Train derailment prompts large evacuation in Mechanicville
A Boston and Maine freight train derailed near Mechanicville forcing about 150 homes to evacuate. Two tank cars spilled methyl methacrylate prompting firefighters to contain the leak by 5 p.m. No injuries were reported as the train headed toward East Deerfield, Massachusetts.
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Mechanicville
N.Y
Boston & Maine Rail Road
John Gonnelly
Chuck Bassett
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Albany
East Deerfield
Mass
State Transportation Department
Ben Zodikoff
Rostenkowski bets public support for tax reform
House Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski said taxpayers will back tax reform once drafting begins. He and Treasury Secretary James Baker praised the Warrenton sessions as educational and progress building, while noting no decisions were made. Reagan remains focused on broad public support for overhaul.
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House
Ways and Means
Dan Rostenkowski
D-Ill
Rostenkowski
Treasury
James Baker
Congress
Thomas O'Neill
Senate
Robert Dole
U.S
Reagan
Baker
Warrenton
Willard's Great Scott TV pilot eyed by NBC
Ozarks weekend pilot filmed before 100 attendees at Lake Ozark lodge showcases good deeds by Americans. Willard Scott says NBC will review the pilot with Columbia Pictures ready to shop if not picked up. Desmond dies at 65 in Los Angeles after a career with Miller Krupa and Crosby and Broadway credits.
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Scott
Willara Scott
The
Ozarks
PRA
Lake Ozark
Lodge
NBC
Columbia Pictures
Johnny Desmond
Glenn Miller
Desmond
Los Angeles
Miller
Gene Krupa
Bob Crosby
Sri Lanka violence rumor claims mass Tamil deaths
AP reports quote Tamils in India alleging Sinhalese guards burned three villages in the north killing 50 and thugs set fire to a bus killing 35. Colombo government denies information. sources could not confirm. Tamil journalists heard rumors of a bus attack but had no verification. Sri Lanka lies off India’s coast.
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India
Colombo
Ceylon
United News of India
Madras
Ihanpathai
Jaffna
Associated Press
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Paris
Blass
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Givenchy
Sale
Lindale
NIENT
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Visa, MA
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Sri Lanka
Press Trust of India
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Chantilly
U.S. A
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Lindale Plaza
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