A bill in Congress would allow states to collect tolls on interstate freeways, reversing a toll-free law that went into effect the year before On the Road was first published. F o r everyone from stockbrokers to socialites, voice mail and pagers are almost as necessary as air and water. And it means that drug dealers cannot connect with their clients on anonymous but always handy public phones. Bell Atlantic received complaints from callers after they began freezing keypads in New York City last year. There were so many gripes that, over the past few months, Bell Atlantic has quietly abandoned lock-outs.
Criminal activity is the problem.
Her ascendancy has not been lost on Koose Munusamy Veerappan, today India's most wanted man, a poacher of ivory and sandalwood, and a ruffian who is said to have slain more than 110 men, most of them cops on his trail through the Indian wilderness. Last week he added that he wants to get elected to something. Bargaining continued even as India's Election Commission demanded legislation that would prevent criminals from seeking office . Jay Maeder is a columnist for the New York Daily News. Inc. All rights reserved.