High hazard waste found at Creek Industrial Center
Seventeen drums of waste labeled highly toxic and flammable were discovered at Creek Industrial Center in Newburgh earlier this year. Assistant Fire Chief Robert R. Paden said DEC investigators confirmed extreme hazard and that legal action has begun against the center for illegal storage. barrels to be removed from a basement with DEC assistance.
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Newburgh
Creek Industrial Center Inc
Robert R. Paden
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Paden
Creek Industrial Center
DEC
Centralia Residents Vote to Leave Homes Amid Mine Fire
In Centralia Pennsylvania residents voted 345 to 200 in a nonbinding referendum to relocate and abandon homes as a trench to seal a 21 year old coal mine fire. Townspeople could receive 10000 to 55000 under a government reimbursement program.
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Centralia
Conynham Township
Pennsylvania
John Wondoleski
Six dogs found tortured to death in Thompson Conn
Authorities say they may never learn who killed six dogs in Thompson rural area. Pet owners vow to watch their animals more closely after carcasses were found near a recreation area. Frank McNally plans to keep his dog inside and may get a gun. First Selectman Ruth Barks urged community of 14,500 residents to stay alert for suspicious activity that could help identify the butcherings.
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Ruth Barks
Violence in Cabrini-Green Leaves 11 Shot in Gang Incidents
In Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing project 11 youths and young adults were shot over two days with six hospitalized. Mayor Washington ordered doubled police patrols on the North Side after a surge in gunfire. Police linked the incidents to a resurgence of gang warfare, recalling earlier 1981 violence in the same complex.
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Chicago
Jane Byrne
Harold Washington
Cabrini-Green
Washington
Brandy still blown up in Gretna Va operation
State Alcoholic Beverage Control agents blew up a 900 gal liquor still and 3000 gallons of peach brandy mash near Gretna. Agent R C Toney called it the biggest brandy outfit in the area in years. No arrests were made as no one tended the still during the raid Tuesday. Agents also destroyed 200 gallons of blackberry mash at the site.
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Gretna
Alcoholic Beverage Control
R.C. Toney
No Bomb In Here Says Bank Driver After Robbery
Glen Fallot, who gave a woman with an English accent a ride to a Bank of Mid-America in Wichita, said he realized something was wrong when she shouted she had robbed the bank and a bomb in her purse. He was questioned by police and FBI and released.
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Wichita
Kan
Glen Fallot
Bank of Mid-America
Fallot
UCLA report links LA death rates to violence and disease
UCLA health officials release a county health study showing Los Angeles County faces unusually high deaths from violence drug abuse and smoking compared with the nation. The report highlights tuberculosis venereal disease hepatitis and high mortality among blacks, prepared for the county Department of Health Services ahead of public release.
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UCLA
Los Angeles
Ucla School of Public Health
Los Angeles Times
County Department of Health Services
Nureyev Withdraws From Don Quixote With Calf Injury
Rudolf Nureyev, 45, halted Boston Ballets Don Quixote after a left calf spasm tore during Wednesday preview. He finished the show but cancelled the production through Aug. 21 at Wang Center, citing pain and a rare final appearance before assuming Paris Opera directorship. Audrey Jonckheer noted extreme pain. officials called the move a disaster for ballet.
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Boston Ballet
Nureyev
Kirov Ballet
United States
Paris Opera
Boston
Audrey Jonckheer
Ballet
Wang Center For the Performing Arts
Rescue show ends in death in Oklahoma City
A man died after a rescue device cable broke during a 100 foot lowering demonstration in Oklahoma City. A 19 year old woman, the firm's executive secretary, was seriously injured in the fall. The event drew about 40 spectators and centered on Centaur Enterprises the local distributor.
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Oklo
Jack Moore
Centaur Enterprises
Centaur
San Diego
Calif
William Standly
Emervac Corp
Standly
Jack Scanlon
Amnesia victim pleads for help in Portland crash
A 24 year old man injured in a Port land traffic wreck remains without identification. He believes he is from London and remembers riding the Tube. Hospitalized with a broken neck and hip socket since July 30, he seeks help to fill in his past.
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Ore
David Miller
London
Emanuel Hospital
Dalles
Hal V. Hansell
New York
Oregon
James McDonald
BBC
McDonald
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