Crash recaps on Northwest and Delta flights raise questions
Investigators linked the Northwest MD 80 crash on August 16 1987 at Detroit Metropolitan Airport to improperly set flaps and slats with the up position found on the flap handle. A separate Delta Flight 1141 aborted takeoff due to a compressor stall and possible minor engine issue, while Wednesday’s Boeing 727 crash left 13 dead and 95 survivors among 97 passengers and seven crew on board.
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Ing
Dickinson
Northwest Airlines
Detroit Metropolitan
Wilson Kirkland
NTSB
Michael Benson
Dallas-Fort Worth
Salt Lake City
Delta
Bill Berry
Atlanta
Berry
Federal Aviation Administration
Jack Barker
Boeing
Pratt & Whitney
Larry Davis
Greenville
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Davis
Air Show Disaster Claims More Lives and Missing Still
The air show disaster leaves 53 people unaccounted for with 34 dead identified. Maj. Kathy White confirms two Americans among the dead. You capture a high school graduate Slagle, security specialist, killed during duties near runways. his wife Cheri plans to join him in Germany once clearance is granted.
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Base
Kathy White
Slagle
HDTV debut in the 1990s reshapes U.S. sets and standards
FCC guidelines aim to preserve existing black and white sets while embracing HDTV. The rules reject Japan’s MUSE due to 8 MHz bias and 525 line signals, potentially favoring U.S. and RCA NBC investments of over $50 million as broadcasters await spectrum and market shifts toward a $20 billion U.S. HDTV market by 1997.
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Patrick
Commission
United States
Japan
FCC
Michael Sherlock
The
National Broadcasting Co
NBC
RCA Corp
Silo Crack Forces Evacuation Near Goldfield
In Goldfield a grain silo crack prompted a four block evacuation after a gas line risked rupture. The 120 foot silo held 20,000 bushels and damaged a supporting rod. workers began removing grain while officials planned repairs. Most families were allowed to return by Thursday.
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Goldfield
Gold-Eagle Coop
Brad Davis
Co-Op
Davis
Fire bans ease but hazard remains in parts of the state
Open burning bans have been lifted in most areas, yet conditions stay dangerous in spots with low rainfall. Through six months the state logged 3275 brush and grass fires causing about 285000 in damage, above the 2278 annual average. The ban persists in listed counties and several cities, districts, and townships including Ankeny and Polk City.
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Benton
Buchanan
Cass
Cedar
Dubuque
Guthrie
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Keokuk
Linn
Lucas
Mahaska
Poweshiek
van Buren
City of
Ankeny
Bondurant
Elkhart
Moravia
Orient
Polk City
Saylor Township
Scott County
Jeers and walkout interrupt Mexican leader's State of the Nation
In Mexico City Congress, President Miguel de la Madrid faced a chaotic state of the nation address with repeated protests from left and right over alleged July 6 election fraud. National Democratic Front members interrupted, while PRI lawmakers applauded, signaling a possible end to the PRI's six decades of dominance.
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Los Angeles Times
Mexico City
Mexico
Congress
Miguel de la Madrid
de la Madrid
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
National Democratic Front
Institutional Revolutionary Party
PRI
Porfirio Munoz Ledo
Cuauhtemoc
Cuauhtemoc Cardenas
National Action Party
Salinas
Miguel Montes Garcia
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Montes
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Charles) Grassley
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Gene Hogan Trailways
AT. Ls Greyhound
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Merchants National Bank
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Iowa
Iowa Bank
Eastern Iowa Main
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Vernon Village
2Nd Ave
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34Th St. S.E
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Williams Blvd
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