Six die in Lear jet crash near Anchorage
A private Lear jet crashed during an instrument approach to Alaska International Airport in fog. Six people died including Jack Spurgeon 37 copilot Carroll Meyer 47 Warren Moore 50 president of Alaska Constructors Wolfgang Pabst 45 vice president Victor Abadie 50 project engineer Brown & Root Gerald Doberman 55 Brown & Root director.
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Anchorage
FAA
Spurgeon
Meyer
Warren T. Moore
Alaska Constructors
Wolfgang Pabst
Victor Abadie
Houston
Brown & Root, Inc
Gerald Doberman
Brown & Root
IRA threat looms as Ulster attacks kill five
In South Armagh and near Lurgan and Whitecross gunmen killed five Catholics and wounded two others in two farmhouse shootings. Police linked the killings to Protestant paramilitary groups while the IRA warned of renewed violence unless British troops withdraw from Northern Ireland. The incident followed IRA claims of strength and reports of expanded armories and new Belfast battalions.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Irish Republican Army
South Armagh
Lurgan
Whitecross
IRA
Britain
London
Ulster
Moderate quake rattles Farmington area in New Mexico
A 5.0 magnitude quake was felt across northwestern New Mexico and as far as Phoenix, with no damage or injuries initially reported. Farmington police logged about 200 calls in 20 minutes as tremors shook the police station and surrounding towns including Gallup Grants Zuni Crownpoint and Window Rock. Cal Tech seismologists noted the tremor but could not pinpoint magnitude or epicenter.
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Farmington, N.M
UPI
New Mexico
Phoenix
Ariz
National Weather Service
Farmington
Gallup
Grants
Zuni
Crownpoint
Window Rock
Pasadena
Calif
Cal Tech Seismological Laboratory
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Lompoc
Monthru
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Wein
Solid State Television
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U.S
REN
Admiral
Santa Maria Way
Kmart
St.—Lompoc
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