{"article":{"id":3774,"heading":"Keep Your Ears Open.....##%@**","author":"Paul Huelga","created":"2000-09-11 02:47:29","modified":"2000-09-11 03:00:00","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Sep 2000 10:00:00","article":"

Atlanta

Peachtree Street shut down over bacteria scare

Authorities shut down Peachtree Street in the heart of Midtown on Friday because of a false anthrax scare.

The shutdown came at 11 a.m. after a worker opened a suspicious letter at the Ford & Harrison law firm, 1275 Peachtree Street N.E.

The law firm specializes in labor law for employers.

The firm's spokesman, Creed McCormack said the letter read: 'Be biased in representing your clients. Remember there is only one God.'

It had sand in it, McCormick said. The worker who opened the letter called 911 and dispatchers told firefighters and police that the worker had a package containing either sand or anthrax, said Atlanta police Lt. Larry Gilbert.

Police blocked the street to all traffic, but later opened all but one lane.

Firefighters and FBI agents wearing protective suits inspected the letter.

Agents then took it to a lab for testing, said Atlanta Fire Department spokeswoman Jolen Freeman.

\"Where the word 'anthrax' came from, nobody seems to know,\" Freeman said. Anthrax is a bacteria that is usualy fatal.'

Obituaries are on the right side. We want the strange burnings to be investigated equally as quickly...especially when they are of a home or church. Thank you for writing in to the guy who wrote from DAN.Maybe the story in the Atlantic Monthly about the RCP being marginally involved in the Rodney King Riots is a rumor. Let's continue to pour water on our heads and gain the upper hand where that hand may be. Without firing them up, firing them off or going bonkers...? Q Stay Away!!<\/p>\n","contact":"soyboy_@hotmail.com","link":"","address":"Interested in Los Angeles Apartment 1A","phone":"(000) 123-4567","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Peachtree Street...The Main street in the City of Atlanta was shutdown in the Midtown area {block 1275 just south of Colony Square}. The first was a threatening letter with a substance in it. Atlanta had several anthrax threats in the past 4 or 5 years. This article typed in its full text appeared on page E4 of the Metro Section, under Judge Frees Witness to Doraville Cop Killing and a story about a former Marietta police officer who threatened to kill an ex girlfriend and make it look like a \"murder suicide\"\r\nNOTE:THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS THE PHRASE The firm specializes in labor law","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2000\/09\/3774.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}