Congress Opens Lines of Telecommunication
Congress moved to deregulate the telecom sector, allowing TV, telephone and home computer industries to compete across lines. The bill passed the House 414 to 16 and the Senate 91 to 5, with Clinton praising its consumer benefits despite concerns about job losses and price hikes.
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Washington
Congress
Larry Presster
R-S.d
House
Senate
Clinton
Bob Dole
Record Cold Grips Plains and Midwest
Arctic cold trapped the Plains and Midwest with record lows from Minnesota to Montana. The Minot base logged minus 33 with a wind chill of 93 below zero, while deaths were blamed on the weather including a 75-year-old woman in Craig, Montana, and an elderly man in Nebraska. Schools and services were canceled as officials warned of dangerous conditions.
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Bismarck
N.D
Midwest
Steve San
Ely
Minn
International Falls
Aberdeen
S.D
St. Cloud
Duluth
Briggsdale
Sidney
Mont
Minot
Air Force Base
Craig
Nebraska
Winter Storm Slams Texas Amid Freezing Rain and Snow
Texas faced wintry weather with road closures and cancellations across the midsection. National Weather Service forecasters warned of deteriorating driving conditions as a Yukon front moves through, bringing freezing rain sleet and subfreezing highs across the Permian Basin and major cities like Austin, San Antonio, Dallas and Fort Worth.
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Texas
Permian Basin
Biging
Fort Stockton
Midland
Dallas
Fort Worth
National Weather Service
San Antonio
Constantine Pashos
The
Weather Service
U.S. Plains
Texas Mountains
Brian Francis
NWS
Francis
Yukon
Gulf
Dole Downplays Forbes Edge In New Hampshire Push
In Nashua New Hampshire Senator Dole sought to blunt Steve Forbes by highlighting the flat tax plan’s potential to raise middle class taxes. He aired a TV spot by Gov Steve Merrill and cited a poll showing Dole trailing Forbes as the two campaign moves ahead of the New Hampshire primary.
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Nashua
N.H
Steve Forbes
New Hampshire
Forbes
Merrill
Dole and
Iowa
Tennessee
Lamar Alexander
Dole
Linton
Lone Star tax system faces its warts in study
A leaked study on Texas taxes finds no easy fix for funding schools, noting current options all have flaws. Bush weighs replacing property taxes with changes to the sales tax, including broadening the base and possibly removing exemptions, though feasibility remains doubtful.
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Lone Star
Austin
George W. Bush
Bush
Texas
Illinois
Classified Crossword Fun and Games Notes
Classified crossword puzzle page covers wordplay and puzzles across fun and games sections. Includes film notes and entertainment tidbits alongside stock market and TV log items for reader tips and leisure browsing.
Fourth Amendment Clash Over Drug Seizure in New York
U.S. judge tossed a $4 million heroin and cocaine seizure and confession by Carol Bayless, ruling lack of reasonable suspicion after four men fled when bags were loaded into her car. Another judge rejected rape evidence seized after after hours warrant. Civil libertarians decry junk justice as the law-and-order debate resurfaces.
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New York
Detroit
Carol Bayless
Washington Heights
Upper Manhattan
Bayless
Harold Baer
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John McCain
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D-Wis
Patrick Leahy
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R-La
Microsoft
John A D Mich
Nita
Cold Grips
Ron Dockter
Tioga
Clifton Montgomery
Spongy's Detail
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Midessa
Mark Sterkei
Ector County Coliseum
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Legal Aid
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