Train Derailment Dumps Sulfuric Acid Kills Fish
A derailment near San Antonio spilled 100,000 to 200,000 gallons of sulfuric acid from 21 to 29 tanker cars into the Medina River. Thousands of fish died, about 300 residents were evacuated, a school opened for those displaced, and lime was dumped to neutralize the acid as officials estimate damages exceed $1 million. Cleanup crews built a dam and surveyed downstream water intakes for safety.
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San Antonio
Texas
Carl Mixon
Bexar County
Art Henson
Southern Pacific Railroad
Mixon
Pat Hammack
Environmental Protection Agency
Medina
Henson
T Southest
Texas Water Commission
Port Lavaca
Guadalupe River
Salmonella linked to Jewel Hillfarm Dairy in Illinois
Melrose Park Illinois health officials report two additional salmonella outbreaks tied to Jewel Companies Hillfarm Dairy. The same strain caused June July and November December 1984 clusters, adding to more than 200 cases in August. A task force linked possible contamination to a connection pipe mixing raw with pasteurized milk. Illinois health director Turnock weighed reopening decisions pending Jewel’s formal reopening plans.
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Melrose Park
Jewel Companies Inc
Paul Blake
Federal
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Task Force
Bernard Turnock
Illinois Department of Public Health
Jewel
Turnock
American Stores Co
Blake
Suspects in trooper slaying surrounded in NC mountains
Police pursue two fugitives Jimmy Rios and William Bray through rugged western North Carolina as officials say the pair armed and dangerous may hold out in dense Appalachian terrain. About 200 law enforcement officers, bloodhounds and helicopters sweep a 20 by 10 mile area around Doggett Mountain after trooper Robert Coggins was killed stopping a suspected stolen vehicle. The two escapees from Arkansas were last seen with a .22 rifle and the trooper's Magnum, prompting a wide joint investigation across federal and state agencies.
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Spring Creek
N.C
Jimmy Rios
William Or Ronald Bray
Franklin County
Arkansas
Appalachians
North Carolina
Madison County
Red Penland
Highway Patrol
George Dowdle
Robert L. Coggins
Bryson City
Doggett Mountain
Asheville
State Highway Patrol
Jack Cardwell
FBI
State Bureau of Investigation
Correction Department
State
U.S. Forest Service
Tennessee
Coggins
Dowdle
Hot Springs
Dowdie
Arthur Fowler
Madison County Emergency Medical Service
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Skip Francis
Southern Pacific
Exas
Chicago Tribune
Genesee ST
Evens
N.C. Mountains
Cal
Aioe
Anderson
Shorts & Tongs
Shefford
Eee
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