Military plane crashes into Indiana hotel and restaurant
A Lockheed C-130 four engine turboprop crashed nose-first into the Drury Inn motel and JoJo's restaurant in Evansville Indiana killing at least 16 people. Five Kentucky Air National Guard members were among the dead and 19 injured. The crew was practicing touch and go landings at Evansville Regional Airport when the tragedy occurred.
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Evansville
Ind
Pearl Harbor
Mark Whitehead
Drury Inn
Kentucky Air National Guard
123Rd Tactical Airlift Wing
Guard
David Altom
Rick Woods
Vanderburgh County
Woods
Sandy Appler
Evansville Regional
Altom
Whitehead
Bush to Speed Ozone Cleanup With CFC Phaseout
Washington officials say the Bush administration plans a faster phaseout of CFCs, chemicals that damage the ozone layer. Officials indicate broad support to eliminate CFCs by the mid 1990s rather than the year 2000, amid criticism that action should have already occurred.
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Washington
Bush Administration
DNA study finds low chance of false DNA matches
Yale researchers Neil Risch and Bernie Devlin analyze FBI and Lifecodes data in Science showing innocent suspects face minimal risk of wrongful linkage to crime scenes, with a match probability never exceeding one in a million and only a rare twin could produce a false positive.
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Washington
Science
Neil Risch
Bernie Devlin
Yale University
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lifecodes
Teen moves reattached arms after severing farm accident
John Thompson, 18, of Hurdsfield North Carolina, reattached arms after a January farm accident raised them at a Robbinsdale press conference. He walked 400 feet to his home and used a pencil to dial for help, then waited in a bathtub for an ambulance, saying he did not want to spill blood on the carpet.
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Robbinsdale
Minn
John Thompson
Hurdsfield
N.C
Thompson
FAA inspections criticized by GAO auditors
Washington AP report says inspectors fail to target riskiest airlines, skip some carriers, and do not consistently follow up on identified problems. Kenneth Mead warns serious issues may go uncorrected, risking passengers even as FAA officials defend progress and urge balanced views.
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Washington
Congressional
House
Kenneth Mead
Transportation Issues
General Accounting Office
Federal Aviation Administration
Clinton denies draft avoidance amid Vietnam era scrutiny
In Manchester New Hampshire Bill Clinton rejected reports he avoided draft by joining a reserve officer program he never entered He said he gave up a 1969 deferment after two months saying it was wrong The issue drew questions from rivals about his veracity as the campaign neared the February 18 primary Barbara Bush campaigned for Bush while rivals offered varied reactions to the controversy.
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Bush
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Arkansas
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Iowa
Tom Harkin
Japan
Harkin
Nebraska
Bob Kerrey
Vietnam
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