Living care benefit sparks shift in life insurance use
Janet Schonert Shelby of Decatur Illinois illustrates the new trend where life insurance proceeds can be accessed before death to cover high medical costs. Insurers including Prudential and John Hancock offer accelerated death benefits, with regulatory and tax clarifications advancing adoption.
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Associated Press
Janet Schonert Shelby
Shelby
Decatur
American Council of Life Insurance
Gene Grabowski
Council
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Prudential
Insurance Council
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co
Ron Barbaro
Congress
Grabowski
Cheney Defends 43 Base Closures and 28 Reductions
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney defended his plan to close 43 bases and scale back 28 others at a Capitol Hill hearing. He cited diminished Soviet threats, budget pressures, and a 25 percent force reduction as grounds, noting Carswell Air Force Base would be affected and California could lose 26,869 jobs if adopted.
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Washington
Dick Cheney
U.S
Cheney
Carswell Air Force Base
Dallas-Fort Worth
Pentagon
Bush
Congress
California
Defense
Defense Base Closing and Realignment Commission
Capitol Hill
Rutgers sues over feminization of asparagus
Rutgers University files suit in Newark against Nourse Farms alleging contamination of its all male supermale asparagus seeds with females. The university seeks damages over potential losses exceeding 1 million dollars while citing higher yields up to four times that of mixed crops.
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Newark
N.J
Rutgers University
Rutgers
U.S
Trict
Nourse Farms Inc
Nourse
South Deerfield
Mass
Yale Skull and Bones closes membership over women
Alumni directors of Yale Universitys Skull and Bones have shut the secret society for at least a year after inviting women to join. The Bonesmen barred new members for the coming year while they discuss women's admission, and the Tomb door was altered as tensions rose. Sidney Lovett of the Russell Trust Association said operations are suspended during deliberations.
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New Haven
Yale
Sidney Lovett
Russell Trust Association
Czech hares near extinction due to polluted soil legacy
Czech hares face possible extinction as experts warn decades of chemical farming and polluted soil have damaged habitats. Researcher Karel Bukovian cites heavy metals in meat and genetic damage, with 15 to 20 years needed to revitalize populations amid high pesticide and fertilizer use under communist era policies.
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Czechoslovakia
France
Italy
Karel Bukovian
Bukovian
Moravian
Brno
Mlada Fronta Ones
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