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2 I Monday, December 3. 2001 1 The Red & Black
NEWS
QuickTake
A glance at the morning’s news and the day ahead
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National & World Headlines
NATO allies focus on relations with Russia
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Secretary of State Colin Powell and
other NATO foreign ministers will take a new look this week at
the way the alliance does business with Russia.
Since Sept. 11, the allies believe they have detected a new,
more cooperative Russia under President Vladimir Putin, a
potential partner rather than the adversary of old.
NATO’s secretary-general, Lord Robertson, went to
Moscow recently to discuss bringing Russia into the fold — not
as a member of the 19-nation alliance, but as a full partner in
deciding some mqjor issues of European security.
How to do this will be discussed Thursday and Friday at the
foreign ministers’ meeting.
“We have an important opportunity to recast NATO’s rela
tionship with Russia,” said Nicholas Bums, the American
ambassador to NATO. “NATO and Russia are increasingly
allied against threats such as international terrorism. NATO
must reflect these new realities and evolve accordingly.”
Some see this as letting the fox in the hen house, allowing
Russia to begin gnawing at the alliance from within, accom
plishing through stealth what it failed to do through con
frontation. Others believe it is pure pragmatism, a recognition
of the reality that there is more for both sides to gain through
cooperation.
Blaze injures 42
people, firefighters
NEW YORK — Forty-two
people, mostly firefighters,
were injured Saturday in a
basement fire in a commer
cial building, officials said.
Four firefighters were
admitted to a hospital bum
unit in stable condition. Most
of those injured had cuts,
bruises and small bums.
The fire erupted in part of
the 50-story building’s air
conditioning system while
workers were replacing a stor
age tank, fire department
spokesman Pat Cleaiy said.
“It blew me across the
room,” said carpenter
Michael Ward, 33. “Bricks
were flying. Things were com
ing off the ceiling. There was
smoke and dust everywhere.”
The fire was in a building
about a mile south of the
World Trade Center site. The
blaze was contained within 90
minutes, Cleary said.
Man videotapes and
abuses young girls
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. —
A man has admitted to sexu
ally abusing hundreds of
young girls whose assaults he
videotaped.
Elza Terry, 55, pleaded
guilty Friday to 16 charges
against him and faces up to
six life terms in prison for rap
ing and sodomizing two girls
who were 6 and 8 at the time.
He also admitted inappro
priately touching a girl whom
he secretly videotaped in the
aisle of a department store.
Police Sgt. Randy Scott
said that Terry’s homemade
video library totaled more
than 200 tapes and showed
more victims than investiga
tors could identify.
“It will be our recommen
dation that he receive the
maximum penalty,”
Prosecutor Chris Koster said.
Terry was arrested Dec. 19
after police received a tape
that was found in a repos
sessed truck that once
belonged to him. Police said it
showed Terry touching chil
dren in various department
stores.
Additional tapes of Terry’s
sexual assaults on children
were found during a subse
quent search of his trailer.
SEC investigates
home anthrax kits
MATTHEWS, N.C. — A
company that planned to sell
home anthrax-testing kits is
under investigation by federal
authorities and says it will
stop marketing the tests dur
ing the probe.
“We are suspending any
efforts to market the prod
uct,” Vital Living Products
said in a statement Friday.
Calls to both the company
and president Donald
Podrebarac’s home Saturday
were not immediately
returned.
Vital Living Products con
firmed Friday it is under
investigation by the
Securities and Exchange
Commission. The FBI raided
its offices and a related New
Jersey lab on Thursday.
Vital Living caught nation
al attention soon after the
first mail-borne cases of
anthrax were detected by
announcing it would sell the
first over-the-counter anthrax
test kit. By early November,
the company said it had
received more than $150,000
worth of orders.
But puLuc health experts
raised questions about the
reliability of a home test kit
and said inaccurate results
could create panic.
Vital Living said a New
Jersey lab, Sani-Pure Food
Laboratories, confirmed the
reliability of the test kits, but
the Sani-Pure’s report includ
ed inaccurate information.
The SEC has subpoenaed the
report.
Local officials may
form hazmat teams
WARNER ROBINS — Even
though none of its more than
100 anthrax scares have
proven dangerous, officials in
Houston County still might
form their own hazardous
material rescue team.
Local fire departments
don’t have the equipment to
respond, and the hazmat
teams in Macon and on
Robins Air Force Base have
their own problems to
consider.
“The base is responsible
for the base,” Houston
County Assistant Fire Chief
Ronnie Register said. “They
will send advisers, but they
can’t send all their equipment
out. Macon will come if
they’re not already
committed to something
else.”
Neighboring Peach County
faces the same shortcomings
and also is considering
starting its own team.
“Anything, really, classified
as hazardous material, we’re
not ready for,” said Jeff Doles,
Peach County fire chief and
director of emergency
management.
Georgia has 21 hazmat
teams, and there are two
teams in central Georgia: one
at the Macon-Bibb Fire
Department and one in
Laurens County.
Macon has 39 team mem
bers, but 179 firefighters are
trained for the duty. Eight or
nine respond to a typical call.
Equipment for the
Houston County team could
cost $500,000 — including a
$250,000 truck — and the
team would respond to other
emergencies, like a building
collapse or other construction
disasters.
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Information: Rebecca Greenspan
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Olympic torch blazing trail in Athens
OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY ROUTE
By JONATHAN TONGE
jtonge@randb.com
Athenians have an oppor
tunity to show their patrio
tism when the Olympic Torch
Relay comes through town
Tuesday afternoon.
Charles Campbell, a junior
from Snellville, and his father,
Reid Campbell, will carry the
torch through South Campus.
The duo will join more than
11,000 torchbearers around
the country who will carry the
Olympic flame to Salt Lake
City, Utah, for the February
start of the Olympics.
“I’m excited,” Campbell
said. “It’s a great honor to be a
part of the run and the
Olympics because of the spirit
and unity it stands for.”
The relay begins at Brack
Rowe Chevrolet on Atlanta
Highway at 4 p.m. and will
wind up at the Classic Center
about 5:45 p.m.
At the Classic Center, local
bands Flat, Broke and Busted
and Miller will perform during
the afternoon.
Coca-Cola will host four
block parties at different
When & Where: At 4 p.m, the torch
leaves from Brack Rowe Chevrolet
on Atlanta Highway
ROUTE:
>- Left on Hawthorne Avenue
>- Right on Prince Avenue
>- Right on Milledge Avenue
>■ Left on Lumpkin Street
points along the route.
Three will be located on
Atlanta Highway at K-Mart,
Kroger and The Varsity.
Another will be held at the
► Right on Carlton Street
>■ Left on Sanford Drive
>• Left on Baldwin Street
>- Right on South Lumpkin Street
► Right on Broad Street
>- Left on Thomas Street
► Stop at the Classic Center
>- Left on Martin Luther King Drive
and on to Commerce
Golden Pantry at Five Points.
The torch’s arrival at the
Classic Center will be followed
by a send-off as the Stewart
and Winfield band plays.
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