Drift In Praise For Gaze Test In DWI Checks
Federal gaze test for drunken driving, introduced after 12 years of research, earns praise from police across the nation. The NHTSA trained officers in 1983 to use the gaze, walk and turn, and one leg stand tests, while skeptics say proper administration is key to reliability.
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Providence
R.L
Calfornia
Rhode Island
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
James Ryan
Traffic Safety Administration
Richard C. Studdard
Los Angeles
Virginia
Washington, D.C
Maryland
North Carolia
Ron DeFore
Highway Safety Administration
Washington
Strddard
Jet DC-9 sustains fuselage crack on Pensacola landing
An Eastern DC-9 carrying 104 passengers crack in the fuselage during a hard 12:40 a.m. landing at Pensacola Regional Airport. Two to three evacuees suffer minor injuries. two to three passengers evacuated to hospitals. Runway 18 was closed while the jet skidded the length of the 7,000 foot strip in rain and fog.
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Pensacola
Pensacolagional
Tack Bee
Federal Aviation Administration
Atlanta
Berker
Astern
Robin Matell
Lee
Fee Burnton
Chuck Porter
Barker
Death toll flags holiday highway risk in Chicago area
Christmas holiday traffic deaths appeared lower than predicted nationwide with 322 fatalities counted as the period ended. Officials cited weather, belt use, and safety messaging as factors. In Chicago, police reported a woman found buried in a basement with a fresh cement patch, possibly dead three to four weeks, body wrapped in plastic and awaiting identification.
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Chicago
E National Safety Council
Barbara Carrara
Council
Tenterete
Michael Charnois
Bilding
Charnéta
Charnota
Cook County
Giomiata
Lea
Derailment contaminates water supply near Marshall
A derailed 23 car Union Pacific train spilled chemicals into a tributary feeding Marshall's water, prompting tests by EPA and Texas Water Commission. Water distributed from Fort Worth and Little Rock, with milk trucks aiding, as crews evacuated about 50 residents within a mile of the site. Four crewmen were injured. one released, three held for observation.
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Marshall
Texas
Fort Worth
Little Rock
Ark
Alex Tice
Union Pacific
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Texas Water Commission
Sundee Amenit
Tice
Marshal
Marshal Memorial Hospital
Southern Pacific Railroad
Tom LaHood
Longview Journal
Presumed Guilty Study on 23 Innocent Executions
Orlando Sentinel reports a University of Florida study by Michael Radelet and Hugo Bedau finding at least 23 defendants executed nationwide this century were innocent. It highlights Florida cases Anderson Dawson and Adams, all black men executed for crimes against whites, amid racial bias and systemic errors.
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Orlando
Fla
Fort Lauderdale
William Henry Anderson
Gadsden County
Ste Dawson
James Adams
Fort Pierce
University OF Florida
Michael Radetet
Hugo Adam Bedau
Tufte University
Anderson, Dawson
Adams
United States
Florida
Stanford Law Review
Ains
Radhelet
Henry Warzschild
American Civil Liberties Union
New York
Radelet
Schwarzschild
Law
Yest van den Haag
Fordham University
van den Haag
Fadelet
Bedau
Impexes
U.S
Radelet and Bedau
Vets honor buddies and recall Vietnam pain
Veterans recalled a shared bond from Vietnam as families and friends gathered in Onondaga County for the service. Participants Matthews Krupa and others spoke of battles in Da Nang Tay Ninh and Saigon area, noting 543000 Americans were in combat and 30000 local residents served locally while the pastor urged collective healing and remembrance.
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da Nang
Vietnam
San Francisco
Matthews
Krupa
25Th
Tay Nihn
Saigon
U.S
Onondaga County
Vincent Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick
Yen
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