Weather Computer Works Too Well
The National Weather Service halted severe weather warning tests after false alerts spread from New York to Texas. New computer disks sped up warnings but transmitted test messages as real alerts, including a Rockford illusion, with proper caveats missing in transmission.
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Washington
National Weather Service
Long Island
N.Y
Brownsville
Texas
Rockford
Weather Service
Donald Witten
Chicago
The
Witten
Chicago Weather Service Office
New York City
Nassau County
New Jersey
Dodge City
Kan
Medicine Lodge
Jim Johnson
Meteorological Technican
Lottery Wins Round One In Kansas Legislature Battle
Kansas Senate approves immediate start of a state lottery, aiming to raise about 35 million dollars in the first year, with a five member commission and independent agency. Transportation panel advances 772 million highway plan funded by a five cent gas tax. House approves higher education governance overhaul, keeping the Board of Regents while seeking less course duplication.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
Wichita
Kansas
House
Edward d.Reilly
Leavenworth
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee
Joplin
Liberal
Pratt
Hays
Hutchinson
Great Bend
Russell
Board of Regents
Washburn University
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Mike Hayden
Department of Wildlife and Parks
Hayden
Fish and Game Commission
Park and Resources Authority
Nine die as plane crashes at Detroit airport
A Northwest Flight 29268 turboprop crashed on landing at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing the pilot David Sherer and co pilot Shawn Manningham and seven other passengers. Ten people on the plane and ten ground workers were injured as flaming wreckage struck service vehicles. NTSB to investigate.
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Romulus
Mich
Detroit
Leroy Garvey
Detroit Metropolitan
National Transportation Safety Board
Jim Burnett
Richard Jamison
Wayne County
Fischer Brothers Aviation
Northwest Airline
Mansfield
Ohio
Cleveland
Jamison
Jim Vollman
County Office of Public Services
Red
Ellie Heinrich
Rochester
Fischer Brothers
Ralph Baker
David Sherer
Crestline
Shawn Manningham
Baker
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Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Ray’s Seafood, Inc
Emporia
South Conoco
Ottawa
Hiway & I-35
Gulf
Miami County
Paola
Bowling Alley
Plum Creek Road
Osawatomie
8Th Street
Hartman Realty
Sam Williams
Joseph I. Wittman
Centel
Conte
Continental Telephone System
Dale Willey
Darrel Postlethwaite
GMC
Volkswagon
Vanagon
Chevy
Chrysler
New Yorker
Plymouth
Cadillac
Immaculate
Delta
Pontiac Sunbirds
Buick Park Ave
Lawrence
Pontiac
Iowa Street
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