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...speed and volume. When a highway becomes clogged, controllers can adjust the timing of stoplights on the on-ramps to reduce the flow of vehicles. In Virginia traffic supervisors use remote TV cameras installed along stretches of I-66 and I-395 to spot breakdowns, to which they immediately dispatch tow trucks that dispense free gasoline if a motorist needs it. Chicago's highway authority operates a huge mobile crane, dubbed Mad Max, that can lift up to 60 tons, and has moved obstacles ranging from semitrailers to a 500-lb. runaway...
...when Bill Salisbury of the St. Paul Pioneer Press & Dispatch and Lori Sturdevant of the Minneapolis Star Tribune returned to their newsrooms, their editors overruled the promises of confidentiality. Cohen's close ties to Republican Candidate Wheelock Whitney, the editors argued, made his identity a matter of importance to readers. Both papers reported the incident, naming Cohen as the source of the leak. MARLENE JOHNSON ARRESTS DISCLOSED BY WHITNEY ALLY, declared the front-page headline in the Star Tribune. Columnist Jim Klobuchar, a friend of Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Rudy Perpich, then decried Cohen as a "sleazy" player. Cartoonist Steve Sack...
...newspapers will probably appeal the verdict, citing the First Amendment. But even if overturned, the verdict will heat up a simmering debate over whether a reporter's promise of anonymity is absolute. "My responsibility is to readers," argues David Hall, editor then of the Pioneer Press & Dispatch and now of the Bergen (N.J.) Record, in defense of his decision. But critics point out that Hall could have kept the bargain with Cohen by simply attributing the information to a "Whitney supporter." "This is a very simple case," says Hennepin County Chief Public Defender William Kennedy, a Democrat. "A promise...
Both papers claim that editors, not reporters, are the only ones who can promise anonymity. While a little-known Pioneer Press & Dispatch policy stipulated this in 1982, the Star Tribune had no set rule; the paper has since issued a "clarification," giving editors final authority. But, Sturdevant testified, "I did not understand that I needed prior permission to make the promise...
Tokyo now plans to dispatch a civilian to be a member of the U.N. peacekeeping operation in Afghanistan -- the first time a Japanese will participate in such an operation. Immediately after Moscow announced its withdrawal from Afghanistan, Takeshita pledged $5 million to finance U.N. efforts there and promised to send workers to help transport refugees and rebuild telephone lines. When Hiroshi Nakajima moves up to head the World Health Organization next month, he will become the first Japanese to lead a major international organization. Though Japan would welcome an invitation to become the sixth permanent member of the U.N. Security...