April 18, Vol71,No. He was Clayton started the chain of miniature golf courses in FayetteviUe in the s. Mayor J. Dawkins managed Clayton's first miniature golf course 40 years ago. Today there are hundreds of courses worldwide.
Funeral arrangements were pending. SIraqi conflict It attributes most symptoms to known illnesses. AP - A sub- urban New York county is trying to ban the sale of "natural" stimu- lant pills suspected of killing 15 people across the nation and caus- ing dangerous side effects in hun- dreds more. The pills, promoted as giving a safe and legal high, contain ephe- drine and are sold under names like Cloud 9, Ultimate Xphoria and Herbal Ecstasy.
They are marketed mostly to young people. The FDA warned consumers last week not to buy ephedrine pills, saying they can cause heart attacks, seizures and even psychosis. ALICE, Texas AP - Rabies and tuberculosis are more threat- ening to humans than the Ebola virus responsible for the deaths of two monkeys at a research center in Texas, health officials said. The Ebola virus killed one monkey and led authorities to put another to death at the Texas Pri- mate Center, a breeding farm that provides primates to researchers around the vrld.
Around the World Russia AP - Rescue teams have recovered the remains of eight of the 21 people believed to have died in a cargo jet crash in Russia's Far East two weeks ago. The plane slammed into a vol- cano April 6 while approaching an airport on the Kamchatka Penin- sula. It took searchers four days to find the wreckage in bad weather and difficult terrain, and several more days to find the bodies. Authorities earlier said there were nine crew members and 12 passengers aboard the plane.
Rescuers are continuing to search for bodies. Election Chair Penn Crawford declared the committee resolved Monday April 15, following review of three complaints filed by Secre- tarial candidate J. Trea- surer Jonathan Phillips was allowed to voice his concerns to the com- mittee. A new election was not called for several reasons in the committee's decision, including lack of proof as to whether any of the candidate's gained from the re- ported fraudulence and a lack of control over refunding any cam- paign money spent.
