Tainted Ham Is Blamed in Deaths
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Preliminary tests indicate that tainted ham is to blame in the deaths of two elderly women and the sickening of more than 600 people who attended a Chaptico, Md., church fund-raising dinner. “When you look at who ate what and who came down with illness, it seems that the ham sticks out,” said Dr. Martin Wasserman, secretary of the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Autopsies must be conducted to determine the cause of the deaths, officials said.
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