High level air safety dispute spans networks and officials
Washington and Kansas City reports show FAA head Engen defending safety while NTSB chair Burnett warns of eroding safety. TV appearances feature aviation leaders and pilots union critique. Secretary Dole seeks to boost air controller ranks as summer travel looms. In Kansas City, two Jamaican nationals receive eight-year federal prison terms for cocaine smuggling at the airport.
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Washington
Donald Engen
Federal Aviation Administration
James Burnett
National Transportation Safety Board
Engen
Abc-Tv
David Brink
Burnett
Henry Duffy
Air Line Pilots Assn
ABC
Duffy
Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City International Airport
Bruce W. Simon
Marva M. Tingling
Beverly A. Drummond
Kansas City
Vachel Lindsay remembered in Springfield bio film study
Springfield residents honor Vachel Lindsay with a biography and edition of his prose while a short film about the poet debuts. Historians note his three cross country walks and early film criticism work. Lindsay’s fame rose after LA trip, then faded before his 1931 suicide at 52.
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Springfield
Vachel Lindsay
West
Lindsay
Janet Lundgren
United States
Johnny Appleseed
America
Dennis Camp
Sangamon State University
New York City
Florida
Kentucky
New York
Ohio
Camp
Los Angeles
Parthenon
Athens
Pisa
Taj Mahal
Wagon Mound
N.M
Gen
William Booth
The
Salvation Army
London
Heaven
Congo
Excerpts from Vachel Lindsay Poems
Springfield AP excerpts present vivid passages and imagery from Lindsay poems. It includes lines about Booth, the saints, and scenes from A Gospel of Beauty and In Praise of Johnny Appleseed, highlighting Lindsay’s farmer, democratic imagery and nature themes.
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Johnny Appleseed
U S tightens rule banning multiple commercial licenses
Washington AP report: the Transportation Department will bar truck and bus drivers from holding more than one commercial driver’s license. Penalties up to 5000 dollars for drivers and employers. possible 90 days in jail after July 1. NTSB and industry support aim to reduce hidden violations and improve safety. The plan includes a future nationwide computerized license clearinghouse to verify licenses. Enforcement will be harder until the system is in place.
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Engen
Burnett
NTSB
FAA
Washington
Transportation Department
Elizabeth Dole
Congress
Highway Safety Groups
American Trucking Assas
Barry Sweedler
National Transportation Safety Board
Safety Board
Thomas Donohue
American Trucking Assns
Parks agency moves to save three historic sites
The Interior Department launches a $1 million five year program to protect a 198 year old 35 room Gallatin mansion at Friendship Hill in Pennsylvania, a West Virginia hiking trail, and a Tennessee Kentucky recreation area from soil erosion and water pollution from abandoned coal mines. The effort, coordinated by the Office of Surface Mining and the National Park Service, uses funds from the abandoned mine land fund.
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Washington
Interior Department
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
National Park Service System
Interior
Donald Hodel
Albert Gallatin
Treasury
Jefferson
Madison
Monongahela River
Congress
Friendship Hill National Historical Site
Jeff Hammons
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Vachel Lindsay, Pilgrim
Nicholas K. Geramios
Associated Press
Lindsay Sampler
Booth
Harry Ainu
Borneo
Traveller
U.S
Parks Agency
Department’s Office of
National Park Service
State Farm
Bill Hogle
CLU
Ulomobile
Schaefer and Associates Financial and Insurance
Larry J. Schaefer
West Sixth
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