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...said yesterday.

Unable resolve ongoing disagreements with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Midway Phoenix Corp. has stoped all flights and is abandoning the resort it built on the former Navy base for veterans and ecotourists, said corporation spokesman Bob Tracey.

"We have no choice but to abandon our $15 million investment," Mr. Tracey said.

The withdrawal of the corporation means that all commercial airline service, power-plant service, food supply and hotel service will be terminated, forcing the Fish and Wildlife Service in charge of the atoll to shut it down.

"Over the years, it has become increasingly difficult to balance the desires of the Interior Department wildlife officers for keeping the public separated from the atoll's delicate...

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