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The Nation - News from Nov. 5, 1986

President Reagan vetoed an airline safety bill, saying he is dedicated to making travel safer but believes the bill would be too costly and take a wrong approach to liability insurance problems. The measure would authorize appropriations for the National Transportation Safety Board in fiscal 1988 and 1989 that would be $8.7 million, or 20%, more than the amounts projected in the President’s current budget.

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