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About 1,000 demonstrators gathered at a parking lot one mile from the plant Sunday morning and began marching toward the seaside plant shortly before 1 p.m. Another 350 to 400 protestors already were blocking one of the gates...
Even as arrests were being made about a half-mile inside the fence, another wave of demonstrators scaled the fence using home-made ladders...
...from Camp Lejeune, N.C. Also transported into Panama will be some 200 support vehicles, including armored personnel carriers and mortar carriers. At the same time, hundreds of military dependents in Panama evacuated their homes and moved to the safety of the ten U.S. military bases that bestride the 50-mile- long Panama Canal...
Then there are the tourists. "The pyramids," laments Hawass, "are the only monuments in the world where you can drive up and park your car. Even in Disneyland you have to park a mile away." Last year alone 1,969,493 visitors came to look at -- and touch and breathe on -- Egypt's treasures. Just six people breathing inside a tomb for an hour can raise the humidity by 5 percentage points. And higher humidity provides a hospitable environment for bacteria, algae and fungi that grow on paintings. Sighs Hassan: "Three thousand people a day visit King Tut's tomb...
...California outraged consumers revolted in recent months as fares on the 330-mile air corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles reached $148 one way (or 45 cents a mile, as compared with 24 cents a mile on the New York-San Francisco route). In response, American, United and USAir last week temporarily rolled back fares on the route...