Deadly South American violin spiders haunt LA area
In a chaotic May Los Angeles report, a bizarre South American violin spider hunt unfolds as Mel Thompson and a team from the University of Southern California discover and relocate dozens of deadly spiders inside a park and surrounding buildings. County officials mobilize eight hunters with vials and flashlights to trap the creatures, while Delona Davis and staff catalogs dozens more found in homes, clubs, and churches.
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Delena Davis
Los Angeles County Health Department
Los Angeles
Delona Davis
Mel Thompdesk
Eresj
Sierra Madre Park
Drop
S. Pein
Thompson
Uni- Health
California
North America
Cambridge
Mass
William Waldron
County En- Itire
Delon
Davis
South America
Hunger in Platte County prompts federal food benefits case
Witnesses testified in U S District Court that many residents in Platte County Missouri face hunger and malnutrition amid affluence. The suit seeks to stop USDA from denying food benefits to low income families, arguing federal programs can be distributed without county requests. Testimony described 3 year olds with poor diets, skin color, and frequent illness, while officials cited bread and milk shortages in rural areas.
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Kansas City
Platte Countty
Missouri
U.S. District Court
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Blaze may halt U S missile work for year
A fire at the Rocky Flats plutonium plant near Boulder Colo delaying the $45 million effort to restart operations and pushing back Safeguard missile program timelines. AEC officials estimate the disruption could last six months to a year, affecting test warhead production and overall ballistic missile readiness.
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U.S
Bob Horton
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Glenn T. Seaborg
AEC
Rocky Flats
Sonal
Seaborg
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Senate Ap
Colo
House
Giller
Nixon
Congress
Recorder Dies in Jackson County Kansas City
Nathan Scarritt aged 67 former Jackson County recorder 1954 to 1966 died Monday in a hospital. A descendant of a pioneer family his grandfather was a missionary to Indians in the Kansas City area in the 1840s. He was vice president of the Scarritt Estate Co. Funeral set for 2:30 PM Wednesday.
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Jackson County
Kansas City
Nathan Scarritt
Jackson County Recorder
Scarritt
Searritt Estate Co
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Hanford
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New Mexico
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