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New America/New Earth XX-XXXX
Received 15 Oct-2256
The Justice Department has declined to release the names of three persons arrested on the White House grounds yesterday, pending further investigation.
"The culprits were apparently simple journalists, seeking out advance information on the upcoming Holloween celebrations," stated Attorney General Jordan Freeman. "We have no information thus far to indicate a more sinister purpose. Still, this is unlikely to make any difference in our treatment of the situation. Break into the White House to steal a cinnamon bun from the kitchen, and the Secret Service will treat you exactly as if you had planned foul deeds to the President."
Preparations for the upcoming Holloween festivities have been carried out under a great deal of secrecy. A White House spokesmen promised only that there will be a celebration of unparalleled magnificence to celebrate this most rare of events, a Solar Eclipse on October 31st.
In other news the spokesman for NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, announced the launching and construction of a new space station in orbit above New America. The President has given a short press conference and stated that he will have more to say when the station is complete and ready for human habitation.
Orly/Numeria XX-XXXX
Received 07 Oct-2256
The spokesman for the First Lady Arhuendia Mitchen announced today that the First Lady is expected to make a full recovery from her minor stroke of last month. The First Lady is reported to be out of bed and increasingly impatient with the restrictions placed on her by her physicians. Reportedly, only her daughter?s insistence has kept her from resuming her full daily schedule.
Police are trying to put kids off playing near railway lines with shock tactics - a pretend train crash. They staged the horrific mock accident, caused by vandals on the track, with 200 children watching. The kids saw injured, terrified passengers stumble from the smouldering train wreck at the mock-up on a stretch of disused track in Orly. Transport police are hoping it will drive the safety message home as the school holidays begin.
Askedron/Iskanderun XX-XXXX
Received 19 Oct-2256
It's five years since catching fish, lobsters and crabs was banned near an island off the coast of Askedron, and sea creatures are flourishing. There's now seven times more lobsters in the protected area around Kodiak Island than there are outside it. The zone was set up to help the problem of falling numbers of sea creatures and other wildlife hit by too much fishing. Scientists hope the growing numbers of animals in the protected zone will spill out into the surrounding sea. That would be good news for the fishermen in the area as they would be able to catch them.
Galen Tor just looked at his Vice President of Agriculture while he gave his report. "Sir, we have begun to construct more farms to feed our burgeoning population. It will take a few months till they come on line." The VP returned to his seat after finishing his report.
The VP for Research was next, Sir, we have begin construction on several more research facilites and they should be online in the next few months."
Last but not least, the VP for raw material production began his report, "Sir, we must find new sources of raw materials. At this rate of consumption our stockpiles will run out in the next few monthst, and then most of our industry will close their doors due to a shortage of raw materials. We muct begin to build more mines if we are to survuive."
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