Study finds traffic jams costly across 29 cities
A Texas Transportation Institute study says congestion cost drivers 24.25 billion in 1986 due to delays fuel waste and higher insurance. Los Angeles was most congested. New York Chicago and Boston were less jammed. The survey notes congestion worsens in most cities and affects business in half of the 13 cities surveyed.
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Dallas
U.S
Texas Transportation Institute
Los Angeles
New York
Chicago
Boston
Texas A&m University
Texas
Washington declares emergency in 13 counties after windstorms
Gov Booth Gardner declared a state of emergency in 13 southwestern Washington counties citing severe windstorms and major flooding. The move seeks federal disaster funds as three people died and thousands were displaced. Interstate 5 lanes were reopened and roads rerouted as floodwaters receded. Centralia suffered heavy damage while Aberdeen escaped major flooding.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Booth Gardner
Washington
Gardner
Chehalis
Rita Kepner
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
National Weather Service
Doctor charged for phony AIDS drug in Villa Park
Dr. Stephen D. Herman was arrested during a home lecture on an unproven AIDS treatment. He faces four health code violations for selling or advertising an unproven drug he claimed could stop the virus. Health officials say the alleged remedy caused deaths and serious harm in some cases.
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Villa Park
Calif
Stephen D. Herman
California
Orange
Los Angeles County Health Department
Herman
Medical Board of California
Los Angeles
Orange County
Kathleen L. Schmidt
Medical Board
Don Hagan
Cheney orders civilian hiring freeze at Defense Dept
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney ordered a halt on hiring civilians at the Defense Department for the rest of the fiscal year. He cited cost cuts and broader international changes as justification for the measure. In Jacksonville, Florida, an American pilot for the Medellin cartel received two consecutive life terms and a $2 million fine.
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Cheney
Washington
Defense
Dick Cheney
Defense Department
Pentagon
Department
Jacksonville
Fla
Jack Carlton Reed
Carlos Lehder Rivas
U.S
John H. Moore II
Reed
Pilot injured in Willow Grove fighter jet crash
Marine Capt. Duane Pandorf ejected before his A 4M Skyhawk crashed near Willow Grove Naval Air Station during a training flight injuring the pilot and damaging a commercial building and nearby homes. The jet, valued about 500000, left 1800 customers without power as police and fire officials contained the scene and the Navy begins the investigation.
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Willow Grove
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
Navy
Duane Pandorf
Abington Memorial Hospital
Linda Miller
Barbara MacStravie
Rich Beth
Upper Moreland Township
Philadelphia
Montgomery County
Beth
Military
Frank Ghiorsi
National Transportation Safety Board
New York
Leanne Carbohn
Philadelphia Electric Co
Marine Air Group 49
Rich Steffens
Washington
Marine Reserve
Pentagon
Yuma
Ariz
Cable firm drops MTV in Parkston and Freeman
In Parkston and Freeman South Dakota about 1 300 residents each Satellite Cable TV Systems stopped offering MTV after a surge of complaints about offensive videos. The Discovery Channel replaced MTV as the service option. Parkston High School senior Missy Stork protested the change arguing subscribers could opt out at home.
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Parkston, S.D
Doug Bierschbach
MTV
Parkston
Freeman
Bierschbach
Discovery Channel
Missy Stork
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Scott Brasselero
Louis City
Iowa
Animal Control Center
Diane Bullard
Washington Gov
Lewis County
Centralia
Seattle
Royce Walls
State Transportation Department
Burlington Northern
Portland
Vader
Howard Kallio
National Digest
Lawrence L. Bruckner
Climacl
Darrell Webb
Texes
Dixon Loveland Community
W. 2Nd St
Sterling Y.W.C.A. Sterling
Rock Falls
First Ave
Los
Subway
Galena
Dixon, Illinois
Fieldcrest Electric
Dixon
Sterling
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