Word: amtrak
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...family-sensitive alternative in Miami is being offered by WCIX-TV, a CBS affiliate currently No. 4 in the ratings. A recent early-evening newscast, for instance, featured a story about the tearful homecoming of 43 local students who were on an Amtrak train that derailed in North Carolina. Yet there were no shots of the deadly accident. Says Allen Shaklan, the station's general manager: "Rubbernecking coverage -- the stuff that causes people to stop and turn in disgust -- we won't do when youngsters may be watching...
...Amtrak Crash...
...packed New York-to-Florida Amtrak passenger train derailed in North Carolina, apparently after crashing into a cargo container jutting out from a passing northbound freight train. The engineer was killed and hundreds were injured, most slightly...
Even without federal prodding, an increasing number of private companies are moving to satisfy the antismoking mood. McDonald's has banned smoking in 1,400 of its company-owned fast-food restaurants in the U.S. Amtrak announced this month that 82% of its trains (up from 62%) will henceforth be smoke free. An estimated one-third of the nation's 1,800 enclosed shopping malls are expected to forbid smoking by the end of this year. Cleveland's stadium is one of 20 * major-league baseball parks to go smokeless; the American Medical Association has urged the majors...
Information lines for all of the majorairlines, Amtrak and Greyhound were jammed withanxious would-be travelers. "Due to extremeweather conditions, we are unable to answer yourcall at this time," was the response that greetedcallers to Continental Airlines...