Passenger plane loses pressure over Pennsylvania
An Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 en route from Fort Lauderdale to Newark descended 27,000 feet after the cabin pressure failed at 37,000 feet above Harrisburg. The plane landed at Newark airport with two passengers treated for nausea and a heart condition observation for another. Passengers described panic while officials said there was no danger and noted oxygen masks deployed during the descent.
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Newark
N.J
Eastern Airlines
Harrisburg
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Newark International Airport
St. James Hospital
Eastern
Gilbert Perlroth
Alice Nagel
Roseland
Robert Christian
Christian
Nagel
Perlroth
Fugitive beauty queen Joyce McKinney arrested near Asheville
FBI says Joyce McKinney and Keith May were arrested on charges of making false statements to obtain passports. Bond set at $10,000 each. McKinney, once Miss Wyoming USA, fled England in 1978 after bail for a kidnapping case.
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Asheville
N.C
Joyce McKinney
Mount
Everest
England
FBI
Miss McKinney
Minneapolis
Keith Joseph May
Los Angeles
May
London
Canada
Kirk Anderson
Provo
Utah
Anderson
Kirk
Eng
Brush Fires Burn Across Western States
The Associated Press reports widespread wildfires in California Oregon Arizona and Idaho with thousands of acres scorched. Six Forest Service crew members treated for burns and smoke inhalation as fires around I-5 in Southern California threaten homes and close highways.
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California
Oregon
Arizona
Idaho
U.S. Forest Service
Interstate 5
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Ken Lavoie
Halsey and
Chiquito
Klamath County
Rexburg
Grasmere
Israel Raises Petroleum Prices By Forty Percent
Prime Minister Begin's government boosted petroleum prices by 40 percent, hiking 94 octane gasoline to about 2.50 per gallon and lifting diesel and cooking gas costs. The move adds pressure on an economy facing near 100 percent inflation, with subsidies being cut and potential political consequences for Ehrlich and the cabinet.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Menachem Begin
Simha Ehrlich
Begin
Labor Party
Shimon Peres
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