Regulations tighten after Cerritos air disaster near LAX
FAA imposes stricter rules for private pilots near major hubs after Aeromexico Flight 498 collided with a small plane over Cerritos killing 82. New measures require transponders and altitude reporting devices for small planes in 23 busiest airspaces and boosted license penalties. Administr ator Engen notes enforcement will be stepped up though some proposals fall short of airline industry asks.
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Aeromexico
Cerritos
Calif
FAA
Donald Engen
Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles Tca
Air Transport Association
Engen
United States
Aeromexico Flight 498
Highways safety boost from federal licensing measure
Guest editorial lauds a federal anti drug law adding unified licensing for bus and large truck drivers. It sets a .04 blood alcohol standard for 1988 and allows DOT to set a less strict limit. First offense costs a one year license loss, second offense permanent revocation.
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Department of Transportation
Thought For Today Quote From Francis Bacon
A Thought For Today cites Francis Bacon an English philosopher 1561 1626 noting We think according to nature We speak according to rules We act according to custom reflecting on discipline and tradition.
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Francis Bacon
Charm school upsells abrasive NYC ad girl in SC paper
A sharp New York advertising saleswoman relocates to a South Carolina paper. bosses flag her abrasiveness, send her to charm school, and she returns with a new perk saying fantastic instead of crude. Readers share aging quips from Esther Bethel and others in a light, personals style column.
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New York City
South Carolina
U S Faces Hard Choices in War on Terrorism
Washington weighs responses to state sponsored terrorism as Britain ties Syria to an El Al jet attack and Pakistan links Abu Nidal and Libya to the September Pan Am hijacking. U S policy leaders favor calibrated actions against both Assad and Gaddafi, with allies split on Syria.
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Washington
Reagan
Britain
London
Muammar Gaddafi
Libya
Hafez Assad
Syria
Berlin
U.S
United States
Tripoli
Bengali
Gaddafi
Lebanon
Assad
Canada
France
West Germany
Greece
Italy
Saddam Hussein
Abu Nidal
Baghdad
SDI and First Strike in Reykjavik Debate
The piece argues Reykjavik was a pretext for a Soviet first strike gambit to force U S concessions on SDI. It defends SDI as a deterrent, noting MAD obsolescence and the Soviet push for first strike capability, while urging immediate development and a ten year moratorium on tests.
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Washington
Reykjavik
Reagan
United States
Kremlin
Iceland
White House
U.S
Soviet Union
Moscow
SDI
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T. M. Carroll
Disciples of Christ
Danee
Husband Dick
By William Beecher
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U.S. Business and Industrial Council
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