ANTELOPE VALLEY: BRIEFLY : AIR FORCE BURNS UP FLAWED ROCKET FUEL.EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. - Four 500-pound canisters of a rocket fuel called pentaborane were disposed of in a controlled burn Prescribed or controlled burning (back burning) is a technique sometimes used in forest management, farming, prairie restoration or greenhouse gas abatement. Fire is a natural part of both forest and grassland ecology and controlled fire can be a tool for foresters. Thursday at Phillips Laboratory, Air Force officials said. The canisters had flaws making them unsuitable for continued storage and the Air Force had no need for the fuel. The chemical ignites in contact with air over 78 degrees Fahrenheit, officials said. The Air Force plans to dispose of To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use. See also: Dispose 400 such canisters at an estimated cost of $2 million. SOURCE: - Daily News School to sponsor required physicals LAKE LOS ANGELES - Pre-enrollment physicals for schoolchildren schoolchildren school npl → écoliers mpl; (at secondary school) → collégiens mpl; lycéens mpl schoolchildren school and blood pressure checks and immunizations will be provided from 9 a.m. to noon July 1 at Wilsona Elementary School, 16845 E. Ave. M-8. The checkups will be made by a physician and nurses with the Careavan mobile health van, and sponsored by the Visiting Nurse vis·it·ing nurse n. A registered nurse employed by a public health agency or hospital to promote community health and especially to visit and administer treatment to sick people in their homes. Association and United Way. Appointments must be made by Thursday by calling (805) 264-5915 between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. weekdays. SOURCE: - Daily News |
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