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Guana Timet. Corvallit. Oft, Monday, Oclobar 24, 1983 7-A Fred Meyer recalling tuna fish 3 k.J 5r 4-9 -if tut ma. About 770 cases of the suspect cans were shipped about 10 days ago to the 49 food stores operated by the Portland-based Fred Meyer chain. Low Cholesterol The recall is a voluntary action instituted bv the Fred Meyer without the involvement of the Food and Drug Administration, Myhr said.

The Fred Meyer executive urged people who 1 have purchased cans of the suspect tuna to return them to the store for a refund Myhr emphasized that only water-packed tuna, not oil-packed tuna, is being recalled. He said he didn't know if any of the tuna had been hipped to the company's Montana stores. Many stores had not removed the tuna from their storerooms when the recall move was instituted "For example. I called down to the west Eugene store and in his (the grocery manager's) case they were all sitting on a pallet in the back room." Myhr said. Steve Kronberg of the FDA office in Seattle said his agency was not notified of the recall.

He said the FDA would have liked to have known about it sooner. He also said swelling in cans does not mean the material is contaminated. Normally, he said, his agency would run tests on the cans before a recall is issued. "Sometimes a product will be simply packed too full." Kronberg said. "We ran into a lot of that in the salmon industry." PORTLAND i Af Fred Meyer Inc announced Sunday it is recalling 37.000 cans of water -packed My-Te-Fine brand chunk light tuna due to fears thevm'ay be contaminated.

"Fred NfcveA'ice President Norm Myhr said the 6nTy'ffeVts lunce cans that bear the code RKH25 and F9932. The code is embossed on the top of the cans About 770 cases of the suspect cans were shipped about 10 days ago to the 49 fixd stores operated by the Portland based Fred Meyer chain. The stores are in Oregon. Washington and Montana. Myhr said he did not know how many of the cans had been sold.

"A lot of them have ne-er reached the shelf." he said. Grocery managers began removing the cans from their shelves on Friday Myhr said no cans of the suspect tuna had been on stre shelves since Saturday The recall came after seven swollen cans were found in Fred Meyer stores. The first can -was found Friday in a Salem area store. "When a swelling in the can. it shows there isn't a perfect vacuum," Myhr said "As soon as the pressure builds up and the can is swollen, you know there is something wrong inside." The presence of air in the can may lead to contamination of the food with deadly toxins, according to mediral literature.

One of the swollen cans has been sent to an independent laboratory for testing, but the results aren't expected until late today My-Te-Fine is Fred Meyer's house brand and is not sold in any other stores Myhr said the tuna was packaged by a major fish-processing company under contract with Fred Meyer. He declined to identify the company pending the outcome of the test. He said there is no evidence any other tuna canned by the company is suspect. "Si wn-? LB, Ex-orderly lacing 4 charges of murder Tenderized 3CT F.l'fiENE (API A formernursing home orderly charged with the 1978 murder of three elderly people and a young comatose accident victim has" en returned to Oregon from Nebraska to face the worked briefly as an orderly The other person died at his home, where Hart had been a nursing aide. All of the deaths had been listed as the result ot natural causes.

Nebraska authorities say Hart told them he killed the patients with massive injections of insulin. The three who died at the nursing home were 22-year-old Frank Jesse Stanton 87-year-old Ileen Vernon Donnor and 86 year-old Lee Jackson Zumwalt. The man who died in his home was 89-year-old Carol Dudley Miller Sr. 130 p-m today in Lane County District Court: -He surrendered to authorities in Lincoln last Tuesday, telling police he had killed the four people to put them out of theirmiseryrHe said he turned -himself in to prevent any more killings. Hart was working as a hospital orderly in Nebraska at the time of his confession.

Eugene police did not charge Hart with murder until after he surrendered to authorities in Nebraska. The deaths occurred between Jan. 26 and Feb. 21 of 1979. Three of the victims were patients at the Eugene Care Center, where Hart charges.

Otha Harrison Hart. 33. was flown from Lincoln. to Portland on Saturday. He was taken by car from Portland Internationa) Airport to Eugene where he was being held without bail at the Lane County Jail.

Hart is tentatively scheduled to be arraigned at Western Family Pursuit by police ends with accident 6fl A firm it Willamette River and north on Interstate Stewart said. The car left the freeway in the St. Johns area and crossed the St. Johns Bridge, returning to northwest Portland. The car then headed back to the Fremont Bridge and made 2' i trips around the Interstate S-Interstate 405 freeway loop that encircles downtown Portland, Stewart said.

The chase ended shortly after 8: 30 a m. when the driver of the car failed to make it across the Marquam Bridge, which has been narrowed to one lane due to construction. The car overturned hut the driver crawled out unhurt. Scott Devis of Portland was charged with attempting to elude, reckless driving, driving without a license and driving without insurance. Stewart said police searched the car and found nine recent traffic citations issued to Devis four from Washington County, two from Portland and three from California.

Police were happy the chase ended without injur- ing any bystanders. "The only reason we kept this thing (the chase) going was because there was very little traffic out there." Stewart said PORTLAND (AP) Police arrested a man Sunday following a wild auto chase that ended when the car being pursued crashed on the Marquam Bridge. Patrolman Larry Stewart said the cars reached speeds in excess of 100 mph during the chase. Stewart, one of eight officers involved in the incident, said the chase began shortly after 8 a m. when a small foreign station wagon sped through a stop sign in northwest Portland.

Police chased the car "through all kinds of lights and signals" onto the Fremont Bridge over the 8 Or. (Hj for rj Zee Nice'n Soft Alaska's unemployment rate drops ntr The national unemployment rate for September was 8 8 percent while the year ago figure for Alaska was 7 9 percent, department officials said. Regionally, Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna JUNEAU, Alaska AP) Alaska's jobless rate dropped to 7 6 percent in September, an improvement from August's 8.2 percent and the lowest such monthly ligure since 1979. the state Department of Labor said Friday. Borough turned in the lowest unemployment rate at 6 2 per-cent, while the Interior posted the largest at 112 percent.

The August 1979 unemployment rate was 7.3 percent, said Chris Miller, a Labor Department analyst. i) A hi; it Arson suspected in 4 car fires Investigators suspect arson is the cause of fires that damaged four cars early Sunday in northwest Corvallis. The car fires fit the pattern found in earlier blazes that damaged three cars on Oct. 5 and two others Sept. 27, said Corvallis Fire Marshal Rich Davis.

All the cars were parked on or near streets, and all were unlocked. Davis said. The fires apparently were started with materials found in the cars, and in each case firefighters found the glove compartments had been riffled and left open, he said. "The locations are consistent, the kinds of fires are consistent. All we need to do now is link somebody with them." Davis said fire department personnel are working closely with Corvallis Police in investigating the fires.

At 2 45 am, firefighters responded to the 1000 block of Northwest Illh Street A woman leaving Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. 1015 W. Monroe Ave spotted smoke in a 1970 Plymouth sedan and asked fraternity members to call the fire 200 Count This is for all those who ever wonder where the money goes. PostToastles 1 I department, according to police reports The Benton County Dial A Bus si.xiim provides door to door transportation to senior citizens 55 and older and to handicapped persons of all ages. This agency works closely with Senior and Disabled Services to provide transportation to and from the group meal sites.

Dial A Bus was recently admitted as a United Way agency and will be applying for funding for the first time this fall. A fraternity member pulled burning paper from under the driver's seat of the car before firefighters arrived, police said Damage was minor. Barbara W'egner. Ill W. 11th apartment 3.

told police the car is owned by her parents At 3 08 a firefighters responded.to 1550 W. Van Buren Ave, They extinguished a blaze that gutted the interior of a 1954 Chevrolet pickup truck by Kirk J. Still. Police said the trm was parked in Still's driveway at the time of the fire. i At 3 15 a.m., two men stopped a Corvallis policeman to report a car fire at the 400 block of Northwest 27th Street.

The policeman drove to the scene and called firefighters They extinguished a blaze in a Rambler Classic, owned by Forest Ziemer. 445 27th St The Rambler was exten- sively damaged. At 4 am. firefighters responded to the 300 block of Northwest 35th Street Richard II Brooks. 308 35th, told them two passersby knocked on his door to say his 1961 Volkswagen dune buggy was on fire Brooks had extinguished the fire by the time firefighters arrived.

Damage was minor Davis said the four fires will be added to the list of recent car fires that police and fire department investigators believe were deliberalelv set. Red leaf, Green Leaf, Romaine i LiLjU vvjlj United Way of Benton County is made up of local people working together to support a wide variety of human service programs in our community. The 40 nonprofit agencies receiving United Way funds provide Benton County with important health care, youth guidance, and family service programs, United Way will make use of our county's valuable volunteer resources to raise $440,000 this year. Last year over 10.000 Benton County residents contributed to the United Way. If you would like to contribute and have not been contacted please contact the United Way of Benton County at 757-7717.

Bunch yZ bituerieo Helen K. Zedwick cup Top Q) GAQlIQuG v. TO) Thanks to you, it works for all of us. United VVijy Space lor this massage providad by this Unittd Way contributor. Services will be Tuesday for Helen Zedwick, 77.

1501 N.W. Dixon who died Saturday at Corvallis Care Center. She was born March 21, 1908, in Albany to James and Jessie Hawley Powell She was raised In Albany. Following the death of her first husband, William Glover, she moved to New York, where she served as executive secretary'and later treasurer of a tool and die manufacturing firm. After leaving New York, Mrs Zedwick moved to Corvallis.

where she worked lor Sunny Brook Dairy until her retirement. She married John Zedwick in 1953 She was a member of the women's auxiliary of the Corvallis Elks Club Sun iving are her husband, son William Glover of New York, and two gram hildren Funeral services will be held Tuesday at I in the l)i Muss hurd.m funeral home chapel. 815 Buchanan Ave. with the Rev John Dennis Graveside services will follow at Crystal Uke'eme(ary, The family suggests remembrances be sent to the Elk's eye clinic, in care of DeMoss Durdan Wt Tha R.ght A I I 1 ta limit Ouonliliai lJl 0 9th Beca 944 Circle Drive Prices Effective "ZVXZl'! Moo. 1 Oct.

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