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Detective John Flynn of the Lower Basin division of the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC), which is heading the investigation, to refused to discuss the case yesterday...
According to the panel, the hazards become significant at 20% or more above the "desirable weight," as determined by averaging the values shown on the 1983 Metropolitan Life Insurance tables. By these standards, some 34 million American adults, or about 1 out of 5 people over age 19, are obese. Of these, 11 million qualify as "severely obese," exceeding their desirable weights by 40% or more...
...multi-acre park will be "passive" in nature, with wide-open spaces and "an awful lot of trees," said Stephen P. Burgay, an employee of the Metropolitan District Commission...
...believe the death was an accidental drowning," said James R. Bruce, divemaster for the water division of the Metropolitan Police. "We think he was taking a shortcut across the river for reasons we do not know," Bruce said...
...Metropolitan Police received a call just after 10 p.m. from a motorist who saw something in the river. A search team spotted Chipperfield soon after, and rescue units arrived on the scene about ten minutes later. The team pulled the student out of the river at 11 p.m. according to Bruce...