U.S. Newswire back issues from August 2002:
Ford Foundation Gives $2.5 Million for Teacher Education
Aug 01, 2002 ... NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As part of a broadereffort to improve the quality of teaching and education in the UnitedStates, the Ford Foundation today announced a grant to the Academyfor Educational Development of $2.5 million for a new initiative,Teachers for a New Era ....
DeLay: Senate 'Set It and Forget It' Agenda Falls Short; Senate To Go Home Without Pension and Retirement Security
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Majority Whip TomDeLay (R - Texas) expressed dissatisfaction today as the DemocratSenate hastily and half-heartedly put forth their pension protectionand retirement security agenda the day before they leave for a monthlong recess. "To ...
NCSJ: Russian Anti-Semitism Is No Joke
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- NCSJ today refuted astatement by Moscow regional police, as quoted by the AssociatedPress, that a mock booby-trapped sign with an anti-Semitic messagewas "a practical joke". Responding to the statement by police spokesman Farid Khasanov,NCSJ ...
Hyde Applauds Senate Foreign Relations for Passing Afghan Freedom Support Act
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today the Senate ForeignRelations Committee passed the Afghan Freedom Support Act (S 2712)which will increase U.S. foreign aid to Afghanistan. The House hasalready passed a similar bill (HR 3994). In response to the Senate's action, House ...
AJCongress Welcomes UN Report Confirming There Was No Jenin Massacre Despite Widespread Media Acceptance Of Palestinian Propaganda
Aug 01, 2002 ... NEW York, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Jewish Congresstoday released the following statement on the UN report confirmingthat there was no Jenin massacre: Errant Press Should Apologize to Israel and Their Audiences: "Those in the news media, particularly in Europe, ...
Cuarteto Latinoamericano Will Perform At The Mexican Cultural Institute In Washington D.C.
Aug 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: As part of the cultural programs presented by the Embassy ofMexico in the United States, The Mexican Cultural Institute has beenpresenting a successful summer season dedicated to Chamber music. Within this framework, the renowned and multi-awarded ...
GOP Blasts Senate Democrats for Leaving Town Without Protecting Worker Pensions
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Republicans todayblasted Senate Democrat leaders for leaving town until after LaborDay without following the House in passing a bipartisan pensionprotection bill to protect workers from losing their retirementsavings in Enron-style corporate ...
MSHA Begins Quecreek Investigation, Review of Maps
Aug 01, 2002 ... NEW STANTON, Pa., Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U. S. Departmentof Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has begun itsinvestigation of the underground flood that trapped nine miners whowere rescued last weekend from the Quecreek mine. At the same timethe agency is ...
$500,000 Lilly Endowment Development Grant Caps National Council of Churches' Financial Turnaround
Aug 01, 2002 ... NEW YORK, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Lilly Endowment ofIndianapolis, Ind., has awarded the National Council of Churches athree-year, $500,000 grant to help the Council develop resources fornew programs. The gift caps a remarkable financial turnaround for the NCC. In January ...
HHS Secretary Thompson to Visit Health Facilities in Alaska
Aug 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson will be in Alaska beginningFriday, August 2, 2002. During his trip he will be visiting healthfacilities in Fairbanks, Galena, Bethel, Anchorage and Bristol Bay. Below is a schedule of the media availabilities for his trip ....
Ms. Wheelchair America 2003 To Be Crowned In 30th Anniversary Of National Competition
Aug 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: WHO: Ms. Wheelchair America 2003 contestants from around thecountry WHAT: The Ms. Wheelchair America 2003 program will culminate in afinal competition and crowning at a gala dinner. Five finalists willbe announced and will compete in a final round of ...
Electric Reliability Coordinating Council: Politics At Play, Not Environment
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Electric ReliabilityCoordinating Council (ERCC) today said they share Senators concernsthat decisions on clarification of the new source review (NSR)program under the federal Clean Air Act be carefully made. "We share the concern of the 44 ...
Travel and Tourism Make August the Most Popular Month to Dine Out, Stimulates Restaurant Industry
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Vacationers, eager to enjoythe last month of summer, are spending time on the road and in thenation's 858,000 restaurants across the country in August, making itthe most popular time to dine out, according to National RestaurantAssociation research ....
Affordable and Senior Housing Scarce in Ill.; Durbin, Blagojevich Committed to Increasing Options for Ill. Seniors & Working Families
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Senator Richard J.Durbin (D-Ill.) and U.S. Representative Rod Blagojevich (D-5th), long-time affordable housing advocates, are working with NCB DevelopmentCorporation (NCBDC) in their efforts to increase the availability ofaffordable housing and ...
Paralyzed Veterans, Boy Scouts to Meet in Puerto Rico During PVA Annual Convention
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Members of the ParalyzedVeterans of America (PVA) will meet with a local Boy Scout troop inIsla Verde, Puerto Rico, on the afternoon of Saturday, August 3,2002, to discuss disability awareness issues and the importance ofservice to country and ...
National Cancer Institute Says Healthier Diet Can Reduce Risk of Many Diseases Affecting African-American Males
Aug 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: Following is a satellite newsfeed advisory. The contacts abovecan provide additional information to print and broacast media. STORY SUMMARY: African-American men are more at risk than any other group forseveral life-threatening diseases, but there is ...
Recent Developments from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following recentdevelopments from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Formore information on any of these subjects, call the appropriatecontact: EPA Finalizes Non-Conformance Penalties Rule for DieselManufacturers Contact: ...
Moffitt Doctors Train 2,000 Physicians Worldwide In Sentinel Node Biopsy Technique
Aug 01, 2002 ... TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Surgeons at H. Lee MoffittCancer Center & Research Institute have trained more than 2,000 otherdoctors in the technique of radio-guided surgery since August 1995. Anew survey shows these doctors now believe a surgical technique thatwas once rarely ...
Statement By HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson Regarding Approval of Special Payments To Treat Sepsis
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement byHHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson regarding approval of specialpayments to treat sepsis: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' decision today toprovide Medicare payments to hospitals for a new biologic ...
C O R R E C T I O N
Aug 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: We are advised that USN115 "Teens Re-examine Goals, Future, Placein World Nearly One Year After Sept. 11", released earlier ...
TakeBackBaseball.com Releases Results of 'BudMustGo.com' Poll; Ripken, Giuliani Lead Pack; Other Big Surprises
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug.1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- "TakeBackBaseball.com," agrassroots group of baseball fans sick of greed destroying the gamethey love, today announced results from its "BudMustGo.com" petitioneffort -- specifically, regarding who baseball fans want for the newcommissioner. Leading ...
AJCongress Welcomes Jackson's Cancellation Of Visit To Hamas Leader, Says He Shouldn't Have Scheduled It In The First Place
Aug 01, 2002 ... NEW YORK, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- American Jewish CongressPresident Jack Rosen issued the following statement today regardingthe visit to Israel and the Palestinians of the Rev. Jesse Jackson: "We are happy to see that the Rev. Jesse Jackson has cancelled hisplanned visit to ...
American Jewish Congress Challenges Israel's Critics To Come Up With A Better Solution For Ending Hamas Terrorism
Aug 01, 2002 ... NEW YORK, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- American Jewish CongressPresident Jack Rosen today charged Israel's critics with "moralbankruptcy" for failing to condemn Wednesday's Hamas attack onpeaceful students and staff at Hebrew University with the same vigorand intensity with which they ...
Nikolao Pula Named Director Of The Office Of Insular Affairs
Aug 01, 2002 ... PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- DeputyAssistant Secretary of the Interior of Insular Affairs David B. Cohenannounced today in American Samoa that Nikolao Pula, the formerDirector of Policy for the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA), willserve as the Director of OIA ...
U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for August 2: First Mailboxes
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the daily"Profile America" feature for Aug. 2 from the U.S. Census Bureau: FRIDAY, AUGUST 2: FIRST MAILBOXES Profile America: Friday, August 2. Probably one of the leastthought about devices around the average home is the ...
Steelworkers Gather for Convention: 'Fighting to Win'; USWA's 2,500 Local Leaders Meet in Las Vegas, Aug. 5-8
Aug 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) opens its 31stConstitutional Convention on Monday, Aug. 5 at the Hotel Rio in LasVegas (3700 Flamingo Rd.), where 2,500 local union leaders fromacross North America will meet daily through Thursday around'Fighting to Win' ...
Popular Radio Storyteller Starts Upper Midwest Bike Ride Aug. 17
Aug 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: WHAT: Formal send-off for the Rev. Walt Wangerin Jr., speaker forLutheran Vespers, the radio ministry of the Evangelical LutheranChurch in America (ELCA). Wangerin begins a 2,600-mile bicycle trip -- "OutSpoken for Lutheran Vespers" -- through seven states in ...
U.S. Census Bureau Daily Features for August 3 & 4
Aug 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following are the daily"Profile America" features for Saturday, Aug. 3 & Sunday, Aug. 4 fromthe U.S. Census Bureau: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3: NBA FORMED Profile America: Saturday, August 3. The National BasketballLeague and the Basketball ...
Remarks By The President On Legislative Achievements Upon Departure For Kennebunkport, Maine
Aug 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a transcript ofremarks by the President on legislative achievements upon departurefor Kennebunkport, Maine: The South Lawn 11:30 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: August was a month of accomplishment here inWashington ....
Study: TASP Has Fallen Short of Its Goals, Could Be a Major Obstacle for Some Minority Students Entering College
Aug 02, 2002 ... HOUSTON, Aug. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A statewide study conducted byDr. Clennis F. High, researcher and counselor, shows evidence thatthe high stakes mandatory Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) testrequired for most students entering Texas colleges has not helped tochange the performance ...
Statement by HHS Secretary Thompson Regarding the Appointment of Charles Grim as Interim Director of the Indian Health Service
Aug 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a statementby HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson regarding the President'sappointment of Charles Grim as interim director of the Indian HealthService: I applaud the President's decision to appoint Charles Grim,D.D.S., as ...
Dobson Calls for End to Calif. Government's Religious Intolerance; Pro-Family Group Denounces Anti-Family Assembly Bills
Aug 02, 2002 ... COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, on hisdaily radio broadcast, Dr. James Dobson, president of Focus on theFamily, denounced the California Legislature's attempt to impose pro-homosexual legislation on the people of California. Two bills, AB1080 and AB 2651, could ...
Gephardt Statement on Stanley Works
Aug 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a statementof House Democratic Leader Richard A. Gephardt: "I am pleased that Stanley Works has reversed its decision toreincorporate in Bermuda to avoid paying U.S. taxes, and I hope thatother corporations here in the United ...
Medicare Drug Benefit Could Leave Out Large Numbers of Beneficiaries Under Limited Federal Budget; Report: How to Get Most for Money
Aug 01, 2002 ... NEW YORK, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A Medicare drug plan that isvoluntary and will appeal to a wide range of beneficiaries whilehelping those most in need, cannot be achieved for $350 billion, afigure that is currently being debated in proposals before Congress,according to a new report ...
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health to Hold Media Briefing Aug. 1
Aug 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Dave D.Lauriski will hold a news media briefing today, (Aug. 1), at the MineSafety and Health Administration's New Stanton, Pa., office regardingthe agency's investigation of the inundation at Black Wolf ...
Class Size Initiative Ballots Over the Top in Florida; Backers Set to Announce 500,000 Certified Signatures
Aug 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: Members of the Coalition to Reduce Class Size (CRCS) will hold apress conference today, Thursday, Aug. 1, to announce that countyelection supervisors have certified more than 500,000 validsignatures, well over the 488,722 needed to place their initiative onthe ...
MADD Gets a New Look; Updated Logo and New President Reflect Organization's Stepped-Up Efforts for 22nd Anniversary
Aug 01, 2002 ... IRVING, Texas, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Commemorating its 22ndanniversary, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is updating itsimage with a new logo and announcing a new national president, WendyJ. Hamilton. The new face of MADD coincides with the organization'sinnovative efforts to ...
ROA Applauds Baucus Bill for Reservists
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.)introduced a bill Tuesday (July 30, 2002) that would eliminate somelong-standing tax inequities for military personnel. The Foreign andArmed Services Tax Fairness Act of 2002 would relieve the men andwomen of the Reserve and ...
Ministers, NABO & National Action Network Reps Demand Meeting with CEO of XM Satellite Radio; Group to Knock On Door of XM Headquarters
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Bishop Charles Ellis ofDetroit will lead a contingent of ministers representing some of thenation's largest African American churches in a coalition withrepresentatives of the National Association of Black Organizations(NABO) and the National Action ...
Bill Bennett to Appear in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia at Open Houses, Events Sponsored by Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School
Aug 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: The Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School (PAVCS), which offersparents across the state of Pennsylvania a new option in publiceducation, will hold free informational open houses in Pittsburgh andPhiladelphia featuring former U.S. Secretary of Education and ...
Labor Department Issues Seventh Report on Child Labor; Report Profiles Efforts to Eliminate Child Labor in 33 Countries
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Labor Department todayreleased a Congressionally mandated report profiling efforts beingmade to eliminate the worst forms of child labor in 33 countries.This is the seventh such report prepared by the department's Bureauof International Labor ...
Coalition Strongly Urges Congress to Consider Consequences of Entry- Level Wage Increase During Economic Uncertainty
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In advance of any action byCongress, the Coalition for Job Opportunities (COJO) sent a lettertoday to members of the U.S. Senate strongly urging their oppositionto any efforts to couple tax relief legislation with a $1.50 increasein the minimum wage ....
ADL Says U.N. Report on Jenin 'Shouldn't Have Been Written'
Aug 01, 2002 ... NEW YORK, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Anti-Defamation League(ADL) today called the United Nations report on Jenin, "a report thatshouldn't have been written." Abraham H. Foxman, ADL national director, issued the followingstatement: Secretary General Kofi Annan's report on ...
New Data: Nearly 5 Million Children in America are Needlessly Uninsured; HHS Sec. Thompson Helps Kick Off Enrollment Drive
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Nearly 5 million children inthe United States who currently lack health insurance are eligiblefor low-cost and free health care coverage through the StateChildren's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and Medicaid, but theyare not enrolled. Covering ...
USDA: Mealybug Threatens Florida
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was releasedtoday by the USDA: FEATURE - MEALYBUG THREATENS FLORIDA Intro: USDA is fighting a destructive predator in Florida with anatural enemy. Bob Ellison reports. The pink hibiscus mealybug presents a serious ...
Statement by HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson Regarding National Minority Donor Awareness Day, Aug. 1
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a statementof HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson: Each year we observe National Minority Donor Awareness Day toincrease awareness among minorities of the urgent need for organ andtissue donation. At no time has this need been ...
Hemp NAFTA Suit Begins Arbitration Phase; Canadian Hemp Grower and U.S. to Select Arbitrators for Chapter 11 Claim
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Kenex Ltd., a Canadian firmexporting industrial hemp products to the U.S. for the past fiveyears, will file its NAFTA Notice of Arbitration with the U.S. StateDepartment on Aug. 2. Kenex and the U.S. will select a three-memberarbitration panel to ...
Teens Re-Examine Goals, Future, Place in World Nearly One Year After Sept. 11; 'State of Our Nation's Youth' Report to be Announced
Aug 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: A new comprehensive national survey of young Americans ages 13 to19 provides new insights into what teens across the country sayaffect their lives and futures. The report reveals how the tragediesof September 11th figure greatly among the most important events ...
Rising Prices Nip Housing Affordability in Second Quarter Says NAR
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Housing affordabilityconditions slipped in the second quarter but remain at levels thatare favorable for the typical family, according to the NationalAssociation of Realtors(r). NAR's composite Housing Affordability Index was 132.6 during ...
National Environmental Trust Statement On Today's Edwards-Lieberman- Jeffords Press Conference on Administration Clean Air Rollbacks
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following statement byPhil Clapp, president of the National Environmental Trust on today'sEdwards/Lieberman/Jeffords press conference on Administration cleanair rollbacks was released today: "On air pollution the President is putting ...
Abortion 'Shuffle' Shows Granholm's Political Character Says Right to Life Michigan
Aug 01, 2002 ... GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Right to Life ofMichigan President Barbara Listing issued a warning to all Michiganvoters trying to sort out fact from fiction in the Democraticgubernatorial primary. Listing's comments focused on Attorney GeneralJennifer Granholm's ...
Role of Iraq Opposition in Overthrowing Saddam Hussein Topic of NPC Afternoon Newsmaker Aug. 8
Aug 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: The leadership of the Iraqi National Congress (INC) will discuss"The Role of the Iraqi Opposition in the Overthrow of Saddam Husseinand the Liberation of Iraq" in an Afternoon Newsmaker newsconference, Thursday, Aug. 8, at 1 ...
Financial Services Form Industry Partnership to Build Affordable Housing, Stronger Communities; Competitors Join With Habitat
Aug 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- CEOs, senior executives andemployees from 42 financial services companies, many of them directcompetitors, will join together in an unprecedented industrypartnership on August 10 to help build safe, decent and affordablehousing. The project ...
American Jewish Committee Urges INS Inquiry
Aug 01, 2002 ... NEW YORK, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Jewish Committeeis urging Immigration and Naturalization Service Commissioner JamesZiglar to investigate thoroughly how a man, under investigation for afederal crime, was allowed to become a U.S. citizen last month. Alaa Al-Sadawi ...
Interviews Available -- War and the U.S. Congress: Responsibilities and Evasions
Aug 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: -- Interviews Available -- War and the U.S. Congress:Responsibilities and Evasions MIKE GRAVEL, sengravel(At)demofound.org, http://www.nationalinitiative.us, http://www.beacon.org/notables/pentagonpapers.html Gravel, currently president of Direct ...
Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) Presents Congressional Proclamation At the New York Black Family Reunion
Aug 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: On Saturday, August 3, 2002, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) of theSixth Congressional District along with State Comptroller H. CarlMcCall, Borough President Helen Marshall, elected officials, clergyand community leaders will present a Congressional Proclamation ...
Statement of U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao on Unemployment Numbers for July 2002
Aug 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Secretary of LaborElaine L. Chao issued the following statement today on the unchangedunemployment rate in July of 5.9 percent: "The good news is that July's unemployment rate was essentiallyunchanged from the previous month. Non-farm ...
Keiko Makes Progress Towards Freedom; Star of Free Willy Film Spends Three Weeks in Wild in Unprecedented Step Towards Independence
Aug 02, 2002 ... VESTMANNAEYJAR, ICELAND, Aug. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With storiesabout whales such as Springer the orphaned orca making news fromcoast to coast, many are left wondering about the fate of the world'smost famous whale, Keiko. The star of the feature film Free Willy isspending more time than ...
Want Good Ideas to Make Your City More Kid-Friendly? New National Study Offers 239, Starting in Baltimore; News Conference Aug. 8
Aug 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: WHEN: Thursday, Aug. 8 10:30 a.m. WHERE: Harry Kaufman Pavilion, Baltimore Inner Harbor (Next to TheMaryland Science Museum, enter off of Key Highway) WHO: Speakers include: Population Connection President Peter ...
Want Good Ideas to Make Your City More Kid-Friendly? Study Offers 239, Starting with Baltimore Teen Pregnancy Prevention Group
Aug 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: WHEN: Thursday, Aug. 8 10:30 a.m. WHERE: Harry Kaufman Pavilion, Baltimore Inner Harbor (Next to TheMaryland Science Museum, enter off of Key Highway) WHO: Speakers include: Population Connection President Peter ...
19th Century American Indian Portraits Exhibit Opens at Interior Museum
Aug 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The rich cultural diversityof American Indians at the end of the nineteenth century iscelebrated in the photographic exhibition that opens today and runsthrough October 11, 2002, at the U.S. Department of the InteriorMuseum. The exhibition, ...
NELA Applauds District's Adoption of Nation's First Civil Rights Tax Fairness Act; Asks Congress to Follow
Aug 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On Monday, August 5, 2002,Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony Williams will sign the nation's firstCivil Rights Tax Fairness Act, which changes the discriminatory taxtreatment of individuals and businesses involved in discriminationcases. The D.C ....
USWA President Leo Gerard to Hold Conference Call to Preview Steelworkers Convention: 'Fighting to Win'
Aug 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: -- USWA President Leo Gerard to Hold Conference Call to PreviewSteelworkers Convention: 'Fighting to Win' -- USWA's 2,500 local leaders meet in Las Vegas, Aug. 5-8 As the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) opens its 31stConstitutional Convention on ...
Press Conference with Transportation Security Administration Under Secretary Admiral James M. Loy
Aug 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: On Monday, Aug. 5, Acting Under Secretary of Transportation forSecurity Admiral James M. Loy will participate in a press conferencewhile visiting Boston Logan International Airport. Who: -- Admiral James M. Loy, Acting Under Secretary of ...
Interstate 40 & Monteagle Mountain Road Selected Tennessee's Top Transportation Infrastructure Projects of 20th Century
Aug 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Interstate 40 and MonteagleMountain Road have been selected as Tennessee's top twotransportation infrastructure projects of the 20th century by theWashington, D.C.-based American Road & Transportation BuildersAssociation (ARTBA). Former Governor ...