News Services to Suspend Alert Tests After False CONELRAD Alert
The AP and UPI will suspend routine CONELRAD tests until safeguards are set. A false alert went to national stations for 18 minutes before a correct message corrected the error. Congress and FCC probes follow, with calls for improved verification and possible investigations of the civil defense warning system.
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FAA blamed for Wichita State crash safety loophole
Look magazine reports FAA delayed applying stricter safety rules to non commercial charter flights, a loophole allowing the Wichita State football team plane to operate under looser standards. The Oct 2 1970 crash killed 31, including team members, and the study urged closing the loophole.
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UPI
Federal Aviation Administration
Wichita State University
Look Magazine
Look
FAA
Colorado Rockies
Whichita
Utah
Philip I. Ryther
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