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...liners to reduce the chance of explosions. But shippers have until 1981 to remodel the 23,000 tank cars that are used to ship dangerous substances. Only about 20 now meet the new standards. Moreover, as an economy measure, railroads have increased the length of their freight trains. Declared Kay Bailey, acting head of the National Transportation Safety Board: "The tracks often cannot bear the load of bigger trains and heavier cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Playing Railroad Roulette | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

...Kay Sheldon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 26, 1977 | 12/26/1977 | See Source »

...Kay Cataldo, a Los Angeles housewife, was so concerned about her father that she stopped by his house several times a week and refused to go away on weekends. The elderly man, who lived alone, was frail and subject to falls; on several occasions, he had collapsed and had been unable to get to his telephone for help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Mini Lifesaver | 12/5/1977 | See Source »

...gold standard, then Presidential Candidate William McKinley. The name stuck and gradually worked its way into maps and books. Now there is virtually no resistance in the state to the proposed name change. Few Alaskans feel that the long-dead President deserves the honor. Says Anchorage Daily News Publisher Kay Fanning: "McKinley never got near...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Pique over the Continent's Tallest Peak | 11/7/1977 | See Source »

Perhaps the ugliest tale Kyemba offers concerns Amin's own family. In March 1974 the dictator suddenly divorced three of his four wives; the three, says Kyemba, had been unfaithful, as Amin found out. Five months later, the dismembered body of one of the former wives, Kay, was found in Kampala. For once, Kyemba exonerates Amin: "I do not believe, as I first did, that Amin had a direct hand in Kay's death." Instead, he writes, she died during an abortion that was being performed by her lover, a doctor. Kyemba speculates that the doctor dismembered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UGANDA: Big Daddy in Books | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

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