Toll rises as brutal storm batters east in 1982 epic
The winter storm blamed for 24 deaths sweeps from the Midwest into the East bringing freezing rain ice floods and heavy snow. Power outages close schools strand travelers and prompt rescue operations across Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri and New York. National Guardsmen aid strande d motorists and crews shuttle healthcare workers while shelters take in hundreds including 250 at an Indianapolis church.
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Kansas City
Fibers Entered As Evidence In Atlanta Trial
FBI fiber expert Harold Deadman testified that hairs from Wayne Williams head could have originated from the shirt of 11 year old Patrick Baltazar and matched fibers on bodies of Cater Payne and others. He noted hair comparisons are not definitive but common. The sixth week of Williams murder trial focused on linking patterns across 28 slayings and Williams denial of involvement.
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Price Hikes Trigger Mild Resignation Across Warsaw
Martial law authorities raised food and fuel prices by 200 to 400 percent in Warsaw while residents met the blow with quiet resignation. Official media warned of bare cupboards and a tense atmosphere, as streets remained calm with no major protests observed in factories.
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Coalition forms to press for coal slurry pipeline eminent domain
Industry labor and consumer groups form the Alliance for Coal and Competitive Transportation to lobby Congress for eminent domain to build coal slurry pipelines across railroad lands. Leaders cite competition as essential to curb railroad monopoly while warning of higher consumer energy costs without rivals. Legislation HR 4230 advances in the House, with Senate hearings planned.
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Edison Electric Institute
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Robert Georgine
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Aflcio
House of Representatives
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Public Works and Transportation Committee
The New Federalism and State Highway Costs
Reagan plans to shift highway programs to states under New Federalism. The piece explores whether states can fund and operate highways, with 43 programs to be turned over and interstate funding staying at 90 percent. Officials warn of varied state commitments and long transition challenges.
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Josef Hebert
Associated Press
Washington
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W.W. Rankin
Highway Users Federation of America
Montana
Federal
West Virginia
Can States Run Their Own Transportation Services
States face uncertainty over funding after the federal highway trust fund shifts to interstate earmarks. Formulas tie disbursement to population, land area and road mileage, risking gaps for states with greater needs. Officials warn some states may need to raise taxes to maintain highway programs, with impacts on mass transit and airports.
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Rankin
Federal Highway Trust Fund
Klamath Falls Weather and Windfall Joke Heads
A mixed weather forecast for Oregon's Klamath Falls region calls for increasing cloudiness with rain chances today and tonight, followed by a cooler pattern into the weekend. Separately, Sterling B. Doege of Klamath Falls won 45,900 dollars on an Irish Sweepfakes ticket via his wife, who sold many tickets to locals. The prize came from a 16 to 1 horse, Royal Fair, finishing second at Leopardstown. Doege noted taxes will take a large share but highlighted prior prize wins. In Philadelphia, memories of George Washington and his famous dentures are recounted by dental historians, noting the dentures’ varied materials and the humorous jokes that persist about Washington’s bite.
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Sheldon Winkler
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
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