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Technology crashes in Chicago
CHICAGO — A power outage practically paralyzed the world's largest airport. Computer problems shut down the world's busiest commodities exchange. And some customers had trouble calling their friends.
Technology ran afoul in three entirely unconnected incidents yesterday at O'Hare International Airport, the Chicago Board of Trade and MCI Communications Corp.
The Associated Press
we don't pay attention to the flip side of that: The bigger the system, the more likely the accident."
Bad day in cyberspace? Or maybe a taste of disasters to come in a technology-cocky society?
"Technology appears to be productive, efficient and competitive," said Allan Schnalberg, a northwestern University sociology professor. "But
Chicago's run-in with technology began at 8:45 a.m., when all of the radar systems shut down at a regional air traffic control center in suburban Aurora, bringing O'Hare to a standstill. A power outage was blamed.
Then at 9:37 a.m. computers at the Board of Trade shut down — and so did all activity on the floor. The reason for the computer failure was not immediately known.
During the mess, Chicago-area residents who use MCI long distance found their service disrupted by a problem with a software switch.
For 11/2 hours, no planes were allowed to leave O'Hare and only
planes on final approach were permitted to land
As FAA crews worked to restore power, at least 100 planes were backed up on the ground. Takeoffs and landings were also delayed at Chicago's Midway Airport, and Chicago-bound flights throughout the nation were delayed.
The controllers at Aurora, who direct flights in a 155,000-square-mile airspace, were forced to guide the planes using 1950s technology, said Mark Scholl, president of the Chicago branch of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
Because of the radar failure, controllers had to guess where the planes were and separate them quickly to lower the risk of a collision.
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Gore's streamlining effort saved money, reduced jobs
WASHINGTON — A year into the government reorganization effort, Americans are seeing the benefits, President Clinton said yesterday.
middle management workers.
Clinton, in a White House ceremony, praised the streamlining effort headed by Vice President Al Gore, saying it had saved the government $47 billion in the first year.
A status report Gore presented to the president said the savings were achieved primarily through the elimination of 71,000 jobs.
Some of that group, he said, "might be worried about it" because that's where cutbacks are taking place.
Gore, in a later roundtable with reporters, acknowledged that the program is drawing a less-than-enthusiastic reception from some
Gore said the ratio of employees to managers in the private sector is about 15-1, in high-performing companies often as high as 75-1, and in federal government, 5-1.
A recent appraisal by the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank, said the reorganization made little progress in its first year.
The research group said the endeavor focused so closely on short-term savings that government bureaucrats — the people most needed to make the plan succeed — were alienated.
Disney proposes to buy NBC stations
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Meat bill updates inspection safety
ering an offer of as much as $5 billion for the NBC network, its seven TV stations and cable channels including CNBC. Price was said to still be a major obstacle.
NEW YORK — Walt Disney is talking with General Electric about the possibility of buying its NBC television division, a source familiar with the discussions said yesterday.
A source familiar with the Disney-GE talks but speaking on condition of anonymity said the discussions had been going on for quite some time and were continuing.
The report about Disney appeared in Wednesday's editions of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. They each said Disney is consid-
The disclosure increases speculation about potential buyouts, mergers or other alliances involving NBC, which has slipped to third place from first in the prime-time ratings since GE acquired it in 1986.
During the past two weeks, it has been reported that Time Warner Inc., Harcourt General Inc., Turner Broadcasting System Inc. and ITT Corp. are either considering or discussing bids involving all or part of NBC.
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The meat and poultry industry would be required to test their products for bacterial contamination under an administration-backed bill designed to ensure the safety of the nation's meat supply.
The proposal, if enacted, would add science to an 88-year-old system of inspection that has relied on the eyes, noses and hands of thousands of inspectors to determine whether raw meat is free of disease-causing micro-organisms.
The bill, announced today, also calls for fines and other measures to punish safety violations and gives the department authority to recall contaminated products.
Moreover, it requires that the industry be able to trace contaminated animals from the slaughterhouse to the farm. And it broadens animal quarantine laws to include conditions that, though harmless to animals, may cause disease in humans.
"Step by step, we are aiming to overhaul the meat and poultry inspection systems so that they utilize the most advanced science and make a safe food supply even safer," Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy said.
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