Powdery confetti triggers three hour hold on flight
Eighty passengers and five crew were kept aboard a United Airlines jet for about three hours after a passenger claimed a man dispersed powdery substance in the ventilation at San Jose airport. FBI said the spill was confetti from a greeting card. the man involved was a longtime Bay Area resident. Police, FBI and emergency crews set up a decontamination tent and later released the passengers around 7 p.m.
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FBI
Andrew Black
San Jose International Airport
United Airlines
Chicago
Black
San Francisco Bay-area
Powdery substance prompts US Airways flight diversion
A US Airways flight from Charlotte to Denver diverted to Indianapolis after a flight attendant found a white powdery substance in a trash can. State health tests said it was non hazardous packing powder. Three attendants sought hospital care as a precaution. all passengers later moved to another plane to Denver.
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US Airways
Charlotte
N.C
Denver
Indianapolis
State Health Department
Dennis Rosebrough
Flight 121
Indianapolis International Airport
David Castelveter
Arlington
FBI
Castelveter
New York Anthrax Tests Negative for Envelope Incident
A powdery white substance in an envelope sent to The New York Times tested negative for anthrax in preliminary screening by the New York City Health Department. CDC tests are awaited. reporter Judith Miller and about 30 others exposed are on antibiotics.
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New York
New York Times
New York City Department of Health
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Times
Catherine Mathis
Judith Miller
CDC
Mathis
Missouri Scare Shuts Down Ford Plant
An evening shift at Ford's Claycomo plant was canceled after an employee found suspicious powder in a newspaper. FBI said no danger. the plant briefly shut for a few hours, with no injuries and decontamination as a precaution. production disruption canceled about 800 vehicles.
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Claycomp
Jefferson City
FBI
Jeff Lanza
Ed Thomptsor
Thompson
Anthrax Threats Highlight Easy Spread Via Mail
Experts warn that growing Bacillus anthracis is easy and that small, unseen doses can infect many. The piece cites Norman Cheville of Iowa State and cites NBC and Microsoft incidents, discusses postal handling changes, and notes legal controls since 1990s. It covers risks, forms of the disease, symptoms, and sources of samples.
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Norman Cheville
Iowa State University
School of Veterinary Medicine
Florida
NBC News
New York
NBC
Microsoft
Reno
Nev
Nevada
Postal Service
U.S. Postal Service
David Siegrist
Potomac Institute For Policy Studies
Virginia
Siegrist
Anthrax lessons from 1956 mill outbreak in North Carolina
Textile plant workers at Arel Mills near Charlotte faced cutaneous anthrax in 1956, prompting trials of a new vaccine. Hazel Rape described symptoms from goat hair exposure, while doctors and officials enacted state rules to limit contaminated hides. Researchers noted limited inhalation cases. the mill closed soon after, and broader regulatory efforts stalled due to cost.
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RaLeich
N.C
Arel Mills
Charlotte
Hazel Rape
NBC News
New York
Florida
New Hampshire
Martin Hines
Raleigh
North Carolina
Arel
Hines
Philip S. Brachman
U.S. Public Health Service
Avel Mills
Pennsylvania
Brachmany
History moments mark Yeager Hastings and Nobel Peace Prize
Highlights from history include Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier in 1947 at Edwards Air Force Base, Hastings victory by Norman successors in 1066, Eisenhower born in 1890 at Denison Texas, Rommel's 1944 death, Kennedy's 1960 Peace Corps idea, and MLK Jr receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
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Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Willian the Conqueror
Hastings
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Denison
Tex
Erwin Rommel
John F. Kennedy
University of Michigan
Martin Luther King Jr
Birthdays today span notable figures across fields
Former Surgeon General C Everett Koop turns 85, Roger Moore is 74, John Dean II 63, Melba Montgomery 63, Ralph Lauren 62. Harry Anderson 49, Beth Daniel 45, Thomas Dalby 43, Karyn White 36, Jon Seda 31, Natalie Maines 27. C Everett Koop remains linked to this age note.
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Roger Moore
White House
John W. Dean Il
Melba Montgomery
Ralph Lauren
Harry Anderson
Beth Daniel
Thomas Dalby
Karyn White
Jon Seda
Natalie Maines
Dixie Chicks
Low yields on Treasuries spur new income strategies
The piece explains that falling Treasury yields reduce returns for investors and outlines practical approaches to counteract the impact. It highlights diversifying into higher yielding options, laddering maturities, and considering inflation adjusted or municipal alternatives while maintaining safety.
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