Three dead in fertilizer plant blasts at Sterlington
In Sterlington Louisiana three people died and five remained missing after blasts at International Minerals and Chemicals Corp. caused fires that burned through the night. More than 120 were injured and 123 people were hospitalized as debris and damaged facilities dotted a 15 acre site. Evacuations were ordered for hazardous fumes though experts later said all dangerous substances were destroyed.
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Sterlington
International Minerals and Chemicals Corp
Marcha Firmin
John Sutton
Bill Patterson
Wendell Lewis
Patterson
Lewis
David Humphreys
News-Star
Monroe
Sterlington Hospital
Louisiana
Quayle Golf Flight Cost Draws Scrutiny
Vice President Dan Quayle and Transportation Secretary Sam Skinner flew to Augusta on a weekend Air Force jet for two days of golf at a cost of about 27000 dollars. CBS News reported the trip occurred hours after President Bush pledged a full review of taxpayer financed travel. No government business was conducted on the journey.
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Washington
Dan Quayle
Bush
CBS News
Space shuttle Discovery performs Star Wars test flips
Space Center Houston reports Discovery executed two impressive flips 161 miles above Earth as part of an anti missile detection experiment. The shuttle came within 1 percent mile of a $94 million data satellite, with Mission Control citing ecstatic data and a top score of 10-plus for the performance.
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Kelso
Feds charge man over aliens kept in shed in San Antonio
Federal agents raid a three acre complex in San Antonio and arrest 52 year old Jose Mario Hernandez after discovering three illegally held Mexican laborers locked in a shed without water who were released daily to clean yards. The incident triggers a federal probe into local employers.
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San Antonio
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Jose Mario Hernandez
Allies expand security zone in northern Iraq to host refugees
Allied forces push east to Sirsenk 25 miles east of Zakho as a new security zone forms toward Amadiyah. Elite reconnaissance teams probe Iraqi movements while preparing a second refugee camp for Kurds. Iraqi troops withdraw. camps aim to ease fears and boost returns.
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Sirsene
Iraq
Sirsenk
Zakho
Amadiyah
Alies
Turkey
Saddam Hussein
Saddam
Hospitals named for high Medicare death rates in year four
Federal officials list 161 hospitals with higher than expected Medicare patient death rates, including 15 with persistent high rates for four years. About 3 percent of over 5,600 hospitals are flagged, with Puerto Rico home to six of the persistent cases. The report aims to guide consumer choice while cautioning mortality is not the sole quality measure.
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Washington
Medicare
Puerto Rico
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Frederick, MD
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Ahmed Nimet Mirza
Gail Wilensky
Health Care Financing Administration
Howard J. Fezell
Broadway
Frederick
Trepitones
Seychelle 1
Presidio Pao
Furn
Sykesville
Glomnnite Sual Furi Inc
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Charles P. Bosmajian, Jr
Gregory H. Powell
Choices
Albert M. Powell, Jr
M.D
Jeffrey V. Mendell
Nina Merebish
L.C.S
Carla Staub
Jean Galvin
R.N
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Gayle S. Bromberg
L.C.S.W and
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L.C.S.W
Frederick Family Therapy Associates
D. Jeffrey WY. Mendell
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