ANTELOPE VALLEY: BRIEFLY : COMMITTEE VOTES FOR B-2 PRODUCTION.PALMDALE - The House National Security Committee approved $350 million Thursday to keep the B-2 stealth bomber production line open. The funding, being sought as part of a plan to build at least nine more bombers, was approved as part of the committee's 1998 Defense Authorization Bill. A vote by the House of Representatives could come within the next two to three weeks, said Armando Azarloza, spokesman for Rep. Howard ``Buck'' McKeon, R-Santa Clarita. Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S. , the prime contractor of the B-2, estimates it would cost $9.3 billion to build the nine aircraft over a six-year period. ?13- Daily News Mom, child treated after fire at home LANCASTER - A woman and her 3-year-old child were treated for smoke inhalation Smoke Inhalation Definition Smoke inhalation is breathing in the harmful gases, vapors, and particulate matter contained in smoke. Description Smoke inhalation typically occurs in victims or firefighters caught in structural fires. Thursday after a fire broke out in a bedroom of their Lancaster home, fire officials said. Both mother and child were treated at Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital and released following the 11:49 a.m. fire in the 43800 block of 17th Street East. After calling the Fire Department, the 21-year-old woman used a fire extinguisher fire extinguisher: see fire fighting. to stop the flames. Damage was estimated at $10,000; the fire's cause was under investigation. ?13- Daily News Palmdale council approves city park PALMDALE - The City Council approved spending $1.1 million to turn a former commercial strip along Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling into a linear park. The park will be 110 feet wide and about a half-mile long. The park will include desert plants, shrubs, lawns with shade trees, small hills, and pine, London plane Noun 1. London plane - very large fast-growing tree much planted as a street tree Platanus acerifolia genus Platanus, Platanus - genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore , cypress and cedar trees. The work will be carried out by Terra Cal Construction of Baldwin Park. Work is expected to begin in July and be finished in October. |
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