State Insurer Plan Sparks Nevada Debate Over Speeding Penalties
Nevada Insurance Commissioner Dick Rottman proposes excluding certain speeding tickets from rate calculations to cheaper premiums for speeding drivers. Sparks Assemblyman James Kosinski warns higher overall rates and reduced deterrence, while Lt. Col. Barney Dehl of the Nevada Highway Patrol says the measure weakens speed restraint. A public hearing is set for Nov 30 as regulators weigh underwriting changes.
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Barney Dehl
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Strictly For Laughs Political Campaigns And War Talk
A satirical column mocks political contests as campaigns heat up. Notes include politicians muttering about promises and welfare, a hyped inflation fundraiser, and quips about lawmakers returning to Washington as crime scenes. It also cites a voter named John Cantu supporting a mayoral candidate. An Asian statesman jokes about provoking war for foreign aid.
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America
Fields Recuperates After Mastectomy At 44
United Press International reports actress Fields, 44, released from hospital after mastectomy for a right breast tumor. She will recuperate at home. multiple earlier surgeries for phlebitis diabetes and leg issues are noted.
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United Press International
Tone Fields
Los Angeles New Hospital
Miss Fields
Miss Field
California
Las Vegas
Conservatives Start Anti Canal Pact Ads
The American Conservative Union launched a televised campaign opposing ratification of the Panama Canal treaties. A half hour program argues retention of the canal is vital to the economy, defense, and spirit, airing in Texas, Louisiana, and Florida with plans for broader national reach.
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American Conservative Union
Texas
Louisiana
Florida
Philip M. Crane
Bill
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Crane
Chowchilla Kidnappers' Sentencing Trial Looms
Three admitted kidnappers, Frederick Woods James Schoenfeld and Richard Schoenfeld, face trial in Oakland over bodily harm charges tied to the 1976 Chowchilla school bus kidnapping. Judge Leo Deegan will hear driver Ed Ray and 26 children testify as the defense seeks acquittal on life-term charges.
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Chowchilla
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Richard
Ray
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Ultra-thin contacts released by Bausch and Lomb
New ultra-thin contact lenses from Bausch and Lomb’s SOFLENS Division target nearsighted users who did not achieve comfort wear time or vision with existing lenses. The lenses are thinner to increase oxygen flow, reduce lens awareness, aid eyelid sensitivity, improve centering, and keep the lens in place on the cornea.
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Bausch and Lomb
Soflens Division
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