Government to restructure unprofitable Amtrak routes
Amtrak will overhaul its network for the first time in two years to drop several money losing trains and shift services while preserving most of the nationwide system. The plan, driven by a $107 million subsidy cut, targets routes like the Inter American and Shenandoah and adjusts the Empire Builder and Broadway Limited to boost efficiency and reduce costs.
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Washington
Amtrak
Alan S. Boyd
Congress
Chicago
Texas
Shenandoah
Seattle
New York
Cardinal
Cincinnati
North Star
Duluth
Minn
Interamerican
St. Louis
Airlines
Woman clings to open drawbridge during two hour ordeal
Deborah Sozio 24 of West Islip was carried 60 feet into the air when a drawbridge on the Robert Moses Causeway began lifting as her van crossed. The bridge remained open overnight after two teenagers were arrested for assault burglary and reckless endangerment in a summertime beach prank.
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Islip
N.Y
Deborah Sozio
Miss Sozio
West Islip
Ken
Richard Ocenasek
Suffolk County
Hauppauge
Robert Moses
Long Island
Fire Island
New York City
Babylon
Escapee Charlie Rape Dies Noted Family Man Outside Dothan
After 27 years as a convict at large, Charlie Ray an alias of Charles Rape was arrested at his home west of Dothan Alabama. Police say he escaped from a Atmore state prison in 1954 after a grand larceny conviction and had lived a quiet life in Miami and Dothan since.
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Dothan
Ala
Charlie Ray
Ray
Alabama
Charles
Atmore
Russell County
Ron Tate
Miami
L.E. Stokes
Stokes
Parents win measles case in federal appeal
A federal appeals court affirmed a $1 million award to Robert and Anna Robak for medical malpractice after a government doctor failed to diagnose German measles in the pregnant mother, leading to a child born deaf, mute and blind. the 1977 suit charged negligence for not diagnosing the disease or informing the couple of fetal risks.
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Chicago
Robert
Anna Robak
U.S
July 1981 consumer prices rise amid housing surge
Washington AP reports July inflation at a 1.2 percent monthly rate with housing costs leading a 15.2 percent annual pace, spurring criticism of housing measurements but economists keeping faith in a single-digit yearly inflation. Mortgage rates, house prices rise, energy costs up, buying power drops.
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Washington
Reagan Administration
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Gas pipe rupture prompts mass evacuation in San Francisco
More than 10 000 people were evacuated from 19 buildings in San Francisco's financial district after a 16 inch main ruptured leaking gas like a geyser. PG&E shut flow to the main and warned of explosion risk while officials evacuated Embarcadero Center buildings and surrounding offices.
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San Francisco
Financial District
Mark Adams
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
Dennis Pooler
Pg&e
Emmett Condon
Art Fairchild
Battery
Sacramento
Ann Capron
Embarcadero Center
Condon
Ms. Capron
Defense budget growth may fall short of seven percent
White House spokesman Larry Speakes said the 7 percent figure was a cap not a guaranteed goal for defense spending growth. He noted the increase could be less than seven percent as officials weigh options. Weinberger Stockman Meese were to meet on the issue amid internal debate.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Reagan
White House
Larry Speakes
Speakes
Fense
Caspar W. Weinberger
David A. Stockman
Edwin Meese III
SAG Board Rejects Plan to Discipline Reagan
The New York Board of Directors of the Screen Actors Guild voted 20-0 against charging President Reagan over his handling of the air controllers strike. The vote followed a Hollywood Board decision that day and confirmed SAG support for the strike while deeming charges against Reagan inappropriate.
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Screen Actor Guild Board
Reagan
New York
Screen Actors Guild
SAG
Mark Schubb
Hollywood
Ed Flynn
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Med
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Mercury
West Marion
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