world boom in the music—or noise, depending on one’s point of view. George Smith, a Glasgow band leader, says real pipes can cost the ‘enthusiast anywhere “Even .the finge,ing-is the same. (as the real thin ) and J fvould defy anybody listeriing to spot the differences Im t a iper myself so I should ow,’ said Smith, —- ‘He admits that in in- experienced hands the pipes sound like a room ull of demented cats,-so his device comes with volume control. between $180 to $1,400. - me But, he says, “M ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — space age pipes, which “I still have my two consist basically of an hands,” replied ~ toll electronic change collector Al Engelberger amplifier anda sound box when asked whether he’s costing no more than an ever gotten into trouble from his habit of giving - biscuits to dogs as their owners drive through his tollgate at Exit 23 of the New York Highway. average transistor radio should change all that and bring piping back within the range of the ordinary man’s pocket. ‘THANK YOU To all those persons who supported. - our recent radio and television auction through donations of mer-. chandise and through purchases at the auction. Special thanks fo these cash donors; ..Reel Inn Motel .eLane Appraisals ..Porter Gieselman and Co. .-dack Talstra ..Canadian Cellulose Company Ltd. ..Don Hull and Sons Logging Lid. . LAC. Limited - ..R, King and Sons Trucking Limited THE TERRACE ROTARY CLUB In 24 ears, Engelberger said he's handed out 2,880,000 toll tickets and about 33,490 hiscults. Engelberger normally ives biscuits directly to e dog, ‘‘so he can smell me." Still, he sizes up the situation before reaching “One German shepherd really wanted my arm,” he said. “But -he didn’t get any cookie, * gither." ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — What do the Pope, Jackie Gleason and Peter Ustinov have in com- mon? They’ve all met e Clark. who is George Clark? A retired meter i reader for Northern States Power Co. who lover to travel, ; Since retirement, Clark. 76, has logged more than two million miles. He's lugged a heavy auilcase around so much that a dottor diagnosed a Sore arm as “suitcase elbow.” He has spent about $50,000 on travelling—and he's seen the world, from the Soviet Union to Hawaii, from Ireland to Nova Scotia, from Africa to the Rose Bow). He has had an audience with the Pope; has had Jackie Gleason as a seatmate on a supersonic flight to London and has bumped into Peter Ustinov fishing in Alaska. Food is Up GTTAWA = fCP, Continuing inereasas jn fan priess pushed the inflation rate ta its highest level in nearly two years fluring November, Statisties Canada reported today, The consumer price inflex, the most widely used inflation measure, rose by seven-tenths of ane per cent last month after a one-per-cent rise in October. As a result, the 12- month inflation rate jumped to 9.1 per cent from 3.4 per cent, its highest rate since February, 1976. When selective pay and price controls were imposed in October, 1975, the in- flation rate was 10.6 per cent. a Se Co ~ SCHEDULED FLIGHTS EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 27th ELIGHT 404 MONDAY TO FRIDAY LEAVES TERRACE 1:30 P.M. ARRIVES PRINCE RUPERT 2:10P.M, ELIGHT 405 MONDAY TO FRIDAY LEAVES TERRACE 3:15 P.M. ARRIVES SMITHERS ARRIVES PRINCE GEORGE 5:05 P.M. CONNECTIONS AT PRINCE GEORGE FOR KAMLOOPS, KELOWNA, PENTICTON FOR RESERVATIONS AND INFORMATION CALL: TERRACE - CP AiR 635-7111 KITIMAT - CP AIR 632-4761 QR XOURLACALTBAVEL A 3:50 P.M. 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