United 232 cockpit tapes show calm emergency landing effort
Tape recordings released show United Flight 232 pilot Alfred Haynes and air traffic controller Kevin Bachman remained calm as the DC-10 with no hydraulics tried to land at Sioux City. The jet crashed, killing 111 of 296 aboard, after a tail engine disintegrated and hydraulics failed, leaving little control.
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Washington
UPI
United Flight 232
Sioux City
Iowa
Northwest
FAA
Kevin Bachman
Transportation
Samuel Skinner
United
Alfred Haynes
Sublette farm shows persistence pays
Sublette farm story follows the Florchuetz family as a Centennial Farm entering its sixth generation. Steve Florchuetz runs the operation at 2212 Maytown Road with wife Susan. Sons Brian and Craig are being positioned to inherit, each starting their own heifer herds. Brian has already earned 4-H success with a top gaining steer. Steve emphasized steady progress and modern breeding practices started by his father Bill in 1971 with weight records and 1973 artificial insemination, shaping a data driven approach to sire selection.
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Telegraph
Sublette
Steve Florchuetz
Steve
Maytown Road
Florchuetzes
Susan Florchuetz
Brian
Craig
Florchuetz
Western Illinois University
Bill
Florchuette Farm Sees Breeding Awards at 4-H Fair
The Florchuettes raise 90 cattle with 60 purebred Angus and 30 crossbred Simmental Angus and grow corn soybeans wheat and hay. Steve and his father built a breeding records system. A steer won an award and another placed second in premiere at the Bureau County 4-H Fair. Three sold steers earned awards this year.
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Florchuettes
Steve
Brian
Florchuettes Sold Took Second In Premiere At the 4-H Fair. Steers Sold
Tax collectors crack down at Woodstock reunion sales
Bethel NY. State tax agents shut down unlicensed vendors hawking Woodstock reunion souvenirs targeting the Empire State tax take. Four vendors cited. organizers say 1,000 attended the Thursday night show at Imperial Resort Hotel with aging stars like Edgar Winter and Leon Russell.
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Bethel
N.Y
UPI
Aquarius
Empire State
Paul Ricard
State Department of Taxation and Finance
Woodstock
Imperial Resort Hotel
Edgar Winter
Leon Russell
Merger decision in voters hands in Oregon Mount Morris
Oregon and Mount Morris school officials announced the Illinois State Board of Education approved a referendum on consolidation for the November 7 ballot. Mount Morris superintendent Ed Olds welcomed the news while Oregon Superintendent R D Lovelace cited lack of opposition at the July hearing. The merged district would address debt and expand the high school, with the state absorbing the poorer debt.
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Telegraph
Oregon
Mount Morris
Illinois State Board of Education
Ed Olds
R.D. Lovelace
Leaf River
Byron
Olds
ISB
Mile wide asteroid zips past Earth in near miss
US scientists say asteroid 1989 PE, about a mile across, will pass about 2.5 million miles from Earth next Thursday, far outside planetary impact risk. NASA expert Eleanor Helin notes it could be altered by planetary gravity, while Minor Planet Center director Brian Marsden stresses no danger in the near term.
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Washington
UPI
Earth
Moon
Eleanor Helin
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Hermes
Helin
Brian Marsden
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Marsden
Mars
Jupiter
Neptune Likely Has Magnetic Field Seen by Voyager 2
NASA scientists reported intense radio emissions from Neptune detected by Voyager 2 as it nears a close flyby, indicating a magnetic field. The emissions arise from energetic particles spiraling along magnetic lines, producing polarized radio waves. The spacecraft, launched 12 years ago, will pass Neptune’s north pole before Triton and continue its outer solar system tour.
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Pasadena
Calif
Neptune
James Warwick
Outer Solar System
North Pole
Solar System
Earth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mercury
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
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