Correspondents did as they were bidden, filing their copy by air-mail letter or, in later years, by telex.

ECONOMIST: Nancy Balfour

Air France signed a letter of intent to buy 10 super jumbos, with options for four more, while Emirates Airlines said it planned to buy five A3XX, had the option to buy five more, and ordered two freighter versions of the aircraft.

BBC: You are in: Business

One member of the Air Force received a lesser letter of reprimand.

CNN: Military report details misconduct on Colombia trip

Meanwhile, in what appears to be a separate incident of possibly poisoned mailings in Washington state, the FBI confirmed the presence of ricin on a letter sent to Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, the agency said.

CNN: FBI finds some ricin on letters to Obama, Bloomberg

Delta Air Lines chief executive Richard Anderson said in a letter to Pistole last week that he shares the "legitimate concerns" of the airline's flight attendants.

NPR: TSA Stands By Plan To Allow Small Knives On Planes

On Friday, the head of Delta Air Lines voiced his opposition to allowing small knives on planes in a letter to TSA Administrator John Pistole obtained by The Associated Press.

WSJ: NY Senator opposes plan to allow knives on planes

Rupert said the same chlorine dioxide treatment will be used on the building's heating, ventilation and air conditioning system (HVAC), where spores had been found after the letter was opened in Daschle's office.

CNN: Fumigation largely succeeding in clearing anthrax

Among the signatories of the letter were scores of retired flag officers who previously served in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, as well as R.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

By nightfall, NATO jets were roaring over Sarajevo on surveillance and close air support missions, but the U.N. was receiving mixed messages -- a five page long letter from General Ratko Mladic that the U.N. said was unacceptable and a short terse note from Bosnian Serb political leaders saying they would comply.

CNN: Waiting for morning