Licensing reform eyed to curb trucking dangers in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania lawmakers consider a classified drivers license system with periodic retesting to ensure operators can handle specified vehicle types. Officials note big trucks kill more than their share and aim to raise road safety by matching license privileges to vehicle capabilities.
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Economic signals clouded by forecasts and concerns
Readings show mixed clues for the U.S. economy with leaders noting an 11.5 percent rise in the leading indicators since January, signaling recovery yet warning of renewed recession. Consumers face rising prices, weak retail sales, and higher mortgage costs as banks tighten terms and prefer refinancing existing properties. Senate plans by Sen. Birch Bayh target breaking up big oil's fourfold control to restore competition.
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Bayh verses oil giants price hike memo notes anti competitive moves
The memo accuses major oil firms of collusion to curb competition by restricting refinery operations during May and June and by limiting crude flows to independent refineries. It cites refusal to sell cheaper domestic crude and warns of strong political and media opposition as Bayh pushes a Senate bill. The piece also reports Bolivia's crackdown on narcotics with DEA support and potential U.S. involvement.
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Cuba in the sugar curtain exposed by Meisler’s Cuba visit
Jim Bishop cites Stanley Meisler and 29 other journalists who met Fidel Castro and reported a Cuba tempered by rationing and state control. The piece notes Cuba’s limited goods, price distortions, sugar dependence, and shifting economic planning under Osvaldo Corticos and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez while pondering U.S. refugee talks and the Guan tanamo base.
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The Guns of Autumn documentary sparks hunting controversy
CBS plans a follow up Sept 28 to show reactions to The Guns of Autumn a 90 minute program on hunting and killing as recreation. It portrays hunters and guides in Arizona Texas Utah Pennsylvania Michigan and near Detroit with a controversial private preserve and a dramatic failed fallow deer coup de grace.
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