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HELLO, Charivari. This is your wakeup call -- the one you requested three years ago in your cheeky billboard: "Ripped jeans. Pocket tees. Back to basics. Wake us when it's over." Well, it's over. Rise and shine.
Pinning Down Asthma Risk A new study has found that the young children most likely to develop asthma can be identified so doctors can give them preventive treatment. Page A21. 141 Years in Bridge Attack Rashid Baz, the Lebanese immigrant convicted of firing into a van of Hasidic students, killing one, was sentenced to 141 years. Page B3.
High in the corner office of a glass-sheathed office tower here, Olacyr de Moraes passed a ball-point pen across a map of Brazil, tracing a new railroad network westward through agricultural lands, then north across the Amazon. "My mission is to build this railroad," Mr. de Moraes said of an initial 1,072-mile section that is expected to cost him $2.5 billion.
In a series of votes that Gov. John G. Rowland had called crucial to the success of his administration, the State Senate today rejected eight arbitrated awards granting pay raises to state workers while allowing another one to survive. The denial of raises for about 14,000 state workers was a major victory for Mr. Rowland, who had risked much of his political capital in an effort to put public pressure on senators. In starting his bid to overturn the awards 10 days ago, he reversed campaign pledges to honor such agreements, explaining that the raises would make it almost impossible for him to keep what he considered a more important campaign promise -- to cut spending and reduce the income tax.
Shallow but Intense Shock Japanese scientists cut by half their estimate of the depth of the quake that shook Kobe, helping explain why the temblor was so violent and deadly. They also discovered long ruptures at the surface. Page A12. Higher Interest Rates Feared The damages from the quake may put upward pressure on interest rates around the world as the huge cost of rebuilding -- made more expensive by a lack of insurance coverage -- is calculated. Page D1.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 18, 1995, covering January 19, 1995.
Garth Brooks
Boyz II Men
Pearl Jam
Eagles
Green Day
1995Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1938)[†]
Gene MacLellan was a Canadian singer-songwriter from Prince Edward Island. Among his compositions were "Snowbird", made famous by Anne Murray, "Put Your Hand in the Hand", "The Call", "Pages of Time" and "Thorn in My Shoe". Elvis Presley, Lynn Anderson, Loretta Lynn, Joan Baez, and Bing Crosby were among the many artists who recorded MacLellan's songs.
1995After being struck by lightning the crew of Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C are forced to ditch. All 18 aboard are later rescued.[†]
Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C was a helicopter flight that flew between Aberdeen and the Brae Alpha oil rig in the North Sea. On 19 January 1995, the AS 332L Super Puma helicopter operating the route, registered G-TIGK and named Cullen, was struck by lightning. The flight was carrying 16 oil workers from Aberdeen to an oil platform at the Brae oilfield. All 18 people on board survived.
In 1995, the world population was approximately 5,758,878,982 people[†]