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Wednesday, November 4, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
Ex-interior undersecretary picked to fill secretary of labor position
WASHINGTON — President Reagan yesterday nominated former Interior Undersecretary Ann Dore McLaughlin to succeed William E. Brock as secretary of labor and bring a woman back into his Cabinet.
port."
Reagan called McLaughlin, who also has held senior roles in the Treasury Department and the Environmental Protection Agency, a woman of "uncommon experience and competence . . . who has won my full confidence and sup-
With only 15 months remaining in the administration, there appeared to be little sentiment among Democrats and labor unions for opposing the nomination.
Entertainment leaders blast Gore, hearings
"We're going to take a pretty good look at her, but it doesn't seem like she's drawing any serious opposition," said Paul Donovan, a spokesman for the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee.
LOS ANGELES — Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Albert Gore Jr. and his wife, Tipper, told entertainment executives last week they regretted that her cruse against obscene rock music lyrics led to congressional hearings, according to a published report.
The private meeting was
attended by some of the entertainment industry's top executives, many of whom made it clear they were not mollified.
MCA music entertainment chief Irving A佐icked off a series of private and legislative action regarding rock music since 1985 and told Tipper Gore. "We blame you for all of it."
Iran names Nov. 4 'Death to America Day'
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Iranan, leaders declared today a national holiday to mark the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Teheran and called on their people to take to the streets and make "America tremble in fear."
Teheran Radio, monitored in
Nicosia yesterday, dubbed Nov. 4 "Death to America Day."
Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's chosen successor, said the Nov. 4, 1979, takeover of the embassy "shattered the myth of American power."
Snail. ovster champ to defy clam record
ROSEBURG, Ore. —In 1975, Dave Barnes ate 424 little-neck clams in eight minutes in his hometown of Port Townsend, Wash., winning a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. But now, Tommy Greene plans to
But now Tommy Greene plans to
challenge Barnes' mark after Thanksgiving in Deale, Md. Greene already holds records for swallowing 220 snails in less than three minutes and 288 oysters in two minutes, 43 seconds.
WASHINGTON — The country's airline flight would be required to be equipped by the early 1990s with instruments that warn pilots of impending mid-air collisions under legislation passed by the House yesterday.
House passes air safety bill
The Associated Press
The bill, passed by a 405-4 vote, in part reflects congressional frustration with a 30-year search by government and industry for equipment that could be carried by aircraft and would help prevent mid-air crashes.
"It is about time," Rep. Robert Dornan, R-Calif., said of the measure.
The legislation would give the Federal Aviation Administration 18 months to complete development of the so-called TCAS-II, the version of the traffic alert and collision avoidance system that is designed for airliners. The equipment would have
to be carried on board all airliners with more than 30 seats within 30 months of its certification.
The instrument has a screen that displays nearby aircraft. If a collision appears imminent, the device sounds an alarm about 30 seconds before the anticipated crash and suggests a climb or descent that could prevent the accident.
Supporters say it would cost $80,000 to $100,000 for each TCAS-II to be installed. The equipment has been tested on Piedmont Airlines aircraft, and other carriers plan future tests.
In the first nine months of the year, there have been 857 near-collitions reported to the FAA, up from 628 during the same period in 1986. About one in four of the incidents involved at least one airliner, with the rest involving smaller private planes.
"We need to restore confidence in the flying public that the skies are
safe," said Rep. Dan Glickman, D-Kan.
The bill also orders the FAA to develop the more sophisticated TCAS-III as quickly as possible. That instrument could also suggest possible right or left turns to prevent a crash, but it is several years away from being tested.
TCAS-I, which is only a proposal,
would be a similar version designed
for other platforms.
The bill is necessary to "assure that the Department of Transportation gets serious about meeting their schedule," said Rep. Dave McCurdy, D-Dokla.
The FAA has proposed requiring aircraft with more than 30 seats to carry TCAS-II within three years. But FAA officials say it would take a form to formally adopt the rule.
Ginsburg's activities reviewed
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — An American Bar Association panel and the government's ethics office said yesterday they were reviewing Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg's handling of a cable television case while he held investments in a cable firm.
Senators, meanwhile, still were reacting with caution to Ginsburg, saying they know too little about him to make any judgment on his qualifications.
into'' is Ginsburg's cable holdings.
make this happen.
Even Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole refused to commit himself to Ginsburg, saying he wanted "to find out about the cable thing myself."
Dole, a candidate for his party's presidential nomination, added, "I want to hear what they have to say."
The 14-member ABA review committee rates the professional qualifications of federal judges. Senators often give the committee's findings great weight in their debates and decision-making.
Harold R. Tyrler Jr. of New York, chairman of the ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary and the United Nations, will look
Donald E. Campbell, acting director of the Office of Government Ethics, said his staff will "look at all the facts" before discussing Ginsburg's activities while heading the Justice Department's antitrust division.
The ethics office, established in 1978, monitors compliance with federal conflict-of-interest laws and with administrative procedures governing the conduct of federal employees.
Navy ship fired on gulf fishing boat by mistake
From The Associated Press.
federal employees. The Associated Press reported last weekend that Ginsburg supervised a government effort last year to win First Amendment protection for cable television operators while he had a $140,000 investment in Rogers Communications Inc.
The Associated Press
MANAMA, Bahrain — Persian Gulf shipping sources said yesterday a U.S. Navy frigate fired on a fishing boat last weekend, not a hostile Iranian craft as the Pentagon believed, and killed an Indian member of its crew.
They quoted another crewman who said the warship fired machine guns even though the fishing boat and two boats with it showed lights and were making way for the frigate and a refueling tanker being escorted out of the gulf. The Pentagon identified the Navy ship as the USS Carr.
The shipping sources' account of the shooting incident, which the Pentagon said occurred at dusk Sunday near the Iranian island of Abu Musa, was similar in many respects to that of their own. They denied any Iranian boats were involved in an encounter with the Navy.
Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency quoted a military spokesman as saying, "Our investigations yesterday and today show that, contrary to U.S. claims, no unusual event happened near the Abu Musa island Sunday evening."
In Washington, the Pentagon issued a statement yesterday saying Navy officials in the gulf have been asked to review the incident in light of the reports. "At this point, we have no reason to change our original statement," the officials said.
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