WWII plane nose dives in Washington kill eleven
Skydivers on a parachuting outing were forced to dive when a World War II era Lockheed Lodestar stalled and plunged to a highway embankment near Stanwood Washington. Eleven people were killed and fifteen survived. three other survivors and two pilots perished. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board prepared to arrive.
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Seattle
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Tional Transportation Safety Board
Mike Metcalf
Mercer Island
Metcalf
Steve Dunlap
Northwest Area
U.S. Parachute Association
Snohomish County
Reagan era pledge on discriminatory laws questioned by official
A Justice Department official accuses President Reagan of breaking a 1980 pledge to revise federal laws that discriminate against women. Barbara Honegger says her project to identify discriminatory statutes is a sham as White House ignores three quarterly reports. She says he reneged on a campaign commitment and does not deserve loyalty.
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Washington
Justice Department
Reagan
Washington Post
Barbara Honegger
White House
Post Interview Claims Existence of Gender Discrimination Agency Review
Ms. Honegger tells the Post media attention influenced actions as she describes leading a Gender Discrimination Agency Review at the Justice Department. A DOJ spokesman says the unit does not exist and that she holds a technical, not policy level, role.
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Terview
The
Post
DeCair
U.S. spies knew of Nicaraguan killings in 1982 report
A July 16 1982 Defense Intelligence Agency document, secret and four pages, notes that Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries killed government officials and a Cuban adviser. The DIA report, circulated to reporters, is the first public evidence that U.S. officials were aware of such assassinations. CIA comment was limited to denial of involvement in assassination.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Defense Intelligence Agency
U.S
DIA
John Kelly
CounterSpy
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
Dale Peterson
Reagan
United States
el Salvador
Cuba
Soviet Union
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