Snafus cripple trade and air traffic at Chicago hub
A trio of unrelated system failures paralyzed O'Hare Airport and the Chicago Board of Trade and disrupted MCI Communications. Board of Trade computers failed at 9 37 a m halting floor activity while Aurora controllers guided flights with 1950s tech.
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Chicago
O'Hare International
Chicago Board of Trade
MCI Communications Corp
Board of Trade
Aurora
Mark Scholl
National Air Trafic Controllers Association
Scholl
Tonkovich loses appeal of firing by university board
Tonkovich loses an appeal over his firing from Eastern University after a prolonged tenure review. The case, the second such action since 1990, centered on alleged sexual harassment of a first year law student in 1988 and included claims of evidence destruction and abusive tactics. He was tenured in 1986 and described as a popular teacher.
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Board of Regents
Regents
Dorothy Willner
Tonkovich
Potter Lake
Crash puzzle tightens on cause of USAir 427 loss
Investigators piece thousands of wreckage shards from USAir Flight 427, asking why the Boeing 737-300 suddenly dropped 6,000 feet and crashed into a ravine killing 132. Officials note a passenger was a government informant in a drug case, while theories about thrust reversers or engine failure are being explored.
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Usair
Coraopois
Pittsburgh
Usair Flight
National Transportation Safety Board
Michael Benson
NTSB
Tom Haueter
Gannett News Service
Paul Olson
Olson
Chicago
FBI
Andrea Butler
Harrisburg Patriot- News
Pittsburgh International Airport
AP Pitoro
Coraopolis
Natonal Transportation Safety Board
Legal migrants run up huge government tax costs
A government commissioned Urban Institute study finds seven states with the most undocumented immigrants will spend 471 million this year imprisoning felons, 3.1 billion educating in 1993, and 422 million on Medicaid emergency care, while illegal aliens paid 1.9 billion in state and local taxes in 1992. The report notes net costs are not calculated and calls for shared responsibilities between states and Washington.
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Washington
Urban Institute
New York
Illinois
Alice Rivlin
Office of Management and Budget
Justice Department
Bill Cryer
Texas
Ann Richards
County considers trimming employee benefits in Douglas County
Douglas County moves to scale back benefits as salaries align with market. Howard Hemphill and Steve Lewis defend generous plans citing excellent benefits in ads, while McElhaney and Commissioner Jim Chappell push reform to ease taxpayer burden. Commissioner Mark Buhler supports workers citing job difficulties.
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Howard Hemphill
Public Works Department
Douglas County
Steve Lewis
Sheriff's Department
Coun
McElhaney
Jim Chappell
Chappell
Mark Buhler
States sue federal government over costs of illegal aliens
Five of seven states in a study filed suits to recover funds spent on services for undocumented immigrants. They claim $3.1 billion for education in fiscal 1993 and $422 million for Medicaid emergency care, while undocumented immigrants paid $1.9 billion in state and local taxes in 1992.
California economist cites high earnings to curb illegal immigration
Phillip J. Romero, chief economist at California's Office of Planning and Research, said the average illegal immigrant household would need to earn about $100,000 annually. He frames the figure as part of policy and economic impact discussions.
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California
Phillip J. Romero
Office of Planning and Research
Cobain’s image dropped from anti fur ad campaign
Animal rights group PETA will remove Kurt Cobain’s photo from its fur free campaign after families of Cobain and River Phoenix objected. The proposed ads used headlines like I Wouldn't Be Caught Dead in Fur and You Need Fur Like You Need a Hole in Your Head.
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River Phoenix
Kurt Cobain
Phoenix
Cobain
Idaho
Nirvana
PETA
Dan Mathews
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