Lone Star Feels Empty Nest War With Egrets
Lone Star faces 2000 white migratory egrets occupying ten acres in the northwest. The birds’ waste kills trees and carries histoplasmosis risk, but the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act blocks removal. City measures, health department approvals, and a federal permit are required, while noisy deterrents fail to drive the birds away.
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Egret protection and luxury travel notes mix in column
Federal protection for the egret, a member of the Ardeidae with ai grette history, contrasts with a feature on lavish fall vacations at Gaithersburg Maryland’s Holiday Inn. The piece also includes reader mail, poetry excerpts, and a Geneva poll on national trust.
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Holiday Inn
Norman Groh
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New X-24B Shape Advances Lifting Body Flight
The X-24B, latest manned lifting body in the NASA USAF program, will be air launched from a B 52, use a rocket to reach transonic speeds, then glide to a dry lakebed landing at NASA Flight Research Center Edwards California. Test pilot is John Manke.
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California
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