Eastern 727 Fuselage Crack Prompts New Inspection Plan
Eastern Airlines reports a fissure in the fuselage of a Boeing 727-100 that ripped open near the tail, leading to an emergency Charleston landing and prompting a new testing procedure. Ed Upton notes the crack was hidden and not visible to the naked eye. NTSB will examine torn section at its Washington lab to determine fracture type and possible corrosion.
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Eastern
Ed Upton
Upton
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W.va
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NTSB
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Lopatkiewicz
Washington
Charges dropped in bomb threat case against UC Berkeley lecturer
UPI reports charges were dismissed against Peter Canning 40 a UC Berkeley lecturer accused of a bomb threat on an American Airlines flight after an 11 year old boy on an earlier flight admitted writing the note The flight was diverted to Albuquerque and evacuated no bombs were found The U S attorney and San Francisco office declined prosecution and the boy faced no charges
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American Airlines
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Peter Canning
San Francisco
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Albuquerque International
U.S
Doug Beldon
Canning
Harvard
Marcos taken to Honolulu hospital for second time
Former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, 71, was rushed to St. Francis Medical Center in Honolulu for a second time in a month with undisclosed ailment. He previously faced chest pains and congestive heart failure, with doctors noting a history of serious heart disease and 24 hour supervision at home. Marcos and Imelda Marcos face New York charges alleging $103 million in embezzled funds used to buy Manhattan buildings.
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Federal regulators pledge $7.5 billion to aid insolvent thrifts
Regulators unveil a rapid package to assist 18 failing thrifts nationwide with more than $7.5 billion in notes and aid. Pacific USA Holdings Corp., backed by Pacific Electric Wire and Cable of Taiwan, will acquire eight Texas thrifts through Pacific Southwest Savings Bank, with 566.2 million in notes plus 37.5 million from the Taiwanese investor. Citizens Federal Bank of Miami will gain American Savings Bank of Springfield in an additional 187.9 million package. Aiming to exploit tax advantages expiring Dec 31, officials push swift action as 193th case of the year closes.
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Southwest Plan
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Chartered Stock Savings Association
Pacific Southwest Savings Bank
Corpus Christi
Pacific
Fsclic
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American Savings Bank of
Springfield
Japan names Masami Takatsuji new Justice Minister
Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita selected Masami Takatsuji, a former Supreme Court justice, to replace Takashi Hasegawa who resigned amid Recruitgate. Takatsuji, 78, served on the Supreme Court from 1973 to 1980. Hasegawa admitted accepting donations from Recruit Cosmos Co. over 12 years, ending his brief tenure as justice minister.
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UPJ
Noboru Takeshita
Takashi Hasegawa
Masami Takatsuji
Supreme Court
Japan
Takeshita
Takatsuji
Hasegawa
Cosmos Co
Make believe prison drill triggers statewide chase
In Albany, a prison training exercise caused a chaotic mock emergency. About 24 State Police cars sped along the Thruway after a distress call from the Corrections Emergency Response Team. Officials blame radio frequency mix up. about 40 CERT members were conducting routine drills when troopers joined the drill.
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Ron Clark
Corrections Department
Jim Flateau
State Corrections Department
Corrections Emergency Response Team
CERT
Weather and search for six missing crewmen from sunken ship
United Press International reports a windy winter storm across the Pacific Northwest with rain and snow, while searchers off New England chased diminishing winds for six Cypriot crewmen missing after the Lloyd's Bermuda sank in 25 foot seas. Rain covers western Washington and Oregon, snow in the Cascades toward western Montana, and snowshowers in the upper Midwest and Great Lakes. Dense fog grows in central Florida as Coast Guard Tamaroa and a C 130 search Nantucket area for the missing crew.
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National Weather Service
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Montana
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Nantucket
Coast Guard
Tamaroa
Lloyd's Bermuda
Illinois forecast and lottery numbers from Dixon to Chicago
The report covers temperatures in Dixon with a high of 21 and a low of 3 on Thursday, a five day outlook from Chicago with Sunday partly cloudy and snow chances north, rain or snow south, and cooler highs in the 25 to 30 range by Tuesday. It also notes lottery results with a Thursday daily game winning number 9-5-0, Pick Four 6-8-8-3, and an estimated Saturday Lotto grand prize of 20 million dollars.
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UPI
Illinois
the Telegraph
Dixon Telegraph Office
Dixon Telegraph
P.O
Dixon, IL
Commodity Noon Quotes From Merchants Trading Co
Live cattle and hog, pork bellies and feeder cattle prices listed for several delivery months. Includes soybeans, corn, wheat, meals, oils, cocoa, sugar, bonds, oats, and metals with mixed-month quotes and source credits to Mer chants Trading Company and S. T. Majewski et al.
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H. W. Beeler
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