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Fed opts to leave interest rates aloi
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Federal Reserve, split over raising
interest rates, opted Tuesday to
do nothing six weeks before vot
ers go to the polls. President Clin
ton said the decision “shows we
have got a strong economy with
no inflation.”
The central bank’s decision fol
lowed nearly five hours of closed-
door internal debate by the Fed
eral Open Market Committee, the
group of Fed board members and
regional bank presidents who
meet eight times a year to set in
terest rates.
In advance of Tuesday’s meet
ing, the last before the Nov. 5
election, a number of economists
had predicted the central bank
would launch a pre-emptive
strike against inflation by nudg
ing interest rates higher. It would
have been the first increase in Fed
rates in 19 months.
While some private econo
mists worried that the central
bank’s inaction threatened rising
prices down the road, President
Clinton welcomed the decision as
a confirmation of his campaign
claims about the U.S. economy.
“It shows we have got a strong
economy with no inflation. I am
glad about that,” Clinton told re
porters during a campaign stop
in Freehold, N.J.
GOP nominee Bob Dole com
plained that interest rates under
Bill Clinton are still “higher in
Federal interest rates
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mate, Jack Kemp, had pledged be
fore lliesday’s meeting to "ban on
the Fed” if raised rates.
The reaction in financial mar
kets was mixed. The stock market
initially shot up by 50 points, but
those gains were quickly whittled
away by profit-taking.
The Dow Jones industrial av
erage ended the day down 20.71
at 5,874.03.
But the bond market, always
worried about the future course
of inflation and interest rates,
rallied with strong demand
pushing the yield on the bench
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MIAMI (AP) — Border Patrol
agents are investigating whether
any of 33 Cubans who landed in
three separate groups in southern
Florida were assisted by refugee
smuggling rings.
Three women and five men
washed up behind the Miami
Beach Days Inn Hotel early Mon
day in an 18-foot wooden boat.
They were in good condition and
were greeted by several family
members, officials said.
The eight said they left the
coastal town of Villa Clara in
Cuba on Saturday. But U.S. Bor
der Patrol Assistant Chief Keith
Roberts expressed doubts.
“There was no water on board
and the people had no sunburns,
no dehydration and they walked
around minutes after landing,”
said Roberts, who added (hat they
also had no maps. “We really
don’t believe the story.”
Roberts said the group told
border patrol agents they had col-
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$1,200 and snuck out of the
coastal village. The eight were be
ing detained at the Krome Deten
tion Center.
People smuggling can be
highly profitable. Lawyers and
local officials say the going price
for transit from Cuba ranges
from $3,500 to $6,000 per per
son. If 25 Cubans make the trip,
its organizer can make $87,500,
with the boat’s crewmakii
about $25,000.
On Monday afternoon
more Cubans were caughi
Key Largo.
Roberts said one of the®
had been awaiting ani
tion hearing in the UnitedStais
and is suspected of going badt
Cuba to help his friends.
And in a third incident.
Cubans — 11 women, th|d
dren and six men —weretaS
into Key West Monday ateT-
by a fishing vessel.
Roberts said all were in gt
condition, but details olthi
journey were beinginvestigao
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and Cuba agreed thatwot/M-
Cuban refugees intercepted ontl
high seas would be returned.
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land, they are usaakb uto 1
Krome or released to relatives,
ter a year they may file a petit
for residency.
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Toxic waste dumped in Texas watei
Continued pollution could harm environment and econod
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 28.8 million
pounds of toxic chemicals were legally dumped by
industrial facilities into Texas waterways over a five-
year period, and nearly two-thirds of that went into
the Houston Ship Channel, a new study says.
The analysis of Environmental Protection Agency
data reported by the industries themselves was re
leased Tuesday by two environmental watchdog
groups: the Environmental Working Group and Pub
lic Interest Research Organization. The study covers
1990 through 1994.
“As a result of this continuing pollution, thou
sands of water bodies nationwide are damaged,
as are the economies that depend on them, from
tourism to fisheries,” said Environmental Work
ing Group president Ken Cook.
Cook also noted that the “vast majority” of the
chemical releases were legal.
The groups are recommending speedy imple
mentation of EPA’s proposal to expand the nil
her of facilities and industries required to rep
toxic releases.
They also are campaigning to have EPA incrs
the number of toxic substances that mustberepf
ed. The Toxic Release Inventory requires repoi
of some 340 of the 73,000 chemicals used in
merce, the study’s authors say.
Some of the chemicals have been linked toe
cer, others to reproductive or environmental pi ( 1
lems over time.
Slightly more than 18 million pounds ofTf
overall 28.8 million-pound discharge into!
ways occurred in the Houston Ship Channel.
The Brazos River was second, with 2,442-
pounds; followed by the Neches River,"
1,645,307; and Galveston Bay, with 918,161
The Neches River, however, received more can"
genic chemicals than the other Texas waterways.
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