Radioactivity tests at Fernald School spark health fears
Two former residents of a Massachusetts state school described being exposed to radioactive tracers during 1950s nutrition studies without consent. Speaking at a Senate hearing led by Sen. Edward Kennedy, they urged action as concerns about long term health effects grow.
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Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Fernald State School
Charles Dyer
Salem
Half of Americans face mental disorders claims survey
CHICAGO AP Almost half of Americans are mentally ill at some time in their lives and about one third in a given year according to the decade’s most comprehensive U S mental health survey. Ronald Kessler notes limits in seeking help and the nationwide study of 8098 people aged 15 to 54 conducted 1990 to 1992. Findings appear in Archives of General Psychiatry January issue.
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U.S
The
Archives of General Psychiatry
Ringling train derailment kills trainer and clown
A Ringling Bros train derailed at a Florida crossing injuring fourteen and killing elephant trainer Theodore Svertesky and clown Deslee Conkling. A news helicopter crashed nearby, injuring the pilot and a photographer. Sixteen cars jumped the tracks as the 53-car train moved toward Orlando. The cause was not known. NTSB sent investigators.
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Fla
Ringling Bros. Circus
Florida
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Orlando
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
David Cohen
Theodore Svertesky
Polk County
Grady Judd
Deslee Conkling
Rodney Huey
Vienna
Freddie Johnson
National Transportation Safety Board
Clinton and Yeltsin Push Ahead With Reforms in Moscow
Clinton and Boris Yeltsin pledged to press ahead with democracy and market reforms in Russia. They planned to sign a pact to halt targeting nuclear missiles at each other, with some weapons aimed at ocean waters.
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Clinton
Boris Yeltsin
Kremlin
Yeltsin
Dacha
Russia
Grand Palace
U.S
Mistrial Declared in Menendez Murder Case
In Los Angeles AP reports a mistrial was declared in Erik Menendez's murder case after jurors again failed to reach a verdict. The judge noted the impasse and entrenchment of opinions as the district attorney signaled a retrial. Erik and Lyle Menendez admit shooting their parents Jose and Kitty in 1989 but claim self defense.
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Los Angeles
Erik Menendez
Erik
Superior Court
Stanley Weisberg
Gil Garcetti
Lyle
Jose
Kitty Menendez
Researchers uncover land walking whale ancestor Ambulocetus natans
Washington AP reports paleobiologist J G M Thewissen of Northeastern Ohio University s College of Medicine in Rootstown says the fossil reveals a missing link between land animals and whales. The specimen, found in Pakistan ancient sea deposits, dates to about 50 million years ago and weighed 600 to 700 pounds with legs and rear feet.
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Washington
J.G.M. Thewissen
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Rootstown
Ohio
Science
Thewissen
Pakistan
Gazette backs soy ink and green recycling push
The Gazette promotes its future by using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. Readers are urged to drop newspapers into City Carton recycling boxes at 4250 Sixth St SW.
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Gazette
City Carton
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Shorthand Record of a Numerical Series
A compact sequence listing three groups of monetary values. Each group contains three numbers separated by spaces and organized as three triplets. The pattern shows consistent increments across groups. The meaning of the numbers is not stated.
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