Light trucks face 30 mph crash tests under new rule
The NHTSA adopted a rule requiring light trucks vans and multipurpose vehicles with 8500 pounds gross weight or less and 5500 pounds unloaded weight to pass 30 mph crash tests starting in 1991 Front seat manual safety belts must meet specified protection levels as measured by a dummy The agency expects the standard to drive design and engineering improvements across light truck models to meet or exceed minimum performance levels.
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Pentagon spat leaves Army short on air support says official
Army Undersecretary James R. Ambrose says soldiers lack dedicated close air support and rely on the Air Force, which he says won’t fund a replacement for the aging A-10. He warns only a top defense leadership intervention can fix the budget fights between services. He adds there’s no doubt the problem isn’t a Pentagon priority.
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PTL Documents Were Shredded Testimony In Bakker Probe
Former PTL security chief Don Hardister testified to a federal grand jury about shredded ministry documents and the Bakker family's drug use while he served as their bodyguard. He described PTL employee outbreaks and questioned whether funds funded personal spending or ministry accounts.
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Lifetime Partnerships
Kevin
Lifetime
Heritage USA
Guerrillas Attack U S Embassy in Lima and Auto Plant
Leftist rebels attacked the U S Embassy in Lima injuring a guard, and opened fire and bombed an auto plant after destroying power lines causing a blackout. Four guerrillas died and two were captured. no civilians injured besides the embassy guard. Police reported a guard wounded outside the embassy by a blast.
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Peru
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Associated Press
Aiken Standard Publisher Details
The Aiken Standard, established in 1867, is published weekday afternoons and Sunday morning by Aiken Communications Inc. at P.O. Box 456 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29802. Postage paid second class at Aiken South Carolina.
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Vicki Crawford Faces Rumor Shunning In Belton
A 16 year old girl in Belton South Carolina says rumors that she had AIDS caused classmates and some adults to shun her. Her blood test showed she did not carry the virus. The school principal announced the rumors were false but the social stigma lingered.
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Vicki Crawford
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Anderson County
Carole Crawford
Mike Myers
Continental Crew's Inexperience Noted
Continental Airlines disclosed that Flight 1713's co pilot had only 36 hours of flying time on a DC-9 and was at the controls during the fatal snowstorm crash that killed 28 and injured 54. Capt. Hillman said takeoff duties are the captain's call and denied improper actions by the crew.
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Continental Airlines
Richard Hillman
Continental
Lee Bruecher
Stapleton International Airport
Hillman
Frank Zvonek
National Transportation Safety Board
Jim Burnett
Zvonek
Burnett
Bruecher
Great American Smokeout Encourages 24 Hour Quit
Smokers nationwide pledged to quit for at least 24 hours as part of the 11th Great American Smokeout led by the American Cancer Society. Leaders like Pat Stewart and Deborah Prothrow-Stith urged ongoing efforts to create a smoke free society by 2000 and to involve youth in choosing not to smoke.
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American Cancer Society
Pat Stewart
San Angelo
Texas
Deborah Prothrow-Stith
Massachusetts
Gallup
Gorbachev Address Sparks House Protest and Clash
At least 75 House members mostly Republicans signed a letter protesting a White House proposal for Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to address a joint meeting of Congress. A House Republican Conference morning session degenerated into a heated, chaotic dispute over the request.
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