Safety of plane seats questioned after Dallas crash study
The Dallas Morning News reports NTSB documents show most survivors in past major crashes sat rearward, with nine of 16 events listing rear survivors. In the Aug 2 Delta L 1011 crash at DFW 132 died, 31 survived. Researchers in Mojave test dispute rear-seat safety theory, calling it hogwash.
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Dallas
National Transportation Safety Board
Dallas Morning News
Delta Air Lines
NTSB
Dallas-Fort Worth International
Mojave
Weather forecast not relayed in Delta Dallas crash
NTSB investigators probe why air traffic controllers did not pass a fresh weather forecast to the Delta Air Lines jet that crashed in Dallas on August 2, killing 132 passengers and one person on the ground. Wind shear is being considered but not yet confirmed.
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Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
Delta Air Lines
Dallas
Safety Board
Patrick Bursley
Bursley
CBS
Texas-size Cajun omelet at Abbeville festival
Cajun and French chefs prepare the first of two 5000 egg omelets for Sunday's second annual French Market Festival in Abbeville Louisiana. The 12 foot diameter omelets are claimed as the largest cooked in the United States and second largest worldwide per Guinness official Maris Cackars. A forklift raised the giant cast iron skillet over an open fire.
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Abbeville
Maris Cackars
At a Glance Analyst Predicts Lower Gas Prices
Los Angeles AP reports analyst Dan Lundberg sees gasoline costs easing as oil production in the Middle East and OPEC price cuts push wholesale prices down. His survey of 17,000 stations across 50 states shows the national average slipping to $1.23 and four tenths per gallon from $1.23 and nine tenths two weeks earlier.
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Los Angeles
Middle East
OPEC
U.S
Dan Lundberg
Lundberg
Cause of fatal bus crash probed in Chicago
Four officers question witnesses to resolve conflicting accounts after a Chicago Transit Authority bus collided with a 1975 Cadillac killing seven young people en route to a Bruce Springsteen concert at Soldier Field. The bus driver, 47, faces seven felony counts of reckless homicide and related charges.
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Chicago
Soldier Field
Chicago Transit Authority
William Diaz
Chicago Police
David Johnson
University Park
Diaz
Reagan to press Soviet on rights at Geneva summit
President Reagan plans a nine hour session with Mikhail Gorbachev at the first summit of his presidency. He aims to press on human rights as the two powers outline the Geneva meeting. Reagan arrived for a 23 day vacation at Rancho del Cielo in Santa Barbara while White House aides prepared for the talks.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
White House
Rancho del Cielo
Santa Ynez
Egs
Larry S Sa
United States
Soviet Union
Geneva
Belfast youths mark anniversary amid riot firebombs
In Belfast, soldiers and police fired plastic bullets as Catholic youths hurled gasoline bombs ahead of an anniversary rally for the practice of imprisoning suspects without trial. Seven people were arrested in west Belfast. four hours of attacks caused no serious damage. Police spokesman said gangs roved Derry's RC district.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Royal Ulster Constabulary
West Belfast
Indonderry
Man learns son alive after erroneous train death report
In Northampton Massachusetts Frank Hayes prepared his son Jon's coffin and notified relatives before a newspaper reporter uncovered that Jon Hayes 32 is alive. The body identified as James Koumjian 35 at the scene had been misidentified due to lack of confirmation and rushed police identification.
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Northampton
Mass
Frank Hayes
Hayes
Jon
Franklin Hayes
Boston Garden
James Koumjian
Federal jury begins trial over Renald Rewald fraud case
Ronald Renald faces 98 counts of fraud tax evasion and perjury as a federal jury hears witnesses about Bishop Baldwin Rewald Dillingham Wong where investors lost about 22 million dollars between 1978 and 1983. Prosecutors say 400 people invested. defense claims CIA cover story. The trial, expected to last two to three months, resumes Tuesday.
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Honolulu
Ronald Renald
Central Intelligence Agency
Rewald
Bishop, Baldwin, Rewald, Dillingham & Wong
Helen Brown
Wisconsin
Joseph Lem
Renald
Donald Sutton
Bishop Baldwin
Claudette Moves Farther From Land
Tropical Storm Claudette, the third named storm of 1985, drifted farther from land as forecasters watched a Caribbean disturbance intensify. Developed off the North Carolina coast about 500 miles east of Cape Hatteras. no land threat noted by forecaster Hal Gerrish of the National Hurricane Center.
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Claudette
Caribbean Sea
North Carolina
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Hal Gerrish
National Hurricane Center
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