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...disavowed them. But the drivers have their own informal communications network: the Citizen's Band radios that link them rig-to-rig as they roll along. Last week those radios crackled with calls to revolt by parking tractor-trailers across turnpikes and barricading traffic. After the first major jam was organized Monday by a driver (known to other truckers as River Rat) on a stretch of Interstate 80 near Blakeslee, Pa., the stoppages spread into Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, New Jersey, New York and Ohio. One of the worst blockades, staged by 350 trucks, backed up traffic...
...thousands of patients die needlessly, or needlessly soon, or have the quality of their remaining life irreparably damaged because they have received incompetent medical care. In the vast majority of cases, nei ther a suffering survivor nor a next of kin has any recourse. Although malpractice suits now jam the courts, a malpractice award is no remedy; it cannot restore lost health or life or limb...
...Bubba Smith, the huge Oakland Raiders (former Baltimore Colts) defensive end who crunches quarterbacks like crackerjacks, Jones figures to be the pros' No. 1 draft choice this year. With 4.7 sec. speed in the 40-yd. dash, he is "frighteningly intense," say the scouts-a "real door jam" against the offense. He led Tennessee State to an undefeated season this year (TIME, Nov. 12). Button is the man "who takes the play out of the play action pass." Deceptively agile for his size and "very tough to fake or trap on a rollout," he has been a standout...
Cutler said that officials from the colleges involved would be working on a new schedule. "It's very complex after a while; we're trying to jam everything in," he said. Cutler said no games would be scheduled during examination period. The new examination period affects basketball, hockey, skiing, indoor track and wrestling events already scheduled...
When the band plays the Oxford Ale House--about one weekend a month--they jam the moog and the rest of their equipment onto the tiny stage for the whole booking. The group simply comes with their guitars at about 9 each night for the first of four 40 minute sets. Carrying their own cases, they joke about the burdens of stardom...