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special to Aerotech News Steve Hoffbauer nor members of the council offered public comments
or information about the airport project. • Publisher ....................Paul Kinison
PALMDALE, Calif.—Responding to an inquiry about the status of The most recent information from Murphy, reported in early De- • Business Manager ....... Lisa Kinison
efforts to restore scheduled commercial airline service on city-owned cember, was that approval of Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall is • Editor .................... Stuart Ibberson
property adjacent to Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale City Hall’s information the key to accessing Plant 42 runways from a new terminal to be built • National Advertising
office issued the following statement: on a city-owned 300-acre site near the intersection of Sierra Highway Manager .....................Paul Kinison
“The city continues to work with the U.S. Air Force to bring a regional
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