NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Friday, May 2, 1997

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

97-177 - Independence NHP (Pennsylvania) - Special Event

Independence Hall was the site of both the opening and closing ceremonies for
the Presidents' Summit On America's Future, an event in which 4,500 invited
delegates attended working sessions discussing volunteer solutions for
America's youth.  Among those attending were more than 30 state governors,
delegates from the 150 largest cities in the United States, delegates from
each of the 50 states, members of Congress, cabinet secretaries, and
concerned citizens.  The two hour opening ceremony on Monday, April 28th, was
attended by President and Mrs. Clinton, Vice President and Mrs. Gore, former
President and Mrs. Bush, former President Ford and Mrs. Reagan, with
President Carter speaking via satellite from Georgia.  Speakers at the
closing ceremony on April 29th included Mrs.  Clinton, former President Bush
and retired general Colin Powell.  Oprah Winfrey served as master of
ceremonies for Monday's event.  The summit organizers credentialed almost
2,200 media representatives.  Independence NHP law enforcement rangers were
aided by 28 rangers and law enforcement professionals from 16 other parks and
two system support offices.  The entire event, including set-up, has taken 11
days, with tear down still continuing.  The event also attracted considerable
attention from groups wishing to demonstrate and distribute literature. 
Seven permits were issued for First Amendment activities, including a 3,500
person rally by the National People's Congress and a gathering by a religious
group from Providence, Rhode Island, that brought along a 30-foot-high
statue.  [PAO, INDE, 5/1]

97-178 - Yosemite NP (California) - MVA with Fatality

J.F., 57, of Fresno, California, was riding his motorcycle on Chapel
Straight on Southside Drive on the afternoon of April 27th when a vehicle cut
in front of him.  J.F. was thrown from his bike and sustained severe head
injuries.  Rangers and medical personnel responded to the accident.  J.F.
was taken to Yosemite Medical Clinic, then flown to Doctors Medical Center in
Modesto, where he was declared dead about three hours later.  The driver of
the other vehicle involved in the accident reportedly saw that J.F. was
injured but left the scene.  Rangers found him later that day at Chinquapin
on Highway 41 between Yosemite Valley and the park's south entrance.  The 54-
year-old German national was taken into custody by rangers and charged with
involuntary manslaughter.  J.F. was wearing a helmet at the time of the
accident; the helmet, however, was not Department of Transportation approved. 
[PIO, YOSE, 4/28]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No submissions.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

Demonstration Fee Program - All questions pertaining to purchase and ordering
of automated fee equipment (Tranz 330 credit card machines and VenTek pay
stations) and related collection and deposit issues should be addressed to
one of six people:
     
     o     Steve Tisinger, Accounting Operations Center 
     o     Colleen Wilson, Accounting Operations Center
     o     Lisa Royal, Accounting Operations Center
     o     Tim Stone, Ranger Activities, WASO
     o     Jennifer Getz, Ranger Activities, WASO 
     o     Meg Leffel, Ranger Activities, WASO
     
It would also be appreciated if parks and offices could have one person
coordinate queries regarding the plastic card collection program.  Some
confusion arises when multiple calls are received from different staff 
members in the same park.  [Steve Tisinger, AOC] 

MEMORANDA

No submissions.

EXCHANGE

No submissions.

WEB DIRECTORY

Every other Friday, the Morning Report will carry a listing of Worldwide Web
sites of use to NPS employees in the course of their work.  Please send along
entries to the editor.  Thanks to Richard Quin, Phil Musselwhite and Flip
Hagood for providing this week's additions.  All new entries are marked with
asterisks.

National Park Service Sites

Congressional Affairs office          www.nps.gov/legal
Training and Development office       www.nps.gov/training
NPS Web page development info         www.nps.gov/helpdesk (user name: NPS,
                                             password: Mather)
Current VIP opportunities             www.nps.gov/volunteer
Press releases, park news, more       www.nps.gov/pub_aff/pressrm.htm
Q&A with volunteer NPS historians     www.nps.gov/crweb1/history/askhist.htm
Geologists-in-Parks program           www.aqd.nps.gov/natnet/grd/geojob/geojob.htm
Harpers Ferry wayside exhibits*       www.nps.gov/waysite 

Department of Interior Sites

DOI jobs listings                     www.usgs.gov/doi/avads/index.html
DOI IG reports                        www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/ig.html
DOI payroll, Denver                   www.dasc.doi.gov

Other Agency Sites

Comptroller General decisions         www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/gaocd.html
GAO reports                           www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/gao.html
OPM jobs listings                     www.usajobs.opm.gov
USDA graduate school                  www.grad.usda.gov
Thrift Savings Plan                   www.tsp.gov
New legislation (NECTEA) re: 
 funding for park roads               www.fhwa.dot.gov
GSA per diem rates*                   www.policyworks.gov/org/main/mt/homepage/mtt/perdiem/travel.sht 
OPM locality pay rates*               www.opm.gov/pay/index.htm

Other Park-Related Sites

Student Conservation Association*     www.sca-inc.org
Links to NPs worldwide*               http://149.170.210.2/~keith/links.htm

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Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation and
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