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...ANTHRAX BREAK Investigators discovered anthrax on a letter at a Seymour, Conn., residence one mile from the Oxford home of Ottilie Lundgren, the 94-year-old woman who died two weeks ago of anthrax. CLUES The letter bore the same N.J. postmark as did those sent to Senators Daschle and Leahy in Washington, and the letters appear to have moved through the same sorting machine within seconds of one another. NEXT STEP Officials suggest that cross-contamination of mail could explain Lundgren's fatal infection and hope to find similarities between her case and that of the Bronx woman...
...food-and-flag cover illustration was well received by many of you who were aching for a holiday break. "After plane crashes, war and anthrax, I was thankful to see TIME's pumpkin pie," sighed a grateful Iowan. A New Yorker wrote, "Like many other citizens, I am flying the colors, and I love the idea of putting the American flag in my Thanksgiving pumpkin pie." And a reader from Maryland offered "applause for the flag in the pie. It's a reminder of the best time of year, when people open their hearts. Despite the war, the holidays will...
...doing all we can: Physicians have been told what to look for, and medical authorities in affected areas are on alert. We?re also learning that even if people do inhale anthrax, they can be successfully treated if the symptoms are caught early on. That should be comforting to everyone...
...There?s nothing wrong with doing something like that; it doesn?t hurt anyone. Doing these things allows you to continue with your life. Plus, if there are anthrax spores inside your mail, opening it outside and away from you reduces the chances of inhaling it in the first place...
...think the government is doing enough to protect us from anthrax in the mail...