SANTA ANA, Calif. — In the most recent transfer to modify position names in gentle of U.S. racial historical past, leaders of Orange County’s Democratic Party are pushing to drop movie legend John Wayne’s identify, statue and different likenesses from the county’s airport on account of his racist and bigoted feedback. The Los Angeles Times reported that previous this week, officers handed an emergency answer condemning Wayne’s “racist and bigoted statements” made in a 1971 interview and are calling at the Orange County Board of Supervisors to drop his identify, statue and different likenesses from the world airport. The answer requested the board “to restore its original name: Orange County Airport.” “There have been past efforts to get this done
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Pilot who crashed in forest close to Chicago Executive Airport
A pilot flying within the north suburbs crashed his personal aircraft in July as a result of he flew too quick and ran out of gasoline, in response to a authorities investigation. The 74-year-old man was piloting a two-seater, amphibious aircraft alone on July 11 from Indianapolis when he misplaced energy and was pressured to land a couple of mile from the Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling, in response to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board. He crashed into bushes in a forest protect about 8:52 p.m. — inflicting intensive harm to the plane — however walked away unscathed, authorities stated on the time. His spouse, who was flying alongside facet him in