Tighter air security ahead at ICAO meeting
In Montreal a 33 nation ICAO council orders a study of screening devices such as radios and tape players for potential bombs. The move follows the Lockerbie bombing and seeks quicker detection of explosives, better passenger baggage matching, cargo security, and tighter airport access controls. Public officials from the United States and Britain hailed the agreement as a new era of international cooperation against terrorism in civil aviation.
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Montreal
Council
International Civil Aviation Organization
Lockerbie
Scotland
U.S
United Nations
ICAO
U.S. Transportation
Samuel K. Skinner
Paul Channon
Area battles rising water as flooding widens across county
Ector County workers used two 5,000 gallon tankers at the 57th Street and McKnight Drive intersection to finish pumping after 1.13 inches of rain drenched the Permian Basin. Road and Bridge Director Bud Bush said areas drain to that spot and predicted more rain was possible, with NWS forecasting a 20 percent chance tonight and Saturday. City crews monitored trouble spots and urged motorists to slow down through flooded intersections as beginnings of a broader flood threat spread beyond the county.
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Ector County
57Th Street
McKnight Drive
Permian
Bud Bush
Constantine Pashos
National Weather Service
Midland International Airport
California
Texas
Pashos
NWS
Bush
63Rd Street
Stevenson Avenue
47Th Street
Webb Avenue
57Th
McKnight
Don Coleman
Ector County Road and Bridge
Daniel Valenzuela
East 57Th and
McKnight Streets
Combest backs Bush S L plan to stabilize banks
Rep. Larry Combest praised President Bush s plan to reform the savings and loan and FDIC systems saying it could restore depositor confidence and curb the financial crisis. He opposes a merger of FDIC and FSLIC and notes the plan aims to limit taxpayer exposure while banks and thrifts may pass some costs to consumers.
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Bush
Larry Combest
America
Congress
Combest
Odessa
Dale Halloway
Texas thrifts offer deposits premium amid shaky S&Ls
As President Bush promises protection for insured deposits, a handful of small Texas thrifts tempt outside investors with high rates once dubbed a Texas premium. National averages rise slowly while the Northeast and mid-Atlantic show stronger deposit demand. FDIC spokesman Alan Whitney notes the premium mirrors market prices amid marginal insolvencies.
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Houston
Bush
Savings and Loan
Texas
Big Texas
Northeast
mid-Atlantic States
Alan Whitney
The
Fed
Waldenbooks pulls Satanic Verses amid threats and sales boom
The nations largest bookseller Waldenbooks ordered The Satanic Verses off shelves fearing threats to staff including Odessa employees, while sales surged as word spread. Bonnie Predd says protection of employees drives the move, not free speech. In Permian Mall, clerk Becky Ballard notes only two copies were available before removal, with home office instructions cited. B Dalton in the same mall expects a new shipment. clerk Steve Wright reports six copies sold already and says demand has grown as publicity increases.
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Waldenbooks
Odessa
Bonnie Predd
Predd
New York Times
Becky Ballard
Permian Mall
B Dalton Bookseller
Steve Wright
B Dalton
Wright
Magazines reject Smith & Wesson women’s revolver ads
Smith & Wesson faces difficulty placing ads for its new Lady Smith revolvers as several major women’s magazines reject the campaign. Harper’s Bazaar Redbook and Town & Country won’t publish, Cosmopolitan opted out after being approached, while others consider or decline.
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Dallas
Smith & Wesson
Sherry Collins
Lady Smith
Michael Shypula
Springfield
Mass
Women’s Sports and Fitness
Harper’s Bazaar
Redbook
Town & Country
Charlotte Veal
Hearst Magazines
Cosmopolitan
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Eral Deposit Insurance Corp
Washington
Abby
Rushdie
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