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...WHEN A TRUCK overturned near Belmont Center six weeks ago, releasing a potentially explosive ethyl-alcohol-based solution used in hair dye, and forcing the evacuation of 500 residents, it served as a harrowing reminder of a problem that has existed for over 50 years--the inadequate regulation of the cosmetics industry. The hazards posed to public safety by this and other similarly occurring accidents cannot be underestimated. According to a fire chief at the scene, if the chemical-filled cannisters had landed on an incline 50 feet from the accident, they would probably have ended up in the heart...
Politicians like to tell the story about the campaign worker who urges his local party official to rent a sound truck before the election. After numerous pleas, the ward boss relents. Come Election Day, the party captures the White House, Congress and most of the country. At the victory celebrations, the lowly aide rushes up to his superior and says, "What'd I tell ya? It was the truck!" Likewise, the importance of advertising in a political campaign can be exaggerated. But what Reagan did this year was use two sound trucks for the price...
...pace of life is slow and local folks have plenty of time to chat. When he heads for work, Madison often stops for gas and gossip at the Chevron station in town. He makes his rounds in a four-wheel-drive pickup truck, his radio dial tuned to the country-and-western sound of station KRAI in nearby Craig, Colo. Duke, his big yellow dog of assorted heritage, accompanies him, riding in the back of the truck...
...truck cab skidded and broad-sided a taxi at yesterday afternoon on North Harvard St. outside the Business School Approximately 30 gallons of diesel fuel were spilled onto Anderson Road, which leads into the Business School, but on one was injured...
...truck driver, Robert P. Johnson of Allston, said. "An oil slick on the road caused my brakes to freeze," and made him slide across the road. A fuel drum under the cab was ruptured...