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ister-Mail, Galesbur Hotel ster Of Resident By WILLIAM CAMPBELt (Staff Writer) man rolurncd to the top floorithing possible to save his wife, and were met by Barash, who Smoke was drifting from the The wife of a prominent forced from the burning top floor windows into the black burg attorney died early Sunday apartment by the smoke and rainsoaked morning, and fire- as a fife which started in her apartment raged through the heat. The desk clerk telephoned the ler. The body of Mrs. Burrcl Barash, 62. was found ort her bed by firefighters who entered the charred apartment on the northeast corner of the west section of the hotel.

seventh floor of the Hotel Cms- fire department. The call came into Central Fire Station about the same time an automatic same time an alarm system sounded, firemen said. Amato said he could detect only a faint odor of smoke when he arrived on the top floor but Mr. and Mrs. Barash had lived that a wall between the Barash in an apartment at; the hotel for more than a decade.

A total of .138 residents were safely evacuated as firefighters fought the early morning blaze. The flames probably originated in Mrs. Barash's bed, apparently from an electrical malfunction in an electric blanket, fire department investigators said today. The blaze was discovered about 4:25 a.m. by Barash, who awoke to discover his wife's bedroom in flames.

He reportedly called to other residents on the floor and telephoned the desk clerk. Authorities said a construction worker, whose apartment was also on the top floor, smellled smoke and dashed to the room of the owner- manager, Benni6 Amato. Amato and the unidentified apartment and the hallway was hot. He said he received a minor burn on his arm when he attempted to enter the apartment. Entrance Impossible 'There was no way you could get in there," he said, "with only about a foot of air on the floor bofaw the smoke, you had to crawl, and then there the heat" fighters could see at least two persons standing in an open window as they arrived on the scene.

Rain pelted firefighters as they swung both aerial ladder trucks into position. "The first thing was to evacuate, of course," Asst. Fire Chief Poster Seiberllch said later. "We wa on sure didn't want anyone jumping from up there." Sciberlich commands the second shift, which was on duty when the alarm sounded. All but one of Galesburg's 49 firefighters were subsequently called to the scene.

Firemen raised ladders from the two trucks on the south and west sides of the building, while other firefighters and Galesburg police officers raced into the building and began to rouse the sleeping occupants. Residents Aroused "I knocked on a couple of doors and when I didn't get any response, I started kicking them in," a police officer, who went directly to the sixth floor, recounted later, "Lots of elderly people up in those rooms; some we even took out on stretchers," he added. the scene and doing every- "We kept knocking on a door Forced back by did the dense smoke, Barash did not leave the floor, however, until a firefighter, Jay Franey, heard him calling for his wife. Barash was on his stomach, inching along the hall toward the apartment to save his wife when Franey after him. Barash finally left the floor after Franey assured him that firefighters were and we heard someone inside, but nobody answered, so we knocked it down, and the gentleman in there was an amputee, so we carried hirti down," another officer related Sunday afternoon.

Police and firefighters also used axes to break into rooms when there were no answers at the doors. The occupants, mostly elderly and dressed In their nightclothes, assembled in the hotel lobby and were taken by bus to the Corpus Christi gymnasium, where they waited until the fire was extinguished. "We had to get them out of there," Galesburg Fire Chief Ted Webber said wanted to go back after personal items, and others just kept trying to get back to their rooms. We checked, double- checked, and checked he said. Evacuation Rapid Evacuation of the 138 occupants was completed in less than 30 minutes, authorities said.

The flames were under control in about 45 minutes, but 11 a.m., checking for hidden pockets of fire in woodwork arid walls. Three of the 12 aparlments on the top floor were gutted by fire. The others, as well as much of the sixth floor, sus- Kills Former Alexis Woman ALEXIS Miss Mary Pearl Blair, 22, N6rwood, a former Alexis resident, was killed in.a traffic accident on 111. 59 near Elgin Sunday at 11:25 a.m. She was a passenger in a car tained heavy smoke and water driven by Dennis 25, of 3 Barrington, who was southbound Firefighters carried hoses up on 59 when a northbound the ladders and pulled them a uto driven by Mrs.

Helen through the windows nearly 100 Flynn, 23, Bartlett, struck Pep- feet above the streets. A larger pe r's vehicle head-on, accord- line was carried up a. fire es- ng to authorities, cape on the north side of the Police said the Flynn vehicle building, and a stream of water was attempting to pass an auto was sprayed into the Barash a no-passing zone at the apartment at the core of the cres 0 a hill when it struck the Week's Observance Commufiity Will Cite Lab's Brain 9 Treated at Hospital again tt re 'Pepper car. Pepper and Miss Blair were pronounced dead on Several hotel residents were af rival at an area hospital, au- treated for smoke inhalation at thorities said the St. Mary's Hospital emer- tand Mrs Mrs.

Flynn and her husband, gency and Mrs Ethel William, 24, are both hospital- Custer Pntchard, publisher of ize at Elgin. Mrs. Flynn's the Galesburg Register-Mail, condition is listed as seriou who also lives a seventh- an husband sustained a floor apartment, was admitted br6kefl back in the aoc i ent, ac- Her condition was and cofding to authorities, she was expected to be released District Three Illinois stat today. A Galesburg police officer and three firemen were among those treated. The patrolman firefighters remained on the scene with four pumper trucks was suffering from smoke in- and the two ladder trucks un- halatl0n at ece til am oxygen at Central Fire Sta- A "single "truck and cleanup Th thr ee flr received crew was still at the scene eft minor injuries as they groped through smoke filled halls and wrestled hoses up the ladders and into the building.

None was seriously hurt, and all were released after treatment. Firemen working on the top floor used portable air packs as they fought the blaze. Airpacks Necessary "My driver and 1 went up to the seventh floor when we go there, and had to go Sieberlich said. "You couldn't make it without the airpacks." Air tanks designed to last 30 minutes were used up in less than 15 minutes, according to firemen who were fighting the flames in the intense heat. They were recharged and put back into service.

Firefighters worked in groups to avoid becoming separated in the smoke-filled halls and rooms. "We didn't make any headway on it at all for 20 minutes." Police at Des Plaines investigated the accident and cited Mrs. Flynn for driving on the wrong side of the road. Obituary Miss Blair was born April 17, 1950 at Davenport, Iowa. She attended Alexis schools and graduated from Alexis High School in 1968.

She had attended Patricia Stevens School at Chicago and was a senior at Western Illinois University She was a past worthy adviser of the Rainbow Assembly at Alexis and a member of Norwood United Presbyterian Church. Surviving are her father, Ben Blair of Norwood; and a brother, Richard, of Alpha. Her mother Twenty years of contribution to the field of psychiatric research will be recognized during "Thudichum Psychiatric Research Laboratory Week," here Nov. 5-11. Thudichum Laboratory is the research division of Galesburg State Research Hospital.

It was formally dedicated in 1953, but research programs were under way 6arli6r under the guidance of Dr. Harold E. Himwich, who is director of Thudichum Laboratory, and Mrs. Williamina A. Himwich, who until recently was an Administrative research scientist in the laboratory.

The Thudichum Laboratory is internationally known for basic research on the brain, and has contributed much to improvements in chemotherapy in the field of rtiental illness. A highlight of the observance will be a birthday party honoring past and present laboratory staff. The party, given by the community, will be held at the Knox College Union Nov. 10 from 6-9 p. m.

The party is open to the public. Tickets are available at Midwest Photo Service, 158 N. Broad or by contacting any member of the community committee sponsoring the event. Committee members are Mayor Robert Cabeen; Dr. Sharvy Umbeck, president, and Dr.

Lewis Salter, dean, Knox College; Charles Morrow, editor and general manager, Galesburg Register-Mail; Roy Pearson, president, and George Warren, executive secretary, Galesburg Chamber of Commerce; Dominic Fiacco president, Galesburg Jaycees; Dr. Thomas Tt Tourlentes, who will be master of ceremonies the nartv: Dr. Angelo Zocchi, acting superintendent Zich, for party; Dr. Angelo of Galesburg State Research Hospital; Dr. Walter president of the Knox County Medical Society; William Foley, Midwest Photo Service; Ralph Hawthorne, 1547 Clark Sam Shatsky, 1685 N.

Prairie and Mrs. Yvonne Boynton, 1154 N. Prairie St. Weather and River Stages Alpha. her in death preceded Sept.

18, 1972. Funeral will be at the Norwood United Church Burial Presbyterian Wednesday at 2 p.m. will be at Norwood Cemetery. Visitation will be at McKnight Funeral Home at Alexis Tuesday afternoon and evening. A memorial fund has been established, according'to the family.

NORTHERN ILLINOIS: Mostly cloudy and colder tonight; low in the lower or middle 30s. Partly sunny and a little warmer Tuesday; high 45-50. WESTERN ILLINOIS: Clearing and colder tonight; low 25-30. Tuesday partly sunny and warmer; high 55-60. IOWA: Clearing and colder tonight with lows upper 20s northeast to mid 30s southwest.

Mostly sunny and warmer Tuesday with highs near 50 northeast to 60 southwest. LOCAL WEATHER Noon temperature, 40; morning's low, 39. Sky cloudy, wind out of west at 15 m.p.h. (Sunday's maximum, 61; minimum, 50; Saturday's maximum, 53; minimum, 44). Sun rose today at 6:19, sets at 5:00.

Precipitation Sunday 1.35 of an inch; for todav, .04 of an Inch. Humidity, EXTENDED FORECAST ILLINOIS: Chance of showers Wednesday. Fair Thursday and Friday. Low 35-45. High 50s.

RIVER STAGES rise 0.8 no change fall O.l rise 0.3 St. rise O.l Cape rise 0.1 rise 2.7 fall 0,1 fall 0.1 fall 0.1 Sandwiched Wet Weekend in Galesburg Patterned After Area Gloom Seiberlich reported. Fire officials said de- Pe rcy: Drop partment officials said they feared the flames, which were licking along the hallways, would reach the stairwell or the elevator shafts and spread to other floors. "It could have been a real disaster," Webber remarked today. Amato said this morning that) most of the occupants on the first five floors had returned to their rooms.

Obituary Penalty For Personal Pot it a wet weekend from the start. CHICAGO (UPI) Charles H. Percy said there should be no penalty against Sen. today criminal who persons possess marijuana in small amounts for personal use- In remarks prepared for a luncheon speech to a group of high school and college guid- Funeral for Mrs. Barash williance counselors, Percy said "decriminalization" of a was Galesburg When rain wasn't soaking the ground, a grey mist covered the city during the 2-day period.

On Sunday a total of 1.35 inches of rain fell Today residents saw another .04 of ah inch drizzle down. in'the storms that flooded parts of Arizona and New Mexico have departed. East of the Appalachian Mountains, a high pressure system extending along the Atlantic Coast states meant partly cloudy tions there. and dry condi- The high temperature Satur-j However, in an area from the day was 53 degrees. Sunday's (Mississippi Valley to the Great low was 50 and the high was 6i.

jLakes region widespread cloud- Today at 6 a.m. the temperature iness mixed wit pockets of fog degrees. The noon )and drizzle persisted. stood at 39 marijuana laws would build re- pect for the law and reduce be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Temple Sholom, and burial will be at Brookside Cemetery.

There will be no visitation. The law firm among young Ameri of Barash and StoerzLach will jeans, be closed all day Tuesday. The family said memorials conditions in East Fatal Flames Flames shoot from windows of the seventh floor apartment in the Hotel Custer, where Mrs. Burrel Barash, 62, was killed early Sunday after an electric blanket on her bed apparently malfunctioned and ignited the blaze. Her husband escaped the flames, and was evacuated from the building along with 137 other guests.

Firefighters were on the scene for over five hours. Galesburg Fire Department Capt. Charles Hasselbacher, above right, prepares to enter the Barash apartment after the flames were doused. (Register-Mail photos by Dale Humphrey.) may be made to the Dora Barash Fund or to the American Cancer Society. The former Rosalyne J.

Silver was born Feb. 7, 1910, in Chicago, and had lived in Galesburg since 1937. She attended Northwestern University, was graduated from the University "It would constitute an acceptable middle ground between a policy of encouragement through outright legalization and the present unsuccessful policy of elimination through stiff sanctions," Percy said. Percy, who is up for re-election in November, said his views are consistent with the findings temperature was reported at 40 degrees. Dry, pleasant the West and extreme sandwiched gloomy, wet weather hanging the nation's midsection early today.

Except for scattered showers Colorado over over and some rain Washington, the West enjoyed mild, dry weather as Cold rain or drizzle mixed with occasional snow fell over the northern Plains and the upper Midwest. Early morning temperaures ranged from 23 at Grand Fork, N.D., to 78 at Vero Beach, Fla. READ THE WANT ADS! of President Nixon's of Wisconsin and affiliated (XT with Alpha Epsilon Phi Soror-(National Commission on Man Rev. Cif elli's Court Hearing Set After Weekend Return Head-on Collision I Tom Railsback Fatal for Two OLYMPIA FIELDS, 111. (UPI) drivers of two The Rev.

John Crelli was grand jury proceedings. cars were killed in a head-on colli- U.S. 30 Assists lowan's Re-Election Bid ity. She married Burrel b- Barash in Chicago on July 13, 1937. Surviving with him are two sons, Barry M.

of Galesburg and Anthony H. of Pacific Palisades, a brother, Irving Silver of Racine, and five grandchildren. Mrs. Barash owned and operated Doyle's Gift Shop here for juana and Drug Abuse. He said "anachronistic sanctions" against marijuana users "result in psychological, social and economic consequences for the individual which are fre- When You Know It's For quently than more damaging any direct consequences of using marijuana." An estimated 24 million Americans have tried Keeps ALEXANDRA IOWA scheduled to appear this afternoon in Knox Countv Circuit returned Buffalo, Court after being Saturday from a N.Y., jail.

Knox County Sheriff Rayder Peterson said he and Donald Hulick, an investigator for the state's attorney's oiiice, returned the Rev. Mr. Cifelli to Knox Countv late Saturday night. Peterson said he being held in the women's quarters of the Knox County Jail pending his court appearance. Knox County State's Ally.

Donald C. Woolsey said this morning he will place a charge of grand theft against the grand Rev. Mr. against Cifelli when he makes his court appearance and will ask him tc waive The Rev. Mr.

Cifelli turned himself in to the U.S. Consul in Toronto, Canada, 10 days ago. An employe there reportedly purchased a fare to Buffalo for the Galesburg man, where he was picked up by federal authorities on his arrival. A federal warrant charging him with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution had been issued in mid-September after Woolsey had lodged the grand theft charge. The Rev.

Mr. Cifelli is accused of taking $4,735 in Bridgehouse, funds without authorization. He was treasurer of the Galesburg halfway house for alcoholics prior to his removal after the incident. sion on day. Killed were 19, Matteson, CITY, Iowa (UPI) near here Sun- Rep.

Tom Railsback, R-I1L, tage Uo lt 1 tJ was a past president of the Mark and 19, Chicago Heights. joying a campaign without an Laluntis, opponent, ventured into Iowa to- Jan Olsen, day to bolster the re-election bid of Rep. Fred Iowa. marijuana, about 20 years. She was a said, and research by na- ber of Temple Sholom and Cot-Jtional commissions has uncov- Guild, and shejered little harmful effects to the Council of Jewish Women.

individual or society caused by marijuana. Work on Culvert To Close Street -Washington," Railsback said. "Fred Schwengel is one of the most effective congressmen in i Fremont Street, between Russell Avenue and "He's not afraid to take a stand Farnhaml 01 take 0il werful special in- Street, will be closed to all re upsu oved local traffic Tuesday in order to'S eating Jj ie bjg truck lobb on replace a culvert dlfterent occasions. He City officials said it will be nlea ershi to iL lelimmate the seniority system impossible to drive through the Congress. 5 section, since the existing cul- Railsback said Schwengel, vert will be removed before the who is facing Democrat Ed new one is installed.

The street Mezvinsky, "has a reputation Will be closed until further no- for honesty and integrity." THE LAW OFFICES BARASH And STOERZBACH WINTERSET It's Nvman's 4 For Diamonds' TUESDAY, OCT. Respect To The Memo 1 T. I 1 8 (i 1 i LI 1 HEAD THE WANT ADS! HEAD THE WANT ADS! Barash 56 N. PRAIRIE ST. PH.

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