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Budget cuts threaten 'Ellis Island of the West' |
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Written by JULIANA BARBASSA/Associated Press Writers
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 ANGEL ISLAND STATE PARK, California (AP) — Schoolchildren crowd into the barracks of this former immigration station, poring over poems of sadness and longing carved into the walls by the million-plus immigrants who passed through the "Ellis Island of the West" decades ago.
Some of their ancestors were among the mostly Chinese immigrants detained on this island in San Francisco Bay.
Back in their classroom, these fourth-graders will do some writing of their own, joining ethnic groups, outdoor enthusiasts and educators in petitioning Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to spare Angel Island from a proposal that 220 state parks be closed because of California's $24.3 billion budget deficit.
Shuttering the parks at the end of summer would cut $70 million through the end of the fiscal year next June. Keeping them closed through the following fiscal year would save $143.4 million more.
Angel Island's dingy barracks, reopened four months ago after a $15 million facelift, tell a lesser-known side of American immigration history than its Eastern counterpart: the hardship that Chinese newcomers faced at the hands of immigration officials enforcing race-based laws.
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Object flying by plane may have been model rocket |
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Written by By Associated Press
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Sunday, 07 June 2009 |
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LIBERTY, Texas (AP) — Investigators in Texas say a flying object that narrowly missed a Continental Express plane last month may have been a large model rocket.
The jet's pilot and co-pilot spotted the object and a long white vapor trail shortly after they took off from Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport on May 29. The plane was bound for Greenville, S.C.
Pilots spotted the object at roughly 16,000 feet. It was about 5 feet to 7 feet long.
Liberty County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Ken DeFoor told the Houston Chronicle that no model rocket clubs reported having launches that day, and that a permit would be needed to launch a rocket that high.
Another Continental plane narrowly missed a probable model rocket after leaving the airport last year, also around Memorial Day. That plane was flying about 4,750 feet.
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Buffalo crash opened window into pilots' life |
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Written by CAROLYN THOMPSON/Associated Press Writers
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Sunday, 07 June 2009 |
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CLARENCE, N.Y. (AP) — Long-suffering pilots for commuter airlines say it's about time that Washington and passengers alike pay attention to the cockpit, where pilots may be exhausted, under-trained — and paid less than the bus or cab drivers who'd ferried their passengers to the airport.
"We have been calling for years trying to get the public to understand what their lifestyle is really like," said Capt. Paul Rice, first vice president of the Air Line Pilots Association, International, the nation's largest pilot's union, representing 54,000 flyers.
The plight of many commuter pilots was revealed at a recent federal hearing into the Feb. 12 crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 near Buffalo that killed 50 people.
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90-year-old woman gets high school diploma |
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Written by By Associated Press
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Sunday, 07 June 2009 |
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CHICAGO (AP) — A 90-year-old suburban Chicago woman who dropped out of school to help her family during the Great Depression now has her high school diploma.
Eleanor Benz left Chicago Public Schools' Lake View High in 1936 during her senior year to take a job. Over the following decades she moved to the suburb of Gurnee and had 15 children, 54 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren.
Benz attended night school for typing and bookkeeping, but she recently told one of her daughters that never completing high school was one of her greatest disappointments. Her children contacted Lake View, and the school approved Benz's diploma.
This week, at her 90th birthday party, Benz's family presented her with the diploma and a 2009 gown and cap with a 1936 tassel, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
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Mexican day care fire victims taken to Sacramento |
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Written by DON THOMPSON/Associated Press Writer
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Sunday, 07 June 2009 |
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two 3-year-old children who were among dozens injured in a fatal day care fire in northern Mexico were being treated Saturday at a regional pediatric burn center in Sacramento.
One of the young patients, a girl, had burns over 80 percent of her body and was expected to require months of care at Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California. A hospital spokeswoman said she was in critical condition.
Dr. Tina Palmieri, assistant chief of burns for the hospital, said the survivability rate in such cases is about 50 percent.
"It's going to be challenging," she said. "A lot of it is how deep the burn is and where it's located and how bad is the smoke inhalation."
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