Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 105, No. 217, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 26, 2003 Page: 1 of 14
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the influence. He
released on bond.
night expected.
Right: An outside view of the 1993
Dodge Dakota pickup that sailed
straight into the den of the Fuller res-
idence.
911.
Accidents are always occurring
at the intersection in front of his
home. Fuller said
investigating officer Jose Arce
said that the call was received at
the police department at 2:31
p.m. According to Arce, Ronald
Romaine Moore, 72, of Altus, had
a blood alcohol level of .14, one
point away from being considered
an aggravated driving under the
influence charge, but well over
the legal limit of .08.
Moore was arrested and taken
to Jackson County Jail where he
was charged with driving under
Man reports
stabbing in city
Wednesday,
November 26,
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den, driver
charged
Baghdad
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S.
troops arrested the wife and
daughter of a top Saddam
Hussein deputy suspected of
masterminding attacks on
U.S. troops, and a major
pipeline linking northern
Iraqi oilfields to the country’s
biggest refinery was ablaze
Wednesday.
Hours after large explo-
sions shook the center of
Baghdad near U.S. headquar-
ters, the visiting British for-
eign secretary said Iraq will
be a safer place once the
U.S.- and British-led coali-
tion hands over power to an
Iraqi government.
Troops of the U.S. 4th
Infantry Division in Samarra,
70 miles north of Baghdad,
arrested the wife and daugh-
ter of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri,
a top Saddam associate, divi-
sion spokesman Lt. Col.
William MacDonald said
Wednesday.
Under Saddam, al-Douri
was vice chairman of the rul-
ing Revolutionary Command
Council, and shortly before
the war began March 20,
Saddam placed him in charge
of defenses in northern Iraq.
U.S. officials have said
they believe al-Douri has
planned some of the attacks
against U.S. forces, and last
week offered a $10 million
reward for information lead-
ing to his capture.
Carol Marco, staff writer
Tuesday evening at 7:36
p.m., a man walked into a
residence at 608 W.
Commerce, bleeding and
stating he believed he may
have been stabbed.
C.J. Jefferson, of Altus,
was at a house on West
Walnut when he was cut
with a straight razor.
According to the police
report, he was transported
to the Jackson County
Memorial Hospital
Emergency Room where he
was treated and released.
Lt. Mike Turner stated
that the incident is still
under investigation at this
time.
was later called M & C Construction and said after inspecting the damage. Thanksgiving holiday from
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Roy Fuller was working in the
computer room at his residence ‘.
Tuesday afternoon, located at 101 •21
Lakeside Drive, when he heard:
"the strangest noise — you talk al
about loud'" He got up from his ,.
chair and walked through to his Bosenin
kitchen to check out the source. LA
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Dakota pickup sitting in his den tod
“I walked through and he was
just sitting in there, said Fuller.
“He got out- I called the
police." Above: Jim Light with M & C
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According to Fuller, the man .... a
. , . low Altusan Roy Fuller after a Dodge
was wearing houseshoes and his Dakota pickup landed in Fuller's den
eyes weren t quite lucid. Though Tuesday afternoon. Fuller was con-
the driver did not appear to be cerned about immediate clean up
injured in any way. Fuller called and weatherproofing with a cold
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“We have a pickup in the den stead to offer begin repairs. mind,'’ said Fuller, “When we get
and it’s gonna be cold tonight!” Fuller’s wife, Beverly was at this all cleaned up, what are we
Fuller said staring at the red pick- work at First State Bank when the gonna do this weekend?"
up truck and the shattered glass wreck occurred. “With this— The Fullers said they were
and splintered wood. After noti- what do you have to be thankful expecting their son home
fying the authorities, Fuller for? That no one was hurt,” she Wednesday afternoon for the
The Associated Press ably more important things you could spend your poultry, fruits and vegetables should be just as much
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Contaminated seal- time worrying about, like the mortgage payment,” a cause for concern.
lions linked to a deadly outbreak of hepatitis A said Jerry Gillespie, director of the Western Institute “You can’t neglect taking care of it properly just
shouldn’t scare most people away from eating more for Food Safety and Security at the University of because it’s a vegetable,” said Jay Kenyon, the
fresh fruits and vegetables, experts say. California, Davis. operations manager at Greens, a renowned vegetar-
But the only way to ensure total safety is to cook Concerns about food safety have grown since ian restaurant in San Francisco.
everything. three people died and hundreds were sickened from In 2000, there were nearly as many cases of
“Once food is contaminated it is hard to decont- hepatitis A in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Tennessee and food-home illnesses linked to produce as from
aminate, even by washing it,” said John Painter, an North Carolina. The usually non-fatal vims has poultry, beef, fish and eggs combined, according to
epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control been linked to raw scallions from Mexico, the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
and Prevention in Atlanta. The Mexican government shut down four sus- Gillespie blames our voracious appetite for
Still, some basic precautions can make many pect companies located just south of the U.S. border cheap produce, year-round.
foods safer. All fruits and vegetables, whether for failing to “comply with good agricultural and “We’re changing our food system. We’re
grown domestically or imported, should be thor- manufacturing practices,” and U.S. and Mexican increasingly dependent on sources outside of our
oughly washed, and the damaged parts removed, food safety officials are inspecting their fields. country for food,” he said. “If we’re going to do
Fruits can be peeled and the outer layers of leafy The CDC estimates that overall, unsafe foods that and we want to have food that is equivalently
vegetables can be removed, Painter said. cause an estimated 76 million illnesses and 5,000 safe as food in our country, then we’re going to have
“If you’re healthy and don’t have any particular deaths a year in the United States. But while con- to insist that those foods go through the same certi-
ailments that make you susceptible, there are prob- sumers tend to worry more about meat, fish and fication that foods in the U.S. go through.”
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