Jet fire becomes fifth major air disaster of year
Manchester air disaster leaves 54 dead among 137 aboard a Airtours Boeing 737. Survivors describe mass panic as flames engulfed the jet during takeoff at Manchester Airport. Officials cite left wing engine explosion that saturated the aircraft with fuel and caused a towering inferno. Firefighters suffered injuries from a second blast.
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Manchester
England
Greece
Gil Thompson
Thompson
Modest July price hikes temper inflation outlook
Washington report shows a 0.2 percent July rise in the consumer price index. Food costs slipped 0.1 percent while shelter climbed 0.6 percent amid overall energy price declines. Gasoline fell 0.4 percent and fuel oil by 1.3 percent as housing and energy components influenced the modest inflation for 1985.
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Washington
Labor Department
Public hearing planned on complaints about asphalt plant
The KDHE Bureau of Air Quality will hold a public hearing at the Lawrence Public Library at 7 p.m. in September to address citizen complaints about a hot-mix asphalt plant on Kansas Turnpike Authority property. Topics include a recent violation notice for not meeting air quality standards and ongoing odor, smoke, and noise concerns raised by neighbors.
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Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Bureau of Air Quality
Lawrence
Kansas Turnpike Authority
KDHE
Lawrence Public Library
Moody
Charles Delano
Hamm Asphalt
Fire truck firm to build new ladder vehicle for Lawrence
City officials reached a final agreement with FMC Fire Apparatus Division in Tipton Indiana to replace a June delivered fire truck that failed to meet specifications with a new ladder truck meeting weight capacities. The city will use the original truck on a second response basis until the new one is completed, possibly in February.
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Lawrence
Buford Watson
Watson
FMC Fire Apparatus Division
Tipton
Ind
Celebrities Face Off in Benefit Softball for Cancer Aid
The American Cancer Society hosts its 6th annual Benefit Softball Game at Holcom Sports Complex drawing about 500 fans. The blue team Beat Cancer won 17-14 over the American Cancer Society red squad in nine innings. Larry Brown KU coach and winning pitcher, Gene Budig KU Chancellor, and 25 blue team members played. Rep Jim Slattery threw the ceremonial first ball and Lawrence Mayor Mike Amyx made a feet-first slide into third. Budig hit a single in two plate appearances.
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American Cancer Society
Holcom
Kansas University
Larry Brown
Gene Budig
Jim Slattery
Lawrence
Mike Amyx
Budig
Poisonous mushrooms warning hits Lawrence after wet spell
Lawrence residents warned of a mushroom bloom with toxic specimens causing illnesses. Four year old Anthony Kennon was rushed to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with vomiting and fatigue after likely ingesting a mushroom from the local mobile home park. Pediatrician Dr. Vernon Branson stressed the seriousness, while KU botany expert Robert Lichtwardt noted the year’s unusually prevalent fungi.
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Lawrence
Vernon Branson
Anthony Lee Kennon
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Branson
Anthony
Robert Lichtwardt
Kansas University
KU Fan Fears Seat Change at Allen Fieldhouse
Harold Riehm, a 20 year Kansas University basketball devotee, warns legislators that a new seating policy could force him to donate 1250 dollars yearly beyond season tickets to keep his seat. He fears long time fans with limited funds may be bumped by wealthier newcomers as KU enters a promising season.
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Topeka
Harold Riehm
Indiana
Kansas University
Allen Fieldhouse
Riehm
N.H
Kansas University Athletic Corporation
Kansas
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Lichtwardt
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