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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1986
Page
4
NFPA study shows the South has the nation’s highest fire death rate. Mobile homes account for six percent of fires but over 13 percent of deaths, with one mobile home death per 62 fires versus one per 148 other housing units. Calls for upgraded safety standards.
Environmentalists and the Reagan administration back SB 1494 to curb roadside signs. The bill would ban billboards on federal urban highways, halt tree cutting, and end federal compensation for removals, seeking to curb industry profits and public-rights abuses.
Ernest Becker argues for patient-centered medicine focusing on the person and family over doctor dominance and high tech, urging shared decision making and moral agency for patients in life threatening illness, with a call for broader access to experimental treatments and a holistic view of health and healing.
Congress nears a productive close to the 99th session with a tax overhaul at center stage and Reagan scoring on defense and foreign policy. Lawmakers must finish tax, immigration, and budget measures before October adjournment while Gramm Rudman remains contentious.
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