DoD to spend nearly $2 million on PCB soil cleanup at Cherry Point
The Department of Defense plans a 2 million dollar cleanup to remove PCB contaminated soil at two Cherry Point sites. A public hearing and Q and A forum will be at 7 p.m. Aug 18 in Havelock City Hall to discuss EPA recommended corrective measures. The EPA's July Statement of Basis notes PCB presence since 1985 in soil and Slocum Creek sediments but no groundwater contamination.
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Department of Defense
Cherry Point
Marine Corps Air Station
Marine Corps
U.S. Navy
Havelock
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Investi
Slocum Creek
Woman seeks marrow from military in leukemia fight
James City resident Helen Robbins appeals for bone marrow donors to match her leukemia, asking the military or others to be tested and donate. Township 7 Fire Department Women’s Auxiliary funds her medical bills and publicizes the case with a vig or and an Aug. 17 information session at 7 p.m. at the Old Cherry Point Road station. Medical Center of Virginia staff will type blood donors Aug. 24 from 3:30 to 7 p.m. at the same station. contact auxiliary president Shirley Weigl at 637-0410 or Sue Johnson at 637-...
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James City
Helen Robbins
Robbins
Township 7 Fire Department
Cherry Point Road
Medical Center of Virginia
Richmond
Shirley Weigl
Sue Johnson
Convict Bonney Captured in Norfolk. Stromer Still At Large
North Carolina escapee Bonney, 51, was quickly arrested by state police in a Norfolk neighborhood after agents canvassed the area door to door. Convicted rapist James Stromer, 48, still at large from a Raleigh Central Prison life sentence, was believed headed toward the Midwest. Police spokeswoman Tammy Van Dame confirmed the capture and ongoing search.
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North Carolina
Norfolk
Tammy van Dame
Bonney
James Stromer
Central Prison
Raleigh
N.C
Stromer
Midwest
van Dame
Mitchell health plan aims universal coverage by century end
Senate leader George Mitchell pushes a broad benefit package including hospital and doctor visits with preventive care. he claims 95 percent coverage is possible, while Bob Dole warns passage needs flexibility and some moderates fear employer contribution mandates for 2002 onward. Clinton applauds the compromise as universal coverage nears.
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Senate
George Mitchell
Bob Dole
Mitchell
United States Senate
Dole
NBC
Refugees in Zaire resist return to Rwanda amid cholera deaths
Nearly one million Hutu refugees in eastern Zaire refuse U N pleas to go back to Rwanda as camps near Goma report widespread disease and deaths. UNHCR officials meet with refugee elders to urge return, but progress is slow. A small number have returned via borders or bush routes, while humanitarian aid continues to arrive, including water deliveries by U S troops to Kibumba camp.
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Zaire
U.N
Rwanda
Ray Wilkinson
U.N. High Commissioner For Refugees
Wilkinson
Natedsa Sedanasia Wilkinson
Goma
UNHCR
Kibumba
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James William Holmes
Darryl Arkansas
Diana Rust- Tierney
Clines
H Holmes
Richley
Michael Ray Orndorff
Cummins
Warner
Little Rock
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