18 May 1993
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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1993
Page
1
Charlotte hunts an upset as it trails New York 3-1 in the best of seven. A Game 5 at Madison Square Garden features overtime thrillers and a must-win mindset for coach Allan Bristow’s squad on TNT.
Extension agents warn of a mild wet winter boosting bugs from honeybees to ticks. Bees swarming and wall nests loom as yellowjackets hornets and fire ants spread. Pruning insecticides help. experts urge hiring an approved exterminator for fire ant control and tick mitigation.
Dan Rather will share the CBS Evening News anchor desk with Connie Chung starting next month. The network says the tandem format aims to modernize the program for the next century and free Rather to focus more on reporting. CBS notes ratings are not the stated reason.
Rep. Mike Synar and Rep. Richard Durbin introduced a bill to place tobacco under FDA oversight, ban sales to under 18, require health warnings, prohibit free samples and coupons, and force industry to pay for regulation. The measure would curb sponsorships and demand safety data on additives. The Tobacco Institute disputed the need, arguing existing state rules and agency regulation already cover tobacco.
Hillary Clinton, leading the administration’s health care push, quips about her shorter hairstyle at a University of Pennsylvania commencement. She jokes that when the president asked for sacrifice, she cut her hair and her own contribution in half the White House.
A note from the Abby edition bulletin board indicates likely rain affecting the Gazette’s schedule and related sections from 7A to 7C. No major changes announced for the classified or comics pages beyond normal weather-related delays.
Washington AP reports a new book argues women pay more than men for identical goods and services from cars to health care. The book Why Women Pay More, by Ralph Nader's Center for Responsive Law, cites white women paying about 150 dollars extra for a car and African American women about 800 dollars more.
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