U.S. News Briefs
June 23, 1996
Web posted at: 11:00 p.m. EDTGasoline prices continue to drop
LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Gasoline prices in the U.S. continued to decline after peaking in late May, according to an oil industry survey released Sunday.
The Lundberg Survey of 10,000 gas stations, released every two weeks, showed that the average price of gas, all grades, was just over $1.35 per gallon on June 21. In the May 24 survey, the average price was just over $1.38, the highest price so far in 1996.
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Nearly 3 in 10 Americans had interruptions in health insurance
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A new Census Bureau report says that 27 percent of Americans were without health care coverage for at least a month from early 1992 to mid-1994. The report said that women were more likely than men to have continuous coverage. Nearly 50 percent of Hispanics had month-long or more interruptions in coverage, compared with 36 percent of blacks and 23 percent of whites. The report shows that 87 percent of all full-time workers were covered for the entire period, but that race accounted for significant differences there as well.Related site:
Commuter plane makes belly landing in Orlando
ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- Flames rolled out from under a commuter plane landing without its landing gear down Sunday in Orlando, but none of the 32 passengers and crew aboard were injured. (538K QuickTime movie of the landing)
A hydraulic failure caused the problem on Comair Flight 3599, which arrived from Nassau, Bahamas. Emergency crews covered a closed runway with foam for the landing of the Brazilian-made Embraer EMB-120 plane.
Woman accused of selling Hungarian babies
SANTA ANA, California (CNN) -- A Hungarian-born Canadian woman who allegedly brought pregnant women from Hungary to sell their babies in the United States faces a court hearing Wednesday.
Marianne Gati, 48, is jailed in California on charges of money laundering, tax fraud, harboring illegal immigrants unlawfully and conspiracy.
Gati was arrested Friday by federal agents working with the Hungarian National Police to investigate charges that Gati arranged to sell as many as 30 babies in the United States.
She promised to pay each mother "$1,000 for a baby with dark features and $12,000 for a baby with light features," according to the complaint. An IRS agent investigating the case said Gati is suspected of turning a $20,000 profit on each adopted baby.
Her court-appointed lawyer quoted Gati as saying she ran a legitimate adoption consulting agency.
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