Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 128, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 January 1985 — Page 2
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January 29,1985
No love lost for tourists in Colorado town
DENVER (AP) Sure, tourists pump $4 billion dollars a year into Colorado’s economy, but would you want one to marry your sister? That’s the tongue-in-cheek thrust of the state Tourism Board’s latest campaign to boost tourism among those Coloradans who’d rather be left alone. One radio spot asks whether you’d smile politely or run the tourist down if he asked directions. It mentions the $503 million annual tax take the tourist industry gives the state and then concludes: “But if one tries to marry your sister, run him down.” • Another spot is in the form of a let-
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ter to “Dear Blabby” reciting the plight of a woman who signs, “in love with a tourist.” The tourist-lover is advised: “For 185 million smackeroos, I could fall in love with a tourist, even if he looked like Woody Allen.” Still another spot calls itself a “test to see if you dislike tourists as much as you claim.” “If it is true that a sense of humor creates a sense of perspective let our perspective be that tourism brings us new opportunities for a better lifestyle in Colorado,” said tourism board chairman Gerald F. Groswold at a Wednesday news conference.
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Computer to aid travelers Special to the Banner-Graphic LOUISVILLE-Computerized information terminals providing a wide range of helpful information to interstate highway travelers in Indiana will be installed this year at various rest areas throughout the state. The Indiana information system, similar to Metro Guide Information Centers, which began operations in the Louisville metropolitan area late last year, will be functioning at six rest areas by the middle of the year and at as many as nine other rest areas by the end of 1985. The Indiana program and Metro Guide are both projects of Courier Communications Corp., a subsidiary of the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times Co. COURIER COMMUNICATIONS acquired the right to operate computer tourist and travel information systems throughout Indiana in an agreement reached this month with Data Communications Systems, Inc. The latter has been doing business as Tourism Communications Systems and which has operated a computer terminal at the 1-65 South rest area near Columbus since last October. A contract between Courier Communications and Indiana also allows for information terminals to be installed at welcome centers, which will be constructed at various interstate highway entry points into Indiana in the next two or three years. INDIANA TRAVELERS will be able to find out about places to stay and eat, in addition to receiving information about local and state tourist attractions and events. Also, travelers will receive other public information such as road conditions, weather and emergency, medical and repair locations. Use of the terminals by the public will be free. “The agreement with the State of Indiana is a tremendous opportunity for us to bring our company’s experience in computerized travel information to benefit the Indiana resident and tourist alike,” said John L Weeks, executive vice president of Courier Communications.” The system employs videotex technology which allows the user to obtain specified information and graphics by communicating directly with a computer. The Indiana program is administered by the Indiana Department of Highways with aid from the state Division of Tourism and Development. HOW LONG LIFE? WASHINGTON (AP) - Residents of Iceland have the world’s longest life expectancy at 77 years, while residents of Chad and Ethiopia, who live an average 40 years, have the shortest, according to the Population Reference Bureau.
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Canine corps Airport doggies 'nose' when trouble lies ahead
By JOY ASCHENBACH National Geographic News Service WASHINGTON-Lufthansa flight 452 from Frankfurt touches down on U.S. soil. This time a new breed of customs inspector is waiting to scrutinize passengers - a super-nosed government beagle. Dogs have been on duty at airports for years, sniffing out narcotics and explosives; now for the first time, four-legged sleuths are on the trail of contraband fruit and meat. Just one whiff of a suspicious smell from a suitcase, and the green-jacketed “U.S. Agriculture” beagle sits down beside the bag to signal its handler on the other epd of the leash to tag the piece for quarantine, and possible seizure of the food inside. The Department of Agriculture’s K-9 Baggage Inspection program, which began on an experimental basis in mid-1984 at the Los Angeles and San Francisco international airports, is scheduled to expand to the East Coast in early 1985, and eventually to about 20 of the nation's international terminals. •‘THE DOGS LOVE the work. They're eager to come to get their salary. They earn small treats, food rewards when they sit down beside a bag,” says Mike Simon, national program coordinator. He is the handler of four-year-old “Lady.” whose beat is the San Francisco airport. Lady and her counterpart in Los Angeles, two-year-old Bucky, have about a 60 per cent success rate so far in picking out baggage that contains illegal food, which may be infested with plant and animal pests and diseases. They are credited with alerting inspectors to search bags from some European flights that had not previously been considered likely candidates for contraband. On her best day, Lady was responsible for 25 seizures of prohibited foods from nine flights. She alerted inspectors to a bag from Thailand that was found to contain oranges with infectious citrus canker Also to her credit are sausages from Germany, dried duck kidneys from Hong Kong, apples from Great Britain, mangoes from the Philippines, and starfruit from Taiwan. TRAINED LIKE BUCKY to respond to four scents - beef, pork, citrus, and mango - Lady has increased her skills on the job to 30 different fleshy fruits. Bucky had detected food in a passenger’s briefcast that looked brand new and that inspectors would not have suspected, observes his handler, Jim Webber. “The dogs have broken the typical profile of persons likely to be smuggling food,” he says. Why beagles? They are a breed with an extraordinary sense of smell, calm disposition, lots of stamina, and a non- > hreatening, puppy-like nature. One of the most popular pet dogs in the United States, these hounds also have an excellent reputation in the detection field, sniffing out bombs and narcotics for the military and
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termites for private industry. Because they are raised in packs, beagles are not bothered by the commotion and confusion typical of most airports’ international arrivals sections. “Bucky has had his tail stepped on and run over by baggage carts. Bags have even fallen off carts on top of him,” Webber says. AS HUNTING DOGS, BEAGLES “have a natural instinct to run for two days after a rabbit. We are channeling this instinct,” explains Simon. “The dogs are constantly in motion. They walk among passengers waiting at the baggage carousels, and up and down the customs lines.” They are able to cover several miles in their eight-hour shift. To become a USDA beagle, a dog must undergo 12 weeks of “military” training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. On the job, the working dog’s day begins without breakfast. This makes him eager to identify suspicious bags and get the treats. Before each shift, the dogs are “primed” with USDAplanted suitcases, one of which may contain a sausage. They patrol for three to five hours per shift, taking breaks each hour. After a day’s or night’s work, they get dinner back at the kennel After five to 10 years on the job, they will retire -as somebody’s pet. ALTHOUGH THE BEAGLES are trained to sniff suitcases, they also have detected food in carry-on bags, purses, and on the passengers themselves. When they miss, it’s usually because they mistake fruit-flavored candy for the real thing, fish for meat, or pick up an “old scent,” of an apple that had been in the bag a day or two ago or had been eaten on the plane. “The candy is a confusion that we may never overcome,” Simon says. The Agriculture Department turned to the dogs because “we re having trouble getting into all the bags we’d like to,” explains Gary Snyder, of USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. “There are more and more travelers, and less and less manpower, and we are still missing a lot of stuff. We hope the dogs will close the gap for us. ” The latest USDA figures show that about 500,000 pieces of contraband fruit, vegetables, and plants, and about 120,000 units of meat were confiscated from air travelers in fiscal 1984. Under a new procedure, USDA can now fine violators from $25 to SSO on the spot. Both the fines and the beagles are expected to be an added deterrent to th smuggling of food. USDA officials warn that “just one orange carried by a traveler” may have caused the Mediterranean fruit fly investigation in California in 1981. Travelers don’t seem offended by beagles’ sniffing their suitcases. In fact, they appear amused by the lovable dogs or don’t notice them at all, Simon says. “One customs officer told me that this was the first time he’d ever taken a sausage away from someone who was laughing.”
Overpacking results in luggage damage
NEW YORK (AP) Overpacking checked luggage is the most frequent cause of luggage damage, according to airport baggage handlers. In a national survey of 1,000 handlers, some 72 percent blamed overstuffed baggage for most damage, 19 percent also noted that poor quality luggage,
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A four-legged customs inspector at Los Angeles International Airport sniffs a suitcase for contraband food and meat. "Bucky" and his handler, Jim Webber, are part of the Agriculture Department's new K-9 baggage inspection program, which will put beagles on duty in about 20 major U.S. airports. (National Geographic photo).
either hard or softside, is most vulnerable to damage caused by normal wear and tear of handling. The survey, conducted by Samsonite Luggage, found 87 percent of the baggage handlers recommended the 24- or 26-inch suitcase as the most functional size to check when traveling.