Casey Jones Reconsidered on 75th Anniversary
Chicago based report questions Casey Jones legacy noting he allegedly ignored railroad safety rules. Sources claim he ran flags and torpedoes, pushing a fast freight agenda. Illinois Central officials defend him as fearless rather than reckless.
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Chicago
UPI
Casey Jones
Illinois Central Railroad
Vaughan
Miss
Casey
John Luther Jones
Southern Illinois Railroad
Lucius Smith
Call Publishing Co
du Quoin, Ill
Smith
Ernest Dolan
The
Illinois Central
Centralia
Scientists link cancer to certain industries
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute report nationwide cancer concentration patterns suggesting links between higher cancer rates and specific industries. The study, not proving causation, highlights bladder cancer near chemical plants and auto plants, lung cancer around smelters and chemical or paper plants, and kidney cancer near petroleum refining and wood product industries.
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Washington
UPI
National Cancer Institute
Joseph F. Fraumeni
Institute
Fraumens
United States
U.S
Saboteurs Could Endanger Nuclear Power Plants Study Warns
An independent study presented to the American Physical Society says a determined terrorist group with proper equipment could sabotage a nuclear reactor and trigger a core meltdown. The panel estimates 10,000 to 20,000 cancer deaths in a worst case scenario in a dense population, while noting current U.S. reactors remain broadly safe for now and more research is needed into sabotage risks.
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Washington
UPS
Theodore Taylor
International Research and Technology Corp
Taylor
American Physical Society
Atomic Energy Commission
Frank von Hippel
Princeton University
United States
UMass students back Brandeis protests continue
About 1,000 UMass Amherst students traveled to Boston to protest Gov Dukakis budget cuts. Brandeis students occupying Pearlman Hall defied a court order to leave, despite a Brandeis injunction and President Bernstein urging voluntary departure.
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United Press International
University of Massachusetts
Brandeis University
Umass Amherst
Boston
Michael Dukakis
Umass
Brandeis
Pearlman Hall
Marvin Bernstein
Last American Marine Killed in Vietnam Comes Home to Woburn
In Woburn Massachusetts a grim knock reveals the death of Cpl Charles McMahon Jr 22 the final American casualty in Vietnam as he died with fellow Marine Darwin L Lance during a Saigon airport shelling. His boy of the year ties to the local Boys Club mark his brief bright life. The McMahon family mourns as the city recalls his service and the cost of the war.
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Cpl
Charles McMahon Jr
Vietnam
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
Montvale Ave
McMahons
McMahon
U.S. Army
William T. McMahon
Montvale Plaza
Woburn High School
David O'Rourke
O’rourke
Charles Gardner
Glenn Stirling
Marines
Stirling
Atlantic Gelatin Co
Charlie
Darwin L. Lance
Marshalltown
Iowa
Paris
U.S
New Hampshire bill shifts emphasis in rape cases
The New Hampshire House approved a bill changing rape case emphasis from sexual act to violence. Supporters say the transformation will aid reporting, reduce intimidation, and remove reliance on prior sexual history. The measure mirrors Michigan model law and moves to the Senate without opposition.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Senate
Michigan
House
House Judiciary Committee
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National Winegrowers Institute
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Chittenden Savings
Chitenda
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