41.   A mobile service center in which people can seek federal aid also will be working in stricken areas, Chalmers said.

42.   A recent White House conference on violence in schools plus more federal aid for school counselors and security has not halted the violence, he said.

43.   A request for federal aid is still down the road.

44.   A spokeswoman for the governor said Whitman would request federal aid in a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Saturday.

45.   About half of the refugees qualified for federal aid.

46.   Activists plan to push for more state funding for food stamps and restoration of federal aid to legal immigrants, as well as job training programs for the unskilled.

47.   Airline stocks, which plunged Monday, recovered some of their losses as hopes increased for a federal aid package.

48.   Airlines are lobbying for massive federal aid to get them through the next few months.

49.   Alcedo flew to Gujarat on Tuesday to meet with a U.S. congressional delegation to advocate more federal aid for quake victims.

50.   Along with the funding increases, Clinton also called on the states to liberalize the income limits so that more families could receive the federal aid.