Airport closes as Eastern jet blows tires at National
An Eastern Airlines jet from Miami blew two tires on landing at National Airport causing a three percent hour closure and stranding thousands. The plane with 149 passengers and seven crew skidded on the runway at 9 28 a m CDT and stopped near the runways intersection. no injuries were reported per MWAA spokesman Dave Hess.
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Washington
Eastern Airlines
Miami
National Airport
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Dave Hess
Ex-aide portrays LBJ as fearful and irrational
Richard Goodwin in Remembering America cites Johnson growing fearful of rivals and opponents since 1965. The book quotes the president using racist slurs and lashing at Foreign Service officials and liberal critics as communists.
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Boston
Lyndon B. Johnson
America
Johnson
Richard Goodwin
Little Brown
Cryer seeks Chapter 11 protection for Gilleys Club debts
Sherwood Cryer, owner of Gilley’s Club in Pasadena, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy one day after a Houston jury awarded Mickey Gilley an 18 million dollar judgment. The petition lists assets around 500 thousand dollars and debts of about 18 million dollars including the Gilley judgment.
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Houston
Mickey Gilley
Sherwood Cryer
Pasadena
Cryer
Gilley
Five youths die in New Jersey high rise fire
In Jersey City five children died in a smoke filled Curry Woods apartment fire at about 3 20 a m. The grandmother and four other people were injured while a new hallway alarm neared activation. Fire officials said arson not suspected and the cause under investigation.
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Jersey City
N.J
City
Bill Lau
Curry Woods
Donald Loehwing
Loehwing
George McComb
Helen Cousins
Louise McLean
McComb
Two Dancers Killed at Donington Rock Festival
At Donington Park Leicestershire two people died and two were seriously injured after slam dancing in a crowd of about 100 000 during a heavy metal festival. Ground was slippery and may have caused crush underfoot. No arrests reported. Iron Maiden performed among others.
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Donington
England
Donington Park
Leicestershire
Iron Maiden
Bush and Quayle face questions on National Guard past
At the Ohio State Fairgrounds George Bush defended Dan Quayle as his running mate saying there was no impropriety in 1969 National Guard enlistment. Quayle said his record would be released and denied deceiving the campaign. The two appeared with their wives in a Paper Day Parade in West Carrollton.
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Columbus
Ohio
George Bush
Dan Quayle
Quayle
National Guard
Ohio State Fairgrounds
Bush
Indiana
New Orleans
Barbara
Marilyn
West Carrollton
Grenade explosion wounds 25 in Haifa
A hand grenade exploded near a crowded sidewalk cafe and toy store in Haifa wounding 25 people including seven in one family. Fifteen Arabs detained. Children injured include Dan Meir eight and his brother Jonathan. family and others treated at Rothschild and Rambam hospitals.
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Haifa
Israel
Dan Meir
David Taub
Associated Press
Rothschild
Rambam
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New Jersey
Mohammed Zia ul-Haq
Zia
Islamabad
U.S
Jonathan
Keren
France
Rothschild Hospital
Armstrong’s
Buster Brown
Tinkerbell
Armstrong Children’s Store
Bugle Boy
Armstrong Young Men’s Shop
Aritty Trongy
Cedar Rapids
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