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Last week Ohio brought the two-thirds count a little closer when it became the 17th state to pass a seat-belt bill. On New Year's Day, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Mexico and California had all snapped in, bringing to 13 the number of states now requiring motorists to buckle up or pay fines of as much as $50. By mid-1987, when Louisiana, Indiana and Oklahoma will have joined the list, nearly 58% of the U.S. will be covered. Experts question the long-term effectiveness of such laws, however, pointing out that compliance wanes rapidly. While...
Part of Mulroney's problem is that he raised high expectations. A mellifluous speaker and charismatic campaigner, he convinced Canadians that some painful belt tightening would eventually improve an economy plagued by double-digit unemployment and a rapidly rising deficit. He also promised to sell off unprofitable government-owned businesses or crown corporations. But Mulroney's performance has not matched his rhetoric, and his government has been characterized by indecision and some easily avoidable scandals...
DIED. Myron Cohen, 83, stand-up comic who was a star on the Las Vegas, Atlantic City and Catskill Borscht Belt circuit for 40 years, and a favorite of TV audiences on the old Ed Sullivan hour and the Tonight show; after a heart attack; in Nyack, N.Y. A onetime salesman in New York City's garment district, Cohen specialized in dialect stories and ethnic jokes that were sometimes blue, usually hilarious, but always gentle...
...Video Limousines and costly mini-series are out, and staff cutbacks are in, as ABC's new owners embark on a belt-tightening campaign...
Inside the aircraft, the flight attendant has to remind Horowitz to fasten his seat belt. "I don't like these things," he tells her, but he complies. Across the aisle is a blind man. Wanda, who each year anonymously contributes funds to provide blind people with Seeing Eye dogs, comments, "Putting together the right dog and the right person is like matchmaking. They both have to be properly prepared. The dog and the blind person stay together much longer and more happily than a good many marriages...