Air traffic controllers weigh lives in split second calls
At major airports a controller handles about 100 aircraft per hour and roughly 5,000 lives in the same period while guiding planes to land or take off. Ray Belanger, rising to chief of FAA evaluation, describes the high stakes of rapid judgments under pressure. The job is well paid, with base pay around 20 555 dollars plus 10 percent for extra work.
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Washington
UPI
Ray Belanger
Federal Aviation Administration
F. Lee Bailey
Air Traffic Control
Air traffic controllers under scrutiny amid safety debates
The piece contrasts FAA defendents with critics who depict controllers as overwhelmed by hundreds of decisions per hour and relying on tranquilizers, while noting FAA calls for updated gear and higher workload. Senator Pearson links funding to accidents, and Gen McKee discusses miscalculations in agency management.
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Bailey
FAA
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Lodge condemns North Vietnam for prisoner treatment
UPI dispatch reports United States envoy Henry Cabot Lodge accusing North Vietnam of inhumane treatment of American POWs at peace talks in Paris. Lodge urged impartial international inspection of camps and cited testimonies from three freed prisoners alleging torture and lack of medical care.
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Paris
UPI
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Vietnam
Hanoi
Lodge
Ha van Lau
Lau
U S mounts border drug flow attack
The United States launches Operation Intercept with multiple agencies using radar planes and intensified border checks to halt drug smuggling from Mexico. The task force aims to cut marijuana supply, with possible aerial chemical destruction and negotiations with Mexico, while noting marijuana’s link to crime.
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Washington
A4p
Mexico
Richard G. Kleindienst
Federal Aviation Administration
Kleindienst
California
East Berliner guardsman escapes to West
A 20 year old East German border guard fled to the West on Friday after knocking his companion unconscious. He crossed the Communist frontier while still armed with the rifle he claimed he used to threaten his private first class superior whom he feared would shoot. West German police released details yesterday.
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Munich
UPI
Weather Outlook With Warm, Sunny Skies Across the Lake
A sunny, warm day with a high in the lower 80s. Tonight will be fair and mild with a low near the upper 50s. Tomorrow partly cloudy and warm with winds easing to 10 to 15 knots across the lake through Sunday.
British send more troops to shore up peace wall in Belfast
In Belfast, a British soldier guarding the Protestant Catholic peace wall was killed in the hills south of the city. Officials called the death accidental and promised an inquiry. Riot violence spurred a surge of reinforcements, bringing total British troops in Ulster to about 7,000 as 600 more shipside arrivals were expected.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Istry
London
Ulster
Viet Cong raid hits Saigon militia post in early morning strike
Viet Cong commandos penetrated Saigon for the first time in four months killing three South Vietnamese and heavily damaging a militia headquarters in the 9th precinct. In another action, a VC force overran a refugee camp near An Hoa, destroying 80 percent of the camp and killing eight civilians.
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Saigon
UPS
An Hoa
Moon rock arrives for Smithsonian display in Washington
A lunar rock weighing about two pounds is flown from Houston to Washington for public viewing at the Smithsonian Institution. NASA scientists will discuss findings at a news conference, followed by a private ceremony where NASA Administrator Paine presents the rock to Smithsonian Secretary Ripley. Apollo II astronauts and notable officials are invited to attend.
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Smithsonian Institution
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Houston
NASA
Thomas O. Paine
Smithsonian
S. Dillon Ripley
Earth
Congress
Spiro T. Agnew
Storm warning delays under review in Lorain County
Storm alert raises questions about warning reliability in Lorain County with July 4 delays blamed on obsolete radar and human error. Officials note limited radar capacity, reliance on larger neighboring radars, and communication bottlenecks as factors in warning timing.
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Lorain County
Cleveland-Hopkins Weather Bureau
Cuyahoga County
Red Cross
Civil Defense
Weather Bureau
Weather Sureau
Richard Fay
Joseph Stockstill
Lorain County Civil Defense
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