Suspicious white powder found in CNN Center mailroom
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Posted 9:08AM on Wednesday 19th June 2002 ( 23 years ago )
ATLANTA- Tests are being done on an envelope containing a suspicous white powder that was found at the C-N-N Center in downtown. <br>
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A mailroom at the Cable News Network was evacuated for an hour yesterday after an employee found the envelope. <br>
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A spokesman for Turner Broadcasting System -- Phillip Evans -- says fewer than 15 employees were in the mailroom when the envelope was found. <br>
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He says the letter was addressed to C-N-N and did NOT specify an individual person or have a return address. <br>
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Atlanta police and fire employees removed the envelope for testing. <br>
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The director of risk communication for the Georgia Division of Public Health -- Stacey Hoffman -- says results of the tests should be known this morning. <br>
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