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City escalates battle against life ring thefts
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A new paint job and a proposal for sharply higher fines are the
latest weapons in the city's war against thieves who steal life
preservers from Chicago bridges.
Ald. Gene Schulter (47th) said he will introduce an ordinance
today to raise the fine to a minimum of $200 and a maximum of $500.
Fines now are $5 to $50.
"I refuse to stand idly by and allow a child or citizen to drown
because some selfish person had to have a souvenir for his basement
to show his friends," Schulter...
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Life preservers on city bridges lost to thieves
Chicago Sun-Times
; About half of the 110 life preservers on city bridges were stolen last year, city officials said - a problem that was highlighted at a South Side bridge where three men died earlier this week. The life preserver was missing from the Indiana Avenue bridge over the Little Calumet River on Tuesday,
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POPULARITY OF CANOES SPARKS CONCERNS ABOUT BOATING SAFETY
The Boston Globe
; Late at night on June 9, some teenage boys were horsing around in a canoe on Maquan Pond in Hanson. One of them stood up, and when the boat rocked, the teenager plunged into the water and drowned. The boy was not wearing a life preserver. Had he been, Fire Chief Peter Huska said with certainty,
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TROUBLED WATERS 4 DROWN IN EARLY BOATING SEASON NUMBER NEARLY EQUALS ALL OF LAST YEAR'S N.H. WATER FATALITIES
The Boston Globe
; CONCORD - In the short time since the ice disappeared and the waters of New Hampshire's more than 900 lakes and rivers opened up, four persons have drowned in boating accidents -- nearly equal the number of water-related fatal accidents that occurred all of last year, said Robert X. Danos, director
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PUBLIC NOTICES
The Journal Record
; (50473) (Published in The Journal Record June 14th, 1989.) ORDINANCE NO. 19,214 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 38, ARTICLE V, DIVISION 5, SECTION 38-222 OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY MUNICIPAL CODE, 1980, PROVIDING FOR THE WAIVER OF LIFE PRESERVER REQUIRMENTS BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION
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LIVES OF BRIDGE BUILDERS SAVED BY BEACH RESIDENT'S LIFE JACKETS.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)
The Virginian Pilot
; Byline: Mary Reid Barrow More than 60 years ago, engineer Orval C. Auhl recommended that workers constructing the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge wear life preservers along with a lightweight jacket he designed that wouldn't hamper the men's movements. The idea, which seems basic today, was new in
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