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MILDRED MCCARTER / 1924-2006 - Milk safety heroine clung to window during fire
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In 1992, 70-year-old Mildred McCarter straddled her 25th-floor windowsill for nearly 20 minutes to escape a fire in her apartment while hundreds of spectators shouted encouragement from below.
But McCarter was also remembered as a chemist at the Department of Health who helped discover the contaminant heptachlor in Oahu's milk in the early 1980s. She died on Dec. 24 at the Hospice Hawaii Kailua Home at age 85.
She had been diagnosed with a brain tumor, her younger sister, Eleano...
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MILDRED MCCARTER / 1924-2006 - Milk safety heroine clung to window during fire
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; In 1992, 70-year-old Mildred McCarter straddled her 25th-floor windowsill for nearly 20 minutes to escape a fire in her apartment while hundreds of spectators shouted encouragement from below. But McCarter was also remembered as a chemist at the Department of Health who helped discover the
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: STREETS TO CLEATS : MCCARTER HAS CHANGED FROM `GANG-BANGER' TO GANG TACKLER.(News)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; Byline: Rich Hammond Staff Writer DeAndre McCarter sat in the corner of a juvenile-hall recreation room in Fillmore during the summer of 1997, wondering if his future had slipped away with one bad decision. ``I was fed up with myself at that point said McCarter, who was four months into an 18-month
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Play on! McCarter Theatre celebrates its 75th anniversary
Mercer Business
; ... Bankhead hit the stage in the production of The Little Foxes. Little did audience members know that she was grappling with the news that her father was laying near death in a Washington, D.C. hospital. But Bankhead went on anyway, and gave her usually flawless ...
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McCarter Says There's No Place Like Home
NJBIZ
; NEWARK Delays in a $500 million complex cause the big law firm to stay put Stung by delays in a construction timetable, McCarter & English, the state's largest law firm, has abandoned a move to a proposed riverfront office tower seen as part of the city's downtown renaissance. McCarter &
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WTTW chief quits // McCarter made Ch. 11 a player
Chicago Sun-Times
; ... McCarter, president and CEO of Window to the World Communications, the parent company of WTTW-Channel 11. McCarter, 67, delivered news of his decision at a staff meeting. He cited age and health concerns as his reasons for stepping down. "Bill McCarter's more ...
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Guy McCarter; Director of Entertainment Marketing, OMD.(Special Report: Media Mavens)
Advertising Age
; Byline: Claire Atkinson Guy McCarter, director of entertainment marketing for Omnicom Group's OMD Worldwide, is intimately involved in all aspects of his client's marketing. The guy is surgically connected to his BlackBerry says Stacy Reichert, director of marketing on PepsiCo's Pepsi brand. Mr.
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McCarter worked tirelessly to have Wooden honored
Philadelphia Tribune, The
; ... plenty of recognition too. There were articles in the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Daily News. He did interviews with ESPN News, ESPN Radio and CBS News. "I didn't do this for money or publicity," McCarter said. "I did this for all the right reasons ...
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Mt. Hebron's McCarter Doubles Up; Junior Wins 2 State Titles
The Washington Post
; A year of hard work for Mount Hebron junior Liz McCarter came down to two tightly contested races against Northern senior Keely Murphy at the Maryland 3A track and field championships last Saturday at Morgan State University. McCarter narrowly held off Murphy in the 800 and 1,600 meters to win the
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 "Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)")
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A healthy obsession: Mount Hebron's Liz McCarter isn't about to let a string of injuries prevent her from competing in cross country and track and field.
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
; ... times go down and that's really rewarding. Copyright (c) 2006, The Baltimore Sun Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. For information on republishing this content, contact us at (800) 661-2511 (U.S.), (213) 237-4914 (worldwide), fax (213) 237-65 ...
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To stay on top, Great Bridge needs McCarter to repeat MVP season.
The Virginian Pilot
; Byline: DAN COOLEY By Dan Cooley Correspondent What a year it has been for girls volleyball standout Kelly McCarter. Last November, the Great Bridge High School outside hitter was named Southeastern District player of the year. Next, the 17-year-old moved up a level and started for the Coastal
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