Former presidential advisor Julian Read dies in Austin
Read was known as the first to provide a media briefing following President John F. Kennedy s assassination in 1963. Author: KVUE News Staff Updated: 10:50 AM CDT May 10, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas Julian Read, a former campaign adviser to several U.S. presidents, has died in Austin of natural causes.
A spokesperson confirmed his passing on May 8 and said a memorial service will be held on May 13 at the Texas State Cemetery.
Read, who is known as being the first person to deliver the media briefing after President John F. Kennedy s assassination, also served as an advisor to presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
COVID-19: China Airlines to reduce cargo flights
OUTBREAK: About 200 of the airline’s 1,200 pilots are not able to work. Most of them have been quarantined to prevent further infection, but 12 have COVID-19
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China Airlines Ltd (CAL,中華航空) yesterday confirmed that it would temporarily reduce its cargo flight services to cope with a pilot shortage, as one-sixth of its pilots have been sidelined by a COVID-19 outbreak.
“We are working out a new schedule,” the airline said in a statement after local news media reports on Saturday said that it would be reducing its cargo services from Wednesday, primarily affecting US destinations.
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Texas delegation requests close to $2 billion in funding request earmarks
Over half of the Texas delegation requested funds, including eight Republicans.
An American Airlines plane makes its way towards the runway before taking off at DFW International Airport on Monday, November 16, 2020.(Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer)
Earmarks are back.
The congressional practice of members essentially hand-picking projects was banned from Congress in the early 2000s after it became synonymous with “pork barrel” legislation. But it’s been given another chance under a new system.
Twenty-one members from Texas’ 35-member congressional delegation the 6th Congressional District in North Texas currently is open requested a total of close to $2 billion for fiscal 2022. Every Texas Democrat and eight Texas Republicans Reps. Dan Crenshaw of Houston, August Pfluger of San Angelo, Pete Sessions of Waco, Troy Nehls of Richmond, John Carter of Round Rock, Beth Van Duyne of Irving, Mich
Southwest Airlines will hire flight attendants again as demand returns to air travel
Dallas-based Southwest could start training classes for flight attendants as early as this summer and is hiring for ground employees nationwide.
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly chatted with a flight attendant during a trip to Denver International Airport in June.(Stephen M. Keller)
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines is planning to hire flight attendants again for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic a year ago, a major turnaround for an industry that only a few months ago was begging for government support to stay afloat.