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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1996
Page
3
A Continental MD-80 flight from Houston Intercontinental to Boston returned to Houston after a fire in a galley oven during pizza baking. Two flight attendants used extinguishers. no injuries among 123 passengers and five crew. The blaze began about 125 miles northeast of Houston.
Defense Secretary William Perry suggested Iran could be linked to the Khobar Towers attack as Washington moves toward strong action. He noted Saudi Arabia will likely announce an international connection while State Department officials cautioned that no conclusion has been reached. Perry stressed the need to protect U.S. troops and oil interests in the Persian Gulf.
Investigators locate a major cockpit segment from TWA Flight 800 using a remote camera from the USS Grapple. Divers will inspect the wreckage resting about 120 feet underwater in East Moriches New York as crews search for clues. One priority is lifting the cockpit’s nerve center with hopes to find more of the 46 missing bodies. Two divers were briefly ill after decompression.
Federal and state agents searched Piedmont College in Georgia to probe Richard Jewell for ties to the Olympic Park bombing. An anonymous source said investigators looked at his possible online access and the potential for bomb making material on the college network.
A 35-year-old woman Bozena Piatyszek took her two sons into the Detroit River on a sunny day near Belle Isle. Rudolph, 5, escaped to shore and survived. Philip, 5, drowned along with his mother. Desirny Booker described the heartbreaking scene as divers recovered the bodies.
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