Air Force grounds training flights for safety stand down
The Air Force suspended combat air crew training flights at domestic bases for one day to focus on safety after a string of crashes. A broader 24 hour stand down will affect transport and warplane units abroad on Friday, with the full service-wide halt planned earlier but moved up by Air Combat Command after a B 1 bomber crash in Montana.
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Budget deficit shrinks faster as year ends
The U S budget deficit is on track to be the smallest in 23 years with August red ink at 34.6 billion. For the first 11 months the shortfall stood at 71.3 billion, about half of fiscal 1996, and analysts expect a deficit near 37 billion for fiscal 1997.
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Suit seeks watch on diet pill users
A week after fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine were pulled from the market over heart risks, lawsuits were filed in New York Utah Colorado Hawaii and California seeking medical monitoring for former users. Attorneys say thousands will need ongoing care and that the drugs were misused by people aiming to lose a few pounds.
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Singing Senators Join Oak Ridge Boys On Branson Stage
Four U S senators Trent Lott John Ashcroft Larry Craig and Jim Jeffords sang along with the Oak Ridge Boys in Branson Missouri on a fund raising trip The onstage jam included Elvira and patriotic tunes as the lawmakers discuss future plans and keep their day jobs amid a TV moment and Capitol tour backdrop
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Amtrak proposed 3.5 percent yearly raises to settle union dispute
A three member emergency board appointed by President Clinton recommended 3.5 percent annual salary increases for 1995 to 2000 for 2300 Amtrak employees of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees. The board kept work rules off the table and urged the two sides to negotiate. The plan, nonbinding, requires acceptance by October 22 or a strike or lockout could follow.
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Postal payroll to shift to private banks for 800000 workers
The U S postal system will stop issuing Treasury paid checks to 800000 employees on Oct 3 and move payroll to Bank of America Citibank NationsBank and First Chicago. Banks will issue checks and wire funds with faster replacement of lost or stolen checks the Postal Service says.
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