71.   The hype already has spawned a backlash, with one critic contending Mills was nominated only because he drives a bus.

72.   The man driving the bus when it was found had a shotgun, Pennsylvania state police trooper Raymond Albert said.

73.   The lawyers met to consider a proposal by Justice Phyllis Gangel-Jacob that drivers who meet state standards drive those buses that have passed inspection and are roadworthy.

74.   The Suining bus drivers are refusing to pay their company the fees they are charged for the right to drive the buses and collect fares.

75.   Waldron, who lost her job as a result of the incident and now drives a bus, pleaded guilty rather than go to trial.

76.   In a similar case on Sunday, a member of a rightist group was arrested after driving a bus into the main entrance of the parliament building.

77.   A minibus passenger who survived the accident said the conductor was driving the bus instead of its usual driver.

78.   During the incident, one of the hijackers held a hammer against her head as she was ordered to drive the bus.

79.   Ronald Benting, who drove a bus for handicapped schoolchildren, said that when he arrived at a police road block he saw a man lying in the road.

80.   Several policemen were also seen driving public buses carrying government officials, a local journalist said.