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At Coliseum Rock Concertt Eleven people were killed and eight serlou8Jy Injured at .Rlverrront ColI-Beum Monday nl' . a human stamj)1lcte t/uou ' iVa doon betore the .wtWho rock group con~ert.

The HarnlIt6 . ~j' ({Droner's oHlcf!t!llald the d eluded seven mal'l.lf and tour r !. A coroner'8 Bpoke.man sald the ages ot the vic­tim., ranged TTo.m 18 to the early 208.

A team or clergymen a,pcompa­nled paren"" of victims tht'OOjlh the Hamilton County morgue late Mon-­day night. IdMtity or the victim. WaB to be rele;l.llcd wmcUme 1,0d9.y.

The totar numbe·r· Injured had - ! ,JLl.W'-""-"U.l.{I'-ldall.HL~!<.I'!:l:!'.-'12!}9l':,Y;

Taesday BIC.4,1978

Mostly sunny with the high t.w.tween45 and 50 and low tonight 01 about 30. Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday·wlth a high Wednesday In the middle or upper 50s. Chance 01 precipitation today and 1.onlgM near U. Weather·map and details on Page A-8.

siDlle Notice how many, t,Qysrun on. . electricity nowadays. took lor the biggest bro'wnout 01 the year on ChrllitmlUl morning.

metra. Delay~.are sought for Beverly· Hills Supper CJu.~,f1re trial all Jurors are seated.1'>age V-5. It's a chee.~ul·r.et.l\rrtto books and study as Cincinnati "cnool. reopen. Page V-4-5.

Overdue. paychecks are promIsed Norwood empioyees today but without some prolpised benefits. Page D - 2.

natilB The FTC charges cigarette Industry advertisements are undermining the effect of health warh1ngs on cIgarette packages. Page A-I!.

business Generat·Electrlc·and rIval Pratt & Whitney bId W fill French aircraft engine contracts. Page C-B. »

people taday' Neighborhoods have deTlriite ' Images. And they go wIth the

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At a pres.\! conterence at otatrlc~ One poUce headquarters, Lt. Dale MenkhaUlS said two rew doors were opened 1.00 late to handle the 8ellout

, crOWd.

tor the concert, adding those ngures would have to come trom Coliseum orrlelals. "We we'~Jm't over capacity or anything like tfiat," said Shoner.

fOU r hours belore the gates were opened. The Coliseum holds 18,000 lor concert events.

"The crowd must have jammed the people up so tightly In front that they Just passed out. They dld.n't even fall down. They must have Jammed up so tight that they didn't get !lily air an(1 just died.

"We needed to get the d60rs open much eiLrlll1r," Menkhaua said.

Coliseum oHlclals wou ld not comment on which doors were opened and when.

Jtl\¥ SCHUEJtMAN, lin usher at the main gate, '!31d 1J1e trouble ap­peared to start w~lIn bomeone threw a bottle at the ga.te and broke the

The concert ptomoters, Electric ~1actory Concerts, based In Phila­delphia, declined comment. A spoke5man 10f' The Who said the CI~INNAl'I SAFETY Dlrec1.or group hiU a booking In Bu!!alo Richard Castelllnl, who responded

(Iqor's gla.~. , ~; . "The kids kept brfULkll'l,g th.e gate rilOre and more . .r Just coui(ln't stop them. Tbey rushe(l the gate." ,.

·· t.oday. 1.0 . tile COliseum,' said "apparently Police orncer Dave Grawe said 'ttn>re was such a ' large swell In the

til e rUsh occurred between 7:30-8 , crowd' that there were some young p.m. Seats at the concert were both people who got caught up In 'th~ reserved and open, poUce and con- swell and were .suffocated or got cer~goers saId. The qrowdbeg:an trample!!."

M~rk Shoner, general manager 01 CincInnati Tlcketton, woUld not disc lOU how many tickets were sold growing atJ p.m., police sa!(l{~~arlY , ·'" \:' CaatelIlnl .sald. he considered

De,a~ths_~Shock'ed~Some, But Others Didn't Care "Tragic" and "unbeli evable" were among the adjectives used by some to describe the deaths 01 11 concertgoers killed at nlverfront Co 11-seum Monday nIght.

~ Others Inte rviewed during and after the concert appeared'Pflconcerned.

"People coilllln't care. less," lamented Peggy Mathlew, 'i:f,' of N,orwood, who was In line when.\he massive crowd of youths.appar­en tly attl!mpted to break through a plaza-level coliSeum door. ______ . ___ _

- . - ':'There were 'broken bOttles all ' over the place," Mathlew ·Sald. "People w·ere kicking and shoving. They would rather see The Who than help someone who's dying.

"They'd better not have another concert there ," Mathlew said. . CRIAG DeSAT.NICK, 22, Columbus,Ohlo,

s3old', "I don~t th!nk many people. know what happened." --.- .' ": .--. ' . .

Persons ·leaving the concert at abuut 10 p,m:·Monday appeared apathetic whelT-tGlfJ.(,r. tlle.-J..l--deaths.-.Otller,!~!uSe<LJ;obl!l~.1/~ news. i!! Many uninjured conc'ertgoers blamed. the deaths and rowdycrowQ on tbe~:n= a dmission seati n g (.In addition to reserved seating); In wblch fahs must_ Vle.-10f ·the best seats.-" _ ... _ _ -'.-~~

.• "We were all squlshed·," DeSatnlck ·sald' In descI'i9J.n~~to,,!c1:2'~altlni,a:dJ:IlJ~~tQQ,.·to ~~:r :;on~rt; ''W'eZ~nl'lJTItctiClilly ~'t-1i111rtg

~rybody wanted-th'.get.~ se.um.1~T~~.~.J}gJ:ILVL(!Y":"'@!l JIm Cam~J},_16 .Coillmbus, .-l!clw-w·as--.starlding with.a.1tlend.wh..enJIJ.e .. ";".~."-.c.:--CamdIDlrslttlRg,., . roo.m at GeneraLHDs onlllstrfeIfd,j:emem b€'gan' shlftlng', torwa a ttempt.oo .. break dow. ~~ ••.. " - WAS' ctazi'.;'" pens .. YoU.

I. Ii. IlIslde • Who is T:trEf:w.t\o., p,,"ge 0-1. • Doors closed too long, Page 0-1, • Coliseum's tiistory of concert trouqles, Page·0-6.

Iylrig on the- iiound.No·one-dld anything. No one cared:fl -.:.-,~-. ,. ~-----~~'-"~', ~-::-..::: -:.::.=.....-~- .. -

HTher~ was a_dead body lyingon;metable with guts hang1illLout/' saldanotlier man who left the concert. nrf Wa5RroSi:""'c

As· ttiedoor burst and the crowd _ surged through the col1seum:·gates .towllrdAdiec. turn­stIles, MlChael and .Barpara Streff:coLWalnut HHls·'Were separated: '. .. . __

"The crowd over on the other side seemed wilder," Barbara,. 29, recalled:-"I--cir\1'ld-:;see them cllmblng over 'gates or ;somethlng. There were kids 'up and over everything.

-;Tbere ,wa,Ji-a iotof-screl1Il)lng.and"ytmng,," : . .". - '-When-Ba.r,bar.a;reacbedJ;hiUutll.~ll~dJ)e

, lone oU\cer'begltfi"sl1Outmg;'''BaclCup; 'evety­body back up," she said. HI trled'.to back :.up but most ot the peojileYepfptisIiIl'if;''T''-......

. FINALLV;THEStteUs,215TA1j:jlne;PIace, reachede·ach othel''lrfid' ttleQ:t(fretreat: '"We .could see:bodles;at- ' otlT'(lt.1;liE'mFon· the "'!l~EI'~~ , ~~~antEW~ i rrg1.hem-mouth'" tll"1'~SCltat!OlLto try to revive them." · ., ... __ "'.: _ -,-,., ~'ed'i"'t-h·e'-S1.'teff-s".~p-ttrerr -r.e.S€!m!Q;,se~et8taJl<il-~~IliitO-;J~-v~·· ···--:_

e k1ds came running by .wlth this ,tllSK!!i:ms .. We .saw:ano.ther,one,!jn.

, . ' eyrhad-hlsshiit.of.!;:tt.ylng...to-bting. 'l),1mJit9UH<\,)' ::, ::-~.::-- :::;:c.:::>·~·:;;:.~: .. :;0:·:=;-· ::..~+'.l3ru:bara irii'OfliCiirsthey;encOlln:

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canceling til e concert because he thought the problem was Inside as well as outside the coliseum; how­ever, he decided against that when he learned the problem was outside.

Concertgoen Inside apparently were unaware 01 the tragedy that had unfolded JUllt outside the main gates, where the entrance ",!.as strewn wlLh brok.en giass , hats. glove&, coats angbeer cans.

The doors ;/i.rc located on the we s t Side or til e coliseum on th e plaza level.

. . A witness, lay D' Agostino, a Day-ton, Ohio, nurse, aald; "For some odd reason people wer~. compressed completely (near the coliseum

. doors). Some made I t, some didn't.

Several d led within ,two ·or til ree m inutes. The whole o~currence tqok no more than.40 minutes, It's al"eal :sad way.to go ..

POLICE OFFJCER"WiUt,er Bruce, who was 'at' thE! COliseum, said the victims "were prObably stepped ,on and fell down; people just lell doWl):: . 1 don't know It they had I:leen moved frprn .,wllerll . .theY .lell, but most were aW-ay rroril"the door."

Bruce said he saw several bOdies. He sal d the bodies were probably found only after the crowd passed over them.

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At L'east 11 Killed At Concert (Continued (rom Page A·I) , john 'Watts and Shane Renkel, both of '

Dayton, OhJ~?' and Cathy Calhoun, Cin-cinnatI. ' •. Vlc tlms were taken 1;0 General,

Mercy, Deaconess and. Good·Samarltan Hospitals.

Dr : Alexande r T r:ott , emergency roo'm supervisor Jl.t General , ~Jlld the vli: ­Urns died of multiple contusions and hemorrhages . He said there was "some evidence 01' footprln-t·II~e Injuries." ,

Three II I t hose In jured and listed In fa ir c Olldl1,lQn aU;()()<Uiama.rttan­HosPital" were Identified as~Todd Volk­'man, 18, Quallwood, Loveland: Diane Cubert, 20. 382,j1 Lory Dr ... Erlp.nger, Ky.; a nd Shawn:.t A"bbott. 20, 6584 Newbrldge, White Oak. ,

The In jured .taken to Cl1rlst I-l os ltal we r e Wil liam' Taylor, Hamilton, Ohio, multiple a brasions: Terry Thomas, Cen­tervill e, O hio, Inju red left ·l oo t , and Tlmot,hy Deal, Columbus, Injured right han{l ,

_ ))Istrlct One pol ice , meanwhile; sou gh t to dlscourag,~ worried parents

. from going to he cOliseum. "There's nothing you can .,do," one olncer· was overheard te ll ing a parent, "Just walt up and see If they come horne, That's all you can do."

One of the callers InclUded a police sergeant seeking to learn II his daughter

Treated at Ge nera l Hospital" were were safe. . '.

The WllO last appeared in Cincinnati

Bomb Injures 'Official's Wife CiT LOUIS ( li P ) - A car bomb that In-

_ jure,J a un loll olliclal's wlte was actually meant lor her husband, who was maim ­ed hy a s imila r ,exploalon six years ago, police sti ld. Monday, ,', ·f,.. .

I';xpluslvc., el(pertJill1uUUl whll~ we re .try lng to de te rmlne .1f tlle re Is a link be­tween t /;l.e bombing $,i turday and o1)e last month that claimed the life 01 a re ­p u t e d underworld figure 'wlth un ion ties. '

' ''They botChed it aga in . . . SOme­body ·~. going to be plenty upset," sa id a S t . LOuis County. pOlice dete'cUve who (11(1 not want ·to be Identlfll!d . "This Iii , the'second time they 've missed h im."

Inves tl gl.lt<)rssa ld the latest boml)!ng was Intended Idr Thoma., J . Callanan, h\lsl n e~s a K'e nt or th'c vluleiICI)-pr<)nc Plpelltters Un ion Local ~)62. Callanan, :13. !o,n both hi s legH md ~everal lingers III a car hom bing six years ago.

. CALLAN AN'S WI '-)" Harriet, 29, set off th e explosion when sh e opened a door of tile Gallanan's van In a shopping center parking lot, au tliorl tlcs said. She was hospitalized briefly for treatment of ("uts and burn~.

Mrs. Cilliun un h ad' gone to the spe­cially equ ipped. van ahead of h er hus- . band, who lagged behind In a children's t oy store, police said . The two hud ar­rived In separate vehicles, police said.

Authorities said M,s. Callanan may have been spared fUrther In jury because she was on the (mssehger's side and the bomb's main force 'was on the d rlver's side. \ ,

Callanan could not be reached for comment.

Bomb experts from the U.S. Alcohol. Tobacco and IP lrearms B\.l reau wer e I,rylng to determine whether there wa..'i any link bel,ween the. explo~on that In ­Jured Mrs. Callanan and one that kllred reputed underworld flgure John P aul'

' Hpka onNov. B. , There hav ~ , tJP,~n 14 UI.l!W lvc<.! .fatal .,

bo"ifitil ngs In the S.t . Louls- ar (~ a since 19(i2.

"At thl~ p<llnt'we don' t havr. ' w y evi ­dence 01 any llnk, but that Ii; one 01 the leads we ure pu rSuing," said Rick Cook, a spokexman fo r the federal age ncy.

SpICL\., L\. convicted murderer f r o m Rlchm()J\ d Heights, was k ill ed by a bomb that exploded when he started his

Your Car Color Speaks Volumes " DE-TROIT(AP ) - Smail-car buyers ilke darker· colo rs. ·but au tomakers say they' don't know why. ' ' .

A study by DuPont's Automotive 1" 1-n ls hes Division shows a sharp Increase ' .In preference for black flnd ifark blue umong'buyers q! compact models ..

Art Gro'th; mll.riilger 01 color 'market­I ng for DuPont, said the increased de­mand.for dark colors also showed ' up -

.. to a lesser extent - llmong buyers o! fuU-slzed aned Intermediate-sized cars.

I n ,compact cars,· ,~llver was the most popuhir co lor among bu ye rs of c'om­pacts, fa-vored by 12.02 percent. B u'l

hlack, wh iC h t1aU b,een at t he bottom or the color lJ st, jumped to second place In this year's :;t udY_.JIJhen ft was chOsen by

.' !l.28 percent, of t.he buyers. Dark blue was. favored by 10.2 pefr:ent compared to· 6.61 percent In 19'1fl. White was fou rth , followed by dark brown, med ium blue; Int!dltytl red, light red, bright blue and medlum ·brlght [{old. . Groth salo he, Isn 't sure· why buyers

are moving' away from neutral and tan colors (,xcept that they may wan t more varie ty. He said reductions In car sizes and changes In auto styling may' have had some etfecl-on colQr pre ference.

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WITNESSES SAID that only one doo'r at the main gate was opemid 'shortly be­(or'1 the concert,. a nd the crOWd, estl .~ mated In the thousands;rlfshed l or- ' ward .

One concertgoer, John Limon, 35, . Fairborn, Ohio, said: "Why did they open ope door at a ,tim e when ,there were thousands of people-out thel'e?' ,

ClJldy Sash, 25, Kettering, said the concert was overs()ld. "II you look at It, youean see there' were more tickets spld than the re were seats available." ~.

Sash said she was In the crowd when It rushed the main gate. She'sald she

. was knoc ked down. " If I hadn't been pulled up I would have been killed, too."

'B ut Glenn Rose, an usher, said: "They aJw[lys.crash the gates. This con­cert Isn 't any dlIterent than. any otl)er."

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Gadlllac In front 01 his suburb1;.o duplex. Only days before his death, Spica had taken an ortlce J6p with the Laborers' Internationa l Union In St. Louis an d may have Ileen Involved In a leadership struggle, au thor ities said . '

corrections The Chrlstma~ ornament sa le of the a uxi lla ries of St . . Francls-St. Geor,,,< .. ~ Hospi ta l w ill be Wednesday thr{)u' ;

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S el g a Anna Jekabsons traces'- h eT an cestory to LatV ia , not Lithuania. A' r"e­P?rter erred In a story In the Monday ' },nqulrer. .. '

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The Who's Violence Always Kept To Stage

Qrieen City 4·World Away FromBeach I_DlPFICULT to thInk of C~1stm!l.ll while ba.~kl~ In 80 dffh!e t'empemtures In ~'Jorldo. ..• But, arrivIng back In the QQ~n CIty Sunday there were relt.llnders that the Chrlstmall • ~~nb_here... .

. The t\:llces of snow; visible from !.be pla.ne, seemed to be 0. world away from the sunshIne at FCttL Myers Beach.

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THE MAlL WUll the Jlcxt sign of the ~eWKln, . ,

• '(he first tetLer I openecIwas '1 Chrl5tmaa co..d from the public Informatlon offIcer at the Cincinnati Post OrtlCI'. It was Il. reminder to MAIL EARI,Y. • • There werll other mall

remilltlers ~hut the "giving '~eEU<on" was nearing, Tbese reminders Included letters from Lhree charitable organ l7.o.tlonu .that requested cMIl donations,

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• 'tilE FINAL reinilltiers were the earlv Cllristmus deeoro.tloJ\5 on a lew homes anel an E:llquJrer full 01 ads, IIICIU'dlng a couph,that, said . , ,SANTA ~'OR RENT.

IN('mgNT;\I.LY , FhO,tW;\ 3ecms to be a favorite playgrou[fd tor area residents, tn I"ort Myers I ran Into a pollee chief from suburban Humllton ~oun~y and a Hamilton County ~ptirt balllf!. At tllC Tampa 'dog races I. m~t,sev~rl.ll members of the Western HUls Country Club, who were on a golf holl<:ay and at the Orlando airport I saW a dozen Trlstal,~ residents ending a h,?lIday.

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'PERSONoS LIVING on the' western side of CInCinnati say theY are being annoyed and somewhat scared by people seUlng magazines for a company In Hij,J'VeY,llI,

',Several calJers said, "They Intimidate you so mUCh, you end up buying," , .

, They utiually come In pairs, 0. man and a woman, arid they tell residents they are on drugs and ~ th~ Is rehabilitation for them, , with them gettIng points' Cor selling, The Better Business Bill'eau says buyers will e"~ntually get the magazines; but the selling tactics are wrong,

_dale A new Ohio ba.nkruptcy Jaw went jn~ effect Oct, I, providillg m ore Jibernl property exemptions for dllbtors. It was beJJeved tha t the new la.w would trigger a rush of debtors to the UB, Bankrup1cJ' €(mrt. Ac~ually, the anti cipated sharp upsurge In bankruptcy filings ,has never materialized In U,S. Bankruptcy Court In Cincinnati,

_"Barbaro. Ullmann, deputy clerk In charge of the local , bankruptcy court office, said the iricrease In the past two mon ths has been ~lIght;---

, "We went from 197 bankruptcy petitions flied In September to-200 In October and 222 In November," MfiCUlImann said, "That's not nearly as many rUlrigs as we though t we were going to have after the q ew law took effect,"

, She polnLed out that ~he number of bankrup,tcy filings In August- 268- wll.ij considerably h igher thll.n the number In either October'or November. , :"Believe_lt_or not, It seemed

' 11li:UJot (}! lawyerswanted to get . bankrulltcy petitions flied for

cllents·befOI'e the new h~nk'nJntf'v code went Into

,Ullmann said. "I the new code was'­

.1_ .·tdO,:coin~>itCatE'd and It,would

-Under the new Ohio law', (wplch Isnot as liberal as the new !e'lieral-eede), debl.Oi'siIfay retain $5;oooln home equity ($IQ,ooo where husband and wife are co­owners), $1,000 In auto equitY-an ulito $2,000 worth of hOUSehold Items, Including jewelry.

.. Mrs: U1.lmana said tfie-r&lel'lIl-

Since the beginning at, their p<>pu­larlty, Tile ,W'ho'hli've been no strangers to vlolencei' Iiut until Monday In Clncltmatl the destruc­tion had remained 'on the stage, part of the show.

The band ca,me Into being In 1963, cut 11;$ Ilrst n.lbum In 1965 ami tuned Into bOlla fide mega-stars In loo11 with the release Q~ "Tommy," the tirst recorded rock opera. Since '66, the band has been among rock and roll 's royalty,

Originally, the band 'was Peter Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwllistie and Keith Moon. Moon died In September, 19'78, of causes related to drug n.buse; h is place was

by drummer Jimmy Wllliums, JI'rom the ,.v,ery beginning, The

Who was neve1'-1fnown for Its re­straint: Moon, tile drum¥ler, tradl-; .tlonally ended every Bhow by kick­Ing his drums ott the riser and stomping them Into oblivion; lead guitarist Townshend never fulled to end a concert without the complete destr<lctlon -of his guitar and oft.jrl of tile amps flunking the stage; lead singer Roger Du)t,rey, primping and prancing In tile finest Mlck Jagger style , WIlS slightly tamer - be Jus t twirled tile m1ke around his heud an<;t dapgerously close to nearly everyone chle ; bassis t Elltwhlst le Just watched the, des tructtofl apd smirked' a.~ thl' banks of <l lectrlcal equipment went up In 0. flurry 'of sparks,

11 U 'I' rr has alway~ heen tl,le soun d wh ich bus llttrti.c~od the erowds. , It's a tremendously large sound.:

'More than one scientist, in fac t, has measured the sounds l"vels at above t. ho pain threshold, R ock ' n ' roll veU!mns-gencrally agree that this In the loudest or a ll bunds.

But uudlen(:es love them, The band hus'never had a problem seil­Ing records Of filling sellts --wltnllllS the packed urenas I;he group ha's played In tor the last 10 years, and t he speed wit h which the tlckel;$' huve'sold, .r .

The Wh o, however, has drawn mixed reviews, lj:llquJn1r reviewer Clift Rade I 8ald, following Ii 1975 performance at Rlvertron t ColI­seu m, til a t, the group attra(!ted a dlscourEeous crowd that booed the preliminary act,~, •

Radel ga l<l the crowd's eest ll.8Y with the appearance 01 the Who made t he Coliseum buzz " like a massive beehive,"

In "'ebrunry, 1976, New Yor·k Times writer John' Hockwell noted tha t while th e Holling Stones a re tar better known by the general public , the Who "Is largely regarded as one of tIle Itnest bands- If not the finest band - In the world" by young people and rock devotees,

'filE WHO'S music h as been a mainstay In the ve r y transient

. "World of rock , 'n' roll, their a lbum, "My Generation," being considered a rock classic. '

The group Is featured In. 0. 105-m inu t e movie biography of Itself entitled, "The Kids Are Alright,"

Radel described It IMt Nov, 23 as a melange of film clips tracing The Who's history, "Anyone who would waste 80 much time and money on a venture li ke t his has only o ne thought In mind," Radel wro te, "torture."

,Rade l qu o tes the gro up 's cQ mp oser -gli ltar lst.Pete TOv"-n ~, ­s he nd as telling an InLerviewer, "Our group hasn't got any quality."

The lates t Wh o concert at the Coliseum Was a sellout l'h h ou rs . after tickets went on sale last Sept. 28, '

~enq.,.."'j5j;OJo-BY GERRY wOt. 'fER MAy"Qf?.,aL~CKWEAdi~~~liFeact:l<l:.cevenrng~y--.~:o---

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Enquirer Photo-s BY GE RR Y WOLTER lind MARK TREITEL -

WHILE A General Hospital emergency room staffer checks unsuccessfully for" signs of life In two victims of the Riverfront Coliseum stampede Monday night, the sell-out .crowd.inslde ihe_ arlm,L, reaches in ecstacy for The Who.

Coliseum Kept Doors Closed Too Long~ Pulice:-OfficerSa-ys BY STEVEN ROSEN-.Enquirer Reporter

Cincinnati Police L t ,' Dale Menk­haus came close to laying bla,me for Monday night's Riverfront Coll­~eJ,mL.tl:aggQy_aJ;,--a,JQ:3!tp,m , press conference at District 1.

Someone waited tou,fung'to open the doo r s for the sell-out crOWd, said Menkhaus, who heads the 25, officer conseum detail, said. He did not say who mad,e the d,eclslon.

And Mayor J . Kenneth Blackwell told reporters th~_g~I!~!:.!!'Lll,l;Imlssion

'1leatlng polley Insured 0. "disorderly r\lMf'_tof.£hQlce seats,

. Blackwell, lrihfs t)\trd'day as t he ~'lrYoujigeJitmmy~-.. --, -.-

"You have youngster.s-anxlou.s-w· get choice seats," he said , "SomeJlre.. ,lntoXlCllte4~_.::.:::.JWtirJ.-.totaL~on:trDJ:: oJ: their bodies . . . and you just have-' 0. mad rush. . '

"1 asked the safety d1rec t otj wtre tlnrrtie -corm\dered sh u t tm-g­~eH-::;;:;t-.Jlt;­"His response waS, that In his judg­ment",,-that-=a}s:mxli:d'1fr=YHt,"~:eJi-1t thing to do. I nere were about 18,.000, fans In theCcoliseul:il[)flID!n. ---- ~-~-,------"---.--.--.. -' . . --:

MENKHAUS t\GRE ED, saying trying to ca'.:cel,Tj:re-Wh O l,:"o'\1-l d have created .. ab.<;.ol,utecelilifi! . J ____ ,,,

~.::satd lle.-also--wants.<to. -know about the · city's llabulty fo r -collsi>Uffi--event:&ilnlfRuthotft-y-<:Wet.

sUl;J;q!eclsions as when gates will be opeil~ro-wds~

He said he wants to know who sets the pOlicies at concerts coli­se um mana gement, conc-ert promoters or the private security guards,

Blackwell S'aid ·he asked Safety Director Richard Castemni - whose son was at the . concert - for a fuB repor t on 'the evening's events' and casual ties,.

Two- doors on the Riverfron t Stadium side o(-thecoIfseum were opened-llO-·micnutes before concert time, Menkhaus sa id , That's where the crush occurreO-anatl1e- peoplii died, -

.- Another {!-(}or;--on the SeCone Stree,t'SIde;"a1so-was-operr;ne1idded, --Menkhaus g.ave .. thischr-onology:-=_.J!Lp.m,;,.1Ulowing it was 0. sell­oill , mHuJI 'Cletail was on duty,

. 7 p m - Members Of the crowd klckea-m-s-ome-doorglas:s:-~Wekne,... we we~ e gotng to have a ptooleifl."

_ _ "m .120m.: Two doors on the -west rt<te-wete-up1meu--anl1 • fW Cl owrt-surged in. . , . :' . 7:54: p~In.:;;p;"Hre fuund-the--first

bodies about 15 feet from the doors" on the pI(l..ia:- ==--0-

.--~~um.e afte, the scln!dut~ p.m.:stafuthe ~,!n •

Men aus so. ' e cQllseum fui;§., ij.!)out 50 doors~ '!They onJ¥,:6pen;:$c

many as a manner of J:optrolling the croWd. ~

','We needed to get tbe doors open much earlier" he-sajd--- _d. __

Menkhaus said it Is not up to po­!ice to set the opening time.

The doors remained closed until 3O'minutes before show time be ­cause 'I'he Who'carrive~-clleck their equipment'on stage, he said,

, "THE GROUP likes to do a, sound test," he salc!-. "My understanding Is that the group (The Who) was later than-usual;- . --_.-::I.he P!oblem _djdn..l!~l!.l'..start until tne doors were opened," he said._putting. aside "eiHly r.epOl:ts some persons we(e-ffusnelragrunst closed doors, "Then they alJ started to-push OBe ma.ssi¥€~¥e-oH}\H;h-ing. -- - --"-_ ',It appeared theX_i!he victims) reB in the push of the croWd. Once they fell •• r> maRY wrtR~ Them~.MenKb2H5 COJ+tt,;wea

"seweral people said they walked 'righl OliT of their-shoes. Other peQ­pte- dropped artlc.jes,Gt-elethmg-aru! couldn't retrieve tIlern. --­--~~e · r.o-"~5'd ~he!!_.3'ay-ol!t 'pl the . crowd _to say people...were_.il'!.ng down," he said ,

. "We t.m::~:...e .oould':tod1l;st a'ld. 'TIley 'really wererrt e'q\Jippe<Lw

~~l::fHfum\m;J:MJmA :g;; t ant:! staff, - ." . -= -

Death, Not Trouble, New To Arena D~sordefly Crowds, Police Citati~ns Spa wnedL4 t Facility BY BOB ELKINS EnQt,Jirer Repor ter In August, 1976, less. than a year alter Rlverfroht Coliseum opened In September, 19'/5, three of Its top officials were each charged with one count of failure to comply with a lawful orde r of tile Cln­dnnatl fire chief.

E Orders against the executIves covered such thIngs as the locking and harrlng of exit doors during performances, overcrowded conditions and the blocking or aisles and tile use of matches and open !lames by spectators.

At an Elton J ohn concert that year, 15 per­.suils were arrested for various misdemeanors, and charges Included ·fallure to leave the pla?a level and disorderly conduct.

SInce .' · .. ·have been minor Instances iJf law vlO endlllg on-the t,ype of crowd a t tracted ured event:But no faL<~lItles occurred a ... ...... tron t tacliity until Monday. ! . Early on:i;~ the city and Coliseum President Brian H<;:ekin disagreed ov er whuther t her e should , be festival seating- where' there a re nO rcserv(Jd seats, as Heckln Inslsted --or reserved 3eaLlng. City officials said when seating Is "open," p~ople arrive early to get the best seats, and whll!! waiti ng around, Borne drink or JJse drugs.

11eekltl said f(lstlval· seating Is preferred by youths because It allows them to sit with friends who.dld not.lluyUckets at t he same t.tme.

ONE OF fhe injured, II survivor of the

stampede; is re'moved I.rprnthe scine by

members of'lhe Cincinnati POlice

rescue unil. .

EOClulre r pholo BY GERRY W<ilL TER

Greef$IM!., In the llmount of One Hundred Twenty ThousMd Dolors. (1120,­OOO.OO) and ~ levy of lt1}(e-:s. be made ouislde of 1M ftfl {HI ) mit IImltallon estlmtl'ed by t~ Coun­Iy Auditor to llIver~ 0.91 mils annually for eaclt One Dollar U UlO) of tfIX valutltlon w hich MTlovnh 10 nine and seven-tenths. cents 110.097) lor .elK;h.One HtJfl­dred Ooll"r~ (1100.00) of tax \I~"tlon for ~ maximum ~rlod of seven {7 I ye-ars 10 pa y 'he principal IlInd Inter.est at such

One gtfard said testlval seating and tb.e sale of too inany tickets make it almost Impossible tor private 'pollce working tb.ere ·to make arrests on the arena flOOr during a rock concert beca1,lse the audience Is jammed together tightly and there are no aisles.

ills a result of a city study, Coliseum otrlc lals ,agreed later that August to hlr~ . orr-duty Cincin­nati policemen during tuture events "offer.1ng a potentia l for trouble" to patrol the area outside. '

In September, 1976,' a Wash Ington Court House man, 20, charged with throwing a stone thut struck a policeman In the back, was sen­tenced to 180 days In the Commuhlty Correctlon­III Institution, but Judge Norbert Nadel or Hamil­ton County Criminal Court suspended i 74 or the days an d credIted the man wIth tour days al­ready served. He placed him on 11 yellr's probation on condition he stay out ot CincinnatI.

In the June 30, 1976, Fleetwood Mac concert at the Coliseum, eight persons were Injured by fl n,works; one person was arrested for thrrWlng fi reworks at the July 22 Eagles concert.

1'he lighting or tires at rock concerts Is a t.radltlon with the rock culture. It Is the audi ­ence's way or beggIng to r encores.

The audIence will light matche~, sparklers, and lighters wIth tour- foot flames. to urge an en­core, l( the perlormer does .not come out, they beg in lighting beer eu'ps , p,rograms, popcorn bf,lxes, even the aerosol tram hair spray cans, says [,'Ire Capt. Ed Schneucr. He added that generuJly "the harder the rock, the more unruly the crOWd,"

Debris alter a concert 11180 Is a prol)lem. It took eight hours to clean the coliseum colteourse aUer .th e two-day Elton John concert In 1976, compared to I'I, 'hours ror an ordinary eve9-t. In I)f)~f)mtiet'i 1976, at leMt nine person~ were arrest­ed 'tn a rock and bottle' throwing melee airio.ng a

~S~llIIorI1Y IlfflrmtStlve _, '1, I ~"":;'~'. ~~.:;.'::::~ necessery for passitg<El. BY ORDE~ or: THE THE SOARD OF ELECTIONS OF HAMilTON CQUNTY,OHKJ

John A. Wlettle. O'Ia.lrrrum Rober-' W. uth, OWector

caplLclty crowd attending th e concert or REO Speedwagoq. and Aerosmlth.

Arrests continued to g row at Riverfront ·'Stadlum. At the Led Zeppelin concerts, April 19 and 20; 1977, authorltl~s arr!"s~'(~ 16 pe.r:s9!1s. Damage to wlndows.and doors w9.'iestlmated at $800.

. Things q~~ted down the second nlghtWfter Cincinnati Polme assIgned. 80m en thete; .twlce;JlS many at the first.

Other ifvents also were schedtmld Into the ra~ clllty, but cUpplngs do not Indicated unruly crowds. These events ranged rrom a rodeo In December, 1976, to Bjorn Borg, Rod Laver and ' Billy Martin appearIng In Indoor tennis matches.

After the Led Zeppelin had taken ott, a psy­chologist at the University of CincInnati pointed out gate -crashing at a sold-out rock copcert Is a "status thing" among the young.

, Dr . Howard Lyman, asSOciate professor at psychology, noted the bigger the standing 01 the rock group, the, more ot the gate cras/ler Is re­spected by timid trlends who stayed ' l1ome. rn May, 1918, Safety Dlrectr Richard Castelllni was asl5ed It the city had an anwswer to vandalism at the Led Zeppelin ·concert. · .

Castelllnl said hls plan ot operatIon Is keyed to the type of crowds expected. "Each pllin can onlY be ertectlve when we get enough lead time from the ~oter to set up our 'operation," he said.

I! police know trouble occurred. III anot!!er cll;y,.t.he approximate size of crowd'and what type of people Il.ttended the concert, they can Judge how mailyotllcers to have on hand.

"It's just simply a matter at havIng the right amount at torce there,' Castelllni said.

A GLOVE MKI shOe. on lhe grovnd beneath a Coliseum ticket-Iaker offer mute testimony to Ihe Ir"gedy Ihal occurred eafier.

Harry C , tormerfy of Cincll'll'\afi, Aim., L (l'Ie,e Elfe rl i , puse-d away on H l'vnd;sy. witt!' of the \.ole Howard Nov<emOer 28, ) 'HI, If'l l~1 An-- ~. dear rnv~r 0 ' Mrs. ~. calif A Mass. ~1 C!Yn.Mn (Emil} SMldrnan and N.J\'!. 8ur~ was. heid $a1t..rc:Uiy eVenin9 L K~. de~r 1;is.ter of Mr";, in ~i'So1 the Ki"9 o-...w ch, Holty- Loui5. lEI,, ! Worf'T'otA, d!>.". 9'"¥ld­wood, Calif. Bur tal wa~ Mo:lOday fOOthf.Of of GJona $/lI\dmMl and 0ecembe1'" J In Spr lrlf;J Grove Mn, eNol L~ • .,ncl gte~l. Cemettr'y . .5vt"vj~ ,'" hh w lff' grMdmoU'~ of O~y lornrner,

-="'---'--- ----1 ger~s:;~;~.t~~= 1, 1919 A9@',,, Y~llr( Rt'5fdence, N C H Fr~s may call ~I the H0-dapp I=tJf'oet'al Horne, 60Jl Hami1-~ Ave, CoIe'qf!' 14'.1, TlJei~Y , " 10 e P M F u r,e ra l ~C'rvn: e:. Wedne.sdf;), at Sf ,P~ui Uni ted Church of Ctr'lst. 69"97 Ha.mIton Aile., 10:1)0 A M R~mbrcYl('~i, jf so ~ed, ml'y be mltde 10 lhe S1: PaufUCOi 'CWf"I"lOr lai Fvoo'

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Partly cloudy and wanner, with a high In the upper 501. MOIItly cloudy Lonlgbt with a chance or ~hower8,lowln the mld,:t!lII. Partly cloudy and cpoler Thur8da, ~j;lj a h leh In the low 4011. Pro\>foD1Jl{1 01 precipitation, lQ'K.·todal I.l!,d

. 30% iOri Ilhl.. WeN/ler map !\Ii!!.. details on Pace n:.6.

• ,Ictll rI,~rt Five pall" .f .pe~lal .,. .. er.,e .r M~nd.y alClat', fat.! "um •• s'lmpedt I~Rl yerfTea\ (;ol\leum be,la. 1111 PI,_ B-1. lieu, Ire lOme of tile IIOllbn,bt.:

Promoters cancel remalnlnl colllleum (ock concerta for 111'111 Tuesday, u city urc"" atr1ct ne., rulM to ..... ure publl(: wety at '!!'Venti! there. Pace 8-1. .

For the mOllt pvt, U: . ., 11 pel1lOflI who were trampled 1.0 death outl!lde RlYerfromCollHum were aVldrodl: mUllc It.nII: Pap 8-2.

WIllI.1I1 When a Greenl'tltla .,omanlaw three or four bod 1M on UiI!(iound dutlllde the collaeum, "That', when I got lick. I couldn't take It." Page B-2.

Ittl.ll · Word spread quickly UUoUCI\ nnneytown HIgh School Tu..ta, morning that two Ill-year-old studeritll, and a Jl,lne graduate, were amonl the victims of the coliseum stampede. Page B-1.

1.II.ill li'lre officials argue that collaeum capacity should be re(hieed.l>1. 4000 persona for almoo every r~k'" concert becau.se no 3flatlahould be sold behind the ,tqearea. Page B-1. .

IIIler.wl Anticipation for a concert sold­out lallt September amonl people jammed together sparked the panic reaction, paycholQilatll observed. Page B-4.

thIW •• -SecurIty Is doubled at Buttalo Memorial AudlLorlum, where Tuesday's Who concert was sold out live weeks ago In 00 minutes. Page B-3.

.Itrl Computef\zatlon OJ vemCle registrations will mean close check on money, shorter lines. Page A-6.

iran Iran makes new death threat agalrn;t American hostqes If the~ refuse to "co-operate" at trial, Pace A-4.

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All Deny Blame For Tragedy ev MARTIN HOGr'N JR; Enqutr..- R_'"" In the grim aftermjlth Of Monday ntlnt's R!verfront Collaeum tracedy In whJcll U per~na were killed, no one would admit reaponalblllty tor the &.rena's closed doors, but the two rock concerta scheduled there this month were canceled.

CIt, ontelal! allo urlcd strict new rulea for similar future con­certa at the facility.

Promoters or The Who concert "categorically" dented Tuesday the,. had any control over the number 01 door" open before or durlni Monday nlg:bt's atIllw.

And Thomu (WUld, attome,' tot . Electrlc Factory Concerts. decUnect

to comment on wh o haa that res­ponalblllty.

HOWEVIJ, GOULO added that be understood "a (ull complement

Complete List 0 ThLs Ia a complete lilt ot the victims who died In a stampede a~ a rock concert Monday evenIng at River­front Collaeum . .

They were: . • Peter Bowes, 18, I~ Walnut St.,

W)'omlDC. Ohio. • Ten, Ladd, 24, 3441 Bend St"

Newtown .

~ doors . .. nine 1.0 11" wu open at

he coliseum where patrons were IIled In a stampede about ~ Inu\4ls belore the bellnnlng or the

concert.

Coliseum Victims • David Josepll HleCk, 19, 49

F'aren Dr" Highland H4., Ky. • Connie Burns, 18, 'Miamisburg,

Ohio. • James Warmoth, 21, 456tl S.

Dixie llwy., Franklin TovinshIp; near Middletown .

• Bryan Wag r, 17, 10'1 Tremont Ave.,FortThom Ky .

John Tafaro, collaeum publicity director, also refused to say !i.ow many doors were open and who hlUl responsibility for openlnK the doors.

Tafaro aIao would not say how

• Karen MOrrison, 15,925 Wlm;' ray Ct., FInney town.

• Jacqueline Eckerle, 15, 1117 W. Seymour A.ve., Finney town.

• Walter Adams Jr., 22,100 McOregor. Trotwood, Ohio.

• Steve Presion, 19, 8815 Foun­talnbleau Ter., Flnneylown.

• ptnmp Kent Shfder. 20, WI'! . R.ose Marie Rd., Huntet area of Franklin Township, Warren County.

many Wlhers and ticket-takers were on duty. . .,

In a prel~lnary report to PoliCe Chief Myron J. IAtPltm', Police Lt. Do.Ie M:enkha.UI iald that at 7 p.m; Monday "th~ ",,8 a b~f dlaeWl" slon of the poulblllty.r opening more doors. However, there were no

• more ticket-taken available then,,~

Menkhau5 said he met with Rlcllard 'Morcan, collaeutn ope ra­tions man...,r, and Cal t.evy, local promot/lr t o r: li1ec:trlc P'acloory Con­certs, Lo dlaeUllll the late' arrival or

. The Who_

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Who's Daltrey F eel~ Helpless, Guiltless BY TOM BRINKMoeLLER Enquirer R_' ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Roge( Daltrey; lead-slnger 01 The Who, haa a "clear 'Conaj:lence·1UI far lUI the band Is concerned," but readily admltll to "a total feeling of Iotal helple88lleM" about ~he tragic eventll at Monday at Riverfront Coliseum.

. Aboard U.S. Air tllgllt 410 to Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday aftern,oon, Daltr&y. the other tllree .members of .tlle band - Peter Town­shend, lelJ.d Kultar, ..John. Entwhlatle, hMll, ' and; Kenny Jones, drumtt-and The Who's entourage';bumberlng approximately 1:1, re­lived tile eventl! of Monday evening, when 11 perllons died at Riverfron t Collaeum:

"It's the worst thing tllat's haPIH!n~ since Keith Moon died (In September, Im, ot drug related causes I," baltrey .. Id. "I lI\1e .. It sounda kind of trlte to Bay that lite baa to go on, 1 JWlt hope to hell wt;' can learn somethlJlg so It doesn't all a;, to wute ..

"I ACTUALLY teel," Daltrey IIald , "like ce~tlng on a plane d.pd JWIt keep goln,. But I feel that would be hItting rock 'ri' roll down.

. Rock 'n' roU has a good record. The highlight ' or moat kldi' lI~e" .l'm g:0111l[ to play tor thOlJe ·11 kids tonight (at the g:roup's Tuesday con­cert In Buttalo).

"There's all this talk about beneflt8, but money won't buy anyone 01 them baCk," Daltrey laid, adding that no on_e from the g:roup hu contacted any 01 the family mem­bers of the vlctllnS yet, The group dOH, n. said, fully In tend to contact each family,

"I kno w they're going to reel bitter, I hope they know anything we could have done to avert It, we would have. I jWlt hope It won't stay with them."

Daltrey and ilia fellow playera knew nothing about the eventll outl!lde tile hall until tile show was well under. way. Referring 1.0 the group's manager, Do.Itrey said', "He wlUln't told until about, I think, 8:45. It Wall Ills decision not to atop the show. And I agree with him."

It group members had known about the deaths before the show began, however, there would have been no show. Daltrey, In tact, was outraged that such a que8t1on was even asked : "Ot cou rse we wouldn't. That's a stupid question. Wllat do you thlnll: The Who Is?"

DALTREY'S OUTRAGE extends alIIo to the handling of the concert Itself:

"It's (testlval seating) been going on tor years and never been a problem before. That hall had 50 exltll an« I would guess 50 en­trances as well. We know ror a tact-pnly three' were open even thoUih they tried to say today there were more:The whole1ihlng '!![a8 ridiculous and totally Insane.

"The doors were to have opened at ~ and they opened at tour minutes Pa8t. I don't see any reason ror people acting Uke animals. The show started on time at 8 o'clock .... The band came on at 2JJ past, which lan't bad at all." .

ROGER DAL'rREV Isn't bIlImIng IIIlYOAe.

events Ii.t a ball. "It's outlllde the ~oup's con­troL Maybe we should make tb'1! one 01 our ~rn.tI In-t.fte-future ... lPlythlng we can do to ever stop it. frmn happening agaIn"...w~ should., I'm a rather. I've got a kId 15 yean old, I let him go to concerts."

DALTREY WOULD,he emphaslzed, like very much to aee that suCh Ii. tiling never even has a chance to happen again. But ne alIIo feels the group's hands are pretty much tied:

MEMORIAL SERVICE: Lisa Bick, 18, Finney town, shields·tfie fIiIme of her cll!ldle from the wind IIs'she and allUfl'lbei- of other youths hold a merTlOI'flifser-Vfce on FiiUrlfllln­Square Tuesday night for those who died Monday night lit Riverfront CoIIs~. The group, -which marc~d from the coliseum to the square, had three friends lItTlOO9 the II who died when the crowd stampeded lit the entrance to the coliseum.

StU!, Daltrey.lsn't blaming anyone: "I d!Jn:.t think you cfl!'l..Jl()LI!-I> ~y fingers. The}' Just ttfed 10 funnel 17,000 people Into U1ree doorways and..that.wal! mad."

The Who, Uke tnost other. touring banGs, Ilas little control over the strictly pllyslcal

~¥ou can ~Iy do aome-thing I! you have a say. We've never had &n3' trouble In hall$ before. Hardly ever do we eTen have any fla~ flg:ht8. And If we do, .... e stop them. We played. POnUfoe{MIch.) wtth-t!O;tll,IIHes.tlYal seats, and. there was not one bloody f!Jht. Not one per­SOIL Buj fm a fatilllat.. {'would play thel'<t (Rrvertront Co~\LmLap1n..lt.could..ha,yec fiapj>eiU!d ' at ii.'·'footlJall game or a b ox ing match."

It-eotlld-have ~ywhet'e.B\H I~ didn't. It happened In Cincinnati.

'76S1ndy_.Recommended Coliseum Reduce 'Festival Seating' "'The 'CinnmJttee -further-recommemM-that .t.he....Rillerttdilt Coliseum m8.ll~ment be ·granted-the·necessary time. to reduce 'FestJl1aJ SeatJng·' events through 8.ll orderly process, rather than throUgh some type of 'off1claJ control or reguJatIon."

ileportofPllbll~S.fetySWdYT·e.m Od. 8,lJ/71i

ea~moming tha&-tdle-atudy'tenm'S')Tt'01lll'ms' "were Implemented." .

A number oIJ.fuise recommendations had to do with enforcement of the city 's fire preventlori code. The assertion that those proposals were carried out Is disputed by Cin­cinnati Fire Fighters Union President Forrest' 1.. Bmkley,a.mong otllers. '.

Jestert'epurte~~1itJ members or the study team feel that the wue of 'Festival ~atlng' has now· reached th!: stage where the merltll!)f thlll seating m~thod must be clearly Identlfletl," mid the team te­quested of Coliseum otflclals " a detailed explimiitliin of the 'Festival'Seatlng' ~eeds tor the RlvertrontCollSeum."

ENTERTAINMENT C-S, 6 BY DAVE KRIEGER FOOO ~WS F-1-16 Enquire.- Report..-

BUT RESERVED versus "felttlval" seating, wblch haa emerged 118 one of the key Issues In ,tile Monday night. tragedy that took 11 lives, was aIao examlne<tby the study ~am chaired 15y JameSIr.Jeater, then a city manag~r's In­tern and· now Ilead at the city's highway maintenance dlvlslon. _ L

"Tile · feeling Is that non-ticket holden tend to feel that they have greater op~ tY 'fpr galn1ng entrance to a 'general admis­sion' eV,!lnt, because of the mose casual admit­tance procedure and con(li8lon of the ~ rusll," the reporhafd:-

GRAHAM E-2 It h8jS'1:le!!n more than three years since tllose HEALTH E-2 words were written, more · than three years HORO~ · E04 5.J.nce-problems-a.sseeie.ted w1t-h-Rlvertront HORSE §EN £ii E·8 Coliseum rock concert.<> were Identified. JUMBLE ' . . E-8. ~tire l!l'l'6 study'team's' LANG E-l recommendations? /'IIQN1:GOME'R¥ '." C-l Mayor J:Klmnl'thBlackwell, who was not 'RACES . ---, - ---=--c·49 public otf~lal then, emerged, from a meet-SOCETY. . ---" ---E~ Ing with city administrators Tuesd,a,y saylni, N=RiJlii)'''·:-.... ·- - -'. - .- ''''T-9 "It was .thelr opinion . .. th08e recdmm~~" '---.~' . ---.-- ------. - ;- I tlOns have.been enacted an!1!1-dh~refl to, 'y.!;"'!;I .. . . ' .. _ . _ _ ~~ . I Vice MayQI' David S. },llimn. who was In

~~_. ~_' . ~ .. _3 ::, tnen, $lild'.a't"~:~C01)rereficeTUes-

"The R1vertront· ColISeum management cis ;IIUri'tii~R reducLlOn 111 the-me-ut 'FesUvaI Se&tJil.g,'" the study team reported 11\ OCtotier" 11m: . .

In 1.'fiat-same 'report, It made' the above recolbmendatlon1;hat 'collseum management · ~b.e .~-the· necessary time to reduce 'F~c.s.atln~gtH!.n-.orderly. prQl:ea& . ... n. '.'

-:. ~...um, rilne months af'7r the Eit.()nJ~ftt that trllZllered the review;

. That observation, repneG coll""um .-res!­

dent Brtan E. Meekln In a MI!,Y·2'l,J·jI'J'l. ~~ 01 dl5SeUb, ,1RIte:..fee~~_4'~ not the teell~g 01. 1,huollAAllm oc: any ot U1!' coliseums we "have talked tlnfl'mI1l1i-ure country." - _ ..

·IT WAS, however, the,f"Uni'~ J. Mooney' Jt.,:AAw.£h!Urman oUbe.Gliicliiliir;V. Human ReIaf,1om Colbltl!sslori (CHRe). 41: chalrmal\ at· a CHI!9 1:0allnfttee · 11) .~p~..ffi;;, ber, 197'1, Mooney Wrote: .

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A OallrH'U Newspaper

TH.E TRAGEDY (inci

I, . ear ler~'arnlngs of th(~ potential

ami tlH! coliseum managl'ment, a great (leill coUld \le accoll1pli~hed by clarifying th E! defln!J;lon of 'respecUw rcsponslhil· ltips. The dty, indeed, owes the colispurn:

Mi H Fl'( IICf'S of tlll' rilverfrcJtlt Coll­, I' 1J!It tr ~i gl'dy ftlt.I'fP(\ I,( trOUKh Oretlter Cwc:m'I".[' ~1 ("f1r1'ilY rll~h t. mosl., 'who llPafl i !twIll hoi)('(\ tll;';!. 1I11~ t.ruU,"sOlrH! · r, ,,'A' wl"l l,1 I.W·II "lit 1.1) Ile,less l:llJallli ­f ~ /lJS

Its patrons amI the people of CincInnati a cerMfln police prote(:tion. By tile suml' token, the coillseulll should reconsider Its U(!kcl-seJllng ~p()licles. Management would be . prud!;n~ in considering the In" sl,allation r)f staggered rails so that ticket IInl~s could ble! more easily be kept ord\~r· Jy.

" ... 'rile t:oliseum:lllanagement lui~ a. la:lge ' Investment.1ii that facility. Cer­tainly, the city is (~ppret:laUve of this fact

'I\D;ec~de Of Th'e Environment and eager for it to P(l.Y I) ff. ..

Uy y' ~ " t"rrlilY llloruJJI~, however, It ",'U, .. h'a r tli c\t It Jmtl heen 110 ml'f(~

[JJghl mar!' . EIeV('11 WE'n~ (Jead, 11I'arly II

:IOZPII ser lously injuFI '<.i. Th)lU~al\ds of '. "SUIl, the people of Clndnnati have a [aIllJl lf's, . IllOfE~fJv('r, h lMI been subjected far greater Inve:itment in their children,

,to a lll~lit {)f unrell-l'y,;d 1."r lIlE~ nt. .. in the eify's ,u'rtmli rc p'utation anI! its

lINe, UllmiMt.ukatriy. was a EHsaster of natHllml illa~lIitude .~ it 'd Isaster that rjE'IlUlllds Ltll: mos t searching E'){a milla- . tion ri alt the factors' that converLe(! w hat ' shoul() h a VE~ bl~ E' n II ph~aslfrable eVl'lllllg in to a nlgtlt of terrof. .

H{)ck ' concerts, whereVer th ey have occurred, h a v e posed .sper:ial problems for those I;ouel!rned wlt.h puhllr: saJdy

~aJJ.d !)P9ciaJ.xe,spolIsihilities for their sponsors,

Those . who attend th.ern ' indude al ­ITIost hyster ical devotees, and the im­mense popularity of most rock l?el'form· ers has put. a specHil~urden on contert promoters and l aw-'en!orcernent. agen­cies to take extrarirdinary measures to cope with any eventuality.

CincinnatI had an earlier experience in ;the'ia~'s,urnmer of 1976 when

Riverfront Co'ffselim was only a year old - that 'bught to·lfave alerted the coli­seum's managers, the concert's promot­ers and pUbn;; officials generally of the special dangers til at' accompany every rock performance, _particular when so ­calledJestival seating is a factor.

ability ·to a'ppeal to a broad cross section ur Greate r (;llIcinnatl's people. In short, I,here is just tuo much al'stake here for tho~c involved to !Ii ake anything less than a total e"ffort (0 'find and imph~-meut correetlve measures,"

In the days thattollowed, ther€<:were some frantic consultations at CincInnati ·Ci ty. lIall - · consultations that were pre­suined IJ) have ensured tile safety of fu· tme rock concerts.

Those wnsultations a pparentIY_.t:am,!l, to very little. Indeed , the first concltC\;lon to be drawn from Monday n ight's events was that they had accomplished notl1lng at all, .

Mayor B1aekwell, only three' daYs In office, was on the scene almost immedi­ately Monday night, and lle was moving swiftly and forcefully yesterday to begin assembling and assessing the facts.

We hope he .. will persevere in ways that his predecessors did not.

YOU MAy ';.:l' , ,, ,t.lee It, what with all tile tUl'm<i11 Utat. so<1l1s uround our nation this willter. hut we Ill!' llbout to leave the dec· 11(\0' of tt;e.:·{O' for that ,;r the '80s.

'The fe Is 1l11lf'h· to remember. about the "lOs: We wltrwsse rJ war, rlots .. an energy sh()rt.l'alrwl~ e.(Hme t.o call " erlsls, a Presl­dent'~ ~;"ll{llat'lon arill tile events tlmt pre. el~II\'d It, qw advanee or the Geof{~la Matla a lHI tile: u"ault on Arneri(;an dignity In Iran

.' It seerri>; 1I1\e a long time a~o, but tbere is s()rn~th l nl{ e l s~ for wh ich we should f(!rr)cmhl;r the deeade of the :70g: the envl-r()IH~lent.- . '

1'H~; .uno.1 was to be the decade of th,! environment.

On Nev.: year's Day, 1970, Richard Nixon signed Into law the Environmental Policy Aet, It was called the WBlil of Rights, even the Magna Garta, Of environmental reo form. On that day now almost nine years ago, President NllIon ' said the " 19708 abso· lutely must be the years when America pays It.~ de.bt to the past by' reclaIming the . purity of-Its all', Its, waters, and our living environment."

NIne years later, to provide quick solu­tiOns to energy problems, President Garter proposel1 a new feaeral agency be created .to cut t \1.rough the red tape government generated to protect the environment. His Energy Mobilization Board would have the authority to defer environmental stand­ards In favor of energy development. "We

will protect the envlrOn!nent. But l! the nation needs to bull.d a pipeline or a refin­ery - we will build them," was the way I'resld~nt Carter explained the new priori· ty.

THE 1980s are. to be the years of energy. That means the decade of the '70s not only gives way to that ot the '80s, It means the dlflerent goals of these two decades are Oil a c!,ll1slon course,

l 'he .. two decades could' clash dramatl~ cal~ In the TrlstalJ:, There Is no comni'unl­ty ' Oil. Eil.rth tha1> nee ds to be ·m or e. con'cerned about the purlty'of Its air, and ' I ts water. than this une, And ·there Js no community .on Earth. that "mustbe, more conCerned with an abundant s upp ly of energy than this one, '

KARL Y ON In the decade, we observed Earth Day On AprlJ 22, 1977, thousands ot Intense, dedl.cated. proponents or envlron­mentalls!'1 gathered In Washington and around the country to pledli:e themselves to protect the Earth. Ih time we ·were to hear about "ecological balance" and "recycling" and to mark an era t'lat was' to Join civil rights ot the '60s as " permanent 'part ot the American scene.

The Environmental Poll ey Act t 'ha't President NI'xon signed gave us envlrori~ mental Impact statements, the tools envi­ronmentalists used to challenge what both government an,d the private sec tor pro­posed to do to the environment. From the Environmental Policy ActllIe moved to the Clean Air Act of 1970, the Water Pollution Amendments 01 1972, the Resou rce Recov· ery and Toxic Substances Control Acts of 1976, .

Three years ago, the problem was only lawlessness,abusiveness arid disruptive conduct. But ' the occasion was grave e-nough to have left. some sobering les~ sons in its wake.. .

Cinc4nnatians need to·know how quately their police officers are trained to recognize the dangers that accompa­ny the gathering of large, restive, impa­tient crowds.

They need to know the extent'·.to which the coliseum's mode of selling tickets contributed to the disaster.

City~s Welfare Recipients > I

Can Aid Cleanup Program . "There is no sound reasofl" The ~[J­

quir.er observed in this space on Aug. 11, 1976, "to justify .a ticket::Si!!ling proce­d.ure that encourages ~'arly COl1gregation on the stadium·'coliseumplaza .. Experi­ence h.as spown repeatedly that gatherings Of this kind are open Invit.a· tions to trouble. The consequences al-

They need to know whether there is . an alternaUVeto-tllF"]JTacttce of prac ti ­

cally .. encouraging the congregation of rock fans hours before the concert it.splf.

They need to know the$e things -

TO THE EDITOR: I read Luke Feck's arti­cle (Nov~Tij )-wlth great Interesfand, there'­tore, take the liberty Of making a personal

. observation which might result In so me positive resultS.

and many others - nofso muehle-iden-· .. Mr. Feck commented that "the three tify the scope of the blame as to make broom pushers lose their dally light to

. all downtown clean. . . oUiclals certa in that such calarnities-'are averted oelrsonn,e. to do the 1'f1-tfte-fliture: H~l:}-lme·-wjJl~t--Il~;tlQ.W-,Oe.llOl:1e.::. ., -:-Cincinnatlal1S,-ll.l'-e-.n.ot-interested in ~11:'1;~~~,!~~;~~~ to be amazed'at the Inabll"

il-'-O;;~vO~s-{feifr:tie= tion of both public and private property. UnfOltulI1ttely , tih~E'tften--rnean~ ous personal injury as well. ".

.- bureaucracy. to P\lt t-wo-and-two' iiQY fresh exere1ses-in window-dressing. together aild come up wlth ·t he correct 'PUblic safety is, after all, the most ur- number. The solUtion to the probfem--Mr:

" .·T • .M,o.re c,DUld be done to make gent priority of clty 'gOvernment, It Feck'-ha~c(')J'fect-ly--ab-se-r-v-ed-Is--p1Mnly about us, Il only we can cut through the

such events more-urtIerl~ an,d accept- ought to be a paramount concern also of red tape-a:nd reach the heart ot It. Why, for able. In t he talks that'hav.~ _1?~~_ll,~£!!~~ __ t!:l.ose, who appeal to the-1?1!.blkJg instance, could -we notcall.upontue .. !:!!!I)._:., u led between tile ~ity administration rock concerts.dredS,yes-,-thous<J,nds orpeople In 6ti:n~l)m:o

munlty who are receiving assistance from some local, stlj:te "or-rerteral--source-,-not: otherwise employed or physlca-Uy Incapaci-

lJ .. S~pre.occupafion -~iih.haaposes' 'danger:s.elsew'he~e

WITH. THE U. S.preoccupted Wi~h J ran, thb'cdanger is::mat::some hoStlie power ijligl:l:ttry-rrrt.ake advan~ge of it.

Vietnam comes:-uFlntnd. Wl1at;:more ~j)!~P)l,somoment ,til,strike .• iicross the 4lOf11elSinto:.Thailafl,d t~'oW*n=Aroen, .can,.dlplo-macy- amt-:ftUbti"C".attentlon·a.re .' >" _eiSewfiere.~ght

at'fret!'W'HIriti»"

:e j!n0re r~~~,~lHl&'··fw:-t-lM­

'{~lg~"difS9.f£tbeast A.liiAS'W~:

-rrute;n--~ntly ill this space, the'poten­tial exists for ·a ·great-powers confronta­tion ' over Thailand, signa to-ry---of the Mftnila defense 'pact . trfii~

tated, 1(0 "broom pushers"? Why should notth-e tor Instance, make 'squads o;t

.!?attJe?

concepts. This would be an exce!lell:t'plaee to start,

JUDGE ROBERT S. KRAFT Court of Common Pleas Hamilton County Courtpouse

. "Horrendo'ilS Insult:s.' -fu--'Phe'-Eilqiifrer (Nov. 24), Vern Holland-ts quote\! In an article as saying, "I think I can write commercials as good as tile ones on TV." I heartily agree that he could do so.

.Havilwer-;3lfr-fil1l!:bt betl.t!~ hale saM. "I-ean write commer'clals 'as bad' as those' on TV_"

Ttfe '~renderlng by ' ad writers on TV tUrll,s my stomach. I also should Include

i,St'nptwriters. The schoolcblld. whose..Eng.~ "Ilsh teacher has (I hope) worked hard to -teach 1111£1 giaullnar watches 1 V and Res and he'ars a Strl)hs Beer ad fantasy which ends with a man-saylng: ~It don't surprise me~one."

I-have---a;ong--J-Ist ot horrendous insults ·to"1JlY Intelligence ana liense of propriety. WhY,oh why, do we pander to mediocrity?"

DONALD G. LYNCH 5530 Hamilton Ave.

And there were these leglshitlve land­fIiIarks: th e Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, the Alaska Native Cla im s Settlement Act of 1971, Federal EnVironmental Pe~lelde Control Act Qf 1972, the Endangered Specle6 Act of .1973, the Sllfe arln~l!f 'W&\6r Act of 1974, the Federal Land 0 GY,)and Management Act 01 1976, th/! F'ede'ta bM lne 'Safety a nd Health Act Qf 1977 and the Surface Mining Control and Re~latriatjon Acl. or 1977.

We made some 'pro'gress In ' cleaning up the envlronment and In fostering an Inter­natlonal 'concern fo(presen<lng and pro·' " tectlpg It. But'we did so In such a way that we may have overreacted. We certainly overreacted·m ravorot bu'reaucracy, In · re~·' strlctlons and in .costly solutions to cnvl· ronmen),al probl6ms that torced busIness and "Industry ·to spend mliliofts of non ­productive doliani' to protect the 'Earth. James T, McIntyre Jr., director or the· Of­fice of Management nnd BUdget, says the . estimate Is " tha t federal environmental rules alone Impose direCt costs ot nearly $20 billion a year: state and local environ· mental rules Impose even more." .

TlmRF; CAN be nQ doubt that the goals of many of those rules are necessary and ,proper, But neither Is there any dO\lbt that the rules were administered by an energet­Ic government that survives on Tts own momentum. '

-The decade otthe '80s wlll see those goals' tested anew In a crisis atmosphere of fear: The United States breathes energy and drinks 011 , It has little interest now In cl.ean a ir and safe wat.er.

• Mr. Becker Is a member of The En· quirer's editorial board.

(3) very possibly had a dramatic e!fect on black/white· relations in this country.-and (4) possibly brought us out of our national malaise and given each of us a renewed sense ot pride as a people and as a nation.

I don 't know If I could ha\'e found the courage tor such an actton myselt . or If one of my children was among the 13 hostages, Probably not, Bu t It Is an interesting op·· tion to contemplate.

FRED C. ROBERTSHAW 11712 Humphre)' Rd.

'Break The Back' The news that U.S. Steel wlll terminate 13,-000 employees within the coming months Is distressing, w say the least, Wilen any giant ot American Industry finds it Immrr:. ~.tlve. ·to...el1mlnate .. tbJl;LinaJJY_1Q.b,l; ... §!1~lf. We.', es rumble ollt W all at as, whetllilr or Ilot we' as individuals perceive ourselves Ilfrs()n.flll);~.!fl!.etit .. ) ~he disaster.

-----T~ws-is--4istresslng, 'yes,' bu t not lUrprislng. Por decades, unlons ;have cUJ:'l."'" ~Istently presseddor - ari(j teceived: ­more dollars' 'Worth of wag~antl'fbenetl:ts [or less work. Government'h-a.sI;laltl on tnl1TI!uam;\.§tI11 lIl.Q!'ec_ost1Y:J:,eWatIofi and legislation, In our_etfortto ~i1hlngsfO 111 men, we"ha-ve-faQjll . :heapet"'foreignlt,9ods"J ~etplac·e . And· St.Ockhol expected eConomlc .. eJU returns.on.LheIUhl<estments-

-----Wane .. 'Qt };Jiese tfiT'n~ls"~Y Inberce~~, but tb€dtCl1rilr~,;tt~e£11~~~ - cou\>letlwlth .other 'elemettts' :"; is as ~~~:~g~;so man~:ta~~~:~~~. .. ' e.:ba.cI<;bCS-O Iarile:aj

NIl Deny Blam ,For tragedy was dead. I didn't think I'd-make'It-.",

"Uald there at lliast 'for ' i~~20 'inlhu~s, '1'b"y were laying on ,me iiid'stRnohi-g-'oo':-IUy' own legS;-Y~ could feel their feet move' back .. and torth on on your leg:;!. I .wanted out

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MENKHAUS SAID "the doors could not be opened" until the rook, group had Gompl.e.Uld Its warm-ups

,ahd sound check~, Menk1l1l.US· said a crowd began

form tng as early as ~;30 p.m. Monday and that by 5 p.m~ore thl};n 1,000 per~gns were gathered oul.'ilde the (:ollseum.

F'or MondMfnlght's concert, tne coliseum emPl9yed testlval seating for 'tne concert, ·meanlng" nrost;-- of th'e seats were on sold Qn a first­'come, 'first-served basiS.

CIncInnatI Tlcketron orn~lals '~ald 10%ol.;.ttie sel1ts.wore rll$§E!ved with the remaining 90% of tYie''!!I~k­ets sold as general admlss16n.

Tataro sMd decision on ttle seat­Ing sYIl~m Is dlltermlned Jointly by the coliseum and the.pronloter.

"We work with them ... we work together."

terns .. ' said Jack Mathison, sales

so bad Qut.I couldn't move. I wa,s pinned down on tl:le ground:". " .

manager t oc ' the faclll ty." And lm. FRANJ( P. Cleveland,aatrill-whenever we do a show with testlval '. I . h 11 seating, It's never;more tban 2,000." ton County coroner, sa d t e 'per-

snns killed In the stamrl!! "died Tuesday nlght'a .performance by trom 'asphyxiation \l.fld . ost of

The Who WM In Buffalo's Memorial them had minor InJuries," Cleve~ Auditorium with all seats reserved. I d Id tl h latlon was' the

The British grollP's last concert an sa le asp yx .:..\ on Its U.s, tour Was'ljQt for Dec. 17 at result ot t~e victims' bOdies being the Providence, R.I., Civic Center, compresse · bYA!1 e weight of the but civic center officials cQ.Qceled others above. , . . the perfomance Tuesday at· the re- . QHlCllll coroner's rulings .wm ;~, q,uest of Providence Mayor Vincent made atter blood and tissue teiltS

Menkhaus said by 6:30 p,m. "the ·{,\\i.entlallor problem~ was obvious," u.r¢ IlL 7:20 p.m, the tlrst door was brt1<en open by the crowd on the "even ~ectlon" 31de ot the arena. But Morgan said "the act and tbe

promoter make that deCision!'

Cianci. are complete. Today, Boston MaYor Kevin Meanwhile, Tataro said 150 con. . . INFORMATION

White will decide whether to cancel certs have been held at th!; Coll- CITY. De~ •••••• 721-2700, ex.'376 CENTER ••• •.••• :: ••••• ~ .721-'2700 By thl,~ time, Menkhaus l>ald, the crowd outside ,pad gr<iwn tAl 8,000 und the doors ha(l not opened.

SUNDAY NIGHT; The Who played before a sell-out crow d at Plttsburgh's Civic Mena. Of tbe 17,-000 tlcket.~ sold Wr that concert, only 1,700-2,000 :;eat~ were on a t1rnt­come, first-served basis.

a show In BostAln Garden next week. seJlIll without tragedy. 'd Diane Cubert, 20, Erlanger, Ky., .' And Cincinnati Pollee Officer READER EDITOR, John Caldwell /ia.m. 'oSp.m. /IIond.aY·Fl'J IIY

"To alleviate wme of the crush \)( ttlecrowd, the coliseum munage­mont announced on the outside public uddress sY8tem not 11) push and that the dootll on the north side were (Jpen.~' .

who.was Injured In the meleee, said Charles Ross said rock .patrons 721-2700, ex. 233, or 381-8511 f a.m. '01 p.m. ':Satutday the "whole problem was tllllt only "always rush the doors. There's not CL SlFIE 42'~""" aRCULATION . ,," . two doors were open. They :t0Uld much you can do about It. AS D ••• • ,. •••• • . • ..........., ' . i&::.,'" 6'51 "500

Sa.m. toSjum . - Clo!tedSuudllY READER SERVlcre ••• ,.. .., have known they had to have . are "Normally" he said, "they have 7:45a.m, toSp.llJ. /IIouday.Frjd~y "We got away from full festival

seating be.cause of con trol prob-doors open. ' tour openings; two. on one sid!; and 7;45 a.m.-to 3 p.m. Saturday

"I w~ In the door. I thou gilt, I two on the other; ' 78.m. tol01(.m. Suuday

Wontinu"d Irl'm l'.~e A-I) "Obviously, the promoters" l1II;e the Idea of

re~t1val seating," added Springer. "ObvlouHly, It's more lucrative ,"

But the councilman also said nothIng Is Inherently wrong with that posl.tlotl flr moUvu­.Uun. The responslhillty W determine whetRer It l.~ appr(>prlate for the public safety lien with' the cit)!, he said.

WllE:TIIER 'Tiff; sbudy team 's m O.re UrtU([ulvocal recommemlaUolls were foUuwe(t 10 L\la<) an opell q ue:!tlvn. .• , "All aisles will be kept open ,uuj clear during

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events," the study team demanded In Its tlrBt re­port, dated August 24, 1976. At least one city otn­clal acknoWledged Tuesday that that will be news to r,!!iUlar coliseum conc(!rtgoers.

And" ~uckley ~ll~ves the vlolu.tlons go be­yond that I8sull:'

"It 18 no I!ccreL that, during any concert at the coliseum numerous violations of t,he fire code are orxmly committed and ,that the II}-h()use security torce employed at the coliseum doe s little 'or nothing to! enforce the Urc ' cod(!," hll wrote In a letter 1;0 then-acting Qlty Manager Martin P. Walsh Jr;·l.n September of this year.

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-peel ra THE ONClNNA n NQUlRER

Cincinnati Poliae Lt. Bale MerikhitUS,' head of the Riverfront Coliseum detail, saYs .the fatal stampede arose from the way d<?prs and tickets ,were handled Monday niohf. Parle Bc5.

Complaints About Concerts -Went Unheeded PREDICTION DEPARTMENT: We can look ror ano~her c'Iample 01 " locking the barn door titter the horse 15 gone" when city O l!lclr~4< review th'l"Rlverrront Coliseum tragedy that tool< I Ilve~ , "

Many p~t conccrt.~ hav¢ caUMd PJoblem~, but U1G comr>lalnl>B never re6ul\.li.d I~Y oll1e'lal aclion, HE II DEAD WILL! , Why mu. t dl 8a~ ler gtrlke to get

ac tion ,

A fl J;: H I I\'J) TilE SCE:NP;S .O,uree, wlm 13 famil iar with · secu rity a t the colls",HI1 , tell~ me tha t In the past pr<lItioter~ of "rock . how," 3CI. thc.lludget lor polke ,,,,c url t y

The arnO'Jll t of ca.~h allowed for pollcf! prolec Uon was usuaJJy tJu.se rJ on t he tmul)le the ~roup had wh en playing ea r li er per ror1ll ~ rl cea In other c ltl ex, , n'uw pro bh' ms were lllld, the hlHJ gPt. wu..IIS h lg tl I r the r e w~re few p ro!Jl~ m ~, the hu( lgct wll$ low , T ile Sf.>(t IJr ILy ror('e coulll runge rrom eight to :'Xl_

I NnlJt:NT,\LLY,On' -I)U'I'Y [ll>llrerrw" who take a.,~ I~nJllcntx at rork conc er18 u~ually demand "h'JZa rt\ puy," One sou rce 8a ld , llllL",«1 pay lor a paLrolnLfll1, t ~ $12 Ull'hour A ponce , u pervl~or g~tx $)11 '

Trlf~ .'5 ()U t ee uUfh~d t.hat rnost police l.;Lk l rr" It roe l< conce r t M'I\(n'," ~ I1L m ", l<e little errort to­I, N VORC 1'; LIQU(l ! ( OH DHUO V I()), I\ TION R •

ONE I'()JJ("F; source Lold HIe tlla!. he t"'$ long "cc(JnllTlcnilM Umtopen , eaLing for such evcntx shou ld be stopped , He precllcta tl l"t Monda y', li a!,wdy will -result In the city orderIng only REl,am VE SEAT sa les for such I!Vf"nL.«

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FIN,\LLY.I'M told thata system that d nt'stlca ll y cut duwn on "gate crash ing and pushing" WllS Installed at. t he eollse~ In 197'), It called lor tW'lPoh cemc" to be a"slgned to the Hve eritmrce,~ ~o the col iseum, No one without a , ticket "1<1.., allowed to enter ,he area, This cuL down on problerns

, but. according t.o my source, the practice was d,!opped alter a lew e"eIlL" REASON_ [1' COST TOO MUCIiIN POLICE-PAY!

WMtNING {)EPAR'rMENT: A nUlnber of area merchants have been victims 01 a band 61 conrldence swIndlers who make $19 on each transaction, Here 's how 1t works:

• The SWindler starts with four $20 bills, They take one corner Irom each bHl and ea"ef-ully llaste­them over the corners of a one dollar bilL

• They then select a busy location and make a small purchase, They pay lor It with the made-over one dollar bill and the hurried clerk gives them change lor a S2Q, - The S20 bills with the torn

corners are exchanged at a bank "f.or a wb6J.e).>i11 :-=_ -__ _ : ~ --

INCIDENT ALLY, ANO::rHEIl scam being used In th e Tristate_ makes a quick 150/0 prorit lorl;he swindler , ,

In this case the swindler buys -a stack of Canadian travelers ch ecks, Because oCthe difference in the money excJ;,jange rate _he pays only 85 cents-In Ametican money for each Ganadlan dollar value, Many area stores have 'been asked to cash them and [n most cases the unsuspecting clerk gives them the full value In Amer ican

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BY BARBJ;>.RA ZIGLI Enqufrer Reporter

E~en the guys cried TuesdllY at Finney town Hrgb School. '

Three or the II young persons killed In . the crush of the crowd Ilt The Who concert

MondllY night were from the schooL Two were 15:year-old sophomore glrl8 -

Jllcquellne Eckerle of 1117 W .. Seymour Ave, Ilnd K\U'en M6rt'lson ot 925 Wlnsrny Ct_ The other I:>erson was Stephen Preston, 19, of 8815 [i'ontulnbleau Terrn.;e, who was graduated IMtJune.

Word spread last at the ~-8tudent suburban school, and the day WI/.!! 80tT\ber,

, "I~verybody W81l upset. It was the most de­pressing d u.y, ever, Guys were even crying," s tudent Jane ,Rennegllrbe- said at the end of the day.

"I'd talk to Jackie Ilnd Karen every Inorn­Ing In the bathroom - I'd go In there to do homework aad stutr, u.od we'd sit and talk ab<lut anytlting, When I heard It, I couldn 't beliove It, I U\Ollght, I'm not ' gOing to see them overy mOrning any more, tVa hard to belleve It Goul<fhappen to a cltulsmate,"

SOPIlOMOltE JOANII! Moser said, "Walk­InK down the halls, nobody w!\!< getlJng rowdy

II tlelaSide • Profiles of -victims, Page B-2.

A Ipt of people who didn 't even koow ttlem were crying,

"The teacher" gave us a choice. They said we could haVe class or talk about It. Most.or us Ju~ wanted to go on,"

Her own reaction upon hearing the news Tuesday morning was one 01 anger, she said, "It's three people Irom FJnneytown out of 22,-000 people at the concert-"

The two ~Ir.ls were in her English C1l1$8_ "They were really nice. Jackie was on the gyfilnastlcs team. The y both liked mpstc a lot,:: she said, ' ,

Jackie 's aunt., Mary I~ckerle, said Jllckle and Karen were close friends who had gone to the concert with two other girls and became separated In the crOWd. "This' was JU8~, her second rock concert." she said.

"She WM a wonderlul little girl. Too p.,.,' recl, 1 guess:~ her aunt sUld , "Her mother a rather both worked, and sll\: did every thin around the house. She took care of It, cleUJ1cd It, She couldn't do enough."

" nOLI. Y WIEMIl'N" a vocational student 'good time. He was ,very much Interested In I rom Finney town' who was y18ltiilg Steve's' 'rock music, and he 'IONed outdoor actl~'es:' bouse Tuesday afternoon, krtew all ,three 01 - Steve went to the concert with several ~e young people u.nd stopped to talk;, about Ir[ends who were were not Injured, 'Votaw them, • _ saId, , ' -

,"Jackie was l\!;t a little girl She didn't Finney town Hlgh-School PrinCipal Ron-even weigh roo pOunds. She was little. I've" aid Blngamon safd he trIed to h .. ridle the known iter 11 long time. Karen was very, very situation In a 'Iow-key-manner at the school· shy, I knew her Just to say 'hi' to her," to avoid upsetting the ~tudents furcpe.r.

She a lso knew Steve from school. "He's a • gOOd person. He'd do a nything lor anybody, ,"I'M TR VING t~ keep It as caim as I possl~ His Illost Important thlng was his friends. He bly can until scl1001 lets out, so when the stu­had a lot ot friends, I don't know anybody denta go home, they can rellect on It," he wd who didn't like him," Holly said. Tuesday afternoon, ' ,

Steve's stepfather, Dllvld Votaw, said the boy had been spending the time since "The kids ' were ve ry su·Mued, This Is graduation doing odd Jobs, mostly carpentry probably the Ilrst time death had touched and Painting, while he was trying to make up them thl:! closely, They're prepared lor their his mind about college and a career. He was older relatives passing away, but tJ:l1s Is prob­clue to begin work soon dOing research for a ably the [jrst time a contemporarllls gone" It's ho~pltal. a tragic thing." -- -

"HE WAS extremely Interested In the of arts, theater and muslc, H1Jrworlrln-potteor --:!ctiQ{'I :-Blln~im'Orl1Jl-lfl1l!"1i-:~lllWlli1lmrmmi1!"t!'~ was exceptlonal ," Votaw said. "I would :my he was an average student In academic matters, but he more than compensated for It with the use 01 his hands,

"He was a quiet person, but not untyplcal of the average youn{t adult who likes to have a

ment over the deaths.

"At this lime the only thing we ,can do i5 be strong, Let your' thoug~ be wJtl;t the lam Illes In their time of griM," lie told the schooL

Concert ·Promoters ,

Cancel Two Events

RIVERFRONT COLISEUM

Set For December, BY DAVE KRIEGER Enquirer Reporler

The two remaining rocl!: con certs ' scheduled lor Riverfront Coliseum thl~ year were canceled Tuesday and Mayor J. Kenneth Blackweil

' I ' I~ """" • EntrancifInusi .posslble at a minimum of t hree locations arouhd the bUUdlng.

, . ,The city, through th~ pollee commander on ,the scene, w'l'JJ determine 'bow many 6U1c~ts ate required Jor crowd control and call

THE IRREGULAR shading on the above sketch Indicates the part of the pedes!ri~ plaza at Riverfront Coliseum where 11 persons losl their lives and a number of othen w~e Iniured Monday in a human staU1pede at the coliseum doors, The main crush took place at the eioot doors on the south side of-the main ticket entrance.

Coliseum Ticket S'aIes H~ld IIi Secret By Law~

Bllt the city ordinance governing such matters won't permit Volpe to te ll anyone whether the numbers

One member or the CincInnati city tl1e coliseum reports to him exceed admlnistra!ion has at his fingertips the city's own llmlts on the number l igures • hat ,·""ld help determine of people who -can be accommodat­how ;:nuch, If u - ,overcrowding ed at the coliseum, goes on at Riverfront Coliseum for Volpe said he c~lUld not r~all any event, , whether city !ire or building oW-

But the law allows him to wlth- clals had ever asked him about the halo t'1at Information trom the ligures he receives at -any time In

BY JIM DELANEY Enquirer Inv e~1iOllllvc Reporter

pl.:'-'lic. the ~ast. ,0, ' city treasurer, Edwin Volpe ~

fPI" ·: 'i ,; monthly reports on the BUT Iu:: sald,hewould commit a ' ,lPm",r of people pajlng to get In to crlmlnaT'vlolation if he divulged RI"eil ' ont Coliseum as well as pay- such Information to the public or menlo r';':n-the col!seulTLundeLthe jhe press-cit~"s admission tIlx~ ClncinnaU's __ .ffiuru.cJp,al _c_ode

states that such admission tax re­turns "shall be held conlldentlal by the treasurer and auditor and shall not be available tor Inspection un­less ordered by a court of competent jurlsldlctlon."

Volpe 'said Tuesday he was not sure what benent there would be In the figures anyway, since-compli­mentary tickets and private boxes under certain conditions were no t

,subJect to the tax.-He conceded that; ~he report soes

break down ticket sales by event, _ While Volpe was vague on any re:

quests he might have had In the past, he acknowledged that a mem­ber of the city administration i:e­quested the Information trom him Tuesday;

But Volpe - d~d not comply, He !laid he would ask soliCitor Thomas Luebbers whether',he was permUted under the ordinance to tell the un­named city ofrlclal Just ,how -many pay~ng-eu-stotneU-tIie-.coliseunL mJ.s had-for a glven,event,,-~ ~-

, said tb~ city would seek mandatory -reser"cd seating at fqJ.tl re ~eyent.s . there. -

Perhaps the key position IL'!­,sumed by city .ofIlclals In the wake of Monday night's tragedy, ~0t"ever. WIUi that the commander of the po­llee security detail at the scene should have complete authorIty over crowd control. '

. ~"One 01 th e many" tragedies of last night is that somebody saw What Wall haJ'l~nlng, had the right remedy, .. " and yet didn't believe he had authority, nor did the people he was tIllklJ1liLto belle~e he !'lad au­thority to Carry out -wbat mll!ht

• have saved those lives," said Coun­cUman Gerald N. Springer,

SPRINGER'S REFERENCE was to Police Lt. Dale J . Menkbaw' ac­count or the events In a preliminary report to Police Chle! Myron J . Lels­tier,

Menkhaus, who headed the se­cur i ty detail, reported that " t he potential for problems was obvious" by 6:30 p.m. But dl.!c~lons over the next halt -hour with Sgt. John Ba­sham .. co-ordlnator of t he private security detail Ins!de"the coliseum, and Cal Levy, the local promoter, failed to result In an opening of the doors, Menkhaus reportea.

Canceled Tuesday were sched ­uled performances of Blue Oyster Cult on Dec, 14 and Aerosmith on Dec. 21. The promoters, Belkin Produj:t!ons of Cleveland and Elec­tric Factory Concerts of Philadel ­phia, resp~ctlvely, canceled tile ~.Jl.ccorcllng to BlackwelL

Electric Factory promoted Mon­day's catastrophic performance of The Who.

Blackwell announced that City Murray will

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BLACKWELL-ALSO said the city wlltpropose.scveral-re1011lllS to that _ task force, Because the .task force will report baCk to the city, those

them Itl, " - - -- • 'rile police commander will

' ha ve Lotal a uthorlt"y o:ve r crOWd , control, 'Including giving an 'order, for ~xample, to open the doors.

• Bulldlt']g and r,tee Inspectors will cheCK the coliseum-the after .. noon 01 a n evenlng'event.

Those positions grew out of a series of meetlngs throuihout Vle day _In'cludtng city admlnlatrators, members of city cQ)mcll~ and finally. late In the day, a,sesslon with Levy; coliseum 'President Brian E. Heekln, their attotneys and- top. c ~ty-O-t U-Clala. , __ . -

LEVY DECLINED comment rus he lett the meeting, but a statement Issued by a ttorney Thomas Gould

,said Electric Facto1:y "deeply re­grets" wlu4 happened prior to t.l\e conce r t Ilnd 8uppor~ the clt-y' s proposal for a tWlk force,

It also said the firm "categorical­ly denies that at any time during or before The Who concert It had -any contro l ove r either the numW ot ushers or ticKet takers available 'or the number ot doo-fS to be opened to concert goers pr io~ to or durIng the concert,"

In his police report, Menkhaus said, "There was a brief discussion of the posslbillty of opening more doors_ However, there were no more ticket takers available to handle this,"

Blackwell said the colLseuin and local promoters accepted Inv ita­tions to be part of the task force . -

, The consensus that developed ab city halL throughout the day wall that seleralnactors combined to cause the tragedy, that toOk-ll live:!.

THE RECO-MMENDATION for reserved was aimed

of an event • All, seating wlll be reserved ~T Richard A 'CJl,SteUlnl . there w1l1 be no standing room on that Monday nl gl1y-th t!'le floor. ' _ , opened-"sometlme between '/' ",.,.nA" ~+

• Doors tn-ust open at least 90 7:30," as opposed to the 6:30 mlnut.s;prlor te-s.flewt!me.~ uledopenlng, - -

Coliseum Cap,acity Figure Too lIigh~~()fficials ~a,,~} -- -- - - " .. - - - -- - -- -- .. - --- l:8OO"numberaro;-md the stag~ Is-exceeded, re--, ,sion made the point 'to a city tast force on the

BY JIM DELANEY The fire division s pOSition Is that because g'ardless o! whether the rest of the building Is coliseum to ,n() ava_il" __ _ and JIM GREENFIELD no one wanta to sit In these seats with the overtheIlmlb · _, ----~etter from Safety DIrector RlchaJ:d Enq<Jirer IflveSfigoi iveReporte... blocked view, the crowd merely spills onto the Other doc' um- ents Indle-ate that cou.seum· Castelllni to an Amberley VIII,age

fioor,_oUhe coliseum and into the alsles ot -the .. " Cincinnati fire officials have maintained for c6ncourse area, ' , management In the paSt has use{l t~e ex1s~- - states that the city f,eL" that It WA-UI!. to >tl1Je_~, n some tim!, that the total seating capacity of Fire-capJJJ. Schneuer:Dlstrlct l ·com- eri~e oLempty seats to say that there was no coliseum toenlorce safetJ:codes . . R1lleJ:1rQn"'CQllsellID..ahJilllJl~b.Y.._ mander-ol fire prevention, conJlrmed..ovt!r-;, -(iver,cr.Qwdlng . .::::-~_ .... ,~, ' -. ' ' 4,000 persons lor most rock concerts. crowning, blockage 'of alsies and other vlola~ _-~---:-SUC111i.rtexainf>le-occurre-O:-:Yihen-wI!l!am ." - , ,_ .. _ ~ ~U .. Ch .. :_r,~g.\!£tlon, which relates directly ~t1ons liave QCcurrfd .. during festival seating, Barrett, director ot events for . the colISeum, E;pqU!rer, ~iilJlip.rI':n~¥1J!C7"r.ct!I~d;!~~~~~~ to the coliseum's festival seating policy, could and -cited examples lrom the " {lt e i!lvlslruH; --answered-a-complalnt·o! ass1s~nt-clty, 59111:1- ~ Am.berley.' have reduced the-erowd conslderably-M<>nday r I t- HIe - tor Ann Tracey In early f9'16 J5IlCiwfrlgthe force on evening, when 11 persons were fatally tram- - - v 0 ;':;'~'1~lre . dlvi;lon allowed the review only last concert by The Who_ '- ~ ' .. " 'Uon of en~o,~~~eDt,

j51eamtne rusnto tIre COliseum entrance, after a pre-screening ot .~!).e d6cuments by the - ' , "~yen tho~gh SOIQOITt:""l!aftet~~'~~9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~t1 ,~l!41~-&4hlJsion'8:"request~or4.educed ~_ city SOliCitor's of!\ce --,~ '- ~ - _~ __ ~ _ _ ,~_wr.ote,~tl!ere .w 1,~ seats be occupancy tor certain rock concerts, an - WhUe the tlr-e division J,s charged-with efi- hmd the stage apparen tly' ott:i!n~vlOIllte(lseparate occilpan- ~ - forcing 'limit s the bUlldlrig ' ae· cy for the'floor and area, - , - ,

.B-2 _ METRO TODAY/ COLISEUM THE; CINCINNATI ~QUIRER1Wed~esday:Dec. 5,1979

Bus Passenger List Shrank For R-eturn

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O,fDayton Charter BVMIKE TURMELL Enquirer R'tlpor1er

OAYTON . O hi o - When C h uck Hundley Look a helld count 01 hi s charter-bus passengers near Hlver­Iront <;;ollseum Monday night. the veLt.'I"an hlJ ~ driVer round three per­sons mlsslng.

Shortly· alter Monday'became Tuesday. tie learned why.

Two were dead; one wa.,_ Injured. Conn ie Bu rns, 18. MIa misburg,

married and the mother 01 two, and Philip Kent Snyder, ZO, of the Hunt­er area near Franklin. a laId -ott ractory worker, were dead. '

They were kHlcaby the crowd push ing Its way toward the COli­seum doo(s tor The Whi) rock con" cer t.

John Gary Watts, 22, Dayton, was Injured and taken to Ii Clnc lnnatl hospital.

,'i\TTY Ti\VENN~;R, 25, u.ecre­ta ry In Dayton, said 51fe "more or less" organll.cd the trip. her IIrst. el-ro~ ' , .'

"The Ide« o{ It WaH for us to have a sale waJj ot getting there so every .. · body evuld have a good time and not.

, have to worry a bout drivi ng horne." It was "a Jo int e rcor.t a m.on g

friend, " so many people we re gOing ," she Hal d . "Somebod y b'rought n up and It kind of just w~nt throOugh everybody." _ l:lI!.e met Burns about ll. year ago through a friend, but didn 't know Snyder.

AlJou 1.28 persons climbed aboard the bu~ at qo](lmull ', In Moraine, just ouwlue of I)ayton, Tavepner saId. T il e remainder bourdc'd ' at

~ Ho wll.rd J ohnson 's at 1-75 <nellr Mld-. dletow n. • Mon day's ~'deflnltely" will I)c the last rock concert Tavepnpr wi ll at­tend . "I've b'een to v.lot of tnem·. 1:1 1 never go through that again .

"IT'S TilE wors t thing I've ever seen. Very .~ enselc88 an d I wish II.

' never happenejJ . . "I'll tell you what' ls odd .. Out of

18,000 .people. three of th tlrrl.(vlc­tlms) were from one bus. You Just wouldn·t expe ct odds to be li ke that.':.

Hundley, driving buses lor yea rs and the. last lour to sill yeats· 101: Overlapll*')tages Co. ot Dayton, had no thlnl( ~t good to say atiout tile 35 passengers, a, ou t 17- 27, he brought to Clnelnna ,tram DaytQn and Middletown, "fo r me lun .:'

. "You hear a lot of people ta lk . about these young people," Hundley ,

56 , said. In a telephone Interview TueSday. "but I hQve never haUled a nice r group In my l ite . No lou d nOises, no roughness. no vulgar talk.

"People are a lways wlilln 'g to look down young peoples' throat!.. Sometimes they have a rlgllf"I,o, But this was an exceptional group.'" . ":

Although he watched the Coli; scum' pandemonlUm, Hundley saW he didn't k.now Ills passe!1ger~'werc victims 01 the stampede until a fter the concert.

. rW E ARRIVE:;D about 6:15, 6:20" and pur ked on 'the plaza level near Riverfront Stadium west of the coli­seum .

' ~y people just got ott the coach and wandered ott (across the ramp) toward the crowd. I Just kInd or relaxed In the coach an d all of a sudden all hell bro ke loose . . . I guess It was ·between 6:30 and 7.

"It wasn 't· bu t a minute or two that the plaza carne alive with res­cue eqUipment."

At the t ime he was unsure What was haPpeni ng , but "you cO\lld tell there was a commotion at those two doors," which he estImated were _\10I,l t 000 to OOO.leet IrOli) h is parked UU~. .

Ta,venner said she Ilnd abQut six or se ve n o t he r membe rs of th e l!TOUP "Just pushed our way out at 'the crowd " ut thc 'collscum en­trance.

"We got out '01 It because I could­n't breathe." Her gro up the n moved around Lhe cfoI)wd to thc 'wlJ,lI lind "eused ·around. the corne r" to the doors a nd go t Inside , where the y " m(,I, up With l'O ur or five others.

': J d ldn·t [Know uuythlng hap­pened untll I gut bo.ck to the bus amf lound out, th ree were ml~8I ng . "·

11 (J N JJ I. E Y R~:MF.MIIF.RED , " I dhJn't)ta ve alil y' pc()ple come t;la<::k W my cu~~ h until the conc~"t was over, "

Hut,he saW, "a police otrlcer Wid me there wer'e II dead an" I talked to my people Ii.~ they stllrt.d W IIlln t)aek. Not)Ody' In that conct!r~ knew ' what hl,Ippem·d. ,

. ' .. "W hen w.~ go t loaded, I cou ld c>JIly come up wIth 32·people .. At th,lB time, thiS fe!low (Danny Burns) got rell l (;om:ernecl abol,lt his wife mIss­Ing. Another guy said his buddy was ml,Sln·g. And an o Lh e.r s.a la hi s· buddy Wo.slll lllijlng too ..

" We locate(J qne guy real IlISt (Wut.t.~ ). He wa;'l ln the hosp ita l. . Oetting !'Iliformation o.b out· Snyder und COlilOle Burns was more clJrflcloIlt. .

"Th18 rrlOrgue Is u. horse of another color. They wou ldn 't. tell Jesus Christ anythIng over the tele­phone; we trIed ~o reach them from th,i ColI~ulll by phone and on the pollee pltone, Th'ey wouldn 't tell U8 anyth ing.

"TilE POLICE: agreed to take the woman's husblmd and tw.o o the'r (unidentified ),JelllU from the coach to .. check . ..... ttie bodies at the morgue,

Hundley ",nc:i the other passen­gers wa ited fo;" them to' return. Then , th ,e y staned the Illng d rive back to Dayton.

"Coming back , e''1eryone was so tern up . 7. no one Wl\$ saying ll.ny­thing." Hundley said. - "Like I said, I have never hauled a nIcer group In my life. 1 want to mak e su re everyone understands tha~." .

.. . 1\.. ~ .. -;,=::-:,"";:::':;:....l JACQUELINE ECKERLE KA'REN MORR!:!ON

. Enqujr ... piloto BY GORDON MOftIOKA

DIANA Cl!,BERT, who Is recovQrfng from leg brOises, Is visited a t (;ood SMllarltan Hospital 'T'uesdll b bo f I lucky to have sur vived the crush of the crowd-lit/the Who concert Monday night at Riverfront CoIl~eJn. y r end Marty Stonely. Bofl1 say they were

Lucky Survivors Recall Night Of Terror People Were ,'Begging FQrTheir. Lives' BY KA~EN GARLOCH EnQ'Jfrer Re~tcr

Diana Cubert and her b'oyfr lend, Marty'Stonely, Were among the many ' couple~ HCpa,rated by the mob stampeding Into Tlfe Who concert at nlver~ {rant Coliseum Monday night. . .

"I. think. that my boylrlend walked {Iltht over top 01 me and'dldn't know It," said MIBli'{;utiert who was Interviewed Tuesday from het. bed at Good Samaritan Hospltal. .She.hopes to be relellS­ed today after treatment fot.lcg bruIses. . The 20-year-old Erlaoger,Ky" woman reca.lI-ed her terror at the bott6ir,t of'iiplle of bodies.

"I Li\1D there 'at leaBt tor ')5 to 20 mInutes. They were layIng on me alid ·standlng on my legs. You could feel their leet move back und forth on your legs. 1 wanlAld ou·t'~to bad but 1 couldn't move. I was pInned down 011 the ground,"

Miss Cubert lost her' shoes, her socks nearly were. pulled 0(1 and peneans and coat were tat -tered . · .

'Flft'a;lly, with her Iree arms, she grabbed arms ot two men Inside who W.GFe able to 'yank her out of the crowd.

"I didn't even want to go back to the crowd cause I was scared to death. I didn't want to get shoved anymore. I fourid two shoes on the !loor and I Nst put them on," she saId.

. "You Just moved wherever the crowd went," said MIss Cubert. .

"IT WAS disgusting," remarked Stonely, a 24-year -old record. store owner. ,"WhoeVer WM the strongest ~tayed up.

.. "1 went down about r!ve ·t!Qles. You grab onto somebody and pull yourselt up. It was IIk·e .5,OOO pQunds against you. I WM Just'praylng, - . .: .' "1 didn't think 1 was golng'to get out alive. it wa'S Irlghtenlng," :tald th e. burly' Dixie High . School graduate. .

"It all happened In front of the door In plain vi ew of t he people who work there," he saJd. shakIng hIs head. "She had her arm around an ofncer 's' shoe and he walked back In. It that's going to happen, you're not· going to get out alive.

"I WM In the door (one of two that she said were open on the wellt slde of . the' coliseum). I thought 1 WM dead. 1 dldh't think I'd make It," said MlBs Cubert, a tile. clerk for American Drug­glstjnsurance Co. and a 11178 Lloyd High School graduate:

" "People were pMslng out. People Just pIcked them up and pMsed them over their heads to get them out:' she said.

"I don't blame the kids. They had no place to walk," added MIss Cubert. But she dId lay some blame on the people In charge ot opening doors.

"The whole problem WIl8 that only two doors were open. They should have known they had to have more doors open ," she said, cheerfully an­swering questions from reporters and broadcMt­ers at her bedside and on the telephone.

'~I'm Just glad that I'm alive. I tee I pretty good and I'm pretty lucky I made It."

She's planning to stay away ftOm rock con-certs. .

OTHER SURVIVORS 01 the stampede that - killed 11 had similar stories to tell.

Terry Thomas, &rI 18·Year-old Center'vllle HIgh School senior, took his glrUrlend, Gretchen Vanderkooet, 15. lor an evening that ended In the· Cnrlat Hospital emergency room. .

"There was no crowd control or anything, There were no police QTQund. th08e people .. : It WM' jWlt Insane .. 1 would never go back unleSll.lt was reserved seating:' he said. ·

· "My girlfrIend, she'e· about ·5'2" couldn't breathe .. : Thl:!. big hefty guy cam~ pushing through·.~e crOWd, picked her up over I}ls head sO 81le could breath. He held her up for nve to 10 ·mlnutes," 38.ld the youth who JIves at 2'14 Tauber Dr.

_ "j lost both my shoes, people stepPed On my reet and It:nocked them·ofl. There wi1.8 glass on the concrelAl from broken &eer bottl~. '..

"We had to light our way out. I didn't even know about my feet. I started walking away, leaving blotches 01 blood," :mId Thomas who re-ceived (our. stitches In his left foot. '

. A 2f:I.YEAR·OLD Forest Park youth, Mark w1lliams, who' was trapped lrulde the p&rllcklng mob for about_ 40 mInutes, said. people lying on the concrete were "beggIng for their lives."

"I was all the way on the bottom on the ce­ment, . . People on theilottom were yelling they were dying. I grabbed this guy by the shirt and saJd wake up. I slapped him In the face. He did flI\l t move," said Williams, of 11889 Cedar Creek Dr.

"The crowd was swaying and people started railing before the door even broke. The crowd went right at first and them to the le!tand more fell. People were tripping over each other. There wMn't anyplace to go because the' people were backed up. The people In the back didn't It:no~.'''

'Sickening' Rock Fan lust Wanted To Leave But Couldn't

BY PEGGY LANE E~"'" Reporter

Sne arrived Just allAl!' 8 p . m~li"n4 thought the commotion arou nd Rjy:etlrQllLC~J!m Wl!-l! d ~to a -t-lght.--Xhat's .not uorommoo- dnrfiji a rock concert, she added.

Young~ Diverse Victims At Concert Had Love Of Ro.ck Music .In Common

there . When they brought him back he was crying. He Just kept crying. She was dead." ~,

Mrs. Bums was the mother of a three­year-old daughter and a f1ve-month-old so,p.. S he supported the lamlly by working at a fast-food outlet In Miamisburg, sa.ld ~rnia Burns an aunt . .. -, . - ..... ""- .,. c .. . _ ... . o.

the Grace Baptist ChurCll. Philip, ' son of Mr.-and MiS . johty1lt

Snyder, 446'1 ROse Marte Rd., In the H¢llAlr area of Franklin Township, Warren ~ty traveled to the rock concert Monday on a. charlAlred bus, according to his father.

Then Stephanie Leac h "saw three or four bodies together (on.the ground), they were belngJ:>eatenDIl. the chest and stuf!.. '

. "That's when I got slck,J...cm.l1d:: n 't-take It.

"I started shaking. I . k.new they were dead," the 21-year-Old Green­hills resident saId. FOI~ the most parL, they were rock'Illuslc lans, HorizonSloi Youtns (WHYipfogtam---' --'

~oth~~~certgoers and students. Some were '. Hammel des~rlbed WHY as a pr~gram for Th . ' . . bright students Who want to branch Qutand

-::~~~:~~~~~:r!~~:?r:i~:~~~oH~tOh~S~ ~~~~s,l~ ~~I~~~I~a~e:~~~~ 7:r1~~~:~~~~ -Monda.,....,..,. ............. taO der ,vU." v seum ~ecause 01 hls'academlc a<::h levements

~ u ... U" U, 0." mpe C"of-concertgoers - ---"f-became-acqul te~lth h1m th :~~II~:'st ~o~~~r~~per!ormance by The Who, the program. He haJ :!.ken an I~terest f~~~~

· . Th d th . psychology.J!JU..L9.t tnl.: .,.prOgram, and was ..ctOil 'H .. Jlf1.e:- ea .. _l!were mourne,d at Flnpeyc doing volunteer work at LOngview Hospital " . .n gh School. Karen Morrlsoq,. 15, of 925 Hammel 'Said- ---- - . . . ' ii!r:r~ ~:y~O~~ i~~~u:~~~ ~~~:~etS \t 01 B Hammei said a recent evaluation of and S'~ve Pfeston~ 19~" FountalnbTe~~ r!lwesl wo r.k at Longvlew .. r.:.~!eC!..!!.IE!_.':excel-Tetrl!ce, was a recent gradualAl. . ent,~nd very responsible;"

, The· other victIms were: Ith IBhacl,. Just reJ:.e.n...t!Y_.h!I.li..:,a convetsatlog .~..LI! ' - .. -. .. . . w oW!'1L!Io~U.t:.QJt;. .",,~rk at Longview. He .,..-d er .~ .. dart:'s J r., 22,~agregarlous had talked with me aooutoulldlng rapport young man whO .. eruoyed .. ll;IUSlc and loved the and trust among patients and how that·rap~ outdoors, accordIng to hIs employer. . . port and trust can be de'luoyed And how you

"He was '" fine In~ivldual, and he w lir ~, had,to work to restore It:' Hammel said. . sosely mlss.ed here, said Tom Harrigan, "1iaxnliIet-satd--Bowea-bacI planned -to owner 01 a Dayton area auto dealership where majos In psychology and had sen t applica­Adams.. was_ one' 01 the managers of a service Mons to. several Eastern colleges department. "He was an outdoorsman. He He loved. musIc, Pattlculariy rock music

· bl.ked,orr road. He was Into sports, all ot them andpl~d a guitar. He had been rehearsing - baseball, 109t[)all." ~ b . . . .. ..:....._ with a ~up to give a concert for WHY. ,

· . . -Adams.lOO,Mc,Gregqy In TrotWOOd, Ohio, . "I guess 1 admired hIm becauSe ~eVeli • wes.t of Da1.ton, went t!J<ma,ny concerts arid though he loved the rock music and the rock lIked Ute :Ih~, Mld-Adams--breMter-ln-law, .cr!l1!lds~ be Wll s free enoUl!lrwmUg h lmsel! Rick AllISOn. '1'JeJust bough t their new not to get Involved In the drug trattlc. l think

_l1!b¥.m the other day," he saId. . . . . he 'Was able' to see the eflects drugs had on ;. ' . AdamS and his wIIerDebE&,-were~ f!e9p'le In his wo r k. at I.ollgyjew" Hammel 19 months:ago, Alltsun sald. - said" . . --;on"e 'Yi1Jmlpnan had gone to the concert -wiili-a-frIe~~!lO-was h1Jtt In t)1e same Cn1Sb ~·Re's-gothnll.es-t-remlpeQ-1118 ~att'i!g and kickIng hlm:' Allison saId. ·''TneTW.el'lOrlglll'~at'-tl1e front door . . We-first ;heard-.atiQut Won the radio. T!}en the Trot-?fiood POI.ce~C8i(ije=Oie·I}· _~1e::. ocsi19· . per ~o:we-s; 18, was-the perteCt:-eiamPle o~ afree' thlnlter, ;satd hIS guiGallce 'co\lfiSl!tor' at Wyommg Hijpl &:110:01; -,:'

"I admired him because he was a creative . . - iidlmt tfilDll:'t!rLHe w81fLf!:-ll{l~.~

, nt~dJ!J)~i~ tD~ .. ~. ~_~_",-"-- "

David J05eph He~, Ill, 49 F areh Dr. Highland I:ielghts,K~< had been working slnce J':lly,1.1I78,I()!.~t:i~ CliIllpbell County malplAlnance dIvision of the KeiitliolCy ·De;.-panment'1>f Transportation. .

Dave, son of Mary and Thomas'iIeck and a 1978 gradUate ot Bishop Bro_rt High School, Alexandria, "went to the concert with a-bunch·of frIends," his brother Donald said. "I don't know how many were 'In the liroup, but one of them ca lled here and told us Dave was dead.

"They were there with him when It hap­·pened. They were- mocked down, to9, and 1 thlnk=me.m them lost their shoes ·but. they weren't h urt." ., ' --' "-.-

Mr~_ •. T~'l~:.\.~jJd~ :l4~3441 Bend. St:, New­town, was descrIbed by-a: neIghbor as a jovial homemaker who was on the movemost.o.t-the tlme: . -

'fThave lived ~yt door tn them tor a Cou .. p ie 01 years . I consider them' nll;e, quiet people. She was a very.actlve person, on the go !!lost of the tlll).e~esse Grant, 3443 Bend;8ald­of Teva &rid her h Wlband, Mlchael.. . ._ ...

..Mlc~ael suttered bruises In 'the coliseum stampede an.!iw~k TUes­day. ' . - - .-

Tev!!.. was thJLmother or two children Chr\stl~~ and Casey, 2. . . . ' . ' ~ Wllllam'Ladd, Teva's brother-In-Iaw-:-il:e~­scribed her as a "happy housewife ..' . c-~e.¥.lO¥ed ro<:k.PlUS\c.a.nd went to ~on~ -certs-fre.quently;=I:t!'rreally1;{j(f."!ad !Jo . taft; 'lIbout;"'lladmsatd:->

.. .. _.!t WIlSll't known If Phlllp Imew James WarmOih, another victIm from the Franklin area.

PhUlp's family never was notified otrl­clallY-Ot his death, his father said.

"My wife called a guy' that went with Phil to see It they had lJO~ten back yet," sald Mr. Snydef. ' < .. '

When asked It his son had ca.uled Identl­tlcatlon, Snyder said he did not know but did not think 10. ' Bryan wagho.er;T1, of .107 Tremont AYe-:; Fort Thomas, Ky., wa·s· a-May~uat.e {tf Newport Catholic Hlgn School and a fresh­man this se~ester at, Northern Kentucky Unlver(lJU'., . .!l:!' ... !!ot.tended The Who con=u. WfiIllils brother, 'ErIch, 16, a~r at New­~rt C;athollc, who WM not injured:

. Jim Wagner, Bryan's father, reealled Tue~.ay that only a few ween ago (Nov. 10) Susan lJUruevy--;-19, whOtlVNrnexnfool:, dIett' In a Newport uaftlc accident In Newport. ~h;-n6;-tlFean!t-happen-"~agrfer.. saId to himself Monday n~as'he watched ~k.vlslon ~rts of the ~l!lfY-:-~Tnen he ~entacted-a-F8laU~ wlIo ~ Wlfb: the I '11 clnnatU?ollce Department. . -

Wagner's worst leal'.s--wereconnrmed....;· his son had~n-~bed latally_ Shortly be­lore mldnlgnt.Monday,_.llm..anltJ!ec.,.M W~- .. Iler, Bryan's parents,. went sorrow:tiUy-tOtli;e Hamilton County morgue to Identttrtlleir son's bOdy. - . ' JameS :n.eodOre w¥motta, 21 '~~n ~i "Mrs. andM;rs. R.'R. (Tell) wamul+b"15M S ' -D!oxJe-Hlghwat.:.Jn_~ To~ just ~toWli,_I!1\4 been emp~ atLti;:e Ost. 1 &li IIcollsole operator ·tralnee In 1lii fodnstdai and systemll egilm:edu!tdepaLk :fiIlIDtiltoAmiCo' r.al otr\ces - - . ~ . _ _ J30rn:In_A,f. etp1@. W8l'!!l uaced In 1976 from ·F. ck High Sc Jll!I.~ toUr ye8.ts<J! RtgteJchooL lIWetbBH. :&11ft celved: the . httIBOxwell Ba.Uetl5a.J:l.a: hls.Se.nlor.year. . '" . !~ .t:fl !Lte~lD'S, lie !tttended ~ ~lt1;':'Whttr~WIiiiL~~ !tl frate~it¥ .. ' ~ ~_ --- . . -',. ......

"-None 01 tl'iem had shoes on, ~me didn't h&ve.sockS,_thetrcoats weren't-there,yoo.{:ould tell they'd been through henJ' It looked lik e Jhere'd been a war there.--:--~-

"The cops pushed us In the front door:' she said, not knowing II the)! were prlvalAlllCcurlty guardS or Cln­climatl policemen or even ushers.

Inslde;-sh~and her glrlfrTeilwl weren't-allilwed·to-leave,c ---. - .~

"llli'BS..Skk, 1 wanted to leave and I was going tOCiII Dad to gettfie:--:-'

"But the cops pushed us back In and saJd no one was leaving. I ·was begging and everything and he sald, 'No.'.

"THE ONLY ·thlng 1 could flgure ~Ith the bOdies· out there;"!;h~~ tl t want people standing ar()Jllld.

. ':So!!!!!.~le w~~_crylng.I w~ -cry1ng;-Gthers;cFgiies8"they' were 80 hlgllly-lfrUnk, they ,were.klsslng a.nd b1!Jglnr T1Ji'ht there. It-was sickeIL­:1ng:.They weie Hke.~

" BtePlUinle'lned to can her father but."you coUldn't gJ!t t01he-plloQee Jbe~-eop."', were using tllem.~ '__ ' 7"-lnside, ''people. Just.hptit't~ mOVed-around, :mY coUldh't .move. But_peOpIe~Iapplt!g, they were. bRvlni a i Q ru1 time. I coilldn't..6e­lIne'it. .Man, there were I.i peop'­.004ff .lC'

Many in'the crowd could 3ee. tfie

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· (In.~ Plo,s·slble' ' ;Flutu .. e 'Chan.g~s· By,.MARIL YNOIt!L!ON E"\l"" o<ROpo.-t ... '.' Ri\lerfro-ni' colise.urn: · oWtlals .wtll a..w~l,tneresul~o! Inyestlgatlons IntZthe deaths:~ror!l making any ch'anges ' In ope~atlng procedures. said John TalarQr·collsellm publicI­ty d~rector.

,Although TafaI:o !Irst said ail ev:e n ts at th e· 'c·ollseutri· w6u Id be held as scheduletl;'two·rock concertS were pos tponed later·h1'the day. :

: The Blue Oyster Cult concert IlCheouled lo r Oecr H was "pos t·

ibdhed until we can . . ' survey the si tuation a mtle Iletter and corne up with an a lternative date ." Ta rarO sa;J.d .

... 1t.WIl.8 a decIs ion "made by many people," Tataro added. He would not , aY who 'wa ,L-lnvOlved In making that decUS lon .' Beikiri cprOducttons, pr(j~.9.~IlQJlmf~ohcert, would not

.coinm~fI . Al

" R-Aero$

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' ppstponed willi e~i.\y*r.~k-gI!4Jlj)

CollB'eurn 'w ' be held Il.8 scheduled, Tarato said, 'C ~

· wer.enece~Y'in'order'tOdeter.T mlil'e who)Vu ondrity;'

that ' . In the lour years, "some 150 concerts nave been held at the colI­seUIq without anyone bellig klUed In the rush tor seat8, Ta taro said. And I'everytllfng went very smooth­ly InSide" the collseum<Mondll.Y nlgl)t. . ,

Tafaro BIlld security 'guards In ­side t he coliseum are hired by the p romoter. Outside. city prope rty, are the elty police, he added .. ,.,

There Is a IInanclal'arrange­ment between the city an d th e promoter to help ,covei' tile COlt 01 the city politemcn stationed ou'islde the coJiseum', :rataICo explained .

O lles Galbra.lth; head of the Cin­cinna ti PrlviJ;te Pollee A88oclatlon, ~w.hj.cJ • ...r.uthbhti_g.UI/.[.ds_[Or_c.ol l. seuJll~ everl't:8,:'s'ldd he did not know how 'rniiii,y'dmceclI .were assigned Monday ilven·lng. He tefused .to check :~y records , which he 3a ld

." ' ?ev~n~~ft)o J!j~gua.rds,generallY are assigned InsldBlle cdUseumtor tdcJ<conce~i Il¥added" ~ut' they wlii leave the 'building It.,aS,jlstMiAle Is needed·iJUtSlde: '

John ,Basham~Securlty adviser to the ' coliseum/also would no·t .·sD:iY how many guards were jon dlf'ty

.Monday .evening:' There were' ' ~iio more (guards) ,than there woUld l5e lor any otJ:i,er 'sell-out crowd."

i Nelther Brian Heekln, ,·Ptesldent of the co\l3eum, norf;llll'fDeW1U Jr., executive vice preilfdint; ' wouid comment.

Talaro s~ld collaeum otrlclals "will reserve atIy.comment until the City 01 Cincinnati Is Ilnlshed with the official ' Investigation." Any comments at this .tlme would 'be "spect!!ttlon and · Inappropriate:' Talaro'llald.

Reportedly, only a few.of the 18,-000 fans at The Who concert w.ere I/. w.alO • .,()r-tb.-tl:a.a~y-outsld.~th. gate. ''''> ' . . ' : . - .,­./There :.11i "no telllng .what ·lt(e tleaths~wll1 do" .to· flltUre a~te' enile, he said.

General Adl!liss~on. 'A Way Of Life' con cede' beforehand." he .em pha-

ClJicagf) PrQrrwler Says PrecautiQlIs' N':cessll ry BY NANCY MAUTZ

CHICAOO·- The phrase ";: ene ral . 'adml .. lo.' " took on a rrl.ghtenlng" new mcanlng In Clnclnriatl T ues· : day Il.8 ci ty OHlclals attr ibuted tM dcath 01 II ' persOn5at Riverfront Col15elirn 1,0 Lhe~non-res.rved seat­In g sY3tem \It TIle Who con cert. . But Jerry Mickelson. who. as a

partner In Jam J5iOd u ctlons . 13

ChIcago's ·blgges t promoter ·01 rock concert.."sees the prOblem In ,a ,)11-ren;nl way. .

The WhO 13 AC'heduled to appear Sa tu rday In Chicago tor a perlorm­a n ce al. the ~nternatlona l A mp l-theater. ' . . . ·l 'lcket8 fo r The'Who's Chicago concert were ~old on. a r'e~erved 6eat bM ls, but Mlckel~on hO:6 promoted g'e neral admlJJlllon concerts whIch attracted M many M 70,@O lans.

"We do g,;nerul adrn~~slo .. all the time," ~altl Mickelson. "We dolt [or audiences of 5,000. We d id It When 70.000 people came to see t.he Roiling Swnes at" Soldier 1"leld In July, 1976. And we d id It when 65,000 came 1,0 see (rock groups) Journey and San-tana In Au·gust. .,'

"Ever si nce rock and roll sta rted, gene r a l adm l3810n has bee n th e po lICy ," he said.' "I l'~ a way of 11l~ a nd J don' t tlrl nk a nything can

. chang~ It , even though reserved' sea.ts ar 1tl~ow soJd tor '!5 0In e con-ce rts· .

-"TiIE i:;~U()JAL thing I"how you ha ndle crowds like tha t." explained Mlckel)lon ; who "has been promoting

concerts without Incident ,tor eight years. " t can't say what went wrong In Cincinnati. be ca use I wasn't thet'e. All 1 can tell "yod Is what we do. .

."wi always tollow certain rules," Mlckel.on said. "There are precau­tiOns we always take with a ilimeral

' ltfi.r\[bslon Jlhow thal we don't n~ed I.<l \Alee oth·erWlse."

, '." Mickelson Illustrated h i s point by:d'bsc lbrn g the crowd that attend­.M· lhe Rol.ltng S t ones concett In 19'18. "They ' w'ere probably' e ven more Intense' about getting through U)QjIe doors than the fans In Cincin-nati were ," he .sald. ..

"Bj.lt we planned for .It. We aelver- . llsed th at .the doors we re going to open at 8 a.m, · the day of the (evenIng) concert ," Mlc~e1son said,. "TlmVs what we advertl8ed, DuL ·we.· had our own se'curlty ·there at 5 a.m. Sure enough, out Of .70,000 people who had bought tiJ'ketsi 20,000 01

'them were.lll ready th.ere by 6.a.m •. "TilE PRESSURE was bunding,

~o we det,lded to open the doors two houra ear ly to take orr the pressure, It had been one or our optl,ons all a long-to open early.

"You IllwaYlI ha.ve to have ways to r e lea .. e the preMure," Mickelson

.added. "Tear t he Llck.ets qulck.er. Open more <,toors. Those big crowd a re like teapots. It ·you let the pre8-sure blllid and build, the lid III jUllt goin g 1,0 blow right oU. You 've a lways got to have ways to let the air ou t somewhere_"

Mickelson 'sald .helltells· all h b pefrorrner~ tho. I. t.he .crowd comes Clrs t and, If thlngs 'become tense outside, the doors may have to open early. .

"Th'at means they mal' not ge L a gound check or a rehearsal,bu t these are points the group has to

. s ized. , ;>-_:::~" .'i'f'-~ ~·· · <: :s,._::-,. J aIl1 Productlorfs,~t1sa , organize

llnes wa.ltfng to 'erItei;:/a ~c oril:ert ra­cllityso .hovllig wtll:'not: lead to trampling cUI!~mj!r8 ., ·:, . .

"You lust co;o~.t 'open the doors and hOpe to'tla>te.,o.ny kind of con­trol unlesa you organize t!le lines lIl~e that," Mickelson said.

~ICKELSOflforrEN uses peer group security/young security gUlird5 wllo otten wear. T-shirts. "But only as another precaution:' he said. "It·s Just one mote way to relieve the pre811ure. If' the gOy talk­Ing to you Is your age, so that he can put hlmselt In youi' ihoe!. he's likely to deal with you In a human way,,,.: .

. .The Who's appearanc'e 1t:l'Chlca': "go 13 belpg handled by prom6tet Bruce' Kapp of 'Celebratlon/Fllp

. Side. Kapp has 'added somesecumy personnel as·a result or 'theClncln­

"haU tragedy; bllt doel n 'ot anticipate a n y lpeclal problem~, " . ~ ,.

Ttle single biggest problelll with a general admllll!lon conc'eft Is ,get" tlng the peollie ~nto the ttieater' In an orderly fash lon,;Mlckeli1On said;"

.' .Before a concert, Mickelliojl! has f,\O%to 70% of the .security persa:rijjel Mtslde, ~h"relbe lines are. Fora, c~ncert of. 70,000, that means. there Will 'be "100 or 200 securlty pi!opieout" sld.a.and another 100 Inslde.c •• . • . , .

.• For a crowd or 20,000. he's likely . Whave 120 security personnel. • , . "The main thing Is to ¥!;Bpe'ct the

crOWd, " Mickelson said. "80me or the people camped out over night before that ROiling Stones concert . People In that situation are going to get upset. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't do,general admissions concerts. That JUst means you have to anticipate the problem and take as many precautions as possible."

Enqulref' photo BY MK:HAEL E K~A TIl~G

FOR FRIENQS: Mike Niehaus, 1.7, left, and Sally R (gby, 17, friends of three~per~o').s killed Mohday at the coliseum. sort !helr mak~shift .sl?"s of protest before io!ning aboo1ao Finney town friends In a candlelight vigil Tuesday n!yht In downt0"l'.I1 CinCinnatI. One marcher' s SIgn read: "Whal could replace 11 lives?"

Promoters Play It Safe In Buffalo With Extr,a Guards BY TOM BRINK MOELLER EnQu~rer Rep~1er

B UI"l" ALO, N.Y. -Approxim ately the same num ber 01 people who saw The Who play In Cincinnati Monda y n ight saw that sam e group he r e Tuesday. OfficIals estimated ' 17,250 people saw ' the' roc k group be!ore 'a ca pacity crowd at Burralo ~Memorl a l Auditorium.

·_·_ ·But-rrobody·dled In Buffalo. Arte r II persons died at M on­

da y's rock con ~er t at River rront Coliseun'i. Buffalo promoters or · the BrlUi;liquar'l.e't's Tues day appear-

-illlC£...hw bolstered security forces at Memorial Audiwrlum.

They also ha d a reserved-seat policy-a fea ture that many stun­ned- Cincinnati ortlclals believe inigllt have-reduced , the-conditions' lor traged'y Riverfront Coliseum.

:- Among Other things. guards . In Bll I fa 10 were "Wsklll.g: Elyeryone

_wJJ.lLenteredJ.or..J;he • .J:oru:J)iL.:tllejL sa id patrons always are·searched before a rock concert In Buffalo. •

The conceTt started at exactly 9:30 p. m. with film excerpts ffom The Who's .upcomlngmovle, "Quade raphenia." Exactl'y '12 minuteS later the"four-man band took. the stand,

. "You a,l l. knOW "what h!!ppened­yesterday. (Monday)," l ea.~ sInger Roger Daltrey told the crowd. '''There was nothing. We could ' do about 'it. We ,were totally .shattered. We lost inot of f!\mllyyes'terday and this shOW Is forthem."

__ ~:j.sJ!&!'>._ !!l.~..:!1.e~~d::up sfj;,~ty ,g,uR'I'-4=w.a,S'---ann·ounced=b:y -. . 'e.y~ Welnsteln· •. ·presldent of .Harvey & t 6rkyPtoductIQns:'"'--; :7 " '" .~

"To assure The Who fans and the parents'-of- these::klds±have ' tWw­

']fffijfire'd~sicUrfty:'r:nei;,ala-:-Hlnlrm­-has';Deen' bliclfln g"'r6cK concertS"'ln £ .l.I!fi!.lo·elght years.

tl!i.k.!Lt8 · for I. h e Cincinnati con­ceil. sold ou tin 1.5,1i'0llrs. ~

"Tlckets"'fO'r=T'he--Who's- Buf.!aw­-{)Qncert sold so well 'tha1.a few days after they went on ' sale, Weinstein moved the starting tfme from 8 to.9

~ -'f Jl.E'=DEEik~a~eat-:mOf.e:­

·pJople~-·iNelnsteln-explalrle4. " ::..; It il.ii:( iiLyn;rU.~e ,~. ha:,nl!: oth! J;oundjlystem .trom the ·ceillng?1'ne ~qulpment.u{)wn Irtf rom-(;Inc.!n­natl , would take tile additional holIr, welIls~1i;r~expXarned:::=--

Since Clnclnnatl·s .concert, how" :-eyer.Ule .. §}&t:t;lng"tj!l1e·wa:s:movedctQ _~ p.m, to .glyej3uffaTcCcQ!(C'.mgo­·¢r.:g~m'ofe>·tlme-blf'sea:ted:"EntmneeS" ~~,,:to • . open- at g:3()~P'1TI2 b.ut ther -_of' oUd~~ '\l.I~the~r.oc

... cinnal;! wasa freak ac~i<1!!nt/;'Weln­stein said,. "It was .. notdue w a lack ~~\JJstan ' Uil~tutl~tesl~n:&aatffies,::Hot flldTcate ~how rocY£;onceris lIsulliIy nSPlY'h" . ., .

On.e elder ly guard ouU;itl~ ' f+n obviOusly u'n used door was ask'e:q '-If he would have been, placed tlle,t,e';)f the 'Cinclnpll.tl conc.ert crowd 'h~d not prod ueed fa t aolitle s. " J!lp/ I wo nldn't," he said . "I'd' be in.sld~ 'where It's warm,,-'Fhh'1s~rea:Hy''l7err l"' bh~ ."

LAST ·FJU-DA pBllUalo."g .. (Yt.:,l!w,a Jee tof snow

Streets are clearb.u t tller1!c . .3.re plies of snow, sometimes as higl~s six feet, around everyoU1rn.n:rg;-11F eludin g the m'emoriai13!ud ltoriu 1)1.

Thus, th.e, facility outside h as I tt­tl.e.,romn.fo,r a cro.wd· s t'anc!ln g around. '];he tem'per"at'ure In tl1e clW wr.:s=:rocregms,-mrt':"lt-1v.a;s-..rlrnH" , than th'a L because of strong gu'5tli blowing orhake Erie .

By 6 p.m . .a number or persons t rieo ie btt,y tiel<~ 'f.r6Hl. &er~ th'(ft: ro, rme'dout81d~ 'ope of. t.l}~...en­trances, By. 6:45 t..!le::y ' were ·.!!;!.L~!}e." Security guards.i~lOved them, t eJ1 ,ng , t hem t.h e doors would notop.e n nnW 8:30 p,m.

<At. 1 p.m~- !I)l!ide ~,u d i'pb?"YJ.11fl. aooti1:H· p'~~e t .secur.jt~,;,m e n j • e!l.il;1 w!Ji> q]lllh9m; I1! e,t brie~l y in ·ttre 100by. They went but en n~co;eQ'fIi:- . side -a:udiwrlum and arin'ounced, If bystiinders.,dM_.no.~ h av,€. ti"~.~ts, ti1eY,"'lllJ!i1t!j&l100le, aad If tl:le:~<lid ,have tlcke tS, "the .doors 'Won't,ope.rJ' lipID 8:'30_56 gifsO"@ewl1el'~kwtpl wai·m . n

AT 7:30 th !!Y opelt~ ~i'$ ~1l:!'!i­nou nced ~,a.cpept ttios~ 'PlIO

-:Sh,o_vteil,u,J1'W:&i!.a1t out the (l]5~;

[3,4 ~METRO T.ODA '( ! ~OLlS'!lM . THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRERIWednesd8Y DeC. 5, 1979

~3Y CUFF RADEL probleIils In Cincinnati." 'l:'oomey recalled. "Kl(Is (Tow,llnK up tu the door, pushing against each other, walttng until the last mlnutp to nl,l. through and grab the c.1os­est s('at <. tlmt would only lead to problems. N(I (lne was ev,~r lnJ ure(l at our general ,uJiulsslo ll shows . hut to pifevent something f rl) III o"e'lIrr ln~ In · 1;1\ l! luture we stopped

The night before tragedy struck, outside Riverfront Coliseum, the Br.ltsh group played Plttstmrgh's Civic Arena. The bulld­In\: was filled tQ capacity.

New Haven Coliseum and Boston Oarden,. llea-tlng shQws,but," he eiXlphllSlzed;"we wI1l still continue to do them.'w.e Just won't dO 'those thatrwl)lcrea.te a h.uge~rowdprob­lem. For exaqlpfe ,"we dId FleetwOOd Mac. It . :"", I'f '.' j( iPilU·, HI. , Ck Vll' Center. ;caflceJed

•.• ~ ~·!l ... rlulr d ( it- r 17 cOllcert of Tllt~ Who ': 'l,,;U l~11 UIt' rt ' qu ... -; t of provldenCt: Mayor

.. \'H· r~t f dOq < 'J, « in t,L 'i1 ' l'JD. Bf}~l4)n Mayor K~vln Whltp

lit '-I'!'" t~'lhlJ 'l.l:llt"tht"f to cance] a 1:(1)-

• l .~' '1"'''j~t'lj t hfi ,a rne Wt'f"k at 'BU,lj.l,on

; ' lo rth':, . ni l ' i'[et\ J dl~w-'" show, la:-; t. date on the

UP !' '-, t/J1jf, W~L~ a .... ~~lIo n t. '

theru ." .

TOO~H~Y 1'i\IISlm. " Wh a t ha pPlmed In Cincinnati was an

uw[u l, lI Wfll1 tragedy for everyone, hut most of I,ll," he noted In a \'olee cra(:klng with ernot l.on, "fo r t.hose k ids . What a way to go.

Of the .17,065 tickets avallable , only "be­tween 1.700 and 2,000 were festival seatln~ , and toose," saId Jack Mathison, the faclTl­ty's sales a.n d convention manliger, 'were just on the floor. . ..

"WI'; GOT away from full festival seatlng because of control problems,"' he ad d ed. "And whenever we do a show with restlval sentlng, It Is never more than 2,000."

_ Only Pontiac, Mlch.'s, Sllverdome and. the Spectrum In Philadelphia have general admission tickets. On Friday, 32,000 general admission t icket-holders will fill the Silver­!iome. On De9 . 10 and II , Phlladelph.la's Spectrum Is 'lol'pecting 'a._lull house of 80% general admiSSion andjllll% reserved seats. That breaJcdown Is the' clC>Sellt any o! the

' other places come to m!l.tchlng"TRlverfront Co)lseurn 's f!).tio of 90% ' general admission and 10% reS-Ved .

was a huge show and It went flne." -Philip Lashlnsky, a concert promoter

working ·In eight cities, Including Lexing­ton, saw the deadly stampede ·Outslde · the Gol1~mJl1l r er terms. _

. "It has not hing to do-with rOck/;-he ' stated. "It Is an example o! what can hap­pen at a facility built for mass audiences. Something similar happimed' a t soccer games In Brw:1I and Turkey. Wherever It Is, It .. can happen whenever a mass of people get together. It Is a pity and a tragic com­mentary on man's Inhu manity to man. Yet, I stili ca·n't believe someone would walk over s,omeone when they were down."

,\r" ' 'I; '1 ,fig fl . ('~la r l~') T O()UH:Y, the l'rovi ­,I' ~ . 'n! ,·r '-. ' ·Y,f-f>UU "W (Hr~ctor, all ~')eat..,; · II I -,r,r lJ... w .... r'- rp . .,crved That"!:i the way

~ d t ! ,J .r' h i' ~~ul). (1I rHl; ·:-i r:I)J),'prt .. ,. 'y\,O' 'j'lllwd fJ·..,U'I,; at "jf"a tlng two or thr~e

:.,. , 1..' ; :' If ! fl.- vpry h!aSfH JS you had th{J~c

(:oncertgoers .

ry heart goes out t l) their paren ts."' . cvncerts_wlth predominately general

IHJmlsslon seatln~ I1r~e exception rather tt.a" the ru le for t h is leg 01 The Wh o's tour .

li.cave MaIl.@rs· -Ilack Home' n ( U IFF RApE L·

. ",1, II I',.' ( r,tl'

., -Jor . \wry YfJU J JV, Tli f ' r:ll'f~1i ,tf" rull. ,(,h'c • Y ,", I r " wld"'-'~ Y l'(l T1H:: y'(1 h~ I lJJllJf;ent H It

'. ~"'r!' 111: th~ ' lw., r.; tJr"A a Ul ,· the. '(h~f.Od f~yCS and • ::' Utr 'JtWl'-"ut :->pp, ~~~-h ,1, . VI, 'f , "' ,SH' I-'ft ", Th;'Y 10'1 ' nwk 1(11J': r3. ,'r:) ;f" !~;~., lJ!!, Jp 'u f, 1 AJIl,:! rl (":.1:.. • ..

'I t J .). 'j';' ., ii i f "nrJlnw.tI TtH~Y IIv {~ In l}allas , ',' j.If!!:\ ~;I"). Yurko New ()rh!alJ!1.. Hf'uU,Jp u.rJfJ Han ", 'w . • f' ! " a" v IJlw wtJ'!P"'\H'r f'fwR I ~ play'ed hf~ -

1, .. J'.P~:I r ft'WI~:""

ROI K r~ 1" ,1 pn·ny Hut .1.1""" lwlth"r an' Its .'JJt· ll' p') Tt it~ ir u.ttin' i"l ra~g:prJ uwl ~o hi their

• "'H ;: p,r f-ftr 11WHJ , IHuruwr.'" an~ SiJm f~t.hlng to H' ;J~' IllJrfH' with Uw LJ), car' i- and thp pa['f~lI t~.

T I, I' ,1o:;p \ 'i l " PiwU OU ~"'" a. UUJ.!.f!cLO( t:fltH HE~ a.t u. .' k ",Il ' " 1 t W"r~f' th lng~ Cfln InllJpeJl .I'ven If 'll re, ",,·r'll Thil~ 1"rI3~e with your nartle OJI It

" .'hT 'trilw T tl" nlg drunk In the next aisle ,.1, 1 "" Il u'(ly Or thl1t goor with the arsen!lI or

.~., J" ,Ii< III ttlS "out ~ IJU ld dfIJp a maLch up his .. ~ ,~ ;' :u,fl\J'u,-l f'vp,rytHle In' th~ nelghhorhood to

, " tl"~~,JLJ I ~ f 'l,",illllV, ~dI'IVIUl{ ' f' li\ t Jl"~!-. p

l'lr;·oj.·"rk",. . AIlIl ttl "t d"c"·n't"ln~llide the mu~lc , which Is

HI Pflo\H!, h til pu t a horn In your ear nru}·a : Hl h ') ~' fHl your Ups.

\\ ITII T1H;SJ'; dangers a nd the sad turn or . " .,,1.0 I hil t hai,splred Monday night ,Qutslde 1(' \f'rff'JIlt e .,Jlseurri;no one would be surprised If rJmt-' fi av Hwk-concer t. UCkf!t.S Game wl t. h the lJJ""a~ ;' . IVA flNlNr;: CONCl·:IlTGOlNG ·MA Y BE iIA/:AIW()[;.'-; TO YOUIl lit·Al,TH.

J '''''I)ul<ln't objei; t:' D Ic k Wyman said last ', " ',r. Ba"k IIL"I1, Wymall wa$ production man­;ii;~~ r fo t H l v~' r f rrJ n l Colhreumts etlneert pr'omot.~t, HI\o ,:.rf ront Concerto. Today . he IS out. of the JlllI.'](' h'l.~ ,!,e" pur~ulng a safer llne of work ~ell -:ll~ rPf'n-a tional veh1cle3. I .

·The k id~ reallze that," Wyman continued: ,\~ tti,· rI'k, or Bounding trite -that's lI!e. You ",,1'1 ·~· al k Ollt on t he gtre.and get hit by a car. 'nrtt lln' v',u. put IB.OOO people. In one place. cer-' ;~JIl rJ ..... l~ ..,-HH.r~ .. a ~f:> .1.· ~~· 0 " - • ". _

1\\ 11 '\;1( ,IITS ag(~ .13.300 peo!!.."" were In one tJ~;[C f' Hj':.:j~ r f n)n t C;ol1seuln. "The r13k3 lncreased " , 'h ,:1::; [JflJpor tions. Everything after t hat took ". (:J ~~r ,u:(1 JJl ~! \!.nlf1cance.

The Who played Buffalo Tuesday night. The elty's Memorial Auditorium was sold out, all seats .reserved . The 'same situation exists ror the band's conCI!rts In Chicago, the CapItol Centre outside Baltimore , the

MONDAY EVENING'S tragic events will undoubtedly have far- reaching e rfects on "he roc"k 'concert business. They have al­ready caused Gary Handleman. director of admln.lstratlve operations for the Capitol Centre, to rethink " how we'll do lestlval

il "HI i;'J t wat!;,r that· hours had, been spent '· ''''m.\( .'1> to 'eo:· The Who It d iU not matler that

. til' ","W w,'s soli! out. It did not maller that the 11: 11''' ' wenl 0[1 without a hlLch . It aid riot matter ' no' ' Hui'l played 10ng·- tvlI) hours and lllUd, chest­fl, llli Jl ~ It Ilul Ilot matter that everyone inside ~la'j <1 'S!}O'i tinw. Enquirer Photo BY MICHAEL E. KEATING

. What mattered most was· what could never l)p f f:"pluf"ed ,- ·11 lives . FANS CROWD around the ~t~ liS The Who ~rform Monday night at Riverfront Coliseum after 11 persons died In the crush of the crowd out~ the coliseum. ;

. Crowds Capable Of Developing IJwnPersQnalities~' E.xpett Says

B i' KA.REN GARLOCH C .. ,qtJ,r'q r Rf.!porter

"'l,""ple mul,Jn't, believe it. Ttwy heard the first reports that 11 persons

v,pce t rampled to death getting Into The Who i·"rk COIl(:\,rt Monday night , and they we re In­

-,Talilly Il'miried, disgusted and angered. Most of all. they were lricredulous. They

askell why . . . ··When many people get together, they be­

e " me subject to what is called 'crowd behavior," " expla intd Hr. Vytfrutas Biehauskas, a Xavler UlIlverslt y psychology protesso.r. "They do all kmds of behavior ·whlch. If they'd think , they w',uld not do. It is equal to lynchings during the ka rly pioneer days."

"Il you get all of the wrong factors building up. then an unlikely event becomes not too Im­[JrotJable:' added .university of Cincinnnati psy­rt-.ology professo r'Dr. Howaril LYman. .

SOM ~;.()F THOSE wrong factor s, he said, In­tlu,jed the late starting time of the concert, the laleness m openIng doors, the insufficient num­t)~I -or open doorsL!!l,e sOllnds of music s:omlng f""tn, the band ~arm!ng,llP , ,_ .. _ . . : ._:, .

.....:.-. .. ~'llUlI'lill h!!j-'JglU!!:L~P,R9,,~d_tp ha,y!! J!I!e'!'!! .~. ... -

leeL and to t hink," said Blellauskas, sounding al­most Incred ulous hlmselt. "This was not only barbar ic but animal-like."

':.I don't know this grou p (The Who), but they . m ust be magnetizing these young people." he added.

Dr. Waffi! r Smltson , director of the Central Psyctllatrlc Clin ic, agreed that excitement about the concert contributed to the perverse crowd ' bei}avlar: . '

11.L JHJ OLlIer age are we so StImUlated as we are during thli teen years an~ the early adult years. The anticipation 01 tt (the.,-con{!ert) has been building since September (when It was sold out). The degree of stimulation had been very much underestimated by the concert promoters" Smltson saId. '

. "THEY ·(11IE FANS) are at an- age- at whIch 4mlmaey-llr.lo-erltlcal. They want to sit that close to tt;e performers. They're groping for Intimacy; they re .groplng for closeness; they're groping for Idols," he added. . .' Nevertheless, SE1!!'i()n said, "tile potential is atways·-'there In .any crowd. You Jam oeonle- 00-

get her. it's so easy .to spark a panic reaction. Peo­ple' lose their reasoning, lose theIr Judgment . It's JUsJ.llke a keg of dynamite." .

While It Is more likely for a crowd to panic In a confined area. BleliauBkas Bald an outsIde crowd, like the one at Rlver!ront Coliseum, also can develop "a personality of Its own."

- "The group Melt ilevelops some sort of arrior=­phous persooallty and Ind iv idual thinkIng ceases."

"You see crowd behavior In Iran n ow. The saddest part Is that we are Judging and we are angry with them (Iranians) and It happens right here under our noses," said Blellauskas.

Smitson's clinic Is otr.erlng free .crll;ls coun­seling "for parents of the dead ",*,n-agers or any­body else :f.ho was trauma'tlzed by it."

THAT COULD Include "people who witnessed It and had a narrow .escape themselves ot work­ers III the Coliseum wlro'"IJmy-f~-a-great-deat-ot­guilt about what happened or policemen and ministers who helped at the scene." .•

About 25 people contacted the clinic for help Tuesday, he said. .. . .

"One of the thl9-gs we learnM from ('h e Beve r.ly Hills (afloermaih counseling) Is that there are a number of secondary victims-On addition to those who are Injured or killed}."

.. -' - '"AltntllertlIlJIg W'elea:nred J5 that people who need help In coping with a crisis are very.sensl­t.lve about feeling t h at they will be seen as a mental -health ·patlent: .... We 'see-them as persons who suffered-trauma," he-sald-. . _,_c_ -;--

The service Is free, and no formal records are ·kept.1i:ecsard:Tfjprijfmlf"-t"f.O~altls Il72c5804: ' - ·· .

11ot)§i~r~S~yThey ~ave (:rowd Contr~l Answer~ 'B~GENE PQUCiNskI GaM"" Ne~ Se1".~c.f;!' -~

Il.WAN JFoLI8 - More the.I'l·~·roc·k con;cert:Sa)i€arare-he1d at two fiuge ctt"eu:as ire! e, wiLlI 1,10S"t-tteke-t5- sotd­

o~~e way they had ¥en sold for l:l,(J1UStrous concert in Cincinnati .~I)daJ' Rilfll' .

;,.; '1sWsC ticket:< are 30M as gefief-aJ. '!<ldJl'll:~ion:-.orestTVal seat~~· or as 'Ti" .. Ofltcf:i-T-Wre=m:wtt. «Get In fast ct.liget~.se.a.t," _: . ___ _ . '"

2ut:.2nokesIJlen tor each arena ~~ay-tll'eyWil"'~i'm1'lam-to­,~." their. p.o~ • .aruU.llal ~.l:1ey "tt'fft"e7m rt-hry1s?!rr:mirfl:01-cbmgettttHtt .£4cK crowd 81~uati<ins llke the one In Whlilli,[pe1::smIK were d;&ample4e.Q1:;~ t --tea -in, A:.P1Tsl.l "~tg, ge:.nnaiaL

~nanCeV;111be proposeawlt1'lTn aTe-w , weeks to fOrbId-any '~general admls~ s io~PI "f!!:~tiva. l!eaUng"::~t-:events irulOhtlng more than6,OOiYpersons. -

----TH-~'(;E-R-'I'S, h~l'e~ruCh typically have large. ticket sales throughout cen tra l Indiana-are he]d~ elther at M.arket. Square Areoj:l.. ~~

general admission concerts, or the . Indlan/i Conventl<:m and Exposiblon

--i,knller, wntch ean accommOdate up to about 9.000 rock tans In so-caHei'l­"restl\al sea:tlftgf'-m'wh.4ch the .onfY ~~~l..'!.t.he h \1-l1 a re on thecfiooi.

Both -i@llltctNtfnc:4;r;~lLS have been o~n and bookl".g roe)t,

··~fOups,f-&~~a-tJran -t~ _OWclals 0 .- . - .~-

-- -Theo

Iy walt at doors honrs--rre-fo·re-a:­gerleral admission concert Is to begin , and glass doors at each faclll­ty-mrVl!O-eerr shattered' by fans ­-usujUly,-tnorewithGuUlckets,-they­

· sa:ld..,.tryingtq~!n81de-. --'- ~ Bo th Ea,1 SummerHn, Market

Square executIve director, and Dean -Phllllps, .. executive .d1rector of the ~6fl--Cefl~-Yley .\lse a combination 01 prlv,at.e sec,lltltlL rorce'S~m:ludmg a specIal · group called ~::a~'" and otr­

'-c:!:ntY-.:ttY.::J!l?ltl'.emen. !.9 ~ontrol . :erowds>'... .

, "There lioll .. ve, been some- anxious ·moj;l~-;_lFtlfei'"iilr-nish"fu'~ f~t;"~n:I!. irl. In.SaJd,.'j)ut nQiW~­

,~~1t¥~~dlIF ' ~, , .. '. n for a .'

= 1I .·or

-" ~'Wew-got'2o=doors-to-tfle-afe{la,

.an" we try to prevent -a bulRlUP at anr-one.pol~t,': .:'),u~~erl~~al~_

'" - --Market-Squannd It(>.na,s-><peer­group security personnel" (Which Summerlin said has been descrlbe~ as "~slrtrterr-musctemen"}' wbo move Into ·crowds . to br~ak. up any

-u1stUrbanceoam! .geJreraHy eontral ._theAklw:W;.the crowd, J.1e.-salfl-,The. JorCe....&elferally woun1r~!Ill!Itre\rf ..the.-a~entra.n:ces. he.ald.,, · ,'-=-::::' __ .~ ~~ . __ '-

Lawyers Predict~ Le-g-al-Ramifications BY BARBARA REDOING

!> Enquire< Repor1er

Unruly crowds at rock concerts acroSll the nation are commonplace but apparently Ie ... law1!Iults bav-e 1:l e en fllelt -against concef\ halt nr rock 'n roll promoters.

Hamilton County Courthouse records reveal no suits against own e r s of -Cfficlnnatl's 'mvertront. Couseum nrrlnlUfI¢s caus~a by roW'dy c ro wds since the AlIinai:l ~I'()tnera band Introduced the structure to electdc ~lc In Sep­tember, I975.

But several la"'Yers Internewed Tuesday predicted the ·l:nUnplJng deaths or 11 persona at The Who concert Mon!lay will ellange·thaL.,

A LAWSUIT Wed !Ii. ~yton by a suburban C1nclnnatl woman ID­lureG at a- rocl< concert at. the Ham. Sports Arena tn. l'¥I8 may sene M a ~e~_~I§.. tC)L.~Y __ "!l.l:t!_ ~~ fr,:,mMonday·s~edy. · - './ " - •. -~ nat l ·attortteJ'"1l'bo represented Karen Splegel,JJte 18-year-Otd Wyo­ming woman,

Tuesday, he said a Montgomery Cmmty;..jUp{lLlVNp;td ,9' .~ August was-the -ftrst-aga.1nst a eolt­seum ~L..d@lagl'S ea;u.s¢i1 by an 00.­

.IulyJ:Ol:k .coucert erolrd. .. ~. researched !.he .~ thor-­

o\1ghljJ)¢tgf~ Vir~~~tar'we know it'S . t.1re tlnI. YeroJ£t;'1l!i Ohio a nd, we. ~ere . l:llia;ble" to foeate any slmlffi:r'vefdlC.€5:many:~t'~

"Karen SpIegel wasn't the only one hurt In Dayton. But she :was the only one Injured seriously enougb and who became angry enou\!h 1.0 Ugh t It o u t In court," the lawyer said. -.. - ---

Spiegel -was knocki!ddown and trampled when eager concertgoers surged Into till! Dayton ar·ena to hear Fognat, a rock group, Gehrlg said. But the ctrcumstances that Cll.u.sed..$eve.r.tJl ligaments to lie tern from Spiegel's right knee wet'e. <IU­ferent fr(}m those In Clrictnilatl Monday, he' added. .

Fe;"StlvaJ seating - as general admissIon, o!.ten·only tc:> stand, 1n the area In 1l:ont ot the used..in_~~M.ll.WM~.{ = ,ffi'o'?t CO!1~ ... l.!~!LMl) "",.=.,"~.:,

BUT DAYTON arena otnclals' al­lowed Spiegel ann some 1200 eatly arrivals .tc:> walt .tWlI(je In a fioI~lng pen,-GmI.Rg4aJd •. Eatl¥-;COncert.iPer.s: h.a.d.-1:l:een..pm.t!ilMd they wouJtl be me ntitAi~ inside the arena.

rt-'<f1dn't work. ' Gut81d~.:dpurs .opened first, As 50Cl1HI.sthose in1;he hokl1ng pen. saw others ,nis:bing tor seau.,. Uley-surged OU& of the- holdlng ,"e'8:, lo'l' .oe):iRgcBl'li~fi!-I· Iie;-Wi-e­ground, Gelirlg.$a.td. ,_ ... ~c cC.::'.'.

S pI e g el;"toda l' 1l treshinalLat ~;-Il.1'Ide-n~&­mont.1ts....I)l ~Jns1eaL.~ ·betg:.!L sbe ~a;ble1;o re&am tull. use, ot all"· leg.tbela:wyer~ ; , "'"

· .... "G.e-liffg<i'r.gu":e-d'''lii "eS!iWthaT Spiegel dId ito", _e aH-dii:U wnen:&nepurcmuea·a'¢O~~ et: . ' ~",",--~

~_~OOn_J.mq~aad; aii""a.-QUic'l1s "hairrl 3Uf)r w-e:ieer- . else ore~~':in ptj)~ecfh:lj(ru ,

~Yfu;,{::e~~~~

BY JIM DELAJ'l.eY p,"vin~r'l! .~tt!f '. .,

. HOw long .have-·oomplalt!t.5 about .ptac­tkes at R1ver!ron t collseutff 'tfe en al;0und ? .'. .

A for mer Clnclnnatl' asslsta.n:~·. ci t y .!Illllel tor '$ lette r' 01 complaIn t In the

' rrw.n n.g.nl'lent- 01 Rlv<lrlront Collseutn a lJ<l',l t clut~-ere(j exitS a nd the a pwen t QVer~elllng~t .#:n . earl~r c(mce r~ ~.The Wh o provld e~ an. idell! II

____ . __ l:1_ IILJ:=P1liJnt,~:wU.~.iC_.l.7~ 111'15.

The leiter was· trom Al)n Tracey, who >i,td that appa..rent oversellin g- oJ tJ:>!'

ijl(Jllseum four y(!ars ago In d icated whal ~he c o-li ed "p<.fflsl bJe viola tions 01 the \~ r rns of t.tl. Consum er 5a iell Prar;tlces fJrdl n an cel!l: ."

TII A( ' E'I" WRQT~; LIla!. "th~,jton ce rt IIIIfI Lh~ a pp.!ara nee of be in g oventold ." I!!' ,' l!' t ter ~a id tha t. " til 1$ Impres.lon IIlltyhavc been en hanced by the tac t, Il"" l 5'· ... 1.1 were /l ot re~rved, a nd hun -

'.

,"otpeople were seeKing seatS whef1 "SECURITY DID not do -an 'excellen t h\.l! we~e t.urnei1'ol,lt. " , : . " Job' of cleaning the aisles ," she ·wrot-e. r ad.dltilon, she wrote, "there. seems ladlted tor Secui'lty guards In the seat ing e b<!enllttl~a'ttemllt.toolear-aI81i.$. : . area 01 the coliseum. and failed. to _see e exlts;-e ltherQllthe-maln flopr 'or eveu..one .... NoaLtempt was made to stands." . . . ' clear the' alsles,~, . 1 . .'

said' that whll e there were p1ehty" • dOl'S, there'was not an ample con- Tracey also cleared \IP on~ potht In

M eltner ushe·rs or secur ity per- her second letter. "ObServations In my s ' ' ""!Ii tirsL letter were not ' Ill reliance . on a

(nr:acey received a respo nse tro'fIl, "" complaint of a consumer, but· 'were WllUlun R. Barre!.t. d irector of cvefl!;lfM; those ot Mr, Morga,n (Noel Morgan, the

-tl:'li'cpllset'lTlT."· "- - --. -~~'-~~,c,on~lllu"l lttta:rrs'·cttle1)1l'Yl'tt'my.:-" B_arrctt told h ~J' tha "" s h e m Ulw be sell," who were at the concert.

mistaken, t hat. the cOlfeen was not ovetlllold, although thl.lfe was a capl).ciLy crowd.

!'Also, we had more than adequate ~ecutlty ancillshers tot the conce rt, bot h Inside and out, and actually more than tor any prior shOW," Sarrett wrote, "Our forCe const.anUy clea red the Illstes and d ldlln exce lJ ent JOb."

'J'racey then wrote to Barrett a sec­olld time.

Tr a cey had orlglnall.y complained that apparent overselllng cuuld violate ClnclnnMl's con~umer salc& ord inance because ··the consumer iii nol'recelvlng what he pUfcha.,ctt . a seat \.0 vlf.'w a con­cert, and he can not do 80 with the a~8urance he Is safe."

The e xchange of lette rs were locat-ed In a f il e In the office of Coum;llwan Gera ld N. Springer, who made h is rll~n the coll3eum available to The.enqulrer.

])olice Report Blames 1"00 Few ~icket. ... r-rakers fl Y GEORGE BECKER , ·'WJ'ff!-.r H~>ot'1ff

IL. ~ IJ1g t o., fe w Ur!<et·tll k er~ Monday Illi l1l may have contrlbuu'd u) t he ratal l!lverfront Co l t-l eu m ~la Ul ped .. . a pre­llJ nlllary po lice rep{) rt concl ud l!,d TtWS~ ,j ,.y

iii tll~ 2'.' -pa.ge, typ~wrl t ien report. LI 1)"le MenkhllUS ' !l Id UHI.1. a t 1 p tn ., 115 t l 10 11xiUld5 a wanet1 the "tart J) r' T h; W·nf) ( unf' I" ~ l

rll"re Wfl5 a br lel d lm: ussjon of l tlp. i"'8slhlllly 01 opening more doors ' How ­·'\.t~ r th{t~ Weft" no lrtOre Ueket- tu.kc r.:i

, "' l lu lJ l ~,th' II." M~ II ~hl1.lI s ,!<~~Illble<l lJ 1 ~ reporl. to

, ' l l ld Myron J 1..,1,1.1,,1' h'''Jr~ 111t<'1' ttl!' l l lV.<rly'. Mrmkbau5 Ic 'J {lrfl~e r 8 w ill>

".n' , 10 ~Kln Ii slx · hollr "our of dul.y ,," [,Jtlp the fa cility at 4 p til Monday.

ll"wever. th ~ report ,tated, ro lls.nJlll ' Ie !.I1·' ~!'r \{ldHtfd Morgtill !ili w ... '.: rowd " '''" I rl~ at 1:30 p.m and aHked lor pol ice,

l"" urtee ll otrlcer~, !Om" m Ulled from ~ , l) tnt'i' .:sbuw-ed UP a l ... 3 D tn . One ho~r 1.11 " 1' 'UlOtil!'1' e lv, ltl. appeared . lh~ re port ' ... ' I t!'" :i .. •

\iolt-nt.., \ Cctmpanion

( H Ft'sti vub Nt. '.V Y O HK 11\"1 -, ~u\c ls eon(' ert~1$ bel"u me

f· trt. o f A me-rlc!:l ll PoP , ': It llrf' III the ' I V50s

''I! I flok 011 re~ tlval , 'In III ttw 1000s WI 1l1 • ll,u f('s ll val :-;'e tuh~ vio­l,,"' ·.·. "ften IIp!l.rk,' d by ~ ' !t' wl.d f'~pread UM' of ,)1 uv.' a nd ~ I c o ho l

Ill" I I persona k.ll led \ i tJ1 H lay n !ght in C tn -

i'\tl,;. I U we r e (,l fn Ong t ti l '). \\ h o tHut ~ pen t i ll lq r '!o In the p laZH..o f I ~l ~ ~ Hlve r-r ro nl Coll-

TtI\ll.IU~ WI'.Jt E 1li1K(.I tlrree s up~ rvJ$6ts. , long, othe rs olt!C l'r~ wefe called ~Cene. , .5 p.m., t.he crowd' grew to {)v"£ 1,000 s, t.he report 3tated.

_ " At) li:30 ((1:30 p.m .). the potenWI,] for probl<'l'lls were OllVI01l3," It stated, I\t t;,4~ p.m " he ~ald li('''c(.mla.Cted Sgl: J()hn' Ba­s h an! , th e O()lfaelJ.J11. co-ordina tor tor pr ivate s~curlt,y . "to relil.yn ls concetns. "

At 'I p.m" Mc n klHI,U8 3Ulted h e met . Wit!l Mo rgan and {-'l l !,~vy . thrJ conCer t's loca l prom oter , und lalked about t he Ill le uxr lvlll.or Tile Wtlo. Tile possll;llI ty or nr)(~u irlf;{ Tnore door~ wa5 d~8r:wi!Jerj ,

Be,;u" "" ·tllI) group iHtCI a rrived la te, Uwy had n.ot comple ted the ir' wa rm up a 1111 s o und checks. Menkhaus not e d, ''limj t h,.' d(lO l' , could not be o]1nned IIIl W lImt WllS don e. "

At ~1 : 211 jJ.lri'" the report said , the fi rs t door was broken opetl by th,' crowd'NI th e "e v~n section" s id!!; AIi"I.ll!1 p.m .• a., an p.sti m a ted 8.000 pct!<!onlt Wi$r~ In line; \.he dQ{)r~ had tlot opened,lt st.il.ied . '

Theil .t lw f'; P9rt~Q9!1~lXlU~d : "'1'11(' exac t. lillie .of the door opening Wll.! no~ k now n lI owever, the only OOOI'S 9pened

--wen! at t ile mllln entranCe an d on the no rth side 01 tlle build In \:.

"TO i\LLEVIAT~: gorne o f the cru3h or the cro Wd. t.he co liseum m an a gemeilt an nou nCed on the outside pub ll c ad­dre~,~ ( sy~te m) n ot t.o PU~11 and t ho.'t the do<:!l's on th e nort)] zlde we re open t.o lk:c(Jlnm odat." a t tendees.

1i'irtle c rowd WM's!] large a t th is point tha t It backed up a1l1los t 1.0 thli bridge connectin g th e (Rlve'rlronL) 8tao lu m and tlt e co liseum," . .

A I. 7:30 p.Ill ., tlt e repor t 3tatcd, scveml per so n s· nee d ed m ed i cal ' altentlOI) , Me n kha us d id n ot explai n whe~her the,\' were injured In t he rUS )1 fo r 8oat.s . .()-t' W~f() otherwise Inj ured or Il l. . . ... :

"It was Imposs ible to get police 11'Ito the crowd Ilt t h Is ti me," Men kh ... us suld,

But, t tl ,; re port :;lated, .'' I n generar, the ~rowd WIlS orderly and not a prob­I~m .

"T he 'prol)lem lies In s tich It large cro wd attem pti ng 1.0 g l\in e nt r ance tllfOuWtoD lew door!. }Cow of those In a l.tenda nce .h o.d a n y knowledge ot Uie seriousness of this sl tuaMon ."

'lUt waiti n g ror t tl(~

d '0 1 " to open fo r It I HI II'f'r' h y The ,\-\'h o ~-~.l ltJ I' s pa ts we re re ­" .. rV I-' r1. but ha l f w er e

, ";t ilah l" Oil a f Irs t · 1 l oI ll t ', fir s t-se rv ed L,, "'< I, a r utn rnon roc k I til l( 1' [( p n H'Uce

,\llI l o ugh p u t;llc n " 11!' Inl~ 1 ate r c () m -1'1 .!l!l!'d of pu blic s e x ,H' \' a ;IIJ ove r t d rug use ,I ll hf' Mon terey Inte r -1l,lr()na l P op ~'estivaJ \ n 106'(, there were no d t' '1111 s or public ized ." [s or vio lence a t t he rH',l roCK lestival to a t­I [ad t11 0usands of tans

EVERY WEDNESDAY IS FAMILY N~IGHT

S COIII'LETE DIIIIIERS , INCLUDE:

J plece1. honey _di pped fr i-ed !j>

chicken. mo~hed potatoes ond gr a v y. cot. \ta'llt ond hgt

bu tte r ~ t01.tt n · biJcui '5. In Pal III Springs In

l~.ltm~ t wo people were woun ded a'nd·250 ar­H'.-.te u at a rock con­d~rL Later that year. . Im) W('Te injured and 75 a rr e,te d at the New­port f ps tival near Los

Offer Good

;\ n ge}{·s. :t

It. was the same year as tile Woodstock hi us l c and Art I' air, w hen hundreds ' of t l1iiusands descended

-'ID .a..1arm in Wh'Tte r " , ke, N.Y .-a peaceful gITthering despite some drug,relat~d Illnesses.

At the· end of 1969, I' ll e Roiling Stones

;{.w-:l:.oo-GI:ate!u IDe ad <;ave.B- concert on the­

, ,\lta.on t . Speedway­ne a r ' San F'rancisco. Members of the·Hell's A nge l s Jl1otorcycle ga ng , hired as body· !!ua.rds f or perform.ers;­'tabbed and kille-tl--~' f an who trted -to clime'

-m+-the-Stage,while. ttle­Stones performed .

. Jerry Garcia ot 'The Grate ful Dead, who pl a yed . at - Altamon t,

Tafcl'llfe ae-a th s at that co ncert ,made him think about his re-­~piJnSiOtl}tY -as~-j:fe t": fUrn'l-er.-'-"-;~~"'.' i..,i;:~~~~,-~

From . 10:30 A .•• L 'TI L 10:00 P.M. W ~,d..n!!_$dqy ..• '

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eel{$:.£e~slj:va15e~ting l~~n5~Q'e ... rreople were kllled In the crush of ' . ... , TWO' 17"year-'0Id VtyomlngHlgh bpposlt~on. ~ tfi,ll ordlniulcts" ' IJ,U t .•• \~~}£.~~ic~~~.!).ILS the crowd at'arock 'concert MondiW ~choo,,"senlor8 ortereihhelrhelp In¥' Republicans ur.ied :J;haJ. C!ec.\slons . night at Ri\!:l!rtront Colls'mIn. . a statement to council Wedntllilay, not be made In !laste. '!We dp hllve

City Manager Sylvester- Murra QJlServfllg"they surrered ~'the 1&!Js of €~e to m8.k~ .elr-r~~,~,ra.tlon~

RENU A. voids.

Cal\lngt~ lss!les arising. from Monday n!ght'l tragedy "above de~ I;!ate," cU.l'Je~der5 called Wednesday tor orrtrndhcesbe.nnlng festival soatlng at large' arenrul and II"lvl ng police total. authority over crowd control.

confirmed that the task 'force will a:"'frlend" w. a result of the tragedy. a.l decisions and we shouli:l dotl:iat, . be chaired' by . .form,er city Satety •. Thetwoyouthl!;~ancy Perlfuah " Minority Leal1er'Uu:;V 6. O:u!:'ken~' " VU""C·U"'~ DlreCl\)r Henry J. Sandman, no~ and. Fontaine Frantl\ were enrolled berger said: . -. , '. .

"

Enforciflg Laws At Concerts

chief or security at the University of In' Wider Horizons to-r Youth, a: spe_::.·Democrata .aO,d .. Cha'rterl tes Clnc1nnatL el.al academic pro"ram, along cw.lth '. agreed"saY,lng,tl:!ai Police -authgrlty

. .. over crowd"control and ·an end W , IO-year-old Peter Bowes, one . of 11 ' . testlval 'aeatlng ru:e "allOve. debate;" ; . concertgoer~ who lost their Itvesln but tlili.t other wues wlll be studied the crush of rreople. , by the t.y:k [orce: .·· . . . '1'

HEHINI) THE: SCENES: TWI)

mem tJcrs 0 1 the Regional Enforcement Narcotics Unit ' (JlEN U) spOke at'a meeting tWIt month and were asked a question thll t Is now on t he litis or most Trl~t41te rcs trJ ent., .. . "Why dQeBl\'t RENU.enlorcc the drl'!!:

Mayor J. Kenneth Blackwell asked ' City Solicitor Thom&.s A. Luebbers to have the ordinances ready by Tuesday, when council's Law and Public Sarety Comml.ttee will hold the !lrst of two public

"THIS 'TASK torce will conduct a tllorough Investigation tnllP the cir­cumstances and make re-commen­dattons on ordinances and regula­tions required to ill!8ure that this tragedy Is nev6to,repeated In Cincin­

"The recent tragedy has engulf- ;'. TIiougncowlcllm!'n.qhomas B-ed.the entire community," theysa.ld . . ' Brush observed that the' Q6sslblllty, . ' . ,i.H"iiil"ii •• y ,li';; "We fcellt has particularly been telt ot.legllllatlng an end to testlvaJseat­by the young citizens of this area." lng, which Is a genenil admfsslon

Law .. ..a. .... r.oo - -er.ts·/:~"i-- ~._ I . ' A perl!<) . • !ng' that

meeLihg kent..!! gave two reall '

dllrnianned and 'on the pushe,,'

lmd SUp . . e r OCk concerti! . a ttract only he users .

• HENt/hia be'elf'lnstructed I)ot lo'ha rus patronifo r the' ,'oll.eum becau3ll n brlng. . r'! Ven ue In,Lo I,h e c i ty .

i"

OHS.:RVIITION J)~:I'I\ ItTM EN'f: Senator Edward I{ennccly's s tatenltmts I\bout the I ntn Ian cris is we re unfortunate, to say the lew.t . . If "the »enator I ~ short on IlI-'u"ts to dlgCll68,

I pe rhaps he can ,plmd some tlnle ~xplaln l ng detail •. or CI J AYPAQU I DIJICK.

Tl I.E INS l'ANTOhlg Lottery ,,'''n~' could ll a ve st.arted out with It. bl~ 10 •• Monday If the numbers 1, 2, 3 were drawn. The h unch beLv"., "~te cted. the date to niilke t helrbcl. nwa8 the 12th;llonth an ,j Ullrtl day. '

Had the nUlll bera won, tt1e payo ff wou ldhave been about$1

. mJ)ll()n,: . Th~ l\)t.lJ.l day'~ snle wUlStJ 02.000,

Ineldent.IJ.Uy. HarohlHeektn, who il eads tile lott.ery In the Cinc innati tllatrtct, said It Is solng tJe tter thun expected. He "aId the >l. vettlg'eWlll1:er 15 U6 cen!.!l ..

t< • (, i,

A TIMELY meS8all"e comes from the 1\ IJ(II! rSOI1 Townsh ip ~'Ire Department .. It say",.

"Don'l let tile JINGLE l3iZLLS heard In your dr iveway tw those or a £Ire engine."

T hose puttl'1ll' up trecs a'nd Chrlst.rn(l;s dc-cora L,lons should U8e

fire 3afcl,y mater ial anti be care(ul n at Lo ourload el ecLrli; outle t.s.

. '" 1I11.~ on J.iie subject of nre sufety, I ,r.tgl,t /lote there I.s an Increuslng number of complaints a bout suburban theaters not

' enlorctT' gthe 'NO SMOKING laws. One theater has the "no

.' rIlok"lng" regul~tlon8 posted on Its cigarette machine.

update Dr. C'lete Bulacll was

hearings on them. . Blaekwellsald cIty council would

I~r;t on those proposals after the hearings. Public testimony at the two s(~ssl.ons will serve as the st.IJ.rt­ln g polnl; for uspeclal task !of/;e lnves tl gatlon or crowd control

-""''''l~", 'n'' added-. ---.~~~- ... The !lctlo!,! COllies atter 11 young

nati," Blackwelf.'iiald. The ·panel w"lll cOO8lsl; ot fewer ·arrangement as opposed to reserved

seats, raised "serloul! legal con~ cerns" In the past, a well-Informed.' city legal source said it can lJil done:.

than a dOUln members and wlll In- 6V1CE MAYOR David S, Mann's elude young people fammar with Law and Public Safety Committee City rocJ!illconcerts, Murray said. It will hold public hearIngs on the two w 1.11 not Inc I ude Rlverlront, Coll- proposed ordinances Tuellday at· 2 seum otllcia ls, rock concert p.m. and the following Tuesday, A ';ITY ,B:~torney sa1.d tlJ!l m~ln p.romotera- or"c Ity admlnlstraMvc-·Dec. 18.at7·p,m.'-~ .,- - challenge l.ri luch,an,ordlriance wlfl personnel, the manager said. No council members 'an.llounced be to dlstl ngulllh between smalI-ra'

• (. 11 Lives Lost. Lf)rd Knows Why'

•

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following remarlrs on Monday's tragedy a-t Riverfront Coliseum were delivered iiy CouncJImun Gerald N. Springer Wednesday at a meetIng of CincInnati CUy Councll. He spolre Mter the nIne council members rose In un/sen

. to approve a. resolution mourning !1ll! 'deinlJ~ onn:oncertgoerll:- - . '.. There a~e ~o~0tl}men'WI~3 that bring baclI: 11 young lives,.

. I didn't know any of the n,' .But, then agaln,lkMw them all . . They lOved Ilnd cried and'laughed and yelled and telt,lonely and sometimes relt Insecure and sometimes as If .tlley owned the world. It Will! all ahead ofthem-.a me re step through the doorW'ay·c But the /:lours wouldn't open.and they died In a crush. , '. . No. People die or tailing heart!!,

.colllding cars, flied guns or falling planes. They do not die tn ·human stampedes. No. It can't be. • But It Ill. Incredibly, It Is. Eleven YOUng llve~ lost on tbe way to

. "WHo" tor Lord knows why. Death visit!! us all. It makes no

value l!ldgments. The big, the . small, rich and,poor,even the good die young, but when It happens to 11 so young It constitutes lite's toughest punch In the nose. It cries out for el<pllWlatlOn'- Why?-but Inevitably find!! none. ·---Sutely. we will-react. There will be task forces and Investigations . We will tlnd out exactly what . happened and do whatever IJ! necessary to see that It will never haprren again. We will legislate !j.galnst festlval seating. which Invites crowds to come early and push In S() as to get a good seat, and security and order at the concert8 wlll be beeted up.

Even though the coliseum Is privately owned and operated, we

will place security as It effect!! publlc satety under the Jurisdiction or the Cincinnati . PollcelJepartrnent and they will have the authority to. order the dOOr!! opened, or to hold up a concert until the aisles are cleared, or to do .whatever else Is necessary to allevtatea .. .. .. , poten tltlIlY·f!antei'oUl\:&It.u.r",tlon. . CertalhlY;ilneUl:ltI(~en1S clear Just 36 hours a[~t the tr~y, andJ;hat is tiUl.t If the . police had the authority I.oOtder alJ.the.tiool'll opened-regardleSs or what else 'wMo[wa:m't done ­the cCU!h would have been'· .

. averted and the UVea saved, . But 'beyondilll the~ things

that we now know, that we will n()w do, two thlngll8tan.d out In my mind. E1rst,.th&.t no matter how long we look tor scarregoats­whether It be the colLSeum or the promoters or 1)be Who otthe . police or whomever"';"nothlI'\g is going to bring thou 11 young j)e<!ple: back. Alii! Jei:ond there u, a \kmptation In·llglitdf liuch '0

traged~ to wlthdraw,to say no. more c.oll~um, no.more crowd eventl!; r don't bel1eve that··that is the answer. We should not shut out the out!!lde world.

What ma.kes a city a srreclal place 1ll the dlvefslty ot people, culture; at1>and entertainment. that Itott~ lUi citizens and Its vl!!ltors. The challenge Is not to

·turrrthls·aU-01t;butTatherto-·· learn l\) !lve and learn and work and enjoy amoml ea.ch other In an environment ot satety and t.rust and c6rnpas'llon. Nobody died Monday night because or a song or a band. They died because In the chaos and the electricity ot the moment, we forgot w care about the human beIng who was st.IJ.ndlng In tront of us.

-GERALD N. SPRINGER

EnQUir ... photo. BY NATAL.IE FOBES . AN EMOTIONAL Gerald Springer mourns the deaths of the 11 coocertgoers at Riverfront Coliseum.

ff ticket' holders to sit on a first-come, Arono first-se rve ba.sls. • A requirement that ticket

holders be allowed l\) enter a c o ll-Police see P_ossih~lity:

Th~~'ordlnance s,Qu,l'i·t .!?~ c.lt't led(le~8 wO,ullj glv~. PQltce,tll1! tJl)Bl

.say rn:matters ,oh~w.d .control; but. h.o W it1'lJll retate .119, prlva~ oi!ilt!;. lng,s wa!inotllminediately srrelJea out, . . . . ... . ". ' "

sLlpain tendent of tile Utt/e Miami Local Scllool District in Morrow for three stormy years. Dl,ring Wat period, vo/;ers de[ea~ed several levies, aw:J schools closed eariy-in December, 1978- whell funds raIl out. B ulach left. tile district last summer wheli the SC}lool board declined to rellew hIS contract. Ofl- seum or concert hall at least one T· 0 - '£i"'i'r---"-' - .c-fiour··be{-ore·a rrerformance. This Is a Now superintendent of schools In . '--'.I. st.IJ.ndard .practlce In the Industry, the New Lexington Gity School .he said. DIstrict In Perry County, near • A requirement tha t the se fa-

Doo·rs ~Op@"n;, Th eri-·~-.I'.IU"L=;~;)Y~~iT~;,;~~~n~~ffiiPric'?fj4 BY GEORGE BECKER Lancaster, Bulach said this week C . d' B ·'11 cilities have "suftlclent" entrances

he~5 "tickled to death" that Little rQ W I (or crowd control. . Enquire< Repo<ter

Miami passed a five-mill levy In ' , "When a larg'e crowd of youn\t The p'osslbuity was .ralsed ,Wednes-October, ending finanCial, woes ER people are crammed together in a day that some doors were opened at there . "They can certainly yse the ~':'~;~::7.~ECK . c9ngested area and-heal' what they It Iv e r f ron t Coil seu m M 0 n day money. I guess the public was .. ~, _ beliey,e to be their favorite pertorm- evening, tlien were closed as the . finally convinced of the need." " State Sen. StanleY, J. Aronoff, R- ers playing Inside-or. a rumor of crowd grew before the start of the '

Bulach said his n ew Job in New Cincinnati, said Wednesday he will that'-and knowing that It Is survlv- . concert by The Who:rd~kiif~ilii''':';';·::''·1!i51iit~iiibf;tiii~''C;illi.selrtil~"'~,. ... -,--,,::,:'f~~:~~~~,1~~~~~~~~~!i!~-t Lexington is "'Iantastic." prepare legislation designed to pro- al of the rTttest In the race to get a Meanwhlle, Ca.1

"The district Is smaller than tect anyone' attending-Iarge Indoor good seat, all-tne Ingredients tor a promoter 'tor Electric . "' Little Miami, but I have more to concerts In Ohio. st.IJ.mpede a.re there," Aronoff said. . ' cert8, said 18,~attended the con~ ' do' because this is ~ city district He began work on the legislation "If t·he calises can be clearly :. ' ·cert. Of that toitali said Levy, ' 3;578 . and th ere is 'nocounty because the c ity "has had. the Identified through pubUc hea£lngs, seats were reserved. . .,. ' superintendent," he said. :'1 also opportunity to act and hasn't,"_ he then the passage of remedial legls- Police said IS doors were Qpened"" was able to choose my own, said . _ latlon Is assured ." Monday night 'and a 19th entrance . assis ~antsuperlntendel'lt, and he' " We've been p l aying Russian . ' -at Mehrlng·Way and Second se· .... , daj'Jllght, -said concertgoers

kaefeap .... sl1llna~O·"U·.·C'Oh· with r.Q)llet~r_a long tlm~," Arono!! ARONOFF SAID. experts I~ thec , ~:waLll~.~ after .the' stampede tnat ~. oftlcers that .only ,0neaoorJn eacl1=!idmliSS:toi'rt;tac;~~"""'&;Z:="#7~' • said, referring l\) conditions wh lcn--tleld of crowd-cuntrol'=wnuld" help ·~,. . '." - .... : . . " . . .

Uttle Miami news by subscribing sparked Monday night's sJ;ampede legislators define_~'()w !nan~, en~ .:.: . ... . .,~' .: '. to a local newspaper, and often at Riverfront Collseurn. trances would be sutrlclent. He ':T . ~.. •. " 'M' . . _,.,~' __ .;;_~,-,,,,,,,,,,,"., returns to the area to visit Eleven persons were crustied also said the blll/!renacte(r,W(rn:rd~- Wo-:\JItl~S '. .

'-iPnaT<rjehn.its:,·wH'.eeddreilclelgn'dtlI1Ylfi;er-'Wlls-l'teb;t_+-;d~e~a~t:;,hioTaniPid~aFt'flfie7ias~t~12iiii'F~iii:iiii[rfi'<; not single out rock;. concerts. But It. • . '. ' . , : ,....: I w.o uld provide protection tor . the in eh'eb~cklash ot 11 .'deathiat a

ptlbllc attending large Indoor gath-:' rock con'cert'aiRlvirtront COlfSeuni e r I n gsanywll.ere In the s ta te ,11l~_: ' ·cMonday,i:6ncer.t;: tllCllltle's1rCr n d t~ S1~::r,~~:~a..~:~~,!Z~;:'!~. cludlng:uni!R'<!rporated·area,s./ , a ' olts 'a-rrd--t.o tsvl'fl-tiCmnvliir - t i f!:8.~,.se'!l:t"

'It Is hot precisely known test1~Iil-and .. ~~~~!~~~ the coliseum's doors. were ,. 'the .