BRIEFLY VAN NUYS AVIATION EXPO SET FOR JUNE.VAN NUYS - The Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. Aviation Expo will be held June 24-25, which is about a month earlier than in past years, officials said Wednesday. The earlier date will reduce some scheduling conflicts, said Richard French, a Van Nuys Airport spokesman. An estimated 300,000 spectators are expected to attend the free weekend air show and see demonstrations and displays of military and vintage aircraft, aerobatics aerobatics Sport of performing maneuvers such as rolls, loops, stalls, spins, and dives with an airplane. As an organized sport, rather than as an air show attraction (“stunt flying”), aerobatics began international competition in 1960 under the auspices of the routines, skydiving skydiving Sport of jumping from an airplane at a moderate altitude (e.g., 6,000 ft [1,800 m]) and executing various body maneuvers before pulling the rip cord of a parachute. Competitive events include jumping for style, landing with accuracy, and performing in teams (e.g. and other presentations. - Daily News FURROW furrow /fur·row/ (fur´o) a groove or sulcus. atrioventricular furrow the transverse groove marking off the atria of the heart from the ventricles. LAWYERS PLAN TRIAL STRATEGY Lawyers for white supremacist Buford O. Furrow Jr. plan to assert a mental health defense at his murder trial should prosecutors seek the death penalty, according to court records. The defense also wants a judge to force the government to turn over internal documents related to the decision whether to seek the death penalty. And it wants copies of Furrow's mental health records, which prosecutors have. - City News Service CITYHOOD MEETING MONDAY IN ARLETA ARLETA - An update on the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. cityhood movement will be given Monday at a meeting of the Arleta Chamber of Commerce and Residents Association, officials said. Community members are invited to attend the meeting at 7 p.m. at Canterbury Avenue Elementary School auditorium, 13670 Montague St., Arleta. A presentation also will be made on the 2000 census. - Daily News SATURN DEALERSHIP TO HOST BLOOD DRIVE Blood mobiles will take center stage at a North Hills car dealership Saturday when it hosts a blood collection drive for National Donor Day. Saturn of the Valley, 15421 Roscoe Blvd., will host the drive from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors can donate blood, pledge future donations and register with the National Marrow Donor Program The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) is a nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that operates the federally funded registry of volunteer hematopoietic cell donors in the United States. These potential donors, numbering more than 6. . To encourage visitors to fill out organ and tissue donation cards, the dealership will give out 15-minute long-distance calling cards to the first 50 visitors so they can tell family members of their decision. - Daily News PASSENGER ILLNESS BLAMED ON LIQUID People aboard an American Airlines jetliner preparing for takeoff at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX became sick Wednesday when a passenger poured what authorities believe was liquid PCP PCP abbr. 1. phencyclidine 2. primary care physician Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) onto his seat. The jetliner was taxiing about 1:15 a.m. when the crew reported a disturbance and a strong chemical odor, police said. As the aircraft returned to the gate, passengers saw a man dump a liquid out of two baby bottles, police said. - Associated Press |
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