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Milwaukee's waterworks flu is not the first outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in this country, nor is it likely to be the last. Indeed, Walter Jakubowski, a parasitology expert for the Environmental Protection Agency, believes that most surface water is now contaminated with the parasite. "It's so widespread," he observes, "that you just can't keep it out." In 1984 the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control investigated several outbreaks in day-care centers in five states. In 1987 an outbreak in Carrollton, Georgia, made 13,000 people absolutely miserable. Two Oregon towns, Medford and Talent, experienced an outbreak last...
When James Jakubowski's marriage was heading toward the rocks, he decided to take action: he called the police. Two weeks later, his wife Dawn was under arrest for adultery. Like a modern-day Hester Prynne, Dawn was soon the talk of the town, Norwich, Conn., a circumstance that does not dismay her husband. "People in this society need to hear that adultery is wrong and that it destroys families," he proclaims. "I believe in the institution of marriage." His wife's lawyer is less enthused. "The thoughtless and insensitive act by Mr. Jakubowski has caused enormous embarrassment and humiliation...
Last year BLM Range Conservationist Walter Jakubowski persuaded authorities at the Colorado State Prison complex in Canon City to let convicts break the horses. Most of the inmates are city bred, and none have had equine experience. In one year the convict-cowboy program has tamed more than 400 mustangs. Another 350 horses are corralled at the prison to be trained at the rate of about ten a day. Most are only halter broken, rather than readied for saddlework...
Right fielder Dave St. Pierre, third baseman Jim Thomas and catcher Dan Williams slashed two hits apiece, but Harvard was unable to push the runs across as Jakubowski worked out of jams in the second and third innings to escape unscathed...
...Jakubowski struggled along, coming up with just enough to work out of each jam, until the sixth inning when Harvard got its sole tally of the contest. St. Pierre tripled after a double by designated hitter Joe Mackey to reprieve, Harvard from a second straight shutout in World Series competition (last year Georgia Southern eliminated the Crimson in an 8-0 shellacking...