Security debate on airline safety after Pan Am 103
Experts clash over how to prevent future attacks as airline security, training, and screening programs come under scrutiny. Samuel Skinner touts strong FAA-led measures while critics push for intensified training and new detection systems akin to Israeli standards. A Bush commission will assess failure points and public disclosure of credible threats.
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Samuel Skinner
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Shinnes
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Vincent
Air Transport Association
Bush
Commission
James Weidner
Alfonso D'Amato
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Remembrance Service For Pan Am 103 Victims In Ramsey
Relatives of Pan Am Flight 103 victims gathered at Ramsey Presbyterian Church for a Christmas season service marking the first anniversary of the December 21 1988 bombing that killed 259 aboard and 11 on the ground in Lockerbie. About 70 people attended including 22 families, with wreaths Advent candles and a manger as congregants reflected on loss and hope.
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Ramsey Presbyterian Church
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Scotland
Robert A. Colman
Panama awaits U S action amid canal transfer tensions
Panama expects U S action as plans to transfer canal control and close bases by century end loom. Reports say Panamanian officers halted U S personnel near the Defense Headquarters leading to a fatal shooting and arrests, while officials dispute who fired first and whether civilians were harmed.
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Noriega
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Marc Cisneros
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Southern Command
Washington
Defense Department
Dat Dawatad
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U.S. Navy
Pentagon
Seth
Ritter probe threatens Covenant House’s future
The Rev Bruce Ritter founder of Covenant House faces allegations he harmed the shelter’s finances and engaged in sexual misconduct with a young man. Manhattan DA probes financial improprieties while supporters warn the case could devastate the 85 million a year operation serving 25 000 youths annually. Cardinal O Connor defends Ritter citing integrity despite the accusations.
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Bruce Ritter
Covenant Howse
Times Square
Ritter
Covenant House
Jeff Baron
Emergency Shelter
United States
Toronto
Latin America
Reagan
Bush
Ge Edwin Meese
River
Manhattan
John J. O'Connor
Cuomo and officials confer on education goals in Albany
Albany meeting includes Gov Cuomo and Education Commissioner Sobol with Regents Chancellor Barell SUNY Johnstone and education groups. They discuss reducing dropouts, testing performance, drug free schools, and longer school days while acknowledging a looming budget deficit that may limit funding. Sobol pushes preschool and all day kindergarten expansion despite fiscal limits.
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Thomas Conroy
Conroy
Albany
Thomas Sobol
Board of Regents
Martin Barell
State University of New York
D. Bruce Johnstone
New York State United Teachers and
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State School Boards Association
Selling Board
Sobol
New York State
Hospital Struggles as $500 Million Revamp Falls Short
The New York Kings Presbyterian Hospital, part of Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, reports chronic deficits in emergency care and clinics. Officials blame insufficient state indigent care funding while a $500 million expansion drains resources, with an estimated $50 million annual loss and substantial endowment expenditure.
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Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Upper Manhattan
New York Times
Presbyterian Hospital
Seymour Milstein
the Times
Winds Delay Search For Missing Piper Navajo
High winds hindered a multi aircraft search in the Catskills for a twin engine Piper Navajo that vanished Friday night. About 20 aircraft scoured four counties as rescuers pressed the incident into Sunday before search efforts paused overnight due to worsening conditions. Authorities from state police in Catskill reported the continued search and suspension until morning.
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Catskill Mountains
John Vansteenburg
Catskill
Kness
Robert Carl
Albany man sues city over Moses statue in park
Eugene Burt, using an assumed name, sues the City of Albany in U S District Court alleging violation of the church state separation by a turn of the century statue of Moses in Washington Park. Burt claimed the statue is a Jewish statue and has a history of disruptive religious demonstrations.
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St. Patrick's Day
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Albany
Moses
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