Jet Noise Hurts Los Angeles Students at Local Schools
Los Angeles area schools under the flight path of Los Angeles International Airport report deafening jet noise as about 500 jets pass daily. Teachers and officials cite hearing loss, sleep disruption, and increased classroom fights, with UCLA noting evidence of hearing damage among Felton Junior High pupils. The Airport Authority funded some soundproofing but many classrooms remain unprotected.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles International Airport
Morningside High School
Morningside
UCLA
Mary Lipsman
Jefferson Elementary School
Edward Walsh
Felton Junior High School
Felton
Airport Authority
New York limits hours for construction noise
New York City Council moves to curb construction activity to 7 am to 6 pm with tight limits on sound from air compressors breakers air conditioners motor vehicles and refuse trucks. Horns would be banned except emergencies while opponents call the plan unenforceable and proponents defend it as environmental protection.
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Manattan
Theodore S. Weiss
Environmental Protection Committee
Bertram R. Gelfand
Conference Told That Americans See Noise as Major Problem
EPA official Robert Simmons told a national conference that many in the six state Rocky Mountain region view noise as the most pressing environmental issue, beyond air water and waste. Boulder and Colorado Springs have noise programs, and states are urged to enact local regulations while experts urge precise ordinances.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Robert Simmons
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Rocky ‘Mountain
Boulder
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Colorado Springs
Simmons
EPA
Stan Durkee
Lyman Tondel
New York
Dallas
Thomas J. Rose
University of Missouri
Woman escapes after bank robbers threaten life
A 20 year old Georgia Southwestern College student Barbara Pritchett was abducted at gunpoint during a bank robbery at City Hall and the First State Bank of Marshallville. She was held for about 12 hours in a wooded 7000 acre farm then fled toward police lights. FBI said warrants were issued for Robert Bonner of Atlanta and Gloria Williams. Pritchett was treated for abrasions and observation at a Montezuma hospital.
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Barbara Pritchett
City Hall
First State Bank of
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Montezuma
Perry
FBI
Robert Bonner
Atlanta
Gloria Williams
Miss Pritchett
Montezuma Hospital
Nita Lockerman
Pritchett
Airport Safe Says Chairman Defends Lambert Airport
St Louis Lambert airport safety record called among the nation’s best by airport commission chair David Leigh at a news conference. He rebutted Dallas pilot group claims that improvements were needed to reduce risk to air travelers and said Lambert meets FAA safety criteria.
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Lambert
Federal Aviation Administration
Hungate Urges Preserving History
Congressman Bil Hungate testified to a House subcommittee urging a bill to preserve historical and archaeological data. He warned the measure is urgently needed to prevent damage to America's nonrenewable resources artifacts and evidence of civilization.
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Cong
Bil Hungate
House
Interior and Insular Affairs
Hungate
America
Half of MU's MDs Practice in State
The University of Missouri medical school said nearly half the graduates since 1957 have established practices in Missouri. Of 1,948 graduates since 1957, 415 practice in the state, with 300 to 400 in residency training and 150 in the armed services.
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Columbia, Mo
University of Missouri Medical School
Missouri
University
Armed Services
Two Congress Chairmen Lose In Primaries
Two long time House chairmen fell in Democratic primaries as Wayne Aspinall lost Colorado district to Alan Merson and John McMillan was edged by John Jenrette in South Carolina. Meldrim Thompson defeated Governor Peterson in New Hampshire while Luther Hackett won Vermont GOP nomination.
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Walter R. Mears
House of Representatives
Wayne W. Aspinall
House
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Colorado
Alan Merson
University of Denver
John Jenrette
John McMillan
South Carolina
McMillan
House District of Columbia
Jenrette
New Hampshire
Meldrim Thompson
Walter Peterson
Thompson
Roger Crowley
Vermont
Luther Hackett
Deane C. Davis
James M. Jeffords
Thomas Salmon
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