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INTERNATIONAL The Administration dragged its feet on the B.C.C.I. investigation, the former Commissioner of Customs said. He accused officials of barring him from obtaining sensitive information. [ D1. ] The U.S. and Mexico released a draft plan to improve the quality of the environment along the border. [ D2. ]
The Senate passed a $5.8 billion program to extend unemployment benefits to people who have been out of work more than half a year. The House is expected to adopt the measure on Friday, but what President Bush will do when it goes to him is uncertain. All week long Mr. Bush's senior aides have been saying that they would advise him to veto the bill.
The Federal Communications Commission gave A.T.& T. a big lift today, loosening restrictions that have made it difficult for the company to offer volume discounts and other special pricing deals on long-distance services for large corporate customers. The move should help the American Telephone & Telegraph Company compete more aggressively for large customers in offering complex packages of services that, for example, combine network management with call-routing programs.
William von Raab, the former Commissioner of Customs, today accused the Bush Administration of dragging its feet on an investigation of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International and of barring him from sensitive information about the scandal-riddled bank when he pushed for stronger action. The Treasury Department, under which Mr. von Rabb served as Customs Commissioner, immediately replied that the commissioner was, indeed, kept away from sensitive information for fear he would disclose it.
THE Automat has sealed its last slot, and that wonderful institution, the New York cafeteria with free-flowing seltzer and soup that held a spoon perpendicular, has gone down the urban digestive tract. New Yorkers have always wolfed down lunch, but it used to be unthinkable that something called fast food would become the staple of midday dining. More than 50 years ago, Grant's Tomb, overlooking the lordly Hudson from Riverside Park at 122d Street, was among the city's finest tourist attractions. Visitors and natives boarded double-decker buses for the journey, which cost a dime in contrast to other fares of a nickel. But the Grants rest in relative peace today as tourists flock to newer sites.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 31, 1991, covering August 2, 1991.
Natalie Cole
Van Halen
Paula Abdul
C+C Music Factory
Soundtrack
1991Evander Kane, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Evander Frank Kane is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Atlanta Thrashers, Winnipeg Jets, Buffalo Sabres, and San Jose Sharks. Kane was selected fourth overall by the Thrashers in the first round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
1991Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-43 to deploy the TDRS-5 satellite.[†]
Space Shuttle Atlantis is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle which belongs to NASA, the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States. Atlantis was manufactured by the Rockwell International company in Southern California and was delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Eastern Florida in April 1985. Atlantis is the fourth operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Its maiden flight was STS-51-J made from October 3 to 7, 1985.
In 1991, the world population was approximately 5,418,735,891 people[†]