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Headquarters building for the 241st Air Traffic Control Squadron in St. Joseph, Missouri. Since 2002, the Squadron has adopted a needy family each year during the Christmas time frame ensuring that the family has a good holiday. Many members of the 241st support local programs as mentors, youth coaches, and community leaders. [1]
This is a list of Superfund sites in Missouri designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
Preserved mechanically-operated ATS system formerly used on Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (installed 1927–1941, replaced with CS-ATC and TASC in 1993) See also: Train stop The invention of the fail-safe railway air brake provided an external means for stopping a train via a physical object opening a valve on the brake line to the atmosphere.
Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 (marketed as AmericanConnection Flight 5966 by American Airlines) was a scheduled passenger flight from St. Louis, Missouri to Kirksville, Missouri. On October 19, 2004, the Jetstream 32 aircraft operating the flight crashed on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport as a result of pilot error, killing 13 of the ...
Earthquake modification techniques and modern building codes are designed to prevent total destruction of buildings for earthquakes of no greater than 8.5 on the Richter Scale. [4] Although the Richter Scale is referenced, the localized shaking intensity is one of the largest factors to be considered in building resiliency.
An incoming Missouri lawmaker has introduced a bill which would offer citizens a “bounty” for turning in illegal migrants. State Sen.-elect David Gregory, a Republican recently elected to ...
The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) was established in 1977 by the United States Congress as part of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977.The original stated purpose for NEHRP was "to reduce the risks of life and property from future Earthquakes in the United States through the establishment and maintenance of an effective earthquake hazards reduction program."
SB 727 authorizes DESE, a state department overseen by the Missouri State Board of Education, to make the rules for taxpayer-provided “empowerment scholarships” to private schools.