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A WASHINGTON (AP) — A patchwork of state policies is inspiring more motorists to buckle their seat belts than ever before but the number of motorcyclists wearing hel mets has plummeted, a government study showed Tuesday. Seat belt use reached 75 percent this year, the highest level since national surveys began in 1994, according to the National Hi ah way Traffic Safety Administration. Officials there credited the trend in part to education and enforcement efforts such as the “Click it or Ticket” campaign, in which 30 states participated over the Memorial Day weekend. “More and more, people are realizing that seat belts are absolutely the most effec tive safety device in a car,” said Jeffrey W. Runge, administrator of the agency. Similarly, helmets are the most effective safety device for motorcyclists. The NHTSA estimates that in a crash, such head- gear reduces the likelihood of a fatality by 29 percent. But state laws requiring helmet use unraveled after 1995, when Congress repealed incentives for states to require motorcyclists to wear head protection. Helmet usage has dropped nearly 14 percent since 2(XX), when the last survey was taken, the agency said. The contrast between state laws on seat belt and helmet usage reflects a fierce tug-of- war between high> individual rights activi State assemblies, e tend to pick their battl restrictions. There is a feeling out there in the legislatures that some laws are easier to pass than others. erall numbe ighily, fromf 2001. Sixty pe ml truck' lastw ell NHTSA’* c c I* • igt i mm /jpe in 2tK)A, whjjj "There is a feehnj latures that some law; others,” said Judie Advocates for Highw Interest groups lik up that cue and sper for states to tighten sc motorcycle helmet t she said, the danger i do not wear seat belt bigger public safety eer of ’ . WM5 ! A l LHT 11 cl 11 LI I 1C 111 Jv. I c* * Towns try to keep mines f • A&M senioi American I, A& LICK CREEK, Ky. (AP) — puny. < uul vve Susan Skeens and other folks put any one GUI t of . But it’ in Lick Creek sprang into time fi or tl he action when a coal company take a « uant i.” moved to open a mine near Resi idem if L Jck Creek, ; their homes in this little commt miry of abi Appalachian community where in a ho llo w the loudest sound at night is Kentuc ky, 1 ha\ re s laved 1 off th< often the mournful call of a TECO Coa 1 si ubsi idiarv whippoorwill. years f jy o! bta inin ig a i rul “Everything I have will be ing tlu it mi nir ig v covered with black dust.” said well w ater. Skeens, whose home is some But TE iCC 3 s ipokc swomai 250 feet from the proposed Laura ! Plumb ! said that now tha entrance to the mine. public water lim £s h; ive beei Lick Creek’s battle to stop extend ed into th< e coi nmunit) the project may be the first of the state nc > lo inge r has any re a many to come in Kentucky as son to i sto •P the und ergroun older coal mines are played out mine f rom op 1 ening. and mining companies move Res idents di- >agre e. The NEWS IN Husband onf Sta TH for shooting* The a through ceilir: ■ monies si ■ 21 Texas SAVANNAH, Ga • 1 against Drunk and angrv I Hokies wi rvife, Donald Cha* ■ an oppon pistol to the flw 1 aqd to hon upstairs den and t I ed by the i bullet passed throuf The tra pet and the kitche ■ the Corps ( and killed his wife ■ which will poured bottles of iKf. to the gan the sink. 1 Dr. Robert closer to populated areas to dig. In the past, Kentucky’s coal was typically mined deep in the mountains where coal seams were thickest and easiest to dig out. But after a century of heavy mining, “the easy coal is gone,” said Tom FitzGerald, an environmental attorney repre senting Lick Creek residents. “Coal seams that once were considered marginal or prob lematic now are being mined. Often, they’re close to homes.” Roy Mullins, a former coal miner now leading the charge to keep Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Co. from opening the mine in Lick Creek, said resi dents across the Appalachian coalfields have a vested inter est in the case. “It could be their communi ty next,” he said. “We’re not trying to shut down a coal corn- fear the dust, the noise and other environmental effects. Coal mining is a $3.5 billion industry in Kentucky, which ranks third, behind Wyoming and West Virginia, in tons mined. Kentucky's 15,5(X) min ers produced 131 million tons in 2000 and made more than $678 million in wages, accord ing to the Kentucky Coal Association. Bill Marcum, vice president of the Kentucky Coal Association, said coal compa nies try their best to be good neighbors. He said the state does not allow coal companies to begin mining until it is reasonably assured there would be no harm to residential areas. If harm does result, Marcum said, government agencies can step in, imposing fines or even ordering mines to shut down. with mines edging ever to homes. Residents of McR blame a nearby mount mine for recurrent flash ing. Others complain thai ing shakes their home daily earthquakes. In the community of Ary. re complain that dust covei homes, furniture, eve trees. Earlier this i authorities evacuated 12 at Brushy when blastin rocks down a mounta one boulder destroyed a home. Charles Howard said near Viper is causing hi to sink and subjects his to the roar of machine the beeping of heavy merit moving in reverse. “It's miserable,” In “When I first bought p here, it was just so peao quiet. Now, you can’t : side in the evening. Th is totally irritating.” m i ne ' house family :ry and equip- e said, roperty eful, so sit out- ; noise Chase, 56, is nowc* charges of murdennf of 32 years, Jackie Ot in their stucco towifc Savannahs histone* last September. Chase's attorney * shooting was acode® prosecutors said the51 old Chase intended wife, who was strud 1, head by a bullet tte through the carpet,* carpet pad, 3/4-*® wood and the kitchen* sheetrock. "It was right in their® her head? Chase • police investigators ird* taped interview short the shooting that was to jurors Tuesday du*! second day of the tri*^ are the chances of th* "Infinitesimal/ Lt Zapal replied on the ® don't think you could & if you wanted to. Chase, who sounder fused on the videotap* he had been drinking'; for three days and wa- when the shooting oC ‘ Police said they ^ empty liquor bottes kitchen. glGHTUp^ij. AIM on t m»ss Out on the Intensity! 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