Chernobyl Copter Hero Dies at 53
Anatoly Grishchenko, Soviet helicopter pilot famed for dumping sand and cement to seal Chernobyl, dies after leukemia and radiation illness. He survived a bone marrow transplant in April and had been in critical condition at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
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Coast Guard says spill in bay minimal impact after ship collision
Coast Guard officials say about 90 000 gallons of fuel oil spilled into Chesapeake Bay and the Elizabeth River after two cargo ships collided near the estuary mouth. A board of investigation will hear from crews as aerial surveys show most oil in the river with some washing ashore on Norfolk beaches.
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Ventilation Failure Blamed for Saudi Mecca Stampede
AP reports a ventilation system outage in Mecca caused a deadly tunnel stampede during the Hajj season. About 1,400 pilgrims, mostly Malaysian and Indonesian, died in extreme heat as power failures shut off air conditioning in a 1500 foot tunnel. King Fahd called the deaths martyrs of the Islamic world and said the disaster occurred during the world’s largest religious gathering.
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Soviet Conservatives Attack Gorbachev at Party Congress
Yegor Ligachev led a sharp conservative critique at the 28th party congress in Moscow warning against Gorbachev reforms including factory privatization and land privatization. He drew wide applause from 4,657 delegates but did not name the president.
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Western Leaders Review Outdated War Machine
Washington reports that Bush and 15 NATO partners meet in London to size up the aging NATO war machine and discuss modernizing the alliance while potentially ending flexible response for nuclear weapons, to be used only as a last resort amid post Cold War shifts.
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Alaska teachers earn nation’s highest pay in survey
Public school teachers in Alaska have the highest average salaries at $43,097 while South Dakota shows the lowest at $21,300, in a national survey released at the American Federation of Teachers convention. The overall U.S. average is $31,315 for 1989 90 with a 5 7 percent rise from the prior year. Beginning pay averages $20,476, Alaska tops at $29,763 and West Virginia lags at $15,778. AFT President Albert Shanker notes high salaries amid difficult conditions and says unions may cooperate but merger remains distant.
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Scientists Seek Ways To Get Better Photos From Telescope
NASA chief Lennard Fisk says computer techniques may sharpen Hubble images by correcting a focusing flaw shared with Voyager. He promises improved telescope results in coming years. Separately NASA tests hydrogen leaks as the shuttle fleet remains grounded due to fuel-system issues at the California plant.
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