Pilot clings to exterior stairs after fall from plane
Henry Dempsey, 45, Cape Elizabeth, held onto an outside stair sure for about 10 minutes after the passenger door opened midflight, while Eastern Express flight without passengers made an emergency landing at Portland Jetport. He was treated and released with minor injuries.
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Portland, Maine
UPI
Portland
Henry Dempsey
Federal Aviation Administration
Susan Coulter
Dempsey
Portland Press Herald
Gulf tanker war attacks continue
In Manama Iran fired bazookas at an Italian freighter and machine guns at a Japanese tanker in a flare of naval hostilities. Iraqi warplanes attacked a large naval target off Iran as the Persian Gulf toll rose with more vessels hit and crews wounded.
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Manama
Bahrain
UPI
Iraq
Baghdad
Iran
Persian Gulf
US aid to Iraq in attacks on Iran taps AWACS and spy planes
UPI reports that intelligence shared via American radar aircraft based in Saudi Arabia and spy planes in Britain and Cyprus is aiding Iraqi raids on Iranian offshore targets and monitoring Iranian land movements. The administration remains divided over policy while denying direct encouragement of Iran’s foe.
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Washington
UPI
Iraq
Persian Gulf
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Britain
Cyprus
State Department
United Press International
Iran
Administration
Gulf
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Right to die ruling in Pennsylvania for terminally ill patient
A Philadelphia judge authorizes removal of life support for a terminally ill ALS patient, marking Pennsylvania’s first right-to-die ruling. The 64 year old woman, identified as Jane Doe, chose to die with dignity after years of paralysis, with family consent and court approval following her February 1987 request.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Pennsylvania
Common Pleas
Samuel Lehrer
South Philadelphia
Lou Gehrig
Jane Doe
Lehrer
New Jersey
Florida
Karen Ann Quinlan
FAA to spend 1 billion on LA air traffic control upgrade
Federal aviation officials say a 1 billion modernization of the Los Angeles air traffic control system, blamed for last year’s Aeromexico disaster, should be finished by next summer. Improvements include new radar at LAX and a faster computer system for the Palmdale regional center.
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Hawthorne
Calif
UPI
Federal Aviation
Los Angeles
Aeromexico
Los Angeles International
Palmdale
James Stagner
Federal Aviation Administration
Western Pacific
Califor
Statewide School Strikes Hit Eight Districts in Pennsylvania
United Press International reports eight Pennsylvania districts idle as teachers walk out. Shenango Area in Lackawanna County enters day three affecting 87 teachers and 1,500 students. Mid Valley strike cancels first day for 1,600 students amid talks stall. District offers salary gains but resists extending elementary shift to seven hours. Negotiations set Sept. 8 in Northern York County with a state mediator. South Allegheny and North Allegheny districts also contend with teacher strikes impacting hundreds of staff and thousands of students.
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Mid Valley School Dstrict
Lackawanna County
Pennsylvania
Shenango Area
Mid Valley Education Association
Joseph Crotti
Crotti
Allegheny
Somerset
Clearfield
York
Lancaster
Allison
Allegheny County
South Allegheny
North Allegheny
City man dies in Ohio industrial accident
Kenneth D. Wise, 34, a New Castle resident employed by Ex pert Crane Co. of Mentor, Ohio, died at the T&B Foundry in Cleveland after falling 30 feet from an overhead crane. Found by a coworker in a trash barrel, he sustained head and trunk injuries and a fractured left upper arm. He died at St. Vincent's Charity Hospital. Obituary on page 3.
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New Castle
Ohio
Cleveland
Kenneth D. Wise
Rosedale Ave
Expert Crane Co
Mentor, Ohio
T&b Foundry
Cuyahoga County
Wise
St. Vincent’s Charity Hospital
Death Record Listings for Sept 3 1987
Death notices list Louis M Oswald aged 79 of 315 Edgewood Ave James Plink 73 of 1015 Hazen St Thomas L Fair 78 of 807 Wilmington Ave Paul R Peluso 59 of 12 W Elizabeth St Kenneth D Wise 34 of 2906 Rosedale Ave Mrs Helen Peloza 87 of Mesa Arizona Mrs Edna A Mahalchak 75 Ellwood City Rd 2 George D Danielson 69 of Hermitage John Chepelsky 74 of 12 W Laurel Ave.
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Louis M. Oswald
Edgewood
James Plink
Hazen St
Thomas L. Fair
Wilmington
Paul R. Peluso
W. Elizabeth St
Kenneth D. Wise
Rosedale
Helen Peloza
Mesa
Ariz
Edna A. Mahalchak
Ellwood City
George D. Danielson
Hermitage
John Chepelsky
W. Laurel Ave
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