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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 2000
Page
2
The Navy will proceed with a Littoral Warfare Advanced Development test 45 miles off the New Jersey coast this week but will not use active acoustic sources. Environmental groups hailed the move as a first in a dispute over whether Navy sonar testing harms sea life, following whale strandings linked to nearby exercises.
In Washington, Air Force Captain Clifton Volpe, a high ranking officer who refused the anthrax inoculations, was told by the Defense Department he may resign under honorable conditions. Volpe, based at Andrews Air Force Base, had faced discharge under less than honorable conditions after an eight month refusal. He called the decision the best outcome after a lengthy dispute over vaccine safety impacting his flying career and civil status.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission urged checking pool alarms before swimming. Underwater alarms proved most reliable, while surface wave detectors and wristbands were less practical or effective, with some false alarms possible. Washington also reports President Clinton calling meat plants to adopt Salmonella contamination detection in processing.
Lightning ignited fires across Arizona fanned by strong winds. The Pumpkin fire near Kendrick Mountain, Kaibab National Forest, expanded to about 2500 acres threatening homes as crews fought to contain it. Two smaller fires north of Big Springs and south of I 40 stretched resources while authorities traced lightning as the ignition source. Nearby Cerro Grande in New Mexico worsened, hampering efforts as storms lingered.
A federal appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that Koch Industries must cover 15 percent of the cleanup costs for a Duncan refinery it formerly owned. Tosco Corp. seeks recovery for hazardous waste cleanup after Koch’s ownership, with total costs likely exceeding $2 million.
Severe weather across the Southeast and Plains left thousands without power as storms toppled trees and flooded areas. In North Carolina a hurricane force wind event cut power to 175000 homes, damaged a small plane near Chapel Hill, and prompted school closures. A teacher described the frightening moment as a dark mass moved through Greensboro. Damaging winds and flooding forced evacuations and overwhelmed wastewater systems, with restoration potentially taking days.
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