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WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Firestone tire recall is spurring Con
gress, normally reluctant to buck
the auto industry, to rush ahead in
its final weeks with legislation that
gives federal safety regulators more
power and money.
Even “an imperfect piece of legis
lation,” as Sen. John McCain called
the bill that cleared his Commerce
Committee last week, has gained mo
mentum as lawmakers — and the
public — learn more about Bridge
stone/Firestone Inc.’s decision to re
call 6.5 million tires.
Federal safety regulators have
heard from more than 2,200 people
about blowouts, tread separation
and other problems with Firestone
tires. The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration is investigat
ing reports of 101 deaths and more
than 400 injuries.
Recent hearings on Capitol Hill
have focusing on determining when
the tire maker and Ford Motor Co.,
which used many of the tires as orig
inal equipment on Ford vehicles,
knew there was a problem.
“f don't think
anyone can sup
port any company
deliberately hold
ing back informa
tion with knowl
edge that it will
cause serious in
jury or death”
beginning in August 1999, within ,
telling U.S. regulators.
“1 don't think anyone can suppip
any company deliberately holdiij
back information with knowlei
that it will cause serious injuryny
death,” said Rep. Fred Upton,
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sponsoring legislation asarescj
Deb
— Fred Upton
Michigan Representative
Congressional investigators have
turned up Bridgestone/Firestone
tests from 1996 that suggested prob
lems. Investigators also have contin
ued to criticize Ford for holding back
information on the recall of Fire
stone tires in 16 foreign countries.
of the tire recat
"We have good standards on pro:
nets in this country. We don’t to*
those standards to slip,” said Uptor
a pro-business Republican fey * n Boston or
Michigan, home of the U.S. auto: I the first of t
dustry, which he said will have: , I presidential
tough time fighting the legislation, between presid
NHTSA also has been criticis. Iiominees Vice
for not opening its investigationflM Gore and G(
Firestone until May even thoughlasf |ieorge W. Bus
suits dating back a decade india field,
claims of tread separation on thefog Third party <
The agency has said Brids: fiates will be m
stone/Firestone and Ford did notr: from all debate
port complaints regarding thetireTponsor — the
including overseas problems. Com
panies are not obligated to rep
foreign complaints and Ford didn
alert NHTSA.
Clinton optimistic of
Democrat’s chances
News in Brief
Journalist Rowan
dies at age 75
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Clinton predicted Sunday that De
mocrats could win a slim majority in the House but still will have to get
along with the Republicans.
“There will be an effort for bipartisan cooperation no matter what happens
in the next election, because if we win the majority, it won’t be so big that we
won't have to work with them,” Clinton said.
The president spoke at a fundraiser for Rep. Lois Capps, a Santa Bar
bara Democrat targeted by the GOP this year. The event was expected to
raise an estimated $200,000.
A swing of just six seats in the Republicans' current 222-211 majority could
return the House to Democratic control for the first time since 1994.
Clinton was making the rounds of two swing districts in California this
weekend. The Capps stop followed a Saturday visit to San Jose to help De
mocratic hopeful Mike Honda raise an estimated $*500,000.
At Sunday’s event, Clinton offered only cautious hope fora Democratic ma
jority in the Senate, where the Republican majority is 54-46.”
We might even win the Senate back, but if we do, it will just be by a
seat or so,” Clinton said.
First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton hopes to hold on to the Democratic Sen
ate seat now occupied by retiring New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Cat Went: A Program
Thomas Rowan, a well-knovr : mission on Nati
commentator once called Amer ! Great Debates:
ca’s “most visible black joumaCjjdential TV Del
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ploring race relations anc i “Electing the
championing civil rights, died Sat ; hate forums in t
urday. He was 75.
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Washington Hospital Center, 1
hospital spokesman LeRoy11|
man said.
Rowan died of natural causes,
said his son, Carl Rowan Jr. His fa :
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