Pesticide Blamed For Death Sparks Multi State Complaints
Alpha Menald of Princeville died after using Counter 156 pesticide, part of a $3 million suit against American Cyanamid alleging unreasonably hazardous product with insufficient warnings. Records show complaints from doctors and farmers in Illinois and eight states about dizziness nausea and fainting dating to 1977.
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Peoria
American Cyanamid Co
Illinois
Alpha Menald
Princeville
Menald
Iowa
Associated Press
Wayne Perrish
Russell
Wreck survivors tell of wedding dress aid in high Rockies
In Walden Colorado passengers survive a high altitude crash of a Rocky Mountain Airways Otter. Eleven hours waiting in freezing conditions were endured as rescuers on snowmobiles reached 21 survivors at 10 000 feet. One woman died. The bride to be wedding gown plugged a hole to block wind. Rescue teams faced 50 below wind chills and 35 mph winds. The crash, caused by ice, left five in critical condition and many hospitalized. FAA and NTSB to announce findings.
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Walden
Colo
Rockies
Rocky Mountain Airways
Steamboat Springs
Denver
Steven Bluscher
Colorado Civil Air Patrol
Scott Alan Klopfenstein
Dennis Heap
Klopfenstein
Federal Aviation Administration
National Transportation Safety Board
FAA
Lou Lombard
Heap
Mary Kay Hardin
Jackson County
Jim Shawver
Jim Care
Carl Norris
Guns and violence flare in truckers strike at steel plants
AP reports a Fraternal Association of Steel Haulers picketer was shot in the face outside a Cleveland Jones & Laughlin plant amid a 2 day strike over bargaining independence higher rates and unified trucking rules. Four FASH members were arrested in a separate Ohio incident.
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Pittsburgh
Fraternal Association of Steel
Ohio
Gilbert Kudrin
Lakewood
Jones & Laughlin Steel
Cleveland
Kudrin
FASH
Paul Dietsch
Gary
Ind
Pennsylvania
St. Clair Township
Gerald Erie
Richard Gamble
John Phillis
Salem
Larry Phillips
Hanoverton
John, Janczewski
Rome
N.Y
Erie
Bill Scheffer
Independent Truckers Association
Milton Shapp
William J. Hill
Kassebaum Split Partially Attributed To Her Success
Nancy Landon Kassebaum says that her outlook as a woman would have kept her in the home if she had not separated from her husband Phil three years ago. She adds the split was not driven by a desire to strike out on her own, but she believes it helped trigger her political rise.
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Lawrence
Kan
Kansas
John Carlin
Institute For Kansas
Carlin
Wendell Lady
House
Kassebaum
Wichita
Nancy Landon Kassebaum
U.S. Senate
Phil Kassebaum
Washington
Senate
James Pearson
Sen. Pearson
Congress
Alf Landon
Abigail Adams
Kasgebaum
Bill Roy
Alan Alda
Rural Enrolment Boosts Agriculture Schools Across U S
Urban born students and more women are entering agriculture programs as interest grows beyond farming skills. Colville notes enrollment rose from 15,000 in 1920 to 100,000 now, with women nearly doubling to 34,000. Internships help city students adapt, with starting bachelor salaries around 17 000.
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Chicago
William L. Colville
University of Georgia, Athens
Colville
Agronomy—Soil Science
Brown
Schools of Agriculture
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Betty
Peoria Journal Star
Menold
Hill
Teamsters Union
Rockers
Furniture
PPC
AU Highway 59
Ne Coal
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