Two Delhi residents tied to Iowa food extortion plot
FBI and local authorities arrested James Witford and Donna Witford of Delhi on federal extortion charges after a threat to contaminate central and eastern Iowa foods with insecticide and a demanded payment of 800000 dollars. The case began with a contaminated milk package sent to Nash Finch Co. in Cedar Rapids on September 17.
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Iowa
Delhi
James Raymond Witford
Donna Mae Witford
Route 2
FBI
Cedar Rapids
Delaware County
Ryan
Nash Finch Co
Nash Finch
Ray Baker
State Department of Agriculture Lab
Baker
The
Gazette
Chicago
U.S
Linn County
Iowa State Patrol
Jim Whalen
Nash Fach
Highway 13
Whalen
Hostage standoff at Brooklyn hospital continues
A career criminal and prison informant held one hostage and released another as police and negotiators encircled a locker room in King’s County Hospital Brooklyn. Larry Gardner threatens to free the last hostage if conditions improve and remains at large with anxious officers outside the basement room.
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New York
Larry Gardner
Gardner
King’s County
Brooklyn
Vernon Burton
John Leonard
Elton Smith
FDA plans tamper resistant packaging for OTC drugs
The FDA will propose by early November a rule requiring tamper resistant packaging for nonprescription drugs in response to the Tylenol scare. Initial focus will be capsules and other drugs most at risk, with a new rapid reporting system for poison deaths under development.
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Gazette
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
New York Times
FDA
Food and Drugs
Arthur Hull Hayes Jr
Hayes
Chicago
Today's Chuckle Difference in what we know and tell
A witty line notes the gap between our own knowledge and what others reveal, joking that people disclose only half of their stories while we know only half of what we hear. It playfully contrasts self restraint with others excess.
Reagan offers 23 million ton grain sale to Soviets faces scrutiny
Iowa farm leaders praised Reagan for proposing a record 23 million metric tons of grain to the Soviets with a delivery guarantee through November and six months to ship. Critics say the pledge is insufficient, and lawmakers warn logistical limits may block delivery.
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Reagan
Iowa
U.S
United States
Iowa Farmers Union
Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa Soybean Association
Third
Cooper Evans
Congress
Evans
Israel Rejects Foreign Help for Lebanon Security Plan
Israel rejects foreign troops guarding the Israeli-Lebanon border and backs integrating Haddad’s militia with the army. Foreign Minister Shamir argues Lebanon’s forces should handle border security despite training gaps. A car bomb near an Israeli position kills and wounds soldiers as clashes spread through Beirut.
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Gazette Wire
Washington
Israel
Lebanon
Yitzhak Shamir
Shamir
Saad Haddad
Beirut-Damascus
Beirut
East Beirut
Amin Gemayel
West Beirut
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