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...president of Varian Medical Systems in Palo Alto, Calif. Varian produces high-energy X-ray systems that the company says can penetrate 17 inches of steel, giving customs inspectors a view of what's hidden behind the thick walls of a cargo container. Another company, NucSafe, in Oak Ridge, Tenn., is producing radiation sensors that determine whether suspicious items within a cargo container might be dangerous. The scanners irradiate the cargo, and NucSafe's sensors read the "signature" that is sent back...
DIED. SAM PHILLIPS, 80, prime impresario of rock 'n' roll; of respiratory failure, in Memphis, Tenn. In the '50s Phillips' Sun Records in Memphis was the home of raw genius, both black (Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King) and redneck (Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and that holy hellion of rockabilly, Jerry Lee Lewis). One day an 18-year-old Elvis Presley went to Sun's studio to record two songs for his mother and was soon vamping on the Arthur Crudup tune That's All Right. Phillips legendarily remarked, "That's a pop song, just 'bout...
DIED. WILLIAM RUSSELL, 92, pioneering geneticist and expert on the effects of radiation exposure; in Oak Ridge, Tenn. With his research on how radiation affects mice genetically, he paved the way for national standards of acceptable levels of exposure for humans...
...Obviously I’m really excited,” said Reese, who was at home in Pittsburgh, Pa., not at the draft in Nashville, Tenn., when his name was called. “I was a bubble guy going in. I wasn’t sure if I was going to go at all, and I wasn’t expecting any higher than the fifth round at best, so the seventh round was right in the middle...
...helping pay for Cheney's round-the-clock medical care, even though these workers couldn't pry their way into their own doctor's office with a crowbar. Isn't there anything that would shame this rich-get-richer, poor-get-poorer Administration? Apparently not. GLENN HODGES Memphis, Tenn...