Congressional staff to meet with Bridgestone/Firestone officials
Congressional staffers ready to question Bridgestone/Firestone executives at their Nashville headquarters about tread problems and timing of knowledge. The briefing targets Wilderness AT ATX and ATX IL tires linked to hundreds of crashes and 62 deaths as investigators seek documents for a September hearing.
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Firestone
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House Commerce Committee
Investiga
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Tripp
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Dearborn
Mich
Tom DiLonge
Ford
Venezuela
Wall Street Journal
Investi
Gation
Middle East
United States
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Senate Commerce Committee
Emergency landing by KLM 747 after bird strike near Los Angeles
A KLM Boeing 747 carrying 449 people diverted to Los Angeles International Airport after striking a bird shortly after takeoff. Authorities said engine debris and an exhaust plume fell to ground as the crew shut down the engine and dumped fuel before landing safely. Passengers reported loud blasts and orange flames from the damaged engine.
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Los Angeles
KLM
Royal Dutch
Amsterdam
Los Angeles International
Flight 602
Hugo Baas
Baas
Charles Paquette
Crime survey shows violent and property crime declines in 1999
The 1999 survey indicates violent crimes per 1000 Americans fell to 32.8 from 36.6 in 1998 and overall crime dropped for an eighth straight year. Property crimes fell from 217.4 to 1980 per 1000, with 54 percent of violent crime victims knowing their assailant. The report credits multiple factors and notes policing and gun control as part of the trend.
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Clinton
Clinton-Gore
America
George W. Bush
Ray Sullivan
FBI
Statistics Bureau
St John's opens 5.5 million church education building
St John's unveils a new 5.5 million building with ground floor classrooms for pre school and kindergarten ministries a regulation size gym and kitchen. The second floor features a large youth meeting room youth lounge and rooms for Sunday school and Boy Scouts. Dedication remarks praise community effort while renovations continue on the Education Building first floor and planned sanctuary work.
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Boy Scouts
Robin Braithwaite
St. John’s
Rose Hill Property Seeks Rezoning For Mixed Use Center
Rose Hill may shift to Planned Shopping Center General Business and Office Institutional zones with a special exception for the latter. Rezoning to Downtown Business would permit residential educational facilities religious institutions restaurants offices bed and breakfasts commercial park and many retail services. The property once served as the Sheffield Phelps winter estate before becoming a private religious college owned by Owen and Julie Jones. The site has been for sale for three years per Evans.
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Rose Hill
Sheffield Phelps
Owen
Julie Jones
Workers to strike at Bath Iron Works yard
Bath Maine union members burned copies of the shipyard contract proposal and voted to strike after 85 percent approval at Cumberland County Civic Center. Pickets appeared at Bath Iron Works, first time in 15 years, as 4,800 employees faced a rejected offer. The company spokeswoman said the proposal was fair and the rejection surprised management.
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Bath
Maine
Bath Iron Works
Cumberland County
John Portela
Manufactured homes debate in district housing agenda
McGhee and family live in a manufactured home in the district under a temporary city permit that has expired after two years. Commissioners abstained from approval while defending the Zoning Ordinance and denying portable housing in the district. The June 26 City Council meeting sought a formal Planning Commission opinion on legalizing portable dwellings in the Horse District.
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McGhee
Waltz
Jackson
Brad Brodie
Planning Commission
Horse District
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