$2 Billion Damage Suits Filed For Canary Islands Crash Victims
Insurance experts estimate aviation disaster losses may top 240 million dollars. The first California damage suits on behalf of crash victims seek over 2 billion dollars, including 63 million for the Pan American and KLM jet collision on the Canary Islands runway last Sunday.
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Plane Passengers Tried to Help During Deadly Crash
New York AP reports Pan American stewardess Dorothy Kelly survived the Tenerife disaster, describing passengers and crew fighting to reenter the burning plane to aid others. She recalls screams and metal in the air as the Jumbo jet exploded. Survivors include Joan Jackson Carla Johnson Susanne Donovan Patricia Daniel Linda Daniel with the husband of Patricia among the dead.
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Fires Ravage 10 400 Acres In New Jersey Blazes
Fires swept about 10 400 acres across Atlantic Ocean and Burlington counties as 50 mph winds fanned 24 fires. One death reported Wayne Ebrke, 40, in Egg Harbor City. Evacuations occurred while 1 000 acres burned near Egg Harbor City and 400 near Port Republic.
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Charges Dropped As Nurse Plans Marriage
Linda Lee King, a Corpus Christi nurse, asked prosecutors to drop all charges against George Edd Hodges 33, who was indicted for aggravated kidnapping after a March 12 assault. The indictment was dismissed as the couple announced plans to marry. Police described the scene as King found in a blood soaked nurse uniform clinging to a fence near Cabaniss Field.
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