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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 23, 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 7 Fri official suspended for Trade Center remarks by Robert l. Jackson los Angeles times Washington a underscoring the sensitivity of the world Trade Center bombing prosecution Fri director Louis j. Freeh has suspended the chief of the of big a new York office for commenting about the Case on television it was disclosed tuesday. Freeh suspended James Fox soon to retire As an assistant director after More than 30 years of service for commenting that a confidential Fri informant a gave us Hoth ing that would have prevented the bombing a which killed six people and injured More than 1,000 feb. 26. Although the comments added nothing new to what Freehe a predecessor Fri director William s. Sessions said publicly last summer foxes remarks came after the. First trial was under Way and followed admonishments from the judge from the Manhattan . Attorneys office and from Freeh himself that no official was to comment about the Federal prosecution. Fox a popular executive with his Kijoo agent Force in new York routinely had Given news briefings after february a explosion while the Fol another agencies were trying to solve the Case. But he has been much less visible Domino s drops in Wake of $79 Detroit apr a less Han a week after a jury awarded nearly $79 million t a woman injured by a dominoes pizza Driver the company is dropping the 30-minutes-or-less guarantee that made it the worlds no. 1 pizza delivery business. Quot that certainly was the thing that put it Over the Edge a dominoes founder and owner Tom Monaghan said tuesday of the verdict. A a we be been debating continuing this 30-minute guarantee policy for a number of  scores of lawsuits have been filed against dominoes Over accidents involving delivery Drivers. In place of the pledge to deliver the pizza within 30 minutes or take $3 off dominoes will offer a refund if a customer is dissatisfied for any reason. Dominoes with 5,400 stores in More than 30 countries built the worlds largest pizza delivery business on its 30-minute Promise but Monaghan said he thinks he will do Fine without it. A eighty percent of getting a pizza delivered in a timely manner is getting the pizza in the oven fast a he said. A the Speed of driving is a very insignificant part of  on Friday a circuit court jury in St. Louis awarded Jean Kinder $78 million in punitive damages in addition to $750,000 in actual damages. She suffered head and spinal injuries in 1989 when Ner car was struck by a dominoes Driver who ran a red Light. Kinder a lawyer Paul Kovacs said the jury s message to dominoes was to Stop the delivery policy. The delivery Driver settled with Kinder for $ 150,000. Dominoes founded in 1960, began guaranteeing delivery within a half hour in 1984. From 1984 until 1986, a Boston apr Massachusetts health officials have discovered a High incidence of cancer on Cape cod. Residents have As much As double the cd Ince of getting Mouth skin breast prostate or Colo rectal cancer As would be expected based on their age and other characteristics the department of Public health reported tuesday Quot its very Clear to me that this is an environmental problem but what it is in the environment we done to really know Quot said David Ozonoff of the Boston University school of Public health. A there Isnit any other explanation a said Ozonoff coauthor of a 1991 study on cancer causing contamination on Cape cod. A the Cape Isnit really different genetically from anywhere else in the state. So what a left now the question is what is the environmental problem there a about 422 of every 100,000 men and 336 6f every 100,000 women in Massachusetts will get cancer the health department reported using statistics collected by the Massachusetts cancer registry. Cancer increased 8.4 percent in Massachusetts Between 1982 and 1990, the last year for which the figures have been Analysed. Residents of Cape cod had higher prospects of experiencing Many kinds of cancer a phenomenon state officials could not explain. A i think there Are a lot of things involved a said Susan since the trial began in september for four people accused of bombing the twin skyscrapers. The Fri has been embarrassed by the conduct of a key confidential informant Emad Salem who secretly recorded his conversations with Fri agents. Transcripts of those recordings leaked to new York news Media in recent weeks indicated that Salem claimed he had played a role in the Trade Center bombing and had alerted the Fri a a claim which Federal officials have dismissed As empty boasting to increase his informant  Salem a former military officer was once a bodyguard to egyptian Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman who has been charged As the Leader of a larger terrorist ring that also plotted to bomb . Headquarters and the Lincoln and Lolland commuter tunnels in Manhattan. Fox during a half hour to interview of his govern mint career said of Salem a the gave us nothing. No one gave us anything. If we had information we would have prevented the  Fri spokesman John Collingwood said Freeh a former Federal judge deemed the comments  Freeh telephoned Fox on dec. 10 to apprise him of his suspension with pay until his retirement Jan. 2.30-minute vow million award late pizza was a free pizza. The company never charged its Drivers for late pics but Jack Simpson who has delivered on and off for Domino s Over the past four years said he wont miss the guarantee. A i know i tended to Rush a Tittle More when it looked Tike the pizza was going to be late a he said. A a we re absolutely ecstatic a a said Keith Mes Trich spokesman for peo ble against dangerous a a cd Ivory a Washington based coalition of consumer groups opposed to the 30-minute policy. Wall Street analysts who follow dominoes rival pizza hut a unit of Pepsico inc., said they think dominoes might suffer without the guarantee that sets it apart from rivals.1 in other lawsuits Over the past two years a Delaware jury awarded $645,000 to a couple whose car was struck by a dominoes vehicle Domino s paid $2.8 million to the family of an Indiana woman killed by a delivery truck and a West Virginia jury rejected a couple s claim that the 30-minute guarantee caused a dominoes delivery vehicle to hit their car. T. Gershman the reports chief author. A some of these cancers have a variety of risk factors a Many of them very common on the Cape. We can to totally Rule out an environmental  the 1991 by Survey of 1,000 cancer cases found evidence of links Between brain tutors and pesticides used on Cranberry bogs and Between breast cancer and the burning of debris used in artillery exercises at an old . Military reservation in Bourne. Other cancers were believed to have been caused by solvents formerly found in Cape cod drinking water. A there was definite evidence that there was an association Between the environmental factors and the cancer cases Quot Ozonoff said. Quot the full extent of the exposure Hasni to been  state officials have resumed testing according to Suzanne Condon director of environmental health assessment for the department of Public  on red shoes earns judge a Swift kick from wire reports Tucson Ariz. A a judge was reprimanded for telling a woman prosecutor it red footwear that a Only whores Wear red  inc Arizona commission on judicial conduct said magistrate Michael Lex violated a requirement that judges a act at All times in a manner that promotes Public Confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the  the letter was made Public tuesday. The reprimand is the Mildest punishment available to the commission which can also recommend. Suspension or removal. A i believe that however Well intended my comments to the prosecutor might have been publication of those comments out of their original context reflected poorly upon myself my court and All members of the judiciary a Lex said in a statement. Brenda Cook an assistant City prosecutor had filed a complaint concerning the aug. 5 conversation outside court. Lex contended that he did not notice Cooke a shoes and that he was referring to other Peoples reactions to red abortion foe sentenced Missoula Mont. A an anti abortion activist was sentenced to 10 years in prison for writing letters threatening a doctor with torture and death. Michael h. Ross was sentenced monday after his conviction in november on a felony intimidation charge stemming from threats in 62 letters to or. Susan Wicklund Wicklund who lives in Bozeman testified that she and clinic staff were terrorized by the letters causing her to hire a bodyguard. One letter addressed to a the Butcher of Bozeman a read a a let a tear your arms and legs off one by one. Only fitting Only  Agency chief quits Washington the head of the Federal Agency overseeing meat and poultry inspections is resigning after repeated attacks by consumer groups. H. Russell Cross administrator of the food safety and inspection service ran the Agency during a time when there was a deadly outbreak of food poisoning caused by e. Coti bacteria in undercooked hamburgers. He was appointed to head the Agency feb. 10,1 992. His contract was to be up for renewal in february. It was not immediately known when the resignation would take effect the agriculture department said tuesday. Cross had been criticized by consumer and labor groups who accused him of trying to reduce the role of the government including meat inspectors in assuring meat  Money recovered new York a seven armed men robbed a Bank of nearly $1.5 million in a daring daytime Holdup police said but most of the Money was recovered when they abandoned their getaway Van. All seven escaped. The robbers entered a chemical Bank Branch in Midtown Manhattan shortly after 1 30 . Tuesday and went to the buildings lower level vault area said detective Joseph Mcconville a police spokesman. One of the men punched a 71-year-old Security guard in the Back and the others scooped up $1,49 million the detective said. The group escaped in a yellow rental Van but abandoned it almost immediately As police pursued them Mcconville  courier killed Philadelphia a a gunman killed a Federal express courier in a drug infested neighbourhood tuesday morning a first for the 20-year-old delivery company. Police found William Moyer a father of four lying on a sidewalk near his delivery truck. He had been shot in the Bead a a we re looking at a rubbery attempt but there was no Money taken a police capt. John Apeldorn said. Moyer 37, was the first l ederal express courier slain on the Job according to Tom Martin company spokesman in Memphis Tenn. Martin noted that couriers carry no Cash and said mover had not radioed in about any problems. He Saia the company a couriers Are not required to make a pickup or delivery if they feel threatened. High cancer rate found on Cape cod  
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