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Universal Computer Systems, Inc.
6700 Hollister, Houston, TX 77040
(713) 718-1400 or 800-883-3031
(713) 718-1401 - fax
www.universalcomputersys.com
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Air Force F-16 collides will
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smaller airplane in Florid
One person killed, fighter pilot parachutes to safe
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — An Air
For.ce F-16 collided with a small
plane Thursday and crashed in
flames. One person aboard the small
plane was killed, while the fighter pi
lot parachuted to safety onto a golf
course and walked to someone’s
house to use the phone.
Pieces of the small plane, a Cess
na, landed on the golf course. The
wreckage of the fighter jet started a
fire in the woods a few miles away.
No injuries were reported on tfie
ground.
A man aboard the Cessna was
killed, said Henry Sheffield, a district
fire chief. The fighter pilot ejected
safely.
“He’s very, J very shaken up, obvi
ously,’’ said Manatee County Sheriff
spokesman Dave Bristow. “He’s
fine. He doesn’t have any scratches.”
Gerald Rivera was working on a
construction site nearby. “We asked
the pilot if he was OK and he said,
‘Yeah,’ ” Rivera told the Sarasota
Herald Tribune.
The Air Force said the jet was
from Moody Air Force Base in Val
dosta, Ga., but was on a training mis
sion that originated from Florida’s
MacDill Air Force Base, about 20
miles from the crash site.
Sheriff Charles Wells said two F-
16s were on the training mission but
only one was involved in the crash.
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head. Then all of
a sudden, boom.
It looked like the
little plane came
in from the side/ f
Bob Morrow
eye witness
Larry Leinhauser, spokesman for
the Manatee County Department of
Public Safety, said several witnesses
reported seeing two Cessnas circling
each other and “playing tag” shortly
before the crash.
Witnesses said one of the pin
pulled away and the otherhed
north into the path of the F|
Leinhauser said. Authoritiesdia:
have any information on the sea^
Cessna.
David Buyher, who lives J
home on the golf course, saidtiq
his wife were on their patioi
they heard the F-16s fly over.::
making a loud “pop.” Re Texa:
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from the Cessna raining downed
golf course and around their b/- ; T|
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at first,” Buyher said. “We thou®
was the F-16 exploding, untilwea •
the pieces coming down.”
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Thousands turn out
at night to welcome
Clinton to Vietnam
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debuts in U.S. InltanK
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Presi
dent Clinton began a historic visit
Thursday to Vietnam, stirring painful
memories back home of America's
longest and most unpopular war and
promising a former enemy “to build
a different future.”
Clinton arrived in the communist
capital late at night, the first U.S.
president ever in Hanoi, a city once
bombed by American warplanes.
The welcoming ceremony was put
off until morning, but that did not
stop thousands and thousands of
Vietnamese from turning out at mid
night to catch a
glimpse of Clin
ton’s limousine
and jam the
square in front of
his hotel.
Even though
the visit received
scant advance
publicity, the Viet
namese lined the
streets, some just
looking on and
vast untapped market of 78 million
people.
As a young man, Clinton “op
posed and despised” the Vietnam
War, organized protest marches and
avoided the military draft. As com
mander in chief three decades later,
Clinton acknowledged that “A lot of
people still bear the wounds of war”
in both countries.
The war cost 58,000 American
lives and tore the nation with suffer
ing and turmoil. The U.S. military
buildup began in 1961, growing to
60,000 combat troops within four
years and to
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PRESS (AP) — High-speedra “We’ll
travel in the United Statesoe Laurie Co
buted Thursday with the made' can be ch
run of the sleek Acela Express team is re
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This only hap
pens once in a
thousand years”
— Tran Thi Lan
Vietnamese homemaker on
Clinton, the first president to
ever visit Hanoi
others waving and clapping when the
president’s motorcade passed.
“This only happens once in a thou
sand years,” said homemaker Tran
Thi Lan, 50.
Clinton was to be formally wel
comed Friday by President Tran Due
Luong at an honor guard ceremony in
the courtyard of the French-built
presidential palace on Ba Dinh
Square.
Reaching out to a generation of
students born after the war, Clinton
will speak at Hanoi National Univer
sity to describe his vision for a new
chapter in U.S.-Vietnamese relations.
State-run television, in an unprece
dented move, was to broadcast the
address live.
More than 50 U.S. corporations
sent executives to Vietnam during
Clinton’s visit in hopes of gaining a
foothold in what they believe is a
543,000 by 1969.
U.S. forces in
1973 made a hu
miliating with
drawal that still
haunts the Penta
gon. North Viet
nam’s army cap
tured Saigon in
1975, leading to
the unification of
the country under
communist control.
The losses to the Vietnamese peo
ple were staggering: 3 million dead
and thousands missing.
“The best thing that we can do to
honor the sacrifice and service of
those who believed on both sides that
what they were doing is right, is to
find a way to build a different future,
and that’s what we’re trying to do,”
Clinton said in an interview with the
Associated Press.
In a cautious rapprochement, Clin
ton lifted a trade embargo against
Vietnam in 1994 and the next year re
stored diplomatic relations. He
opened the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi in
1996 and in 1998 issued his first
waiver of a law that bars trade rela
tions with communist nations that
deny citizens the right to emigrate. In
July, the United States and Vietnam
signed a sweeping trade agreement.
pie-1
DETROIT (AP) — After
years of trying to make its trails’
Atlantic merger work, Daim
Chrysler AG is still two com
nies divided by an ocean
troubles.
As a German executive
pares to replace Chrysler'sAmer
ican president, Jim Holden,
day, U.S. workers worry whattiis
new regime will bring. Their die:
trust is stirred by statei
from DaimlerChrysler’schaiim
that he never intended a mei
of equals.
Chrysler’s performance
not met Stuttgart-based D
lerChrysler’s expectations,wi
sales incentives erasing
and production of the hot new
Cruiser falling short of demand
Fujimori loses
Congress contra
LIMA, Peru (AP) — President
Alberto Fujimori lost contrail
Congress on Thursday, furl
eroding his power, while air
tried to dispel rumors thathev
seeking political asylum in As
With Fujimori in Brunei to attend|
a Pacific Rim trade summit, (
sition lawmakers succeeded in|
wresting control of Congress!
him for the first time since 191
The 2001 Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
Teach English in junior and senior high schools in Japan
Learn about Japanese culture and people
Gain international experience
Requirements
Have an excellent command of the English language
Obtain a bachelor’s degree by June 30,2001
Be a U.S. citizen
Be willing to relocate to Japan for one year
Applications are now available. The deadline for applying is December 6, 2000. For more information
and an application contact the Consulate General of Japan in Houston at Wells Fargo Plaza, Suite 2300.
1000 Louisiana St., Houston, TX 77002. Call (713) 652-2977 ext.120 or 1-800-INFO-JET.
The application can also be found at www.embjapan.org.
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