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insurance live? Those who lack health insur- are much more likely to live in
The Census Bureau sought to ance now are far more likely to strongly Democratic Congres-
find that out, for the first time, in live in states that usually vote sional districts. Ford Talks With U.A.W.
a survey taken last year and re- Republican — the states whose In the Congressional debate, DETROIT — The United Auto-
leased in September. Over all, it senators and representatives Democrats have generally sup- mobile Workers union has sum-
found that 9.9 percent of children are least likely to support a law to ported plans aimed at assuring moned representatives for what
lack any health insurance, half extend coverage. that all Americans have some appears to be the final phase of
the rate for adults under 65. That would seem to indicate sort of insurance, while nearly talks to bring down the Ford Mo-
But there was widespread that Republican constituents are all Republicans have opposed tor Co.’s labor costs. If U.A.W.
variation. Children in Texas, the the ones who would most benefit the Democratic bills, raising con- members agree to contract modi-
state with the least health insur- from passage of universal health cerns ranging from cost to wor- fications, Ford would gain some
ance, are more than eight times insurance coverage. But an anal- ries that changes could diminish of the benefits that General Mo-
as likely not to have it as children ysis of Congressional districts coverage for those who have it. tors and Chrysler got from bank-
in Massachusetts, the state with within those states indicates that FLOYD NORRIS ruptcy reorganization. (NYT)
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WEATHER Houston
Kansas City
85/ 66
53/ 42
0.67
0
75/ 57 PC
50/ 34 C
74/ 59 C
51/ 27 C
Cape Town
Dublin
66/ 43 0
56/ 39 Tr
70/ 50 PC
63/ 48 C
73/ 54 PC
61/ 50 Sh
High/low temperatures for the 20 hours ended at 4 p.m.
yesterday, Eastern time, and precipitation (in inches) Los Angeles 72/ 60 0 73/ 58 PC 68/ 57 C Geneva 66/ 57 0.59 59/ 55 R 59/ 46 C
for the 18 hours ended at 2 p.m. yesterday. Expected Miami 90/ 82 0 92/ 81 S 91/ 79 PC Hong Kong 88/ 75 0 88/ 73 PC 84/ 77 R
conditions for today and tomorrow. Mpls.-St. Paul 47/ 30 0 38/ 29 SS 43/ 24 PC Kingston 91/ 77 Tr 90/ 81 T 88/ 79 R
New York City 69/ 59 0.02 69/ 61 PC 65/ 49 S Lima 64/ 59 0 68/ 61 C 68/ 61 C
Weather conditions: C-clouds, F-fog, H-haze, I-ice, PC- Orlando 92/ 75 0 94/ 74 PC 92/ 74 PC London 59/ 45 0 66/ 54 PC 66/ 52 R
partly cloudy,R-rain, S-sun, Sh-showers, Sn-snow, SS- Philadelphia 80/ 59 0.01 67/ 64 PC 68/ 48 S Madrid 77/ 54 0.02 73/ 59 PC 73/ 57 S
snow showers, T-thunderstorms, Tr-trace, W-windy. Phoenix 82/ 60 0 89/ 63 PC 88/ 65 S Mexico City 81/ 59 0 81/ 57 R 79/ 54 Sh
Salt Lake City 63/ 37 0 58/ 38 PC 64/ 42 PC Montreal 53/ 50 0.12 54/ 37 PC 48/ 34 PC
U.S. CITIES San Francisco 65/ 52 0 59/ 53 PC 64/ 52 C Moscow 45/ 41 1.46 43/ 32 S 43/ 30 PC
Yesterday Today Tomorrow Seattle 58/ 48 0 58/ 39 PC 53/ 34 S Nassau 91/ 79 0 93/ 81 S 93/ 79 PC
Atlanta 84/ 66 0 72/ 67 T 72/ 55 PC St. Louis 56/ 48 1.08 59/ 41 S 56/ 38 PC Paris 65/ 55 Tr 70/ 55 PC 64/ 54 PC
Albuquerque 65/ 42 0 72/ 44 PC 73/ 46 PC Washington 85/ 61 0 69/ 64 PC 71/ 50 S Prague 57/ 43 0.02 59/ 48 C 57/ 52 C
Boise 57/ 36 0 50/ 30 S 49/ 28 PC Rio de Janeiro 69/ 66 1.26 73/ 64 R 82/ 64 PC
Boston 60/ 50 0.01 67/ 57 PC 63/ 46 S FOREIGN CITIES Rome 77/ 59 0 73/ 63 T 73/ 61 Sh
Buffalo 55/ 51 0 55/ 43 PC 49/ 42 PC Yesterday Today Tomorrow Santiago 77/ 48 0 59/ 34 C 66/ 32 S
Charlotte 81/ 61 0.07 78/ 68 T 73/ 58 C Acapulco 93/ 77 0.03 86/ 73 PC 88/ 75 PC Stockholm 47/ 37 – 50/ 34 PC 52/ 39 C
Chicago 52/ 46 0.40 52/ 35 PC 49/ 32 PC Athens 80/ 57 0 84/ 63 S 82/ 63 S Sydney 61/ 50 0 66/ 54 PC 68/ 50 Sh
Cleveland 57/ 53 0.21 56/ 47 PC 54/ 38 PC Beijing 69/ 54 0 64/ 50 PC 54/ 50 R Tokyo 75/ 64 0.02 72/ 59 PC 72/ 54 PC
Dallas-Ft. Worth 82/ 52 1.87 70/ 48 S 66/ 50 PC Berlin 56/ 41 0.20 55/ 43 Sh 50/ 48 C Toronto 53/ 50 0.11 55/ 45 PC 48/ 37 PC
Denver 52/ 27 0 34/ 21 C 49/ 19 PC Buenos Aires 68/ 45 0 63/ 55 R 64/ 50 Sh Vancouver 54/ 43 0 55/ 39 S 52/ 36 PC
Detroit 52/ 50 0.55 58/ 43 PC 53/ 37 PC Cairo 88/ 72 0 88/ 73 S 91/ 75 S Warsaw 55/ 46 0.16 54/ 39 C 48/ 46 R
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