Iraqi jet crashes during hijack attempt in Saudi desert
An Iraqi Boeing 737 crashed during an emergency landing at Arar in northern Saudi Arabia after hijackers detonated grenades in the cockpit. Saudi Defense Ministry reported 62 dead and 44 survivors among 107 aboard, with Jordan stating 30 survivors and no Americans aboard. Reports conflicted over hijacker identities and motives amid blame on Iran.
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Arar
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State Department
Gulf News Agency
Aarar
Paris
Mohammed Sadiq el- Mashat
Iran
Iraq
Revolutionary Action
Beirut
U S envoy pressed Costa Rica airstrip for rebels
U S ambassador Lewis Tambs helped obtain initial Costa Rican permission for a secret airstrip used by Nicaraguan rebels and oversaw its operation. The airfield linked to Udall Research and covert arms networks tied to Iran-contra figures, with Tambs allegedly acting with North and the White House.
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U.S
Costa Rica
Lewis Tambs
Central America
Tambs
Oliver North
White House
National Security Council
Congress
State Department
Udall Research, A
Iran
Nicaragua
Richard Secord
North
Washington
Tough drunk driving laws boosting hit run incidents
A Purdue University study finds stricter drunken driving penalties reduce alcohol related crashes but raise hit and run incidents. Researchers led by John Umbeck analyzed 500000 Ohio accidents from 1982 to 1983 noting Ohio’s 1983 zero point ten blood alcohol law increased jail and license suspension risks.
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Purdue University
John Umbeck
Purdue
Krannert School of Management
Ohio
New York
Christmas Dinner Feeds 400 at St Pauls Church
Nancy Stevens reports St Pauls Methodist Church hosted Christmas dinner serving more than 400 low income and elderly individuals. Volunteers plated ham and trimmings with cookies fruit sacks and a poinsettia. Organizers aimed to offer restaurant like service and foster new friendships at the tables.
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St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Dick Pankey
Iceland freighter sinks. five rescued after 11 crew die
A Danish coast guard helicopter plucked five survivors from the Sudurland after the 3,500 ton ship sank in north Atlantic rough seas. Six crewmen died, three in a life raft, as gale conditions hampered rescue. The vessel, en route from Iceland to Murmansk with 19,000 barrels of herring, was lost far from land.
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David Burnett
Kinloss
Scotland
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Burnett
Thorshaven
Faroe Islands
Gudmundur Asgeirsson
Nesskip Shipping Line
Today’s Chuckle on sea of matrimony without a paddle
A light joke notes that some children this generation seem to reflect parents who set out aboard married life without a paddle.
AMA sues over Medicare rules in new law
The American Medical Association seeks to strike down and halt enforcement of Medicare provisions in a year old law. The suit filed in Lubbock Texas argues the changes create a two tier system by capping physician fees and penalizing patients who stay with higher charging doctors. Dr James Sammons of the AMA says beneficiaries could lose access to their longtime doctors and be treated as second class citizens.
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American Medical Association
AMA
Association
Federal District Court
Lubbock
Tex
Otis Bowen
Secretary of Health and Human Services
James Sammons
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