BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Tanker truck fire closes northbound north·bound adj. Going toward the north. northbound Adjective going towards the north Adj. 1. lanes of I-5 ALBANY - An empty tanker truck caught fire on Interstate in·ter·state adj. Involving, existing between, or connecting two or more states. n. One of a system of highways extending between the major cities of the 48 contiguous United States. Noun 1. 5 north of here Tuesday afternoon, closing the highway's northbound lanes for about 90 minutes. The truck was at milepost 236 at 3:50 p.m. when the driver, James Frank Myers, 72, of Aumsville smelled smoke, Oregon State Police said. He pulled onto the shoulder and discovered that the truck was on fire. He escaped without injury. The cab of the truck was destroyed, and the tanks, which were empty, were intact. The cause of the fire is unknown, police said. Myers had just finished delivering a load of molasses molasses, sugar byproduct, the brownish liquid residue left after heat crystallization of sucrose (commercial sugar) in the process of refining. Molasses contains chiefly the uncrystallizable sugars as well as some remnant sucrose. to a farm south of Corvallis and was en route to Portland. Northbound traffic was re-routed onto a nearby road after a brief delay to ensure that the scene was safe and that no hazardous materials were involved. Couple sentenced for federal bankruptcy fraud An Oregon couple was sentenced Tuesday to one month in prison, nine months in home detention and three years of supervision after pleading Asking a court to grant relief. The formal presentation of claims and defenses by parties to a lawsuit. The specific papers by which the allegations of parties to a lawsuit are presented in proper form; specifically the complaint of a plaintiff and the answer of a defendant plus any guilty to a federal bankruptcy fraud charge. The couple, Donald M. Malcolm, 46, of Bandon, and Dianne Malcolm, 57, of Florence, reported the theft of $80,000 worth of jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. in a burglary burglary, at common law, the breaking and entering of a dwelling house of another at night with the intent to commit a felony, whether the intent is carried out or not. in August 2001, and then filed bankruptcy the next month, Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Cardani said. The couple's debt to Harry Ritchie Jewelers was discharged in the bankruptcy. However, FBI agents learned the couple was trying to sell the jewelry and sent an undercover agent to do a "sting." After the couple made a deal with the agent, they were arrested, Cardani said. The jewelry was returned to Harry Ritchie Jewelers. |
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