Omaha Time Capsule: Church hit by explosion:south korea group of springhill

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ST. PETER'S CHURCH HIT BY EXPLOSION

March 31, 1936: Dozens of windows were shattered in surrounding buildings and a number of persons were knocked off their feet by a terrific blast in the boiler room of St. Peter church. Firemen think gas accumulated in the flue, ignited and exploded. No damage was done to the furnace and boiler. Carl Schrattenberger, engineer, who was firing the boiler at the time, escaped without injury. He was hurled 15 feet. Persons in the vicinity said a huge cloud of smoke rolled out of the chimney. The force of the blast was felt up to six blocks away.

1964: Representatives of city employees' unions said the proposed $338,000 increase in the city's pay plan was not enough. The unions recommended, instead, an increase of at least 10 percent. The proposal sent to the Personnel Board by Personnel Director Ernest W. Howard called for an annual increase of about 5 percent. It would give raises to about 80 percent of the city's 1,700 employees.

1987: People wanting to establish a day shelter for the homeless would be required to obtain a city permit under a proposal to be reviewed by the City Planning Board. The board also would consider a redevelopment plan for the Lackawanna leather-processing plant a 2420 Z St. The plan called for the city to provide a $250,000 tax-increment loan to help expand the plant. The homeless shelter permit proposal came from City Councilman Walt Calinger. He said the city needed to have some controls over the establishment of shelters.

1996: The gypsy-moth spraying in the previous May that cost the City of Bellevue $15,000 seemed to have taken care of the moth infestation. Only one male moth was found in traps set during the summer. "We're looking real good there," said Stephen Johnson, an entomologist with the Nebraska Department of Agriculture. Johnson said that if traps laid out for the next two years didn't contain any moths, the problem would be considered solved.

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SOUTH GROUP SPRINGHILL KOREA: China, Korea linked to pill scam | Bangkok Post: news

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Thailand is seeking help from China and South Korea to support its efforts to crack down on the smuggling of pseudoephedrine-based cold pills.

The move came after the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) obtained information that a Thai company had struck a deal to buy 10 billion pseudoephedrine-based cold tablets from a Chinese firm.

Previously, the DSI obtained information that the firm also signed a deal to buy 850 million tablets, or 40 tonnes of the medicine, from South Korea.

The DSI found that 87 million cold tablets were transported into Thailand from South Korea by plane on nine occasions since 2010.

They had false air cargo manifests to avoid attracting attention from the authorities.

The DSI suspected the medicines were smuggled in from South Korea.

The DSI is investigating two companies suspected of being involved in the smuggling of the pills from overseas.

The companies are UTAC Thai Co Ltd, a supplier of integrated circuits, and TVR Group Co Ltd, a car dealer and vehicle hire firm.

Some information relating to the drug purchases was uncovered at the companies during recent searches of their premises but the firms denied any involvement.

Mr Tarit said yesterday DSI officials also discovered a contract to buy 10 billion pseudoephedrine-based cold tablets from China during the search at UTAC Thai Co Ltd.

Under the contract, the first batch of 2 million tablets was to have been shipped to Thailand on July 31, 2009.

He said the DSI also found a photo showing a man collecting the pills from Suvarnabhumi airport cargo warehouse.

The cold tablets from China and South Korea have the same brand name of COLCOLCO, he said.

Mr Tarit said DSI officials also searched the company's factory but there was nothing amiss.

However, it was found that the company had three South Korean executives and one Thai executive, Mr Tarit said.

He said the Korean Food and Drug Administration recently sent information regarding the nine shipments of pills which showed the contract to buy the cold tablets from South Korean was signed by UTAC Thai Co.

Mr Tarit said the DSI's special case committee had decided to take up the inquiry into the pseudoephedrine smuggling case.

The committee had also agreed to investigate call centre scams involving criminal gangs duping people into transferring money to their accounts via ATMs.

Mr Tarit said he would head the inquiry into the smuggling of the cold tablets and lead an investigation team to travel to South Korea to seek more information about the contract.

Mr Tarit said shipping companies that were paid to import the pills would face prosecution for supporting the alleged smuggling of the medicine and for making false declarations, even if the tablets went through proper customs procedures before being shipped to Thailand.

Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung, who chairs the DSI's special case committee, said he had sought help from senior authorities in China to support Thailand's efforts to crack down on the smuggling of cold pills and they were willing to help.

China is a major power and can exert its influence when negotiating with other countries, Mr Chalerm said.