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Today: Cloudy, a 60 percent chance of rain, highs in the mid 50s, low near 50. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy, a 40 percent chance of rain, high...
...said National Weather Service hydrologist Ernest Cathey in Fort Worth. As it inundated immense swaths of ranchland, stranding herds of livestock and driving out hundreds of families, the Trinity at times looked like a vast lake. To people in its path, especially in Liberty County, 50 miles or so northeast of Houston, officials issued a blunt warning: "Get out now." A most discouraging word came from Trinity River Authority spokesman John Jadrosich, who said floods may linger through the summer in a "mega- natural disaster...
...Governors of the economically beleaguered Northeast are calling it quits. First Michael Dukakis, surveying Massachusetts' shattered miracle, announced he would not seek re-election this fall. Then Connecticut Democrat William O'Neill said he had no taste for the difficult campaign he faced after hiking the sales tax to 8% and chopping $600 million out of the state's $7 billion budget...
...Acid rain, which has never been legally controlled, is causing serious damage in the Northeast and Canada. The Senate and House measures alike require a 50% reduction (about 10 million tons) from 1980 levels by the end of the year 2000 in factories' emissions of sulfur dioxide, which turns rain into sulfuric acid. Major reductions are also called for in nitrogen oxides (2 million tons by the year 2000 in the Administration and House versions, 4 million tons by 2005 in the Senate version...
...diaper-service revival began in the environmentally conscious Pacific Northwest, followed by California and the Northeast. The rest of the country is quickly catching up. Business is brisk at Diapers Unlimited of Kalamazoo, Mich., which is expanding its rural routes. So far, better-educated families have been the most likely to sign up with a service, while less informed parents have been slow to switch...