Derailment spills corn and oils near Des Moines
Thirty-one rail cars derailed eight miles southeast of Des Moines while en route to Kansas City with mixed freight. No injuries were reported though two cars carried a corrosive material. The spill involved corn, soybean meal, nut oil and soybean oil. Cleanup crews from Des Moines, Kansas City and Minneapolis mobilized to work through the night and rebuild the tracks.
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Des Moines
John Bromley
Union Pacific Railroad
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Latex balloons banned at Providence hospitals in Portland
Latex allergy risk prompts Providence Health System to ban latex balloons at its Portland area hospitals since June. Visitors may swap for Mylar balloons while the rule may expand to other Oregon Washington Alaska and California facilities. Latex allergies can trigger rashes asthma and rarely death with balloon powder spreading on air.
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Janyce Lundstedt
Providence Health System
Portland
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Washington
Alaska
California
Lundstedt
Fire at chemical plant in Baltimore prompts evacuations
A Tuesday fire at a Baltimore manufacturing plant containing several chemicals led to the evacuation of about one block. No injuries were reported. The blaze burned over four hours, extinguished at 1:15 p.m., with 60 residents allowed to return. Worker Chuck Harvey noted a small third floor explosion. Sodium borohydride fueled the fire. other chemicals remained unignited.
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Chuck Harvey
Wjz-Tv
Fire Department
Hector Torres
Torres
Florida student pilot steals plane and lands near Havana
A Florida student pilot on a first solo flight at Florida Keys Marathon Airport stole a Cessna 172 and flew 140 miles to Havana Cuba. He crash landed on rocky coastline near Havana and walked away. authorities took him into custody.
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Havana
John Reese
Florida Keys Marathon
Ed Steigerwald
Paradise Aviation
Marathon
Reese
Steigerwald
Menninger deal collapses as KU plan abandoned
Gov. Bill Graves eyed a 3 to 5 million annual KU Medical Center budget boost to forge a brain research hub with a new psychiatric clinic in the Kansas City area. Menninger favored Baylor with a larger metro area and a promised 200 million endowment, while EU Chancellor Hemenway noted past collaborations and stressed no parameters were set.
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Menninger
Walt Menninger
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