Scientist apologizes for delay in nuclear fallout study release
Bruce Wachholz of the National Cancer Institute testifies at a Senate hearing that a 14 year study on health effects from aboveground nuclear testing released last October was delayed after Congress ordered it. The study links iodine-131 exposure to potential health impacts and notes regulation delays by the Transportation Department.
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Bruce Wachholz
National Cancer Institute
Senate
Nevada Desert
Congress
Rights groups challenge INS detention policy for asylum seekers
Fauziya Kassindja, a 17 year old seeking asylum from Togo, was jailed, strip searched, denied care and housed with criminals in the United States. Four years later she testified to a Senate subcommittee denouncing INS detention. Advocacy groups say the agency detains too many, with 16,000 detainees since 1996, most in local jails.
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United States
Fauziya Kassindja
Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Mother seeking stricter trucker rules after son’s death
Danhne Izer of Lisbon Falls Maine told a Senate panel on surface transportation and merchant marine that thousands die yearly from driver fatigue and that innocent people are killed to deliver widgets. She founded Parents Against Tired Truckers in 1994 after her son’s Maine highway death and urged action.
Americans spend billions on live shows in 1997 era
The National Endowment for the Arts report shows Americans spent 10.4 billion dollars on live performances last year, surpassing cinema and sports outlays. The Commerce Department BEA estimates the average household spent 38.78 dollars on performing arts, 24.44 on films, and 23.43 on sports events in 1997.
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National Endowment For the Arts
Commerce Departments Bureau of Economic Analysis
Convicted woman not jailed for 16 years
Loret ta Randley, convicted of manslaughter in 1981 for shooting Hartman Poitier, remained free for 16 years amid a case mix-up and appeals. A June hearing reduced her sentence and set October 1999 release, despite Poitier family opposition and evidence of high blood alcohol level.
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Hartman Delano Poitier
Poitier
Broward State Attorney’s Office
Dougan
Jackie Poitier
Hartman Poitier
Loretta Randley
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