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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1998
Page
2
A detailed study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety finds cars die four times as often as pickups or sport utility vehicles in crash deaths. Side collisions show even starker gaps with 27 car deaths per SUV/pickup fatality in side impacts, and six car deaths per each striking car when a car hits another auto.
Military planners press to deliver precision munitions aimed at Iraq’s chemical and biological weapons. JDAM AGM-130 and AGM-142 programs are in early stages with limited quantities, while other systems like the Advanced Unitary Penetrator, Joint Programmable Fuse, and Smart Hard Target Fuse are under development for deeper bunker penetration and target floors.
Freshmen at George Washington University speak for marijuana as attitudes shift from Reefer Madness to Reefer Gladness amid rising legalization support. Students cite accessibility and mainstream status while surveys show legalization backing growing from 16.7 percent in 1989 to 35.2 percent in 1997. Marijuana use also climbs among high school seniors, with over half reporting past use.
In Rustaq Afghanistan the first aid trickled in by truck and donkey as snow blocked routes. Survivors spoke of entire families lost and frozen bodies lay in ruined towns after the 6.1 magnitude quake. Rescue workers fear up to five thousand lives lost amid landslides and aftershocks.
Columbia South Carolina health department fined New Jersey 15000 dollars for illegally shipping tritium laced material to an infectious waste incinerator in Hampton County. Workers were exposed to the radioactive substance, though officials said the incident should not be treated lightly. Low level radioactive garbage must go to a nuclear waste disposal site, not an infectious waste incinerator. New Jersey officials paid the fine after an agreed settlement.
A new report shows blacks hold 6 percent of state salaries above 50 000 while women rise to 22 percent at that level. Blacks are a third of the workforce yet few reach top offices as House moves to end affirmative action.
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