Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday March 27 2002 — All EMtoiras faaiiD AnnDecDcanD©9 iretoirin) Touriststarved British see spring promise dollars flow again said “and business travel is also a little slower in coming LONDON— The daffodils are in bloom the River Thames glistens in the early spring sun and American tourists are flocking back to their usual haunts at the Tower of London and Buckingham Palace Six months after Sept 11 ’s airborne terrorist attac ks the American tourists are the most welcome sign of spring that Britain’s benighted tourism back” Emily Wirtqs of Point Gear Ala had a specific reason for wanting to come to Britain “When they played bur national anthem at Buckingham Palace after Sept 1 1” she said “that was the most outstanding thing I've ever seen” “When they played our national anthem at Buckingham Palace after Sept 11 " she said “that was the most out- standing thing I've ever seen" ' ic foot-ari- If U - official Michael Riith wrbte Kelliher adding “I look forward to lunch on Tuesday" The Cheney task force called for th EPA to review the clean air regulation — a review expected to lead to an easing of the regulation Among the papers also were EPA documents revealing an oil industry push to ease state' “bouregulation of blends and tique" gasoline auto industry pressure to ease federal fuel economy rules One of the oil companies Citgo urged the administra- tion “to exercise federal authority to prevent states” from establishing separate fuel standards The Cheney task The verdict? ‘There’s many tourists” Gesturing toward scores of people draped around the statuary at Trafal- gar Square he said “If you’d have looked there in October' it was empty” “People may be a little bit frightened of flying but they’re enticed back by the fact that the airlines are offer-in- g good deals” he added just came “My mother-in-laback from Texas and she said the plane was absolutely full” tired-looki-ng APphoto American visitor to London Batya Bogomilsky aged 5 from Miami Beach Fla marches alongside a Coldstream Guardsman outside St James's Palace London on Tuesday American visitors are flocking to London taking advantage of low air fares and an upswing in confidence nearly seven months after the September It attacks sion also cut into tourism Now the' shock has faded Flight security has improved Arid the Americans are back in the air “Right now everything is full” said Paul Lampl British Airways spokesman in Npw York saying that flights between New York and Lon- - M don are jammed That is due in part to a happy coincidence since Easter this year falls within season the winter Lampl said But he said bookings for the summer - low-fa- re as well ' still “It’s not back to where we were pre-9- 1 1" Lampl ‘ K M Suits - w ‘ On the Net: British Tourist Authority http:wwwvisitbritaincom Continued front AS yardstick: literacy life expectancy income and education” the lawsuits say “They are more likely to be murdered and less likely to have a father at home” f Plaintiffs lawyer Ed Fagan said a series of Holocaust lawsuits he helped settle for $8 billion had blazed the legal trail for the slavery action In a statement Aetna said: “We do not believe a court would permit a lawsuit over events which — however regrettable — occurred hun- dreds of years ago These issues in no way reflect Aetna ' today” CSX said the lawsuits had no merit and should be dis- Fleet spokesman James ' Mahoney said the company had not seen the lawsuits and had no comment CSX said it was named as a defendant because Slave labor was used to constriict portions of some US rail lines “under the political and legal system in place more than a century before CSX was formed in 1980” Farmer-Paellma- one-thi- rd Farmer-Paellman- missed “Slavery was a tragic chapter in our nation’s history” the company said in a statement “It is a history shared by every American and its impacts cannot be attributed to any single company or indus- try” said nn Aetna in particular was cooperative in her research but that changed when she started speaking publicly about planned litigation Company documents showed of Aetna’s first 1000 policies were written on the lives of slaves she said' On her application to the New England Scliool of Law n in Boston said she wrote that she wanted to build the case that would win slavery reparations She graduated in 2000 Farmer-Paellm- said the an filing was victory enough for one day Y “I feel confident that something good will come of all of this” she said : w’Jt V COME MEET 1HE vi six pounds ($858) the government paid The Americans of course are outnumbered by Europeans who can get here by train chartered bus and cheap no-frflights If you stand for five minutes at the entrance to Westminster Abbey you’ll hear French Italian Spanish German along with the accents of Texas Illinois Geoigia and New Jersey Taxi driver Alan Davies driving all over London every day and back and forth to the ' airports is in a perfect position to take the pulse of tourism more d- M--U- three-pag- ill industry could hope for after a drastic drop in visitors Busily clicking away with their cameras and spending their welcome dollars Ameri- ' cans are clearly glad to be here Some admit to being a little nervous about flying but not enough to keep them at home “I believe in living I’m afraid of flying but I overcome it with my love of going” said Vera Bell 72 of Gardendell Ala still full of verve after a morning tramping around the Tower of London ' In addition to Sept 11 hotels restaurants and the thousands of small businesses tied to tourism woe badly hurt last year by mouth disease a livestock epidemic that posed no threat to humans but shut down large areas of Britain’s loveliest countryside The USteces- trans-Atlant- Continued from A7 ed The nearly S million Americans who visit annually are the largest single group Their impact is multiplied by the fact that they are big spenders For every pound ($143) a domestic tourist spends an American visitor spends about 66 Energy force urged EPA to deal with the boutique fuels issue Also among the Energy Department and EPA papers e was a memo from the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers declaring that the federal auto fuel economy rule known as CAFE “is an ineffective energy policy” The alliance instead supported consumer tax credits for advanced technology vehicles and urged development of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles — positions the Cheney task force later advocated The documents many with large pprtions marked out were ordered released by two federal judges as part of law-- ’ suits brought by Judicial Watch a conservative watch- dog'group and the Natural Resources Defense Council an environmental group If you find a better deal in this v ' paper take it Vat?-- - 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