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  • Explosions rock Camp Minden

    08/24/2006 10:05:59 AM PDT · by abb · 10 replies · 751+ views
    KTBS-TV3 ^ | August 24, 2006 | Staff
    Explosions this morning rocked a Webster Parish plant that recycles bombs, leading to widespread evacuations because of fears of injury from a series of secondary explosions. The explosions and fire at Explo Systems were the second at the Camp Minden industrial park in two weeks. There were no reports of serious injuries, but fears that three truckloads of 750-pound bombs would detonate has led authorities to evacuate a several-mile radius. Explosions have been occurring much of the morning. Among those being evacuated were two schools with about 600 students and a "boot camp" for teens with delinquency problems. Authorities were...
  • Blanco Pushes Bush About Land, Coastal Restoration and Louisiana Industries

    01/16/2004 6:19:25 AM PST · by Theodore R. · 1 replies · 232+ views
    Shreveport, LA, Times ^ | 01-16-04 | Hill, John
    <p>BATON ROUGE - Gov. Kathleen Blanco is "no shrinking violet" when it comes to bending George W. Bush's ear about Louisiana's want-list, the president said Thursday.</p> <p>Blanco seized a 15-minute limousine ride with Bush as an opportunity to lobby him for 14,000 acres of federal land in Minden, money to help with coastal restoration and help with Louisiana's sugar, space and shrimp industries.</p>