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DATE: TUESDAY, April 19, 1994                   TAG: 9404190153
SECTION: NATL/INTL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
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IN THE NATION

NEW YORK - Former President Richard Nixon, whose accomplishments in a lifetime on the world stage were forever overshadowed by the Watergate scandal that forced him from office, suffered a stroke Monday.

Nixon, 81, had the stroke at his Park Ridge, N.J., home and was taken by ambulance to New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition, Nixon spokeswoman Kathy O'Connor said.

``He's fine,'' she said.

Nixon was conscious in intensive care and was being treating with blood-thinners, she said.

- Associated Press

Report: Lead levels high in some wells

WASHINGTON - Americans who have installed new brass pumps in water wells within the last year are being urged to drink bottled water until their wells are tested for lead.

The Environmental Protection Agency issued the warning Monday, saying that lead used in making the brass can leach into the water in potentially dangerous amounts.

- Associated Press