Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Mon, 2 Nov 92 15:45:13 EST Message-ID: \SE A;NATION;AMERICAN SCENE;EAST \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS S=NEW STORY Children get sick on Halloween WARRINGTON, Pa. - Eight children suffered hallucinations, headaches and nausea Saturday night after trick-or-treating, but authorities said they doubted tainted candy caused the illness. Officials at two hospitals said none of the children was seriously ill. Susan Gordon of Doylestown Hospital, where seven of the children were taken, said the youngsters were trick-or-treating together in suburban Philadelphia. But she said only two of the seven had eaten any candy, so it was unlikely that tainted candy caused the illness. She said toxicology test results would be needed for a diagnosis. Capt. Carl Raphael of the Warrington Township ambulance company said the youngsters were slipping in and out of consciousness and hallucinating when his crews took them to the hospitals. By late Saturday night, Miss Gordon said, most of the complaints centered on severe headaches and nausea. S=NEW STORY Official must clean desk to keep job SALEM, N.H. - The town manager has been given a contract extension, but it's only good if he cleans up his office. Selectmen in this town of 25,000 people gave Barry Brenner a one-year contract extension Thursday night but attached 14 goals that he must meet if he wants to keep his job. One is to get rid of the piles of paper that cover his desk and office. Selectman Joseph Gagnon said Mr. Brenner doesn't let people into the office because of the mountain of papers. He said town check vouchers got lost in the pile for six months earlier this year. The selectmen said they would conduct quarterly reviews of Mr. Brenner and would fire him if he gets two bad reviews in a row. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM