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Oral History Interview with Floyd Thorne, August 14, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Floyd Thorne, August 14, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Floyd Thorn. He discusses his childhood and family and what led him to start flying planes for the US Navy. He describes his experiences in the Pacific Theatre of World War Two, including witnessing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and fighting in the battle of Midway.
Date: August 14, 2000
Creator: Thorne, Floyd & Alexander, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garland optometrist and transit leader Dan Monaghan re-joins DART Board (open access)

Garland optometrist and transit leader Dan Monaghan re-joins DART Board

News release concerning the re-appointment of Dan Monaghan to the DART Board of Directors.
Date: August 14, 2000
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bureau of Indian Affairs: Use of Highway Trust Fund Resources (open access)

Bureau of Indian Affairs: Use of Highway Trust Fund Resources

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) use of federal Highway Trust Fund (HTF) money for Indian reservation roads, focusing on: (1) what percentage of fiscal years 1999 and 1998 HTF contract authority available to BIA was obligated for: (a) management costs directly related to specific projects within a program for construction, repair, and improvement of roads; and (b) program management and oversight costs not directly related to specific projects; (2) whether BIA spent more than 6 percent of the contract authority allocated to its Midwest and Western Regional Offices on non-project-related program management costs for those offices; (3) whether the annual 6 percent statutory limitation on the use of HTF contract authority for road program management costs applies only to non-project-related management costs; and (4) whether the project-related costs that BIA bears for individual tribes should be paid from HTF contract authority or from BIA's annual appropriations for managing Indian programs or construction."
Date: August 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fire Management: Lessons Learned From the Cerro Grande (Los Alamos) Fire (open access)

Fire Management: Lessons Learned From the Cerro Grande (Los Alamos) Fire

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the circumstances surrounding the Los Alamos wildfire, focusing on: (1) the events leading up to the prescribed fire and how it was managed; and (2) what fire management policies or practices need to be improved."
Date: August 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fire Management: Lessons Learned From the Cerro Grande (Los Alamos) Fire and Actions Needed to Reduce Fire Risks (open access)

Fire Management: Lessons Learned From the Cerro Grande (Los Alamos) Fire and Actions Needed to Reduce Fire Risks

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the circumstances surrounding the Los Alamos wildfire, focusing on: (1) the events leading up to the prescribed fire and how it was managed; and (2) what fire management policies or practices need to be improved."
Date: August 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library