Airlines endure deadliest year for crashes since 1968
U S airlines logged 11 fatal crashes in 1989 with 278 deaths, the worst year for fatalities since 1968, while the overall accident rate for commercial carriers declined. The National Transportation Safety Board noted 28 accidents for scheduled and charter airlines, eight fatal among 24 with 131 lives lost on United’s Sioux City crash and other incidents.
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Missouri executes killer Gerald Smith at Potosi prison
Missouri press reports Gerald Smith, 31, of St. Louis, executed by lethal injection at 12:09 a.m. for the 1980 beating death of his former girlfriend Karen Roberts. His wife watched, the Supreme Court rejected stay bids, and Gov. Ashcroft did not intervene.
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Gerald Smith
Missouri
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St. Louis
Dick Moore
Missouri Department of Corrections
Karen Roberts
Ms. Roberts
Navy plans to mothball Iowa and New Jersey battleships
The Navy intends to mothball Iowa and New Jersey to save money, leaving only two active battleships, with Wisconsin and Missouri remaining in service in Atlantic and Pacific fleets respectively. Iowa would be repaired before mothballing following April explosion damage. Staten Island base plans and base allocations for Wisconsin and Missouri could shift under political pressure.
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Navy
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Towa
Staten Island
Long Beach
Calif
Legislative Highlights and Tax Bills in Kansas
AP reports House Taxation Committee urged support for a tax refund designation to aid Special Olympics and amateur athletics. concern raised over other charities. Senate handles party shacks zoning limits. experts say ordinances limited. Reappraisal program blamed for delays as officials fix study defects. Senator Bogina introduces a sales tax on catalog and cable sales to Kansans, voluntary until federal action. Welfare cuts spark property tax relief and city income tax proposals, plus a $9 monthly wage cut for state workers to aid recipients.
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Overland Park
House Taxation Committee
Gus Bogina
Shawnee
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
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Congress
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