Hermit Fight Eviction From Makeshift Wig Wam Near Cemetery
Boston Housing Court Chief Justice E George Daher delays eviction of Bill Britt a 50 year old legally blind resident who has lived in a woods lean to for 19 years. The state must find him a new home by March 18 while noting jail or shelter would be unsuitable. Britt from Chestnut Hill writes poetry and short stories and keeps a box mailbox.
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Boston
E. George Daher
State Attorney General’s Office
Bill Britt
Britt
Daher
Cynthia Canavan
Chestnut Hill
Cooling Sack Lunch Sparks Bomb Scare in Spokane
A Spokane clerk left a sack lunch cooling on a window ledge outside work. A passerby alerted the Spokane County Commissioners office. Marshall Farnell called the sheriff’s bomb squad, which inspected and discarded the sack after confirming no danger.
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Spokane, Wash
Spokane County Commissioner’s Office
Marshall Farnell
Commissioners
Sheriff’s
Springlike temperatures tease into the week
Brief warm spell continues with fair skies tonight and a low in the upper 30s. Tomorrow will bring sunny skies and a mild high in the lower 60s as conditions stay warm. Details on Page 12A.
Death notices list local residents across Georgia
Obituaries for Florrie C. Aldrich Metter Arlouise C. Deal Aiken Elizabeth W. Highsmith Martinez Ruby D. Hinton Augusta John A. Owens Jackson James E. Smith Warrenville with details continued on Page 6A.
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Florrie C. Aldrich
Metter
Arlouise C. Deal
Aiken
Elizabeth W. Highsmith
Martinez
Ruby D. Hinton
Augusta
John A. Owens
Jackson
James E. Smith
Warrenville
Investigator finds drug problem at Savannah River Plant
A U.S. Department of Labor officer concludes SRP suffers serious drug abuse while probing charges that former construction worker Roger D. Wensil was fired for exposing the issue. DOE and Du Pont reviewed the matter with undercover checks but jurisdiction questions limited site access.
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U.S. Department of Labor
Savannah River
Herman R. Northcott Jr
Department of Labor
Roger D. Wensil
Wensil
B.F. Shaw Co
Birmingham
Defense
Northcott
Department of Energy
Cliff Webb
DOE
SRP
Webb
du Pont
DWPF
Campbell's Office Reviewing Riley-Era Grants for Violations
Gov. Carroll Campbell's office has begun a review of 12 contracts and grants awarded during or just after Gov. Riley's administration to determine if state laws were violated. About $93,642 of $118,450 discretionary funds had been spent by Dec 31, with overlaps to aides and firms now linked to Riley. The probe covers sole source contracts and grants including a $57,118 study grant to Spectrum Institute via ex-aide William E. DeLoach.
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Columbia
Dick Riley
Carroll Campbell
Campbell
Tucker Eskew
Riley
Eskew
Riley Administration
William E. DeLoach
Spectrum Institute
DeLoach
Retail sales plunge 5.8 percent in January
The Commerce Department reports a record 5.8 percent drop in overall retail sales for January led by a 22.4 percent fall in auto sales. Excluding autos, sales edged down 0.1 percent amid tax law changes taking effect January 1.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Arafat ally linked to saving hostages in Beirut
PLO leader Yasser Arafat's security chief Salah Khalaf known as Abu Iyad reportedly warned Moslem captors in Beirut to spare the four hostages after a U S attack threat. The claim, from Al Anwar, cites Khalaf telephoning from Tunisia to Imam Hussein Musawi to halt the midnight execution deadline.
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Beirut
Lebanon
PLO
Yasser Arafat
al- Anwar
Salah Khalaf
Arafat
Fatah
United States
Al-Anwar
Khalaf
Abu Iyad
Palestine Liberation Organization
Tunisia
Hussein Musawi
Musawi
U.S
Islamic Amal Movement
Bekaa Valley
Baalbek
Islamic Jihad For the Liberation of
Mediterranean
Israel
Amal
Nabih Berri
Damascus
Syria
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