UPS Cited for Safety Violations by OSHA
The U S government proposed 280000 dollars in fines against United Parcel Service for willful safety violations. OSHA cites failures to report a job related death and to record over 100 injuries and illnesses plus missing lost day counts. NASA reschedules Columbia launch for September 1 carrying the Astro observatory and seven astronauts for a five year first science only shuttle mission.
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Washington
United Parcel Service
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Columbia
Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Astro Observatory
Yosemite Valley Reopens As Two Park Roads Open Early
Tourists return in droves to Yosemite National Park after wildfires forced evacuations. Two main roads into Yosemite Valley reopened around 10:30 a.m., about an hour and a half before the announced time, as park officials cited early clearance.
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Yosemite National Park
Calif
Yosemite Valley
Kevin McMillan
NASA delays Magellan mapping start to September
NASA said the Magellan Venus mapping mission will begin two days later than planned, after engineers investigated a temporary loss of contact last week. The 243 day mapping effort, once set for August 29, now targets September 1, per JPL spokesman Jim Doyle.
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Pasadena
Calif
Venus
NASA
Jim Doyle
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
India places troops on alert after border clashes
India mounts border alert across the northern frontier with Pakistan after reported clashes in Kashmir. UN News says at least 10 Pakistani soldiers killed and five wounded, with heavy artillery fire on Indian positions as fighting continued Monday evening per sources.
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India
New Delhi
Pakistan
Kashmir
United News of India
Indian Defense Ministry
Press Trust of India
Three Northwest pilots convicted of drunken flying
A jury found three former Northwest Airlines pilots guilty of operating a common carrier while under the influence after flight 650 from Fargo to Minneapolis. Each faced up to 15 years and a 250000 dollar fine under a 1986 federal anti intoxication law.
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Minneapolis
Northwest Airlines
de la Vega
Norman Lyle Prouse
Fargo
N.D
Prouse
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
Conyers
Robert Kirchner
Highland Ranch
Colo
Joseph Balzer
Antioch
Tenn
East German premier vows to hold coalition through unification
East German Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere urges unity as his coalition collapses. He says he will run the government and act as his own foreign minister while pursuing German unification with West Germany.
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Washington Post
East Berlin
Lothar de Maiziere
de Maiziere
Social Democrats
East Germany
Helmut Kohl
Kohl
American missionary killed in Liberia amid civil war
Diplomats report government troops killed Baptist missionary Clark Alan Jacobsen in Liberia. The body was given to the U.S. Embassy. another American, Andrew Voros, was freed and evacuated by Marines. The conflict has killed thousands, prompting embassy warnings for Americans to leave.
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Liberia
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Clark Alan Ja
Cobsen
U.S
Jacobsen
Andrew Voros
New Jersey
Monrovia
Tom Jackson
June
Bahn
Nimba
Charles Taylor
Seabrook Nuclear Plant Begins Regular Operation
Seabrook Station in Seabrook New Hampshire has started regular operation after protests cost overruns and delays spanning more than a decade. Ron Sher of the plant’s operator New Hampshire Yankee cited power for about a million New England homes while opponents warn of disaster risk. Edward Brown, NH Yankee president, notes the plant is among nine regional facilities generating over a third of the region’s electricity.
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Seabrook
N.H
Seabrook Power Plant
Ron Sher
New
Convicts hijack Soviet jet to Karachi surrender
Eleven Siberian convicts armed with guns and explosives hijack an Aeroflot passenger jet bound for Siberia. The plane with 29 passengers and nine crew lands in Karachi after a fuel scare and Ryzhkov's intervention. All aboard reportedly unhurt as security surrounds the aircraft and the hijackers surrender two hours later.
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Washington Post
Moscow
Karachi
Aeroflot
Neryungri
Yakutsk
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Soviet Union
Ivan Shilov
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