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LYMPICS OCr ARnnnnn4267 SOUTHERN STYLE Oth, 1C Bonnie Blair wins 5th career gold medal, 3C. The bright side of home landscaping, 1D he (Marion Thursday February 24, l994JWf3r5$ irs h, s ^ation i 2nd lav Davis ie gag n mlonal iment llized Jacks / why Michele Stapleton/The Clarion Ledger arep- Officials assess the situation after 11 tank cars carrying the flammable vinyl City Southern Railway Co , were traveling 6 to 7 seven mph on a north-south jail. chloride derailed Wednesday afternoon. The cars, belonging to The Kansas track adjacent to Mill Street near Hamilton Street when the accident occurred Hi itors omped -- peak- Downtown area evacuatedyear- d re- een a Derailed hazardous Ajers cargo will likely keep some E W Pace, trainmaster for Kan sas City Southern's Eastern Divi sion, said the cause of the derail 1975 businesses closed today. >pi of ment is under investigation ``The cars were going probably six larate By Jay Hughes or seven miles per hour," Pace said. 3ourt Clarion-L*dgr Staff Wrltar "If they were going any faster, it turn- A portion of downtown Jackson would have been worse " 7 remained evacuated this morning Kara Kimbrough, spokeswoman bhga- while crews upnghted 11 tram tank for McCarty-Holman Co , said ers with hazardous cargc^that d '*wjaboijt^350 employee?,jvqe eyacuat-1 ^railed WMnesday.aftfinft^i^l^tifl >s$r-'1 der a one-half mile radius of the derail dairy wareliOuse irder ment site near Mill and Hamilton Mill St about 5 p m ather rt streets was evacuated after the 3 30 pm incident Officials said none of "We can't ship produce, eggs or bread tonight as planned," Kim elude the vinyl chlonde inside the tankers brough said Wednesday "A lot of , con- iday, rngto litres t> * plan' dedd no *({ jdge cian leaked. er estimated about 100 families "We have to prepare for the were evacuated The city opened a worst," said Jackson Fire Chief Joe shelter at the Champion Center on Donovan "My main concern is an Hattiesburg Street for displaced explosion" ,, residents VinyFchlonde is an extremely TJie accident left three of The flammable gas that may be poison- Kansas City Southern Railway Co's ous'if inhaled Contact can cause hazardous material tankers lying on burns to skin and eyes, and may their side Eight others jumped the cause cancer r ), > Tracks but remained upright. Rail Hmds County Emergency Opera- ' traffic continued, using several -tions Center Director Larry J. I^ish- tracks not affected by the crash our stores will not get their regular shipment tonight." ( , ; Kimbrough said ifthe evacuation ,, order stands until late this morning, ^ McCarty-Holman.will find other;,-- sources to, fill their shipments Fisher said t^ie area will remain evacuated until the tankers are righted and moved out "This thing is probably going to extend into the day ... and, if so, See DERAILMENT, 11A ) ClariporLedger .alps Is, Street apartment near the derailment sfiwWgWf'r * Senate passes $10M relief package ision, from the corner of Pearl and Congress streets > -< (ited with expansion U<- Publisher Duane K. McCalhstersaid Dittn'n<'nm- to help victims of ice storm, tornado VM'" The money would help residents repair weatherrelated damage. By Mac Gordon Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer Senators on Wednesday ap proved a $10 million relief package for ice-storm victims, and added to it two tomado-stneken south Mis sissippi counties "I'm in a heck of a box Lincoln County looks like a war zone and I can't vote for this unless I get some "We've got little old Jadies who can't afford these repairs. Our school children are gonna freeze if we don't do this now." -- Sen. John White of Baldwyn. The offer of financial help was welcomed in the Delta, where many areas remain without water or elec tricity. 1 v ", *<T ---------------J J-_ 1..1- Sen Ronnie Musgrove of Bates-* ville argued that the reservetfundl was established in 1992 to deal only^i with budget problems ~ Another option was to take the> $10 million from a $56 million con--* tingency fund that has already' passed the 1994 Legislature and is i awaiting Fordice's signature But-*1 -- -senators feared it wouldn't be avail- > able in time/'' * 1 - ' *> 1 "We've got little old ladies who * can't-afford'these repairs. Our' school children are gonna freeze if-1' we don't do---t-h-igmbw,'';said SenT? T.t_ ttfU 1.7 .fn.i J > *ons wtru moving at a tiad hoped," he added fueto fiexib'hty on be^h ssed willingness to disds, although only to neiroblems And Marcos the longterm political dc cannot be decided at bal ts had covered about 25 he guerrillas of the Zaation Army want negodisarm ents reached Wednes- ABD000G4268 -- ; % day dealt with issues ot health, housing, edu cation and "respect and dignity" for indige nous people in Mexico He did not give details' The Zapatistas seized San Cristobal and other towns in southernmost Chiapas state on -Ian l.thenwithdrewmtothejungle The gov ernment declared a cease-fire on Jan 12 after more than 100 people had died Peace talks began on Monday in a cathedral in this south ern town Earlier, Marcos asked for allies in seeking political change He said the rebels alone could not bring greater democracy to a country governed by one party since 1929 "We have neither the moral authonty nor the'strength to tell the nation This is the Mexico that we want," Marcos saidT"There are others who do And we say to them Take us into account That this will not be neces sary again killing and dying just so they will listen " He said fair elections are impossible'when run by a government so closely identifiedwith a single party -- the Institutional Revolution ary Party, or PRI "The central point is democracy, justice and liberty," Marcos said, speaking to Mexi can radio reporters "What happens is that we can't negotiate that at the table in San Cristobal " "They (cleanup crews) are going to take their time and be very safety-conscious about this." -- Larry J Fisher, Hinds County EOC Director Derailment From 1A we're talking the Federal Building and some of the banks and other businesses that will not be allowed to open," Fisher said "They (clean up crews) are going to take their time and be very safety-conscious about this " Crews with cranes known as "side booms" were expected on-site at about lam this morning The crews were coming from Memphis and Meridian It was not known late Wednesday how long it will take to clear the tracks and lift the evacuation order Fisher said people who work in the evacuated area should monitorlocal radio and television stations for in formation about when it is safe to return Donovan said his department wasn't immediately alerted to the accident He was told of the acci dent while walking out of City Hall to develop downtown if it had Wednesday afternoon, and called moved away fire units to the scene, Donovan "I think it would have been a v ery, said. very bad signal for the state's and "The railroad should have called the city's leading newspaper to us immediately," Donovan said. "I abandon downtown," Foster said will find out why they didn't " Although city officials and the Herbert Ferguson, an Amtrack newspaper are sometimes at odds, ticket clerk, said four or five passen Foster said he's glad to see The gers missed the train because of po Clarion-Ledger, with 450 employ lice road blocks ees, expand across from City Hall One of those passengers was "We're talking aboutjobs staying Monica Williams of St Louis, who m Jackson The Clarton-Ledgerhas was returning home after visiting made a commitment in that regard, relatives Williams said Greyhound and so I am very' thankful for that," bus lines agreed to honor the Am Foster said "We need the jobs right track ticket | here in the city I'm glad to have you "I just want to get home," Wil as a neighbor " liams said Y VINYL CHLORIDE CH2=CHCI Vinyl chloride is an extreme ly flammable chemical that is easily ignited by heat, sparks or flames Its vapors can travel to a source of ignition and flash back, and a container of vinyl chionde can explode violently in heat or fire Vapors also can explode Vinyl chloride may be poi sonous if inhaled, and contact with skin may cause bums to both skin and eyes Vapors _ can cause dizziness or suffo- ] cation, and contact with vinylj* chionde in its liquid form can cause frostbite Vinyl chionde ' fires can produce imtating or poisonous gases Because of its explosive na ture, vinyl chloride is ushally transported under pressure and shipped in a refrigerated or cooled state It's used to make a number of plastic products, including garden hoses, phonograph re cords and rain gear Source Leon Shalfer, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency di rector of plans and operations dlvl sion 1,1