Disturbing anthrax mail attacks spark global debate
The author condemns anthrax sent through the mail as a nonnormal act and contrasts it with wartime bombing. While questioning who is responsible, they argue that biological weapons lack a target, unlike bombs, and call out Iraq and Usama bin Laden as potential influences.
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Afghanistan
Bush
Tom Brokaw
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Saddam
Usama
Mystery Hole On Manitoba Plains Baffles Local Farmer
Joe Rawluk Jr discovers a five foot wide hole twenty feet deep while fall plowing by Manitoba lakes. Clay and gravel poured in vanish, hinting at an underground watercourse as he plans a backhoe dig. Trudy Bosch moves to Grenfell to report for The Sun and notes the town’s friendliness yet struggles with compass directions.
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Joe’ Rawluk Jr
Joe
Manitoba
Trudy Bosch
Grenfell
the Sun
Boonies
Trudy
Neighbors report drought plea and flying fixer in Saskatchewan
Peggy Ford delivers a plea for farmers and ranchers amid drought to Ottawa via Governor General as minister urges better water use. Ralph Becker, a pilot and electrician known as the Flying Electrician, can reach Saskatchewan sites quickly from his Middle Lake home. Crossfield residents oppose train whistles, fearing impact on town, while veteran publisher Jim Nesbitt recalls changing times from pies on sills to thawed pastries.
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Maple Creek
Ralph Becker
Ralph
Flying Nun
Flying Doctor
Humboldt Journal
Middle Lake
Saskatchewan
Crossfield
Five-Village
Jim Nesbitt
Brooks Bulletin
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