BRIEFLY; EPA WILL SPOT CHECK ROCKETDYNE BUILDINGS.The Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and will conduct spot checks next week at the Santa Susana Santa Susana can refer to several places:
The additional oversight was welcomed by Rocketdyne officials, who were confident there would be no discrepancy with earlier findings, and by community activists worried about residual cancer-causing radiation at the site. The EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. will be surveying two buildings, and a portion of a third, which were part of the nuclear energy research section on the western edge of the field lab. The buildings have already been declared cleaned to federal standards by the Energy Department, which oversaw o·ver·saw v. Past tense of oversee. nuclear energy research at the site until those operations were halted in the late 1980s. - Daily News SUSPECT ARRESTED IN KIDNAPPING kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. ATTEMPT CANOGA PARK - Police arrested a 37-year-old man on suspicion of kidnapping a 23-year-old woman from a Laundromat early Monday, detectives said. Police said Renaldo Roger Duncan, of Canoga Park, approached the victim about 6 a.m. in the 20900 block of Roscoe Boulevard and told her she had a problem with her car. She went outside and found no problem with her vehicle, said Detective Gary Barthelmess of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Police Department's Devonshire Division. When she returned, the suspect grabbed her from behind and dragged her to his car, but she managed to fight and escape, Barthelmess said. He fled in his car and the victim called police, who later arrested Duncan in an apartment complex in the 8600 block of De Soto de So·to , Hernando or Fernando 1496?-1542. Spanish explorer who landed in Florida in 1539 with 600 men and set out to search for the fabled riches of the north. Avenue, detectives said. Duncan was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail. - Daily News MAN DRAGGED BY BUS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED A casualty whose injuries or illness are of such severity that the patient is rendered unable to walk or sit, thereby requiring a litter for movement and evacuation. See also evacuation; litter; patient. BURBANK - A 41-year-old man was seriously wounded Monday after he was struck by a bus, trapped in the rear tires, and dragged about 40 feet in a busy Burbank intersection, police said. The man, who police did not identify, was in serious condition Monday, being treated for severe leg injuries at Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center downtown, said Burbank police Lt. Janice Lowers. The crash happened about 5:48 p.m. Monday as the man was trying to cross First Street near Olive Avenue. The driver of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus apparently didn't see the man as he was turning right from First to Olive, Lowers said. Several witnesses to the crash tried frantically to get the driver's attention by running alongside the bus and pounding on its sides. After driving for about 40 feet, the bus driver stopped. The crash is under investigation, Lowers said. - Daily News |
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