Noxious fumes trigger mass evacuation in Springfield
Investigators search for the fumes source after about 50 people were hospitalized and nearly 10,000 evacuated from classes, homes, and work in a four block area. Officials later said air safety returned to normal and nearby schools were dismissed with a precautionary evacuation.
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Springfield
Mass
John J. Higgins
State Department of Environmental Quality Engineering
Robert P. Flanagan
Springfield Technical Community College
Carol W. Kinsley
Higgins
Man Charged in Drug Tainting Scheme Linked to Market Bets
Los Angeles FBI says 24 year old Edward Arlen Marks of Temple City California spiked Contac Dietac and Teldrin capsules with rat poison in a scheme to profit from the stock market. He faces one count of tampering with consumer products and was to be arraigned in Los Angeles. No injuries were reported. The FBI notes possible links to other tainting cases under FDA review.
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Los Angeles
FBI
Edward Arlen Marks
Temple City
Calif
U.S
Jim Neilson
Neilson
Marks
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
AGs dispute insurance problems in rising premiums
A new study for six state attorneys general argues liability insurance premium hikes are caused by industry decisions in the 1970s rather than surge of lawsuits. It rejects claims of an insurance disaster and says the sector remains profitable despite higher costs and limited coverage for governments and professionals.
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Boston
Associated Press
National Association of Attorneys General
Seattle
Massachusetts
Francis X. Bellotti
Naag Insurance
John van de Camp
California
Lacy H. Thornburg
North Carolina
Jim Mattox
Texas
Charlie Brown
West Virginia
Bronson LaFollette
Wisconsin
Reagan
Tutu says violence justifiable if sanctions fail
Desmond Tutu, Nobel laureate, says blacks could justify violent overthrow of the white South African regime if the outside world including the United States does not impose tough sanctions. He stressed he personally opposes violence but argues it could be justified under just war principles if sanctions are not applied.
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Washington
Desmond Tutu
United States
Johannesburg
Tutu
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