Love Canal report sparks new controversy in Niagara Falls
The EPA concluded areas three houses away are safe and contamination is confined to storm sewers and two creeks north of the dump. Residents who stayed support it while former residents who sold to the state and sued the owner criticize the findings at a public hearing.
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Environmental Agency
ED McCullough
Niagara Falls
Love Canal
Loretta Gambino
Canal-Area
Barbara Quimby
Canal Area
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Hooker Chemical & Plastics Corp
EPA
Clark Heath Jr
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Humidity to persist with hot weekend forecast
The National Weather Service warns of continued hot and humid conditions tonight through the weekend. Lows will be 65 to 70, with highs near 90. A chance of showers or thunderstorms is possible Monday as maps indicate Page AZ conditions.
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National Weather Service
Five Women Shot and Man Stabbed at Rochester Accident Scene
Rochester police reported five women, aged 9 to 22, were shot and a man stabbed at a crowd gathered around an automobile accident. Two youths approached 15 to 20 bystanders and fired two shotgun blasts amid a fight at the scene.
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Rochester
UPI
Mediation Sought to Halt NYC Hospital Strike Action
New York unionized hospital workers caucused to consider a mediation team request to stop the clock on a threatened strike against 40 hospitals in New York City and suburbs. Administrators at the facilities, grouped under the League of Voluntary Hospitals, shifted hundreds of patients as they braced for the walkout.
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NEW York
New York City
League of Voluntary Hositals
State daily numbers draws last night tally
Albany reports the nightly lottery result with the number 669 drawn from the state's numbers game. The brief item notes the exact winning digits for readers tracking results.
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Albany
Sign in Store Window Sparks NPO Help Request
A storefront display reads This is a non profit organization Please help us change the message aims to humorously solicit support. The sign playfully frames a charitable appeal while inviting passersby to engage with the cause.
Goats Surprise on Lawn as Birthday Prank Escalates
John Matar, 42, marks a longtime brotherly rivalry by receiving 45 goats on his front lawn. The exchange began with two elderly models and bloomed into outrageous gifts including an elephant, a 4,000-pound rock, and 8,000 pounds of manure.
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Sharon Ruttenberg
Chicago
UPI
John Matar
Matar
Sam Matar
Matar Imports
Monterey
Calif
Sam
John
Prison plan okayed as inmates moved to Pilgrim facility
New York Court of Appeals has endorsed moving hundreds of inmates into three unused buildings at Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Suffolk County. Within hours 46 prisoners were relocated, with 125 to 200 protesters outside. First group came from Queensboro Correctional Facility as Ossining prison beds free for parole-violation detention. The plan aims for 1,000 inmates at Pilgrim by year end, with about 400 in the initial phase.
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Albany
New York
Pilgrim Psychiatric Center
Suffolk County
Court of Appeals
Pilgrim Facility
Psychiatric Center
Pilgrim
Queensboro
Louis Ganim
Ossining State Prison
Appellate Division
State Supreme Court
Brooklyn
James Gowan
Gowan
Ganim
Howard DeMartini
Peter Cohn
Iran denies Iraq battle claim amid basra advance
Iran said its troops were within nine miles of Basra while Iraq claimed a counterattack drove back invading forces. Tehran Radio cited a military communique on Basra proximity as Baghdad reported heavy fighting on a narrow front near oil routes. Western officials estimated up to 200000 troops involved with no independent confirmation yet.
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Sajid Rizvi
United Press International
Iraq
Iran
Basra
Tehran
Turkey
Baghdad
Washington
Kharg Island
Emergency spending bill aims to avert furloughs near Reagan veto
House and Senate negotiators shaped a 5.5 billion emergency spending bill to keep money flowing to more than a dozen federal agencies until September 30. If House approval and Reagan signature occur quickly, thousands of workers would not face furloughs and the impasse since March would end.
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Cliff Haas
Washington
Reagan
House
Senate
Treasury
Labor, Health and Human Services
Commerce and Education
Dishwashing liquid misread as lemon juice triggers poison center alert
Nearly 80 Maryland residents mistook Sun Light dishwashing liquid for lemon juice in two months, causing nausea vomiting and diarrhea. Maryland Poison Center cites 33 adults and 46 children affected. Lever Brothers notes product is clearly labeled for dishwashing use with lemon juice.
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Baltimore
UPD
Maryland Poison Center
Sun Light
Lever Brothers Co
Maryland
Poison Center
Bert Hochman
Lever Brothers
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