BRIEFLY SUSPICIOUS MAIL SHUTS CITY BUILDING.Byline: - Daily News PALMDALE - Palmdale's public services Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing private provision of services. building was closed for two hours Monday after the arrival of a suspicious envelope bearing a return address claiming it was from President George W. Bush. Hazardous-materials specialists were called out after workers felt a substance inside the envelope, which they did not open. The substance was later determined to be harmless matter from a burned match. Two similar envelopes were sent to other city departments, officials said. City officials said the first envelope contained a letter described as an anti-government diatribe di·a·tribe n. A bitter, abusive denunciation. [Latin diatriba, learned discourse, from Greek diatrib . The city office building at 38306 9th Street E. was shut down from about 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and no one was allowed to leave or enter until authorities determined there was no danger. Marine identified after body found EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. - A Marine who was found dead in a dormitory over the weekend was identified Monday as Pfc. Robert T. Blumka Jr., 31, of Tampa, Fla. Blumka's body was discovered in his dormitory room at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The cause of death is unknown, a base spokesman said. An autopsy was scheduled and Air Force officials were investigating the death. Blumka was a helicopter mechanic assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 46, Detachment Bravo. Blumka entered the Marine Corps on Feb. 27, 2002, and was on active duty. Impaled motorist survives ordeal ACTON - A Palmdale motorist survived a collision that impaled him with a 20-foot-long fence rail. William Foster William Foster may refer to the following people:
n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officers said. Foster's 1997 Honda CRV CRV Curve CRV Crew Return Vehicle (NASA) CRV California Redemption Value CRV Cassa Di Risparmio Di Vignola (Italian bank) CRV Call Reference Value (telecommunications) ran off a curve on Carson Mesa Road, up an embankment and into a wood rail fence. A 2-inch by 6-inch fence rail smashed through the Honda's windshield and impaled Foster's left side. Foster was flown by helicopter to Providence Holy Cross. Crash victim, 89, lived in Lancaster LANCASTER - A Lancaster man fatally injured Sunday in a head-on crash that also killed a Northern California couple has been identified as 89-year-old Robert B. Hoke hoke tr.v. hoked, hok·ing, hokes Slang To give an impressive but artificial, false, or deceptive quality to: hoked up some phony allegations. . Hoke's 1992 GMC GMC See: Guaranteed Mortgage Certificate pickup truck veered into oncoming traffic on two-lane Avenue D after it was clipped in the rear by an SUV trying to pass it. Hoke's truck collided head-on with a Chevrolet Cavalier containing a Moss Beach couple, Fred Loesch, 80, and and Claire Loesch, 75. The Suburban's driver, a 22-year-old Oroville man, and his passengers were not injured. Sheriff's divers find man's body LAKE HUGHES - The body of a Palmdale man who drowned Friday was pulled out of Lake Hughes, officials said Monday. Los Angeles County lifeguards A division of the County of Los Angeles Fire Department, the Lifeguard operations safeguard 31 miles of beach and 70 miles of coastline, from San Pedro in the south, to Malibu in the north; Protecting about 55 million beach patrons annually. and sheriff's divers used sonar Sunday to locate the body of James Robert Wolf, 27. Wolf's body was in a part of the lake that is only about 10 feet deep, but the water was so murky that visibility was extremely limited, Deputy Sonia Parra said. CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan determines driver's identity LITTLEROCK - A Palmdale motorist killed Saturday in a crash on Avenue T has been identified as David Barriga-Perez, 55. Perez's 1987 Toyota van drifted off the pavement, then swerved back across the road and overturned on the other side, California Highway Patrol officers said. The driver wasn't wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the van, CHP officers said. |
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