DC-10 Inspections Resume After FAA Order in 1979
DC-10s began returning to service after FAA ordered detailed inspections of engine mounts. Northwest National American United and Japan Airlines completed or planned checks with varying completion times. The directive faces a three hour per engine inspection window and reiterates 100 hour or 10 day repeat inspections. The O Hare crash earlier that week raised concerns about engine mount integrity and possible metal fatigue.
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Washington Star
Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
Northwest Airlines
Minneapolis
National Airlines
New York
Amsterdam
American Airlines
United Airlines
FAA
Japan Airlines
U.S
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Chicago
O'Hare
National Transportation Safety Board
Agreement possible in Inco dispute
Negotiators for striking miners and Inco Ltd have reached a tentative agreement after 15 hours of talks in Toronto. The terms remain secret until 11,750 miners meet the union exec, with a ratification vote not expected before Sunday.
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Toronto
Giant
Inco Ltd
Company
United Steelworkers of America
Victor Pathe
Ghost riders may save Pincher Creek air route
Time Air could continue its Calgary to Pincher Creek service if the Alberta government buys seats on flights under a ghost rider plan. Airline president Stubb Ross said government purchases of about 650 seats at 26 dollars each could keep the five day a week route solvent amid losses. The plan aims to encourage third level carriers to serve rural Alberta terminals.
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Alberta
Time Air
Calgary
Pincher Creek
Stubb Ross
Ross
Hugh Horner
Horner
Federal Air Transport Committee
Time
Pacific Western Airlines
Lethbridge
Guerrillas Attack Two Mines Near Managua
Leftist guerrillas attacked the Bonanza Gold Mine and the Rosita Copper Mine about 300 kilometers northeast of Managua, causing serious machinery damage. A military spokesman said two unidentified planes attempted to land at Siuna near the mines but fled after spotting troops.
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Managua
Reuter
U.S
Bonanza
Rosita
Siuna
Fire damages train prompts Via to suspend turbo service
Via Rail suspends its Montreal to Toronto turbo service indefinitely after a fire damaged one of three turbo units near Iroquois Ontario. The two remaining units are out of service. conventional diesel cars will replace them, extending travel time from 4 hours 40 minutes to about five hours.
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Montreal
Via Rail
Via
Lee McCasslin
Ontario
McCasslin
Daniel Rosseel
Central Station
Iroquois
Emory LeBlanc
Morrisburg
CN Rail
Iroquois Fire Department
Randy Thompson
Harrisburg study planned on Three Mile Island health effects
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare and Pennsylvania will conduct a large study of health effects from the Three Mile Island accident. A census within 10 miles of the plant will identify residents, with parent and fetal health monitoring, and long term follow up planned for up to 20 years.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
State of Pennsylvania
Three Mile Island
Joseph A. Califano
Pennsylvania
Nsylvania
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Centre For Disease Control
National Cancer Institute
Califano
Joyce Freeman
Pennsylvania Commission On Three
PLO Israelis exchange fire amid Lebanon clashes
Israeli and Palestinian forces fired across the border as Lebanon reported five dead and three wounded in the south. Arafat's Beirut command said guerrilla bases in Mount Hermon foothills and Bekaa Valley were targeted. Lebanese Foreign Minister urged UN Security Council action.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Lebanon
Yasser Arafat
Beirut
Mount Hermon
Bekaa
Fuad Butros
United Nations Security Council
Middle East
Syria
Carter
Washington
Trudeau to resign as prime minister to allow Clark government
Gov Gen Edward Schreyer was advised by Pierre Trudeau that he will resign as prime minister this coming Monday. Trudeau said he formally advised Schreyer to invite Joe Clark to form a Progressive Conservative government, clearing the way for Clark and his cabinet to be sworn in at 24 Sussex Drive. Clark planned talks with Ed Broadbent ahead of possible NDP support in a hung Commons.
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Ottawa
Pierre Trudeau
Edward Schreyer
Schreyer
Joe Clark
Clark
Trudeau
Sussex Dr
Ed Broadbent
New Democratic Party
Gas pipeline explosion rocks Englehart Ont
A natural gas blast sent flames 30 metres into the air in Englehart Ontario is extinguished. Four people were hospitalized with minor burns. two released. About 1 kilometre of TransCanada PipeLines line destroyed and 25 residents displaced. Schools and roads closed.
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Englehart
Ont
Ontario
Gord Luloff
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd
Quebec
Tribesmen Clash With Troops in Khorramshahr Port City
Arab tribesmen attacked Khorramshahr’s naval base, governor’s office, police station, post office and oil factory as clashes with Iran’s revolutionary regime intensify. Official reports say 11 Arabs killed, dozens wounded, and a state of emergency declared in the 100000 resident port city amid ongoing autonomy demands.
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Khorramshahr
Iran
Khuseztan
Khuzestan
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini
Ning
National Iranian Oil Co
Radio Tehran
Ahmad Madani
Persian Gulf
Abadan
Karoun
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Southam News Services
Paul Bilodeau
Harrisburg
National Institute of Mental Health
Damascus
United States
Kuwait
George Habash
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Habash
al Qabas
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