Man sues hospital and doctor after surgical burn incident
Robert Pritchard of Canton claims a hot instrument used during wart removal caused him to catch fire while he was prepared for surgery. He seeks over 3 million dollars in damages, with 60 thousand in actual damages split between the hospital and the physician and 1.5 million in punitive damages from each defendant.
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Peoria, Ill
Robert Pritchard
Canton
Peoria County
Graham Hospital
Charin P. Mathews
Pritchard
Howard V. Thomas
Kenneth Etcheson
Mathews
Thomas
Sea World incubates 490 Antarctic eggs for captive colonies
A Sea World project guards about 490 Antarctic bird eggs collected on Nelson Island to hatch in the Northern Hemisphere. Frank Todd says several species, including gentoo penguins, have not been seen in North America and could wow the public while advancing science. A quarantine area houses the eggs near the Penguin Encounter exhibit as staff monitor incubation and potential hatching in about two to four weeks.
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San Diego
Frank Todd
Sea World
Todd
Nelson Island
South Shetland Islands
North America
Antarctic
National Science Foundation
Office of Polar Programs
Woman bequeaths 1.5 million to Missouri University
Olive Gilbreath McLorn of La Plata left 1.5 million to the University of Missouri after her death in 1981. The gift, the school’s third largest, designates 700,000 to the Veterinary Medicine college and the rest to entomology, the Museum of Art and Archaeology, and the Friends of the Library, with prior gifts of Chinese art to the museum.
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Columbia, Mo
University of Missouri
Olive Gilbreath McLorn
la Plata
McLorn
College of Veterinary Medicine
College of Agriculture
Museum of Art and Archaeology
Friends of the Library
University Museum
Braintree selectmen plan to accept small gifts during holidays
Four Braintree town selectmen say a bottle of liquor or a box of chocolates will not sway votes. They intend to accept small gifts despite a plea to reject them. Selectman Carl Johnson calls the notion ridiculous and notes a candy box could be returned if demanded for a vote.
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Braintree
Mass
Carl Johnson
Anthony Mollica
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Selectman Saran Gillies
S-M-L
Keneth
Orion
S-L
Jantzen
Pendleton
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