Truck Safety Bill Targets Fatigued Drivers and Safe Rigs
The three part Danforth Adams bill aims to curb unsafe trucks by using black boxes to monitor speed and in service time, require antilock brakes, and lift the commercial zone exemption. Critics doubt logbook like reliability but support frequent inspections and broader federal oversight to keep motorists safe from fatigue and mechanical failures.
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Congress
U.S
John Danforth
R-Mo
Brock Adams
D-Wash
Europe
Danforth-Brock
1990 Census Underfunding Sparks Editorial Call to Preserve Long Form
A guest editorial argues the OMB plan to cut roughly half of the 1990 census long form will deprive the nation of essential demographic and socioeconomic data. It warns local governments will suffer as critical information on housing costs and mobility is lost and urges reversing the directive to keep the full long form.
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Office of Management and Budget
OMB
U.S
Carter
Reagan
Thought For Today: Churchill on UN safety not heaven
Thought for today quotes Sir Winston Churchill saying the United Nations aims to save us from hell rather than reach heaven. The remark reflects postwar peacekeeping sentiment attributed to the British statesman.
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United Nations
Heaven
Hell
Sir Winston Churchill
Fuzz Origins, Best Sellers, and Hair Fashion Riffs
A collage of word origins from cop to fuzz notes the badge roots of police slang. The piece notes The Prince of Tides remaining long on the NYT list, a Nut and Honey ad gag, cockpit complacency in aviation, and light social satire on women’s beachwear and outdated hair trends with cultural quips and references.
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Pat Conroy
New York Times
Sidney Sheldon
Danielle Steel
France Sows The Wind Arms Expo Reveals Global Arms Trade
A critique of France's arms industry highlighting a Paris expo with buyers from around the world. The piece notes Mirage fighters, Famas rifles, varied pricing, and the claim that France profits from arming both sides in conflicts. It points to Iran’s Persian Gulf incident and references Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
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United States
Iran
France
Paris
Persian Gulf
Readers' Views on Russia Trip by Five Democratic Representatives
A reader denounces Butler Derrick and four other Democrats for traveling to Russia to study Jewish issues while ignoring Russian Christian oppression. The letter accuses the group of religious discrimination and questions the Democratic Party's stance on Christians and Jews. It urges Christians to publicly repudiate the lawmakers and calls Georgia and South Carolina Democratic leaders to speak out.
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Butler Derrick
Russia
Democratic Party
ACLU
Gang of 5
America
Reagan
Farrakhan
Menachin Begin
Congress
Georgia
South Carolina
France MPs urge calibrated approach to South Africa sanctions
A French parliamentary group visiting South Africa from June 27 to July 11 argues sanctions have backfired by raising unemployment among black workers and strengthening apartheid’s supporters. They oppose further sanctions and urge gradual, mutually supportive West measures toward democracy.
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Congress
Reagan
South Africa
U.S
Progressive
Pretoria
Loose dogs disturb early walkers in Huntcliff subdivision
A visiting resident reports fear and disruption from dogs running loose in the Huntcliff subdivision. The writer, from a city with leash laws, notes no apparent enforcement and urges publication to alert walkers and joggers.
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Huntcliff
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