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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday August 23.1987 More airports May get safety rules Charlotte . A transportation Secre tary Elizabeth Dole said saturday the Federal govern ment plans to increase the number of airports protected by restricted airspace and to require More sophisticated anti Colli Sion devices Tor airliners. Done said the Federal aviation administration will propose the new rules establishing restricted air space known As terminal control areas at nine additional airports. Twenty i rec airports already have teas when flying through this airspace All planes would be on radar screens and directed by air traffic Dole controllers she said. Al a news conference Dole declined to comment on the recent disastrous Northwest airlines crash in de Troil saying that it is department policy not to com ment on crashes under investigation by the National transportation safety Board. She said it was unfortunate there had been so much speculation on the cause poll says most . Catholics differ with Pope los Angeles up american catholics hold Pope John Paul ii in High regard Bat a majority of hem disagree with a teachings and policies on a number of issues according to a Las Angeles times poll. The Survey published in sunday s edition of the times indicated that disagreement with offi Cial roman Catholic Church doctrine is. Strong est and most striking among catholics age 40 and under. Moreover by a 10-1 ratio . Catholics said that a member May disagree with Church teach Ings and still be considered a Loyal Follower. And even among those catholics who Are very Strong in their support of the Pope s doctrine Only one in five say that a member must follow All the Church s teachings to be considered Faith Ful the Survey shows. Despite the sentiments expressed about his teachings the Pone who will make a pastoral visit to the United states next month u held in favourable regard by �4 percent of catholics ver sus Only 4 percent who hold unfavourable views of him. The finding indicate that . Catholic Are not Likely to feel obliged to change their views on Church positions because of speeches the pontiff is expected to give during his tour that will underscore traditional Catholic teaching particularly the Vatican s ban on contraception artificial insemination abortion premarital sex and divorce the newspaper said. Only one fourth of american catholics surveyed said they believe that a Pope is infallible in matters of Faith and morals when he says he is. Of the crash. It would be irresponsible to comment until they finish their investigation and put together All aspects of it she said. She also said the Faa had proposed a Rule requiring the installation in commercial aircraft of the collision warning system known As Tacas ii or traffic Alert and collision avoidance system. The nine airports thai would be effected Are Char Lotte . Baltimore Washington International Washington s Dulles Airport Tampa Fla. Orlando a. Memphis Tenn. Salt Lake City Houston Hobby and Phoenix Ariz the Federal aviation administration already has said it plans to require thut Tacas which warns a Pilot of an impending collision be installed in jetliners Over the next two years. Concern about Aerial crashes has increased amid a Rise this year in the number of near collision reports filed by pilots. During the first six months of 1987, pilots reported 50 percent More near collisions than during the same Lime a year ago. Earlier this month a. Private Pilot came close to colliding with president Reagan s Heli copter Over the mountains near the president s califor Nia ranch an acro Exko dc-9 collided with a Small private plane Over Cerritos Calif in August 19s6, and last january a commuter plane collided with a private aircraft Over sail Lake City. Private pilots for years have fought any attempt to expand the number of teas because the Low of air traffic within such airspace is restricted closely by air traffic controllers and aircraft must have navigational equipment not needed cos where. A terminal control area is a Section of airspace that resembles an inverted wadding cake with the air port in the Center. The airspace is designed to provide Safe routes for commercial jetliners and other More sophisticated aircraft in and out of he busiest airports. A Pilot Musl obtain permission from a controller to enter a Tea and the aircraft Musl have equipment a so called Mode a radar transponder that allows the controller to determine the plane s Altitude. Teas already arc located around the major airports at Atlanta Boston Chicago. Dallas fort Worth los arid to Miami new York san Francisco washing ton National Cleveland Denver Detroit Honolulu Houston Kansas City. To. Las vegas Minneapolis new Orleans Philadelphia i it Burgh Seattle St. Louis and san Diego. 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Les Aspin a wis. The it All but one of them republicans at Aspen cached a dissenting statement that said the document prepared by the majority avoids addressing Hie most critical issues pertaining to the . Re flagging  none of the legislators was present when the document was released. Congress is in the midst of its summer recess. Many of the facts in the report had been released during a series of bearings by the committees earlier this summer. The dispute mirrors the debate that Hai occupied much of the democratic controlled Congress since the administration announced the decision to put Ameri can flags and captains on 11 kuwaiti tankers and give the tankers Navy Protection. Critics have pointed to the mistaken May 17 iraqi attack on the guided missile frigate Stark which killed 37 . Seamen and said the decision could involve America in the Iran Iraq War and mean More . Casualties. Defenders have said the decision was made to protect Freedom of the seas and to limit soviet influence in the Region. Congress his not taken any final action although 114 members of Congress filed suit on aug. 6 in , District court in Washington seeking to Force the administration to invoke the War Powers act. But one fact Given Low priority at the time was the threat of mines which have become a major problem for Gulf shipping. Iran has said it has Laid some of the mines but it has not accepted responsibility for setting the mine that damaged the supertanker bldg con on july 24, during the first of the .Tm a Hostil in Carter 15anoa voice to sing with a Jan baby advice How to and miscellaneous i Webster s ninth new collegiate dictionary 2the i week cholesterol cd re by Robert e Kowlsky a Hoh to marry the Man of tour Choice by   
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