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Fighting terror notebook
Compiled from Times wires ID program could aid travelersWASHINGTON -- The federal government is ready to begin a prototype identification program for transportation workers that also could allow air travelers to quickly pass through security checks. Transportation Security Administration chief James Loy said Tuesday that the program would issue identification cards to workers in ports and airports. Loy said the pilot project will begin at Los Angeles International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport and the ports of Long Beach, Calif., and Wilmington, Del. AIRPORTS TEST BOARDING SYSTEM: A pilot program to eliminate random security screening of people about to board planes was launched Tuesday in two California airports, according to the Transportation Security Administration. Federal workers at Los Angeles International Airport Terminal 4 and Long Beach Municipal Airport will identify and screen all passengers at the main security checkpoint, and all customers will have to get boarding passes before passing through security, the TSA said. Millions to beef up Florida port securityPALM BEACH -- Federal officials are preparing to give $125-million to ports across the nation to bolster security efforts, U.S. Department of Transportation chief of staff John Flaherty said Tuesday. Florida received the largest share of the $92.3-million grant, with $6.9-million going to Port Everglades. Tampa's port received $3.5-million for closed-circuit television cameras and a security gate and office at the entrance to Hooker's Point, the port's industrial heart. Memorial legislationFLIGHT 93: President Bush signed legislation Tuesday creating a national memorial to honor those who died on the hijacked plane that crashed into the Pennsylvania countryside Sept. 11. The bill he signed sets up a 15-member commission and directs it to present the Interior Department and Congress with a design within three years for a permanent commemoration of the 40 passengers and crew from Flight 93. The memorial is to be built at the site of the crash, about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. ALL VICTIMS: The House postponed a vote Tuesday on a memorial to people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks that supporters said would be an appropriate way to honor the first victims of the nation's war against terror. Despite the postponement until today, the memorial still was expected to have enough votes to pass.
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