News Digest
Monday, August 27, 2007 11:07 AM PDT
OREGON - Turbine tower collapses at Oregon wind farm, kills 1 worker
THE DALLES (AP) — A giant turbine tower at a wind farm snapped in half and toppled, killing a worker atop the structure and injuring another who was inside, a company spokeswoman said. The workers were doing a routine inspection of the turbine when it collapsed Saturday, said Melanie Forbrick, an Orlando, Fla.-based spokeswoman for Siemens, the turbine’s German manufacturer. Deputy Geremy Shull of Sherman County declined to release the names of the workers, but said the man who died was from Goldendale, Wash.
Grasshoppers contributing to Eastern Oregon farming woes
LA GRANDE (AP) — Eastern Oregon ranchers and farmers, already hobbled by drought and hay shortages, have a new addition to their list of woes: grasshoppers. Cory Parsons, livestock extension agent for Baker and Union counties, says what the drought missed the grasshoppers are getting, and calls it the area’s worst infestation in years. See story Page A2.
IDAHO
Fighter jet on display at southwest Idaho museum
NAMPA (AP) — A historic war plane will be on display through Sept. 14 at the Warhawk Air Museum in this southwestern Idaho city.
The F-86F Sabre fighter jet is the type known for engaging Soviet MiG-15 jets during the Korean War.
The jet, developed in the 1940s, was the primary U.S. fighter during the Korean War. It is also the type of plane used by Jacqueline Cochran who became the first woman to break the sound barrier in 1958.
THE NATION
Ben Franklin in line for a high-tech face lift on $100 bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — After six decades in which the venerable greenback never changed its look, the U.S. currency has undergone a slew of makeovers. The most amazing is yet to come. A new security thread has been approved for the $100 bill, The Associated Press has learned.
The new look is part of an effort to thwart counterfeiters who are armed with ever-more sophisticated computers, scanners and color copiers.
The C-note, with features the likeness of Benjamin Franklin, is the most frequent target of counterfeiters operating outside the United States.
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