Perrier to destroy 72 million bottles over contamination scare
Greenwich based Perrier Group of America recalls and destroys about 72 million bottles of bottled mineral water after traces of benzene are found. France bottling operation halted and distributors told to pull products. FDA calls health risk negligible and its acting commissioner says he would drink a bottle. Benzene is a clear flammable solvent used in various industries and linked to cancer in animals at high doses.
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Greenwich, Conn
Pertie
Ronald V. Davis
Perrier Group of ‘America Inc
United States
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
James Benson
Fourth Straight Drought Year Looms in California
California faces a fourth drought year unless rainfall improves in the next two months. Los Angeles drafts a water conservation incentive. farmers in Turlock rely on well water. Folsom Lake area merchants fear visitor declines. Precipitation was 60 percent of normal by Feb 1 with reservoirs at 74 percent and snowpack 40 to 50 percent of normal.
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Los Angeles
California
Bob Fingado
State Water Resources Department
Weather outlook clears tonight with cold low mid 30s
Clear skies and cold weather forecast for tonight with a low in the mid 30s. Sunny Tuesday expected with a high in the low 70s. Details on Page 10A.
Deaths in South Carolina area families listed
Obituary notice lists individuals Eula Bates Augusta Pearl Blackmon Dennis Clark Marguerite LaFavor Charles May Latasha Schofield John Stroman G Williams and Mary Young with locations including Augusta Aiken North Augusta Wagener Trenton Warrenville. Details appear on page 9A.
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Eula M. Bates
Augusta
Pearl G. Blackmon
Aiken Dennis
Clark
Aiken
Marguerite M. LaFavor
North Augusta
Charles S. May
Latasha Schofield
Wagener
John Stroman
G. Williams
Trenton
Mary A. Young
Warrenville
Mandela Seeks Peace While Endorsing Defensive Action
Nelson Mandela, freed after 27 years, calls for peace and racial harmony but defends anti-government violence as a defensive necessity. He urges intensified pressure to end white minority rule, while noting widespread social unrest and urging restraint to protect black white dialogue.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Nelson Mandela
Mandela
Andries Treutnicht
Proor Conservative Party
African National Congress Movement
F.W. de Klerk
Mandela release sparks praise and cautions in U S officials
In Washington and Atlanta reactions followed Nelson Mandela's release announcement. Representative H I Gray urged sanctions on South Africa while Coretta Scott King called the event welcome but noted South Africa remains unfree.
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Mandela
Nelson Man
South Africa
Cae Eet
H. Gray I
D-Pa
Ick
Legisation
Gray
Atlanta
Coretta Scott King
U.S
Thurmond Opens Re election Campaign At Savannah Airport
Veteran U S Senator Strom Thurmond launched his 1990 bid at Aiken Airport amid cheering local officials. He touted the Savannah River Site as essential to the nation’s defense and tritium supply, while warning about East European reforms and Gorbachev’s efforts. He credited Ronald Reagan’s legacy and expressed confidence in President Bush continuing the agenda.
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Strom Thurmond
Savannah River
America
Sen. Thurmond
Ments
Aiken
Repul
Berlin Wall
Mihail Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Bec Pa
Ican
U.S. Senate
Reagan
Bush
Galileo Spirit Snaps Venus After Camera Glitch
The Galileo spacecraft resumed Venus observations after a five hour shutter glitch that caused 452 unwanted exposures. NASA officials said the camera and new computer commands fixed the issue, allowing 38 Venus pictures before the weekend. Galileo then heads back for Jupiter via a gravity assist on December 8, part of a $1.9 billion mission.
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Pasadena
Calif
Ikea
Gallen
Venus
NASA
Galileo
Bob MacMillin
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
Jupiter
Solar System
Atlantis
Secretary Renews Talks On Troop Cuts In Europe
Secretary of State James A Baker III pursues NATO Warsaw Pact talks in Ottawa to shape a pact with Moscow to withdraw about 500000 troops from Europe. A potential 400000 Soviet and 100000 American reductions could pave a NATO-WP treaty this year. Bush had urged a 225000 ceiling per side in Europe.
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Europe
Ottawa
Canada
James A. Baker
IIT
NATO
Moscow
U.S
Baker
Eduard A. Shevardnadze
Bush
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Ies
Pentagon
National Security Councl
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
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Free World
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Assa
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Stephanie Dunbar
Millbrook Baptist Church
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