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Page A2 The Sentinel Pennsylvania Monday, September 13, 2004 www.cumberlink.com US Airways bankrupt againn A i k-4 ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) US Airways Group the nation's seventh largest airline, filed for bankruptcy protection Sunday for the second time in two years. The company's president vowed to continue restructuring the airline into a low-cost carrier during the bankruptcy process. "We have come too far and accomplished too much to simply stop the process and not succeed," said Bruce Lakefield, US Airways' president and chief executive. "A restructured US Airways with low costs and low fares will be a dynamic competitor." No operational changes US Airways said customers would notice no operational changes as a result of the bankruptcy and that it will seek permission to continue its frequent flyer program.

The Chapter 1 1 filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Alexandria came after US Airways was unable to obtain $800 million in annual cost cuts from its workers' unions that the airline said it needed to stay afloat. The company's return to bankruptcy comes as several of its larger rivals also confront the need to repair weak finances. UAL United Airlines has been operating under bankruptcy for nearly two years, AMR American Airlines was on the brink of a filing 18 months ago and Delta Air Lines Inc. warned that it might seek similar protection soon if it cannot trim its labor costs.

Several weeks ago, US Airways Chairman David Bronner warned that the airline would most likely have to liquidate if it filed for bankruptcy. Lakefield subsequently backed off those comments, and on Sunday again sought to assure customers that the airline faced no immediate danger of shutting down. "I believe that the light of day will convince our employees that sacrifices are needed to keep the airline flying," Lake-field said in a telephone interview Sunday. Last Monday, a deeply divided pilots union refused to allow its membership to vote on a company proposal that would have cut pay by 20 percent and retirement plan contributions by 50 percent. Enough concessions already? Some pilot representatives who opposed the new deal said the pilots and other US Airways workers had made enough concessions during the company's first trip into bankruptcy in August 2002.

Then, the unions collectively agreed to contract concessions of more than $1 billion a year. Fred Freshwater, a pilots' union representative from Pittsburgh who opposed management's latest contract offer, said he wasn't surprised the company was unable to reach deals with labor and that it sought bankruptcy. "When you look at the behavior of management, when you look at their proposals, they were seeking the total capitulation of labor," Freshwater said. The bankruptcy filing also could cost federal taxpayers. The government loaned the airline $900 million last year as part of a special program to assist airlines after the Sept.

1 1 attacks. Company history 1939: All American Aviation brings the first airmail service to many small western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley communities. 1953: Now known as All American Airways, its route system grows and the name is changed to Allegheny Airlines. 1979: Allegheny changes its name to USAir to reflect its expanding network. 1997: USAir changes name to US Airways Group Inc.

May 24, 2000 United Airlines' UAL Corp. announces agreement to buy US Airways for $4.3 billion. July 27, 2001 US Airways and United call off their merger after the Justice Department says it would sue to block it. Sept. 1 1 200 1 Terrorist attacks ground airline industry.

US Airways, as the largest carrier at Reagan National Airport, suffers added financial harm as the airport nearest the nation's capitol remains closed for an additional three weeks because of security concerns. Aug. 1 1, 2002 US Airways files for bankruptcy following a $2 billion loss in 2001. March 31, 2003 US Airways emerges from Chapter 1 1 bankruptcy protection, shedding $2 billion in operating costs. Sept.

12, 2004 US Airways files for Chapter 1 1 bankruptcy protection for second time. -v 1 is -Jf tf "JL A Nurse claims depression in confession Randy FlaumThe York DispatchAP Goduckie! Caton Raffensperger, 4, of Gettysburg, has help from her mom, Kristi Raffensperger, when letting her duck go into the water during The Great American Duck Race at the York Fair on Sunday. Robert and Kathy Duck run the venue. West Nile cases down He is charged in the deaths of patients in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Daniel Baldwin.

Cullen said he first tried to kill himself at age 9, by swallowing a mix of chemicals from a chemistry set. He spoke of being depressed for most of his life, and of fantasizing about stealing drugs from the hospital to commit suicide. 'Decrease suffering' Cullen rationalized the killings by saying he gave fatal overdoses of drugs to some patients to spare them from going into cardiac or respiratory arrest referred to as "codes" which would necessitate painful resuscitation attempts. Yet, he appeared not to comprehend that by administering the drugs, he produced the same outcome. "My intent was to decrease suffering in people I saw throughout my career," he said in the interview.

"I didn't intend for these patients, these people to suffer, to go through unusual things.ou know. I know codes aren't pretty, but I believed that my actions would not cause them pain and suffering." Cullen worked at 10 hospitals and medical facilities in New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania between 1987 and 2003. In April, he pleaded guilty to killing 13 patients and attempting to kill two others at Somerset Medical Center, and in May pleaded guilty in the deaths of three patients at Warren Hospital in Phillipsburg. NEWARK, N.J. (AP) His own feelings of guilt and unworthiness drove Charles Cullen to take the lives of as many as 40 patients over a period of 16 years, the former nurse divulged in an interview with Somerset County authorities.

Parts of Cullen's rambling confession, obtained by The Sunday Star-Ledger of Newark, reveal an individual whose life was marred by depression and who claimed to have attempted suicide more than 20 times. The interview took place on Dec. 14, 2003, two days after Cullen was arrested on one count of murder and one count of attempted murder at Somerset Medical Center. Alleged confession During the final 45 minutes of the seven-hour session, Cullen began to explain how the killings coincided with his bouts of depression. "There were long periods of time where I did nothing and I thought, I thought I was working through it, but I kept on going into these deep depressions and I would say that that was part of it," Cullen told detectives Timothy Braun and woman Jessica Seiders told The Moming Call of Allentown.

"But we think the continual rainfall actually helped flush out stagnant water." Frequent rains can flush out pools of standing water that serve as breeding grounds for mosquitoes, which are also less active in the cool than in the heat. The state has also used chemical sprays to kill the bugs in areas where they were a problem last year. Last year, Pennsylvania had about 240 human cases of the West Nile virus. Eight people died. This summer's numbers are more like 2002, when the state had 62 cases of the disease.

HARRISBURG (AP) A year after Pennsylvania experienced a surge in West Nile cases, the number of people infected with the mosquito-borne virus appear to be headed back down. State agencies have received reports of only four Pennsylvani-ans contracting the virus so far this year, compared to 63 at this time a year ago. Officials say cooler weather, more rain, a more careful public and better mosquito control efforts are probably responsible for the decline. "The tact that we've had a lot of rain makes you think mosquitoes would be breeding more," Department of Health spokes Lawsuit says ignition interlock dangerous NORRISTOWN (AP) A ly while their cars are in motion. News briefs ordered interlock.

Her suit asks the state to lift the requirement that she equip her car with one of the devices, saying that in the case of someone with shortness of breath, the rule violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. Distraction an issue The Center for Auto Safety in Washington has questioned the safety of having drivers perform the breath tests while trying to concentrate on the road. Many of the devices require users to take a deep breath, blow for as long as six seconds, sometimes in bursts, and hum while doing it. The humming was added to the routine to defeat drunks who tried to get around the tests by using compressors to shoot fresh air into the machines. "I wouldn't want to be driving down the road and have someone coming the other way trying to blow into a tube," Clarence Ditlow, a spokesman for the Center for Auto Safety, said.

"There are some real safety issues with regard to distraction that need to be looked at to see if the benefits outweigh the potential risks." Backers of the devices say such problems are infrequent, and that the interlocks do far more good than bad. lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania claims a dashboard device intended to stop people from driving drunk can actually be a safety hazard. The suit was filed by a two-time drunken driving convict who passed out and crashed his car while blowing into an ignition interlock, a small machine that measures alcohol on the breath and won't allow a car to start if the driver has been drinking. Judges can order repeat drunken drivers to install the interlocks in their cars. Drivers must also perform the test periodical- Crashed after dizziness Jason Reali, 29, of Telford, claims in his suit that he had to blow into the machine so hard to make it work that it often left him dizzy.

A heavy smoker, Reali said he blew so hard during one test that he fell unconscious and crashed into a tree, severely injuring his hand. He was sober at the time. Other drivers have had similar complaints. A 79-year-old woman filed a lawsuit in Florida after she couldn't muster enough breath to get a reading on her court- Man killed after release from jail YORK A man was shot to death early Saturday only four days after he got out of jail, authorities said. Darius Neguy Hightower, 30, was shot once in the chest in a breezeway on South Queen Street, police said.

No suspects have been arrested. Hightower had been in and out of jail since 1996 for drug crimes, harassment and other offenses. He called his girlfriend, Cheryl McClane, on Wednesday to let her know he had been released from York County Prison. McClane said she doesn't know who might killed Hightower and why. Can greeters limit bank robberies? LANCASTER Troy Evans has some advice for bank executives frustrated by a recent spate of robberies: Hire more male tellers and make greater use of greeters, especially on Fridays, when banks are more likely to be robbed.

Evans knows of what he speaks, having served time in federal prison for committing a string of armed bank robberies in the early 1990s. He published a book last year titled "From Desperation to Dedication: Lessons You Can Bank On," and now makes a living as a motivational speaker. "Many bank robberies could be foiled just by somebody looking you directly in the eye and inquiring what your business is that day," Evans said. There have been six bank robberies here in the past month, the latest on Friday moming when a pistol-wielding man robbed Waypoint Bank, authorities said. The robber fled the bank with a small sum of money.

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