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...Department of Transportation ruled that air bags, or some form of passive restraint system, would be required safety equipment on all new cars sold in the U.S. by 1990. But in a concession to the U.S. auto industry, which strongly opposes air bags as too expensive, Washington kept the door open for conventional seat belts. If two-thirds of the U.S. population were covered by buckle-up laws by April 1989, said Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole, the air-bag rule could be dropped...
...past draws the country too. For the Bears are the past. Their lineage goes back to the running boards on the very Hupmobile in that Canton, Ohio, auto showroom where the American Professional Football Association and the Decatur Staleys were concocted in 1920. George Halas did most of the talking. The A.P.F.A. soon became the N.F.L., and the Decatur franchise, originally a sales tool for a starch manufacturer named Staley, shifted to Chicago in the custody of the amazing Halas. It might be an exaggeration to say that the entire fabric of sport was sewn in this singular...
...move three weeks ago, when he persuaded Ozark Air Lines to merge with TWA for $250 million. Among other benefits, the acquisition will sharply increase the number of domestic flights that feed passengers to TWA's overseas routes. Icahn is also thinking about buying a hotel chain and an auto-rental company to combine with TWA. That would enable customers to reserve a plane seat, car and bed with one phone call. Says Icahn: "I've still got a nose for deals, and I intend to make some." --By Barbara Rudolph. Reported by Thomas McCarroll/New York
What is the next-best thing to a car that never breaks down? How about an auto backed by a guarantee that if it sputters and stalls, the owner will get a free tow and in some cases a hot dinner, a free hotel room and an airline ticket? Starting May 1, Volvos will come with a three-year guarantee of free 24-hour access to service dispatchers who can arrange tows, repairs and even reimbursement of up to $500 for room, board and alternative transportation if needed...
...Party Leader Mikhail Gorbachev had "demanded the head of LaRouche on a platter" prior to the Iceland minisummit. But his real adversaries are closer to home. The Leesburg raid was almost a community effort: residents, wary of the paranoid strangers in town, provided furtive assistance to investigators, taking down auto-license numbers of LaRouche followers and reporting suspicious behavior. LaRouche has "alienated a lot of the local people," said a police officer. "He called two elderly ladies Communists and dope pushers. These are people who are well respected here." Instead of inciting the Kremlin, LaRouche seems to have stirred...