You think they got money to burn?--A government-industry task force concluded it would be too expensive to add nonflammable gases to airline fuel tanks.

Read it and rebel--Joseph Heard, who is deaf and mute, was held for two years in solitary confinement in a Washington, D.C., jail after a misdemeanor charge against him was dropped. There he suffered abuse and his written pleas were ignored. Finally, jail officials admitted their "error" and returned him to a mental hospital where he was previously held on alleged grounds of incompetency.

The lord's work--"A paycheck is not the only reward for workers at a growing number of processing plants where chaplains' services are part of company benefit packages," reported the July issue of the trade magazine, Meat & Poultry. It plugged Marketplace Ministries which provides on-the-job counseling to workers. For instance, at Pilgrim's Pride, a Texas chicken processor, chaplains have created "a confidential link between workers and upper management during a time of dissatisfaction with floor supervisors."

'Confidential' counseling--Commenting on the info provided by chaplains about what workers at the plant are thinking and saying, a top dog at Pilgrim's Pride declares, "It's definitely worth the cost."

No comment--A trillion measurements of the earth's surface collected by a space shuttle crew will be used to create a highly accurate 3-D map of the globe--it will help planes dodge unexpected peaks, etc. But mainly it will be used by the Pentagon--the main financier--to better guide missiles.

Quality capitalist education -- "Scottsdale, Arizona--A school ere in suburban Phoenix, where students learn to write horoscopes and give advice about the future, has won accreditation from a federally recognized body, in what is believed to be a first for a school of astrology."--News item.

Living like royalty--The Wall Street Journal reports that senior citizens are losing some of their privileges, "like early bird" restaurant discount dinners and ball park dollar days. It asserts that seniors occupy the highest income bracket and there's a developing backlash against their shower of perks. Like the San Francisco doctor who reported watching four seniors clamber out of a new Mercedes, with three of them lining up for discount tickets.  
 
 
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