Investigators Return to Washington in Delta 1141 Crash Probe
Twenty two NTSB investigators split duties after Delta Flight 1141 failed to clear Dallas Fort Worth airport. Some teams remained in Grapevine to recover wreckage while captains interview plans were postponed as Capt. Larry Davis prepared for surgery. The probe seeks answers on the fatal takeoff crash that killed 13 at Dallas Fort Worth.
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Delta Air Lines
Washington
Kathy Matney
Parkland Hospital
Larry Davis
National Transportation Safety Board
Davis
Dallas-Fort Worth International
Free Food Fracas In San Francisco Leaves Dozens Arrested
About 200 people gathered near Golden Gate Park for a Food Not Bombs give away when police in riot gear moved in after warnings to obtain a permit. Fifty protesters were arrested and a television cameraman was injured during the clash. It marked the second such confrontation in a week after 29 arrests on August 29.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Seattle restores power after six cable fire outage
Utility crews finished repairing the last of six damaged cables in Seattle after a blaze that cut power to about 50 blocks downtown for four days. By Sunday all areas except a parking garage near the underground vault were reconnected, with some buildings still off due to owner availability or choice to wait. City Light cannot yet estimate the outage cost and is assessing the fire’s cause.
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Seattle
Seattle City Light
Scott Forslund
City Light
Flood Toll Rises as Mudslides Stranding Thousands in Mexico
Rescuers cleared mudslides on roads and distributed food and supplies to thousands left helpless by floods in southern Mexico. At least 28 people died, with Veracruz state reporting 16 fatalities and the largest homeless population, as Debby's impact continued from Friday.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Veracruz
Two East Germans escape to West Berlin amid wall breaches
Two East German youths aged 18 and 21 climbed the southern Berlin wall and fled to West Berlin. Police report floodlights were triggered but guards did not fire, bringing total escapes to ten in three days. In Seoul Chun Kyung Hwan, brother of ex president Chun Doo Hwan, got seven years and a 5.9 million dollar fine for fraud tied to the Saemaul Movement. Eleven Saemaul officials also jailed on various counts with sentences of one to three years. five cases suspended.
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West Berlin
Seoul
South Korea
Chun Kyung Hwan
Chun Doo Hwan
Chun
Saemaul
West German actor Gert Froebe, famous for Goldfinger role, dies at 75
Gert Froebe, the German actor who played the villains in Goldfinger and other wartime officer parts, died of a heart attack in a Munich hospital aged 75. Born February 25, 1913 in Zwickau, he balanced a Hamburg home with Alpine chalets and appeared in movies from Man on a Tightrope to The Serpent's Egg.
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U.S
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Fort Knox
Israel
Goldfinger
Germany
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Elia Kazan
Terence Young
Ken Hughes
Ingmar Bergman
Zwickau
Hamburg
U S announces largest bailout of S L in history
The Federal Home Loan Bank Board agreed to a 2 billion dollar rescue of American Savings and Loan Association of Stockton California. The Bass group will inject 550 million cash and the bank board will own 30 percent after the deal.
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Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Savings and Loan Association
American Savings and Loan Association of
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Calif
Robert Bass
Fort Worth
M. Danny Wall
Bass Group
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Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp
Flooded Bangladesh faces vast devastation as army aids refugees
Barefoot women and millions displaced crowd a single dry strip in Baikali as army officers distribute food amid floods that submerge three-fourths of the nation. Officials report at least 406 dead, with higher tolls in Dhaka papers, while waterborne disease hits tens of thousands.
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Baistali
Bangladesh
Dhaka
Tashmur Rahman
Brezhnev son-in-law on trial for bribery in Moscow
Yuri Churbanov, Leonid Brezhnev’s son-in-law, faces a long corruption indictment with eight co-defendants. The case, read before a three-judge military tribunal, alleges bribes of wine, rare fruit, and large sums. Churbanov’s wife Galina Brezhnev plans to attend for moral support. trial could carry the death penalty.
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Leonid Brezhnev
Yuri Churbanov
Kremlin
Interior Ministry
Churbanov
Supreme Court
Galina Brezhnev
Andrei Makarov
Titan V launches refurbished Titan 2 with spy satellites
At Vandenberg a Titan 2 booster carried a four satellite Air Force payload aimed at naval surveillance. Officials expect 2 3 days to confirm polar orbit. Earlier a Titan 340 failed to reach the intended stationary orbit. Air Force Secretary Aldridge hailed space launch recovery.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
U.S
Norma Payne
Navy
Space Policy
John Pike
Pike
Federation of American Scientists
Space Launch Complex 4
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Edward C
Pete” Aldridge
South Africa frees detained law lecturer on humanitarian grounds
Raymond Suttner, a 43 year old law school lecturer jailed for more than two years since the 1986 state of emergency, is released under strict conditions including nighttime house arrest and no access to educational facilities. He spent much of his detention in solitary confinement and had limited visiting rights.
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South Africa
Raymond Suttner
Suttner
P.W. Botha
Law and Order
Adriaan Viok
Viok
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