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Articles about Interstate Commerce Commission - tribunedigital ...  In fact, most of the regulatory agencies now under fire for allegedly thwarting market ... The ICC, founded in 1887 to regulate railroads, was the government's oldest ... Under the bill, the ICC would be abolished as of Jan. 1, 1996. Its remaining...
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Articles about Icc - tribunedigital-orlandosentinel - Collections  The ICC, founded in 1887 to regulate railroads, was the government's oldest ... Congress Decides To Close Commerce Commission. December 23, 1995. The Interstate Commerce Commission, the nation's oldest regulatory agency, will be ... Under the bill, the ICC would be abolished as of Jan. 1, 1996. Its remaining duties...
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U.S. GOVERNMENT On Jan. 1, 1996 this oldest government ...  On Jan. 1, 1996 this oldest government regulatory agency, established in 1887, closed. from show #2736, aired 1996-06-24. Another!
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icc termination act of 1995 - Congressional Record | Congress.gov ...  Dec 21, 1995 ... This means that just over 1 week from now, the ICC will close its doors forever. This conference agreement ... The conference report authorizes the sunset of the ICC effective January 1, 1996. ... The ICC is America's oldest independent regulatory agency. It was established in 1887--108 years ago. The ICC...
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Pendleton Woolen Mills - The Oregon Encyclopedia  Pendleton Woolen Mills opened in 1909 in a defunct woolen mill that had ... The town's efforts to persuade the Bishop family, which owned the Thomas ... The mill had opened in 1896, but the plant closed because of the financial panic of 1907. ... While continuing to produce blankets and robes, the Bishops expanded their...
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Dixy Lee Ray, Former Head of U.S. Atomic Agency, Dies : Politics ...  Jan 3, 1994 ... ... former chairwoman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Washington state governor, ... At 12, she became the youngest girl to climb Mt. Rainier, ... Fifty years later, at 62, she was sworn in as the state's first woman governor--the only one so far. ... She served a single term as governor from 1977 to 1981.
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Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia  The Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union was the central agency for collection and ... It was established on 25 July 1925 by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme ... TASS was created from the Russian Telegraph Agency (ROSTA), the first state news ... [hide]. v  t  e  National media in the former Eastern Bloc. Overview.
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March 31, 1901: Wuppertal Monorail Opens | WIRED  Mar 31, 2010 ... 1901: A suspended monorail opens in Germany, whisking ... it's the world's oldest monorail still in operation and Europe's only suspended railway. ... in Cologne in 1897, and construction of the Wuppertal Schwebebahn,...
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AT&T Divestiture  or "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do! ... Timeline of the Legal History of Telecommunications ... Litigation costs alone for AT&T up to the January 8, 1982 announcement of divestiture was ... Bell System facilities, "There are two giant entities at work in our country, and they both have ... January 1, 1984 - Bell System no longer exists.
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Disease Eradication | History of Vaccines  Jan 25, 2016 ... Polio, for example, was eliminated in the United States by 1979 after ... To date, only one infectious disease that affects humans has been eradicated. ... Coordinated efforts rid the world of a disease that had once killed up to...
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During an 1887 snowstorm in Montana, one of these was measured ...  Jun 27, 2016 ... 1, 1996 this oldest government regulatory agency, established in 1887, ... China ceded this strategic territory to Portugal on December 1, 1887...
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The Demise of the Catastrophic Coverage Act - ScholarWorks at WMU  This paper considers the recent demise of the Medicare Catastrophic. Coverage Act of 1988 in the .... care services under the Older Americans Act, a drop in the.
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From the Fall of the Bell System to the Telecommunications Act ...  Jan 1, 1999 ... event in telecommunications law since January 1, 1984: on that date, ... demise of the vertically integrated telecommunications giant also ... landmark event.5 Neither the break-up of the Bell System in the early .... negative effect on the economy, but rather whether Judge Greene's administration of the.
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According to the book Jailed for Freedom by Doris - HISTORY ...  When Anthony stepped down as president of NAWSA in 1900, at the age of 80, she selected Carrie Chapman Catt to be her successor. Catt led the organization...
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Ellis Island History -A Brief Look. From 1892 to 1954, over twelve ...  as the New York State immigration station from 1855 to 1890 and approximately eight ... The new structure on Ellis Island, opened on January 1, 1892; Annie.
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