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News Release

August 25, 1997
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


SAN DIEGO - A growing effort to bring the decommissioned USS Midway
aircraft carrier to San Diego as a permanent naval aviation museum and
visitor attraction got a boost today when organizers formally launched
the Midway Magic website  http://www.midway.org
A group of community leaders has been working for more than three
years on the project and has achieved a number of milestones:
� the US Navy has given permission to use Navy pier near downtown San
Diego;
� Governor Pete Wilson, the unanimous California Legislature and all
locally elected officials have endorsed the project;
� an application for the Midway has been submitted to the Navy;
� the Navy has asked for very little supplementary information;
� more than $1.5 million has been raised from the community; and
� the city's Port Commission has conceptually approved the project.
Now the Midway Magic website will strengthen the group's effort to
generate awareness and support for the project.  The website contains
a variety of information, including planned attractions, historical
background, newsletter highlights, photo gallery, historical
highlights and opportunities for those interested to get involved in
the project.
A decision by the Navy on the Midway is expected later this year and
San Diego organizers are optimistic the Midway can be in San Diego in
late 1998.
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