Portugal train crash leaves hundreds dead or missing
First reports place casualties high after a collision near Mangualde in Serra da Estrela region. Officials say 150 bodies in one carriage lane, with 28 dead confirmed locally and many injured. President Ramalho Eanes headed to the scene as rescue teams, blood banks, and aid agencies mobilized nationwide.
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Hadeen
ANDP
Azevedo
RTP
Mangualde
Luxembourg
Italy
Correia
Nelas
Serra da Estrela
Alvaro Rodrigues
Viseu
Lisbon
Antonio Ramalho Eanes
Defense Ministry
Soares
Portugal
Red Cross
India
Bihar
U.S
Airlines: Cracks in FAA oversight raise safety concerns
A Manchester England Boeing 737 explosion and a Milwaukee crash have prompted talk of a possible maintenance link. FAA inspection gaps are cited with GAO findings showing uneven scrutiny among carriers like American West and Atlantic Southeast. Mineta and Rep. Lehman urge closer FAA monitoring.
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Manchester
England
Milwaukee
Mineta
National Transportation Safety Board
Air Illinois
FAA
General Accounting Office
Congress
GAO
American West
Atlantic Southeast
William Lehman
Dfla
Iowa and Midwest crops rise with record soybean yield forecast
Iowa leads with a 310 million bushel soybean crop and 38 bushels per acre. national figures project a 2.06 billion bushel soybean harvest and 33.2 bushel per acre average. Corn production nears 1.58 billion bushels in Iowa, with a 118 bushel per acre yield. traders expect prices to ease as USDA and analyst projections differ. Jim Sigman notes bumper yields and lower prices, while the USDA outlook slightly undercuts trade estimates.
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Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Jim Sigman
Blunt, Ellis and
Loewi
Cedar Rapids
Sigmon
USDA
Conrad Leslie
Sigmon Age
Drug approach to cold may hint at future vaccines
An official cited Rossmann findings as a good base piece of information while noting many steps remain before clinical impact. Researchers including Gallo plan experiments mapping leukemia linked viruses with the same high technology used on the cold virus, and the AIDS virus could be part of that effort, though success is speculative.
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Rossmann
William Allen
Federal Institute
Robert Gallo
National Cancer Institute
Allen
Radar contract woes lead Air Force to withhold funds
The Air Force is withholding about 150 million dollars in payments to Westinghouse Electric over wiring assemblies for radar in the F 16 and B 1 programs. The action follows ongoing production and quality control problems, with inspectors flagging high failure rates on components.
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Washington
Air Force
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Mike Wallace
Westinghouse
Wallace
Dick King
King
Hearst News Service
Century plant chronicles decline from 3,000 to 38 workers
The Westeel division cut back dramatically with Century as its U.S. production site. No severance pay is offered, health coverage lasts to October with a six month option, and transfers are not promised. The firm’s history spans from wartime fuses to later ownership changes ending in 1985 with 38 employees.
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Atkinson
Westeel
Century
U.S
Lattner
McCord Corp
Detroit
Ex-Cell-O Inc
McCord
Ex-Cell-O
Jannock’s
Westeel Division
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Antonio Ribeiro da Costa
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Abilio Travessas
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Advanced Technology Laboratory
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5Th Ave
Paulson Electric Company
EMI
eBee
Town and Country Shopping Center
First Avenue
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