[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Mortar shell found in clam processing plant

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Shell shock: Mortar found in clam pile at plant

By JAMES P. QUARANTA
Vineland Daily Journal (NJ)
April 17, 2008

MILLVILLE -- A state police bomb disposal unit was dispatched to 
LaMonica Fine Foods on Gorton Road on Wednesday morning, when what 
appeared to be a small mortar shell was found in a load of clams.

Acting police Chief Ed Grennon said the device was shaped like a 
teardrop and was about 10 inches long.

"We treat any military ordnance as live and call the proper 
authorities," Grennon said.

A woman who identified herself as the human resource manager at the 
plant, but would not give her name, declined comment, and it was unclear 
where the load of clams came from.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.thedailyjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080417/NEWS01/804170315/1002

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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