Equal training standards planned for all airline pilots
The FAA plans to require the same pilot training standards for commuter and major airlines. Current rules differ, with commuters undergoing less frequent training. While commuter planes are safer than in the 1970s, they remain five times likelier to crash than big jets. Action may take 18 months.
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Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Chicago Tribune
Letters to the Editor on SRS contractor contributions
A reader criticizes the Development Commission proposal requiring a 10 percent fee return from the SRS contractor. The writer cites Westinghouse and DOE payrolls and local charity work, arguing the plan would deter future contractors and harm local economies. The letter questions the insistence on extra local revenue.
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Development Commission
SRS
Westinghouse and
DOE
Commission
Westinghouse
HCA
Aiken
You Are Bigger Than A Snail
Opinion piece arguing against federal actions to delist the Bruneau Hot Springs snail. It claims a senior judge ruled the Fish and Wildlife Service misapplied law, preserving due process and limiting agency overreach. The text links the case to broader endangered species counts and regulatory expansion nationwide.
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You
Bruneau Hot Springs
Bruneau
Idaho
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Idaho Conservation League
Committee For
High Desert
Land and Water Fund For the
Rockies
Washington
United States
Harold Ryan
United States Fish and Wildlife
Ryan
Congress
Voices for Action in a Political Landscape
The piece urges citizens to vote and stay informed while joining or funding groups aligned with their views. It highlights supporting independent student newspapers, pressuring advertisers, and backing organizations like The Federalist Society, with references to Thinkers such as Thomas Sowell and think tanks like the Hoover Institution.
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White House
Senate
American Express
America
Evers Ot
Federalist Society
Thomas Sowell
Stanford
Hoover Institute
Barriers of Race Fall in Southern Community Ties
Gene Owens recalls how white Bubba and black Leroy workers once faced segregation yet found common ground over time. He describes Marie and Roosevelt in the laundry and garage trades, early desegregation in Norfolk and Greensboro, and lingering Southern ribbing as a sign of shared humanity. The piece closes with Owens noting friendships across racial lines in his own circle.
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Mom
Marie
Roosevelt
Bubbas
Leroy
Bubba
Ford
Gloverville
George
Darling
Dad
Danny
Roanoke
Greensboro
N.C
Woolworth’s
Orangeburg
Springs Mills
Phil
Gene Owens
Aiken County
High Point, N.C
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Norfolk
Granby Street
Joe Austin
Granby
Granby Restaurant
Andy Lucas
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