Electrical fault blamed for Air Canada fatal fire
Federal investigators said a defect in a small electrical motor, not a cigarette, may have caused the Air Canada DC-9 fire that killed 23 aboard en route from Dallas to Toronto. Capt. Cameron noted an electrical problem before the smoldering blaze, with two circuit breakers popping in the rear lavatory.
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Federal Aviation
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Donald Cameron
Donald Engen
National Transportation Safety Board
Los Angeles Times
Federal Aviation Administration
James Schrand
Dallas
Toronto
FBI
Boston
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Engen
Cameron
Scowcroft Commission to stay active through next year
An anonymous administration source says the Scowcroft Commission on nuclear arms will be extended beyond its scheduled June 16 end date. Headed by retired Lt. Gen Brent Scowcroft, the panel helped Reagan win support for the revised MX missile program and will continue to operate through year end, per White House plans.
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Scowcroft
Reagan
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Brent Scowcroft
Nine Vietnam War remains return to Hawaii for full honors
In Honolulu at Hickam Air Force Base nine U.S. servicemen killed in Southeast Asia were brought home for full military honors more than a decade after the war. The names were not disclosed. Remains proceed to the Army Central Identification Laboratory for positive identification before release to relatives.
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Rick Stepien
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Stepien
Navy pleads for planes amid budget fight
The Navy warns it has too few combat planes to replace losses in early war days. Admiral James D. Watkins calls the shortfall serious in a memo to Navy Secretary Lehman, used to argue against Reagan era defense buildup as Congress prepares to debate the fiscal 1984 Pentagon procurement bill.
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Reagan
Congress
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Polish embassy officialarrested for aiding U S and France
Jozef Grochowski a former Polish Embassy trade official in Tokyo was arrested on charges of cooperating with intelligence centers of the United States and France. He returned to Poland Friday after refusing an order to come back in September 1982. Two Polish diplomats defected after martial law and were sentenced to death in absentia Roman Spasowski in Washington and Zdzislaw Rurarz in Tokyo.
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Poland
Jozef Grochowski
Tokyo
United States
France
PAP
Grochowski
Roman Spasowski
Washington
Zdzislaw Rurarz
Taiwan Rains Trigger Landslides Kill 12, Nine Missing
Torrential rains in Taiwan caused landslides and flooding killing 12 people and leaving nine missing. Damage reported in Natou, Taichung, and Yilan counties. The highway linking east and west Taiwan was damaged. Weather eased but heavy rain possible in coming days.
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Taiwan
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Taichung
Yilan
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Newark Dioxin Contamination Prompts Kean Doorstep Visit
Officials disclosed two year old alerts about possible dioxin at the Diamond Alkali plant in Newark and began public testing after EPA results showed soil contamination near the Passaic River. Governor Kean toured Ironbound areas while health officials plan to screen about 500 former plant workers and residents.
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New Jersey
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Kean
EPA
Times Beach
Goldstein
Passaic River
Jury Deliberates 60 Minutes Slander Case Into Weekend
A 60 Minutes civil case jury spent 44 hours over two days reviewing video and audio tapes behind closed doors. Judge Swink recessed them for the weekend after a Friday afternoon session. deliberations resume Monday. Galloway, a physician, claims a 1979 segment linked him to an insurance fraud scam. May seek $30 million originally. court ruled no malice or punitive damages.
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Superior Court
Jack Swink
Swink
CBS
Galloway
St. Francis Medical Center
Lynwood
Couple sheltering Kahl charged with murder
In Arkansas a federal probe ties Leonard and Norma Ginter to the siege near Walnut Ridge. Sheriff Gene Matthews was killed in the raid as gunfire and an ensuing blaze destroyed a bunker like house sheltering Gordon Kahl, a fugitive tax protester.
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Little Rock
Ark
Gordon Kahl
Fahmy Malak
Kahl
Arkansas
Posse Comitatus
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Scott Faul
North Dakota
Leonard
Norma Ginter
Walnut Ridge
FBI
James T. Blasingame
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Lawrence County
Gene Matthews
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