Bomb disarmed outside Needham plant in Massachusetts
A bomb found outside the Union Carbide building in Needham was disarmed by a state police expert after an anonymous caller claimed it was to protest killings in Africa. The device included 20 sticks of dynamite with a watch and battery. officials noted no workers were at the building. The caller referenced the Sam Melville Jonathan Jackson unit, which had claimed earlier bombings in Boston, Lowell and Revere claiming to protest prison reform.
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UPI
Union Carbide Corp
Needham
United Press International
Africa
Sam Melville
Jonathan Jackson
Union Carbide
First Street
Ance
Tow
Suffolk Superior
Boston
Middlesex Superior
Lowell
First National Bank
Revere
New England
Two men charged in Northeastern professor murder
Boston police say John Hammonds and Anthony Blalock, both Boston residents aged 28 and 19, are charged with murder in the slaying of F. Andre Favat, a 38-year-old Cambridge professor. Favat was found nude at a Roxbury housing project base with tied hands after a fall from a seven-story building.
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UPI
Northeastern University
John Hammonds
Anthony Blalock
Roxbury District Court
F. Andre Favat
Cambridge
Roxbury
Favat
Annunciation Road
Insects seen culprits in Conn disease Lyme arthritis tied to a virus via tick bite
Yale University researchers report Lyme arthritis is caused by a virus transmitted by insects or ticks, a finding based on summer studies of 38 of about 80 known cases. They caution that the carrier and the causative agent remain unidentified and more work is needed. The disease was first noted last year among residents near Lyme, Connecticut.
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New Haven, Conn
UPI
Yale University
Yale
Lyme
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Connecticut to form special prosecutor in Reilly case
Hartford officials plan a special prosecutor to investigate the Reilly murder case despite a pending report from the chief state's attorney. Senate Law Leader Joseph Lieberman said the post will examine suppression of statements and pursue an extensive inquiry. The move comes as Gov Grasso seeks accountability after new evidence prompted retrial and eventual dismissal of charges.
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UPI
Connecticut
Eter A. Reilly
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Joseph Lieberman
United Press International
Lieberman
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Ella T. Grasso
Reilly
Barbara Gibbons
State
Joseph Gormley
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