STATE : Bomb Scare Clears S.F. City Hall
<i> From Times staff and wire service reports </i>
SAN FRANCISCO —
Hundreds of office workers were evacuated from City Hall today after authorities found an unattended briefcase they thought might contain a bomb.
The municipal workers were allowed to return about 45 minutes later, however, when a police bomb squad blew the briefcase open and discovered that it contained a harmless dictation machine.
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