June 12, 1995

It is not easy to catch fish for a living. "These are hard times for working fishermen because of declining stocks of fish and increasing Federal regulations on what you can catch," Nils Stolpe of the New Jersey Seafood Harvesters' Association said last week.

A New York City police officer was arrested and three other officers were suspended from the force over the weekend after they became rowdy and fought with patrons and local police officers at a beachside bar in New Jersey, the police said yesterday. The incident, in the shore community of Point Pleasant Beach, came just days after another New York City officer resigned and two others were suspended because of their participation in a drunken spree through several Washington hotels.

Bowing to pressure from Congress and business groups, the Clinton Administration has decided not to issue regulations to protect workers from repetitive strain injuries, Government officials say. Hundreds of thousands of American workers, from meat packers to computer programmers, are afflicted with repetitive strain injuries each year. The fast-growing problem worried Government officials as far back as 1990, when the Bush Administration told the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, known as OSHA, to begin to develop a so-called ergonomic standard to protect workers.

A New York City police officer was arrested and three other officers were suspended from the force on Saturday after they became rowdy and brawled with civilians and police officers on a boardwalk at a beachside resort in New Jersey, the police said yesterday. The incident, in the shore community of Point Pleasant Beach, came just days after a New York City officer resigned and two others were suspended because of their participation in a drunken spree through several Washington hotels.

Three years after prosecutors claimed they had broken the Mafia's choke hold over vital trucking routes in New York City's garment industry, many manufacturers say that shipping costs have dropped sharply and that dozens of new trucking companies are competing for business. Garment manufacturers estimate that in three years, the average price for shipping a dress, a pair of jeans or a blouse has plunged to 15 to 20 cents from 40 to 45 cents.