Rancho Seco Reactor Leak Forces Unusual Event Shutdown
A 20 gallon per minute leak in the Rancho Seco nuclear plant led to a Sunday shutdown after officials declared an unusual event. Water used for cooling was confined to the reactor building with no radioactive release. Backup power keeps customers unaffected, per plant spokesman Brad Thomas.
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Sacramento
Calif
Rancho Seco
Brad Thomas
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Thomas
Bear Dies Of Cocaine Overdose In Georgia Mountains
In Fannin County Georgia a black bear weighing over 150 pounds died after eating cocaine from torn duffel bags dropped by drug smugglers. Agents tied the find to a prior Knoxville death and earlier Georgia discoveries of about 75 to 88 pounds of cocaine in similar bags.
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Blue Ridge
North Georgia
Kentucky
Knoxville
Tenn
Gary Garner
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Garner
GBI
Andrew Thornton
Friday
Georgia
Fran Wiley
Sanctuary Trial in Limbo as Witness Avas Late
The 9 week old conspiracy trial of 11 sanctuary workers is far from finish with recess until Jan 7. Prosecution and defense fight over defenses and judge disqualification while informant Jesus Cruz testifies and details his undercover role. Cruz says he moved illegal aliens for pay from Arizona to Florida under orders from federal agents.
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Tucson
Ariz
Beth
U.S
Earl H. Carroll
United States
Jesus M. Cruz
Cruz
Aquino Campaigns on Negros Island Amid Calls for Peace
Corazon Aquino addressed about 20 000 people in Bacolod on Negros Island urging an end to political violence ahead of the February 7 special election. She recalled her husband Benigno Aquino Jr the assassination and vowed to continue his struggle as forces linked to the Marcos regime face turmoil after key defendants were acquitted.
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Bacolod
Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Negros Island
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Aquino
Marcos
Manila
Benigno Aquino
United States
Fabian C. Ver
Armed Forces
Bomb blast kills six in Durban resort shopping center
In Amanzimtoti, a late morning explosion at a Durban suburb shopping center left six dead—three women and three young boys—and 24 injured. Hospitals report 45 to 50 wounded. police later raised toll from four to six. Authorities noted no immediate claim of responsibility.
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Durban
South Africa
Vic Haynes
National Police
Pretoria
Haynes
Amanzimtoti
Addington Hospital
Indian Ocean
Victoria Embankment
South African Press Association
Father Dies After Gunpoint Removal of Life Support
Edward T. Baker surrendered at Brookside Hospital after allegedly holding a nurse at gunpoint while his father Edward C. Baker, 69, was removed from life support. The hospital said the decision came after the patient’s terminal condition and cancer history. Baker faces a murder charge.
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San Pablo
Calif
Edward T. Baker
Brookside Hospital
Edward C. Baker
Baker
Palmer Watson
Watson
Velma Brown
Contra Costa
Felter
First female Jarvik-7 heart recipient in critical condition
Mary Lund 40 remains in critical but stable condition after the six hour Jarvik-7 heart implant at Abbott Northwestern. Doctors report kidney and neurological function are not improving as quickly as hoped, with dialysis helping waste removal and CAT scans showing no major structural problems.
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Minneapolis
Mary Lund
Abbott-Northwestern Hospital
Mark Dixon
Lund
Minneapolis Heart Institute
Abbott Northwestern
The
Heart Institute
Dixon
Frederick Gobel
Gobel
Aiken Standard Contact and Mail Details
The Aiken Standard founded in 1867 is published weekday afternoons by Aiken Communications Inc. Mail address P O Box 456 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29802 Second class postage paid at Aiken South Carolina.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O
Aiken
S.C
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Georges Courtois
Patrick Thiolet
Christian Janvier
St. Mary's Church
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Fannin County
Tennessee Line
White
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Ed Street
African National Congress
ANC
Tom Sebina
Lusaka
Zambia
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Kensington
Millbrook
Whiskey Rd
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