Shippers face retroactive freight bills and policy clash
Hearing coverage shows small shippers struggle with bills after trucking deregulation. Congress ponders a compromise bill affecting bankruptcy claims while Teamsters press for protections. Cedar Rapids firms report invoices ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands with few paying.
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Mittee
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Exon
House
Robert Patten
Apache Hose and Belting
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce Forum
Bill Richardson
Acme Graphics
Richardson
Steve Putnam
Lattner Manufacturing
Putnam
Rockwell International
Karen Kontze
Hall Home Furnishings
Summit Aims to Resolve Russia Debt and Western Aid Terms
At Munich talks the United States Japan Germany Britain France Canada and Italy discuss tying aid to Russian reforms and deferring $68 billion in USSR debt. Yeltsin refuses energy price liberalization despite IMF approval indicating potential aid conditions and demand for two year debt relief.
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Russia
Soviet Union
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Helmut Kohl
John Major
London
Kiichi Miyazawa
Major
Hands Across Watts forms to aid Bloods Crips in Watts
Bloods and Crips in Los Angeles form Hands Across Watts a non-profit to raise 100000 for job training child care and recreation. President Daude Sherills says the group will market waterless carwash spray and gang truce T shirts city wide to attract corporate donations and legitimize community action amid a recent gang truce.
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Los Angeles
the Bloods
The
Watts
Daude Sherills
James Stern
New Corporation
Sherifff
Clinton to emphasize small town image in campaign push
Clinton plans to highlight a rural Arkansas upbringing and focus on kitchen table economics to appeal to voters unhappy with President Bush. Aides say the economy will drive the match up and Clinton will link education and the environment to budget impact while leveraging TV appearances to reach voters.
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Ark
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Arkansas
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Ross Perot
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