Jet loses fuel and crashes in fog near JFK
A Colombian Avianca Boeing 707 crashed on approach to JFK in heavy fog and rain killing at least 67 of 158 on board with about 80 injured. Investigators cite preliminary signs the jet ran out of fuel after a low approach and aborted landing. Passengers described a sudden, terrifying impact as wreckage spread across a wooded hillside.
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Cove Neck
N.Y
Associated Press
Chuck DeGaetano
New York City
Frank Ghiorsi
New York
National Transportation Safety Board
Kennedy Tower
Colombia
Defendent 19 Denies He Committed Murder In Trial
A Blue Springs man, Christopher Mitchell, 19, took the witness stand in his first degree murder trial denying the charge. He claimed he was wrongly accused and described his alibi for Oct 1 with Cynthia Scaturro, 17, Blue Springs, who testified she later recanted. He fought back against testimony that connected him to the killing of 18 year old Timothy Ridpath in Independence, Missouri, last October on a Douglas County road. Mitchell said Scaturro may have been influenced by police and offered his own timeline: 7 30 p.m. pickup, fast food, movie, lake visit, and return home by 10 30 p.m. He denied knowing Ridpath or visiting Lawrence before the incident.
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Blue Springs
Christopher Mitchell
Mitchell
Timothy K. Ridpath
Independence
Douglas County
Cynthia Scaturro
Ridpath
Lawrence
Scaturro
Mit
Chell
Carrol Crossfield
Cigarette tax plan gains support to fund state universities
The Kansas Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee heard testimony on a bill to raise the tobacco tax to fund state universities. Six committee members and 23 of 40 senators endorse the measure, though chair Dan Thiessen worries the burden falls on smokers. Primary sponsor Sen. Dick Bond proposes a five cent hike per pack and higher taxes on other tobacco products.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Dan Thiessen
Independence
Sen
Dick Bond
Overland Park
First graders craft Valentines for war veterans
Nancy Scott's East Heights School first graders made Valentine cards for military veterans through the Ann Landers Valentine Vet program. Cards will be packed at Hines VA Hospital and shipped to nearly 200 medical centers nationwide. Last year the project spurred pen pals and hopes for veteran responses this year.
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Richard Gwin
Aaron Factor
East Heights
Nancy Scott
Ann Landers
Scott
Ann Landers- Valentine
Landers
Hines VA
Hines
Medical students face mistreatment by faculty and residents
Dr. Jerald Kay of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine discusses two questionnaire based reports showing widespread abuse of medical students. Percentages indicate substantial mistreatment by teachers and on occasion by residents, prompting calls for protective policies in medical schools.
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Mary
Groppin Medical School
Nace
Jerald Kay
University’ ‘of Cincinnati College
Kansas State game fuels Jayhawks bid for seventh straight
Kansas seeks to extend its six game winning streak with a visit to Kansas State on Saturday night in Manhattan. Weather outlook calls for a cooler day with partly cloudy skies and a high near 38. Noriega defense lawyers plan a bond hearing linked to drug case developments, a move seen as exposing potential government evidence. Local area report.
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Kansas
Kansas State
Manhattan
Manuel Noriega
Economy slows with 0.5 percent fourth quarter growth
Washington officials report the U S economy grew only 0.5 percent in Q4 1989, the weakest quarterly showing since 1986, widening debate over potential recession. Full-year 1989 GNP rose 2.9 percent while 1988 expanded 4.4 percent, with experts split on near-term prospects.
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Washington
U.S
United States
Michael Boskin
Bush
Council of Economic Advisers
Boeing
San Francisco Bay Area
Boskin
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Urwa Danas
Robert LaBella
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