Safety Squeezed as Washington Post Center Tests Expand
Officials defend rapid testing and new sanitizing steps at the Washington distribution center after anthrax exposure. Pottery and CDC leaders face questions about delays while Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge and postal officials vow continued service with high tech disinfection and protective gear. Public sentiment shows cautious resilience as facilities shift to sanitizer routines and mail screening without halting deliveries.
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Washington Area
Washington Distribution Center
Grassley
Potter
CDC
Jeffrey Kaplan
U.S. Postal Service
Washington, DC
Tom Ridge
Homeland Security
CBS News
Ridge
Willhite
United States
Bill Frist
R-Tenn
Bush
Postal Governing Board
Congress
Post Office
Ken Vaughan
Neoterik
Brentwood
Washington
Maryland
Ross Veterinary Hospital
Palisades Station
Liz
New Mexico Official Clears Wasting Disease Rumor
Ben Hanson of the Department of Game and Fish dispels fears of chronic wasting disease in New Mexico wildlife. He notes no deer or elk have tested positive here after three years of sampling and explains testing methods and the disease’s limited presence in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Saskatchewan. He urges precautions for hunters and explains no human link to disease.
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Ben Hanson
Department of Game and Fish
Hanson
New Mexico
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Saskatchewan
Federal
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
City landfill fears and tire fees raise waste costs
City official Monteith defends new rates at the Carlsbad landfill with a 1.50 tire fee and 25 per ton for commercial waste. Residential customers pay 2 per 300 pounds. a grinder and potential tire chip market may bring profit. The board notes Carlsbad’s usual contributions and cites 81 000 pounds of tires handled in March. Fees take effect November 5.
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Monteith
Carls
Carlsbad
Study links VIPs to higher rearrest for women DWI offenders
A study of 6 702 Bernalillo County DWI arrestees 1989 1994 compares rearrest rates for those referred to VIPs versus non participants. Female VIP participants showed higher odds of rearrest, about three times that of non VIP offenders in some periods, with 70 percent reoffense vs 35 percent in 1989 91.
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Tims
Terry Huertaz
MADD
New Mexico
Journal of Studies On Alcohol
Bernalillo
Garnett McMillan
Huertaz
Stephanie Frogge
Dallas
Elisabeth Wells-Parker
Mississippi State University
Wells-Parker
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S.S. Roswell Victory
Calship
United States Maritime Commission
Thomas J. Hall
Los Angeles
Roswell
American Merchant Marine Library Association
Thes Paarin
Durb’s
W. McGaffey
East
Texas
White
D’anjou
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