Poison pen letters enrages Clarksburg residents
AP reports J T Colfax of New Yorker fame sent letters detailing homosexual encounters to names from the Clarksburg phone book. He insults West Virginia locals calling hillbillies bucktoothed and inbreeding clowns. Most recipients discard them but librarians preserve some letters in the local history collection.
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Clarksburg
W.va
J.T. Colfax
Colfax
West Virginia
Public Library
Water OK in Hat Hatters area amid boil water order
In Lethbridge Alberta residents queued for bottled water after a boil order was issued due to heavy rain overloading the water plant. Tests later showed safe levels, and the order was lifted while officials warned of cloudy river water from the Old Man River.
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Lethbridge
Ken Longmore
Palliser Health Authority
Frank Wetsch
Alberta
Paul Hasselback
Oldman
Dave Carpenter
Trial details reveal plan to inject HIV in sado-masochistic sex
Witness Rachel Deitch testified that Marilyn Tan plotted injections of HIV infected blood on Don Boland during a California session on June 12, 1992. Deitch described Tan as cavalier about the victim and involved in Edmonton and California injections. Boland later tested negative then positive. Tan tested negative four times.
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Marilyn Tan
Tan
Rachel Deitch
Deitch
Edmonton
Don Boland
Ifornia Hotel
North America
Boland
Evelyn Tan
California
Hat bank robbery probes continue in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat police receive tips after two unmasked men robbed the Toronto Dominion Bank in Southview Mall. Descriptions and composite sketches circulated to western forces. suspects believed to be on the loose, with posters possible if tips slow. Officers note tips remain beneficial as manhunt proceeds. Local search details include a 25 year old, 190 cm robber and a second suspect 172 cm tall.
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Medicine Hat
Toronto Dominion Bank
Southview Mall
Medicine pHat
Les Phee
Moose Jaw
Sask
Calgary
Phee
Klein softens sovereignty stance on Quebec visit
Alberta premier Ralph Klein met Jacques Parizeau in Quebec City and softened his hardline position on Quebec sovereignty. The leaders shared a cordial lunch and discussed health care and inter provincial trade barriers while Parizeau criticized federal Bill C 88 as a commercial war measure.
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Ralph Klein
Quebec
Jacques Parizeau
Quebec City
Klein
Pariizeau
Alberta
Lucien Bouchard
Parizeau
Canada
Ottawa
Mexico
Ruzycki disputes Alberta doctor billing figures
Dr Bill Ruzycki, head of the regional medical staff association, challenges Alberta Health's claim that restructuring lowers Medicare costs. The report shows doctors in Calgary and Edmonton averaging about 200 000 a year, Medicine Hat and Brooks at 226 000, with 62 practitioners billing 183 000 and 39 specialists 294 000.
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Bill Stadel
Calgary Herald
Alberta Health
Bill Ruzycki
Alberta
Calgary
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Brooks
Clay Adams
Ruzycki
Regional Medical Staff Association
Psychiatrist to assess McVeighs mental competency OK City
McVeigh will plead not guilty to the Oklahoma City bombing and may lack mental competency to stand trial. His attorney says a psychiatrist will evaluate his ability to aid in his defense. A second suspect, Terry Nichols, faces sealed charges and is to be transferred to Oklahoma for grand jury testimony. Joshua Nichols is considered a possible second suspect as investigators review witness accounts and family ties.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
Ap-Reuter
Muyembe Tamfun
World Health Organization
Kikwit
US Centres For Disease Control and Prevention
Rima Khabbaz
Khabbaz
Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
McVeigh
Alfred P. Murrah Federal
Jones
Reuters News Agency
Oklahoma
Los Angeles Times
Terry Nichols
Ichols
Kansas
Denver
Nichols
The
Times
Joshua
John Doe No. 2
NBC
FBI
U.S
American Journal
Lana Padilla
Padilla
Junction Ci
Kan
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Ann Landers
City News
Doonesbury
Parti Quebecois
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