Train Crash Fireball Rips Through Westminster With Three Dead
A collision of two freight trains under a Boulder Turnpike overpass near Westminster, Colorado sparked a fireball and 100 foot flames. Three crewmen were confirmed dead and two missing presumed dead as a massive black smoke plume rolled skyward seen 60 miles away in Fort Collins. Burlington Northern and local fire officials provided the casualty updates.
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Westminster
Colo
Boulder Turnpike
Denver
Boulder
Steve McDonald
Fort Collins
West Adams
David McCarty
Burlington Northern
Bill Joplin
EPA moves to halt non critical cleanups
EPA Administrator Lee M. Thomas says the agency will slow or stop all but emergency cleanups under the Superfund program to preserve its funding in case Congress misses the Sept. 30 reauthorization deadline. He notified Rep. John Dingell of the plan in a Thursday letter.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Lee M. Thomas
Congress
Thomas
John Dingell
D-Mich
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Suits Dropped Against Soviet Union Over KAL Flight 007
A federal judge ruled the Soviet Union cannot be sued in U.S. courts for the destruction of KAL Flight 007, dismissing lawsuits by survivors of 269 killed. The ruling also shields two component firms from liability for the September 1, 1983 incident over the Sea of Japan.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Korean Air Lines
Aubrey E. Robinson Jr
KAL
Sea of Japan
New York
Shuttle may add extra day for sun study
Cape Canaveral reporters note Challenger scientists push ahead with sun research on the Spacelab mission. Managers consider a one day extension to gather more data using three solar telescopes, pending hydrogen supply for the shuttle’s generators. Decision expected by Sunday.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Shuttle Challenger
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Spacelab
Payload Bay
al Pennington
Challenger
Cheyenne cleans up after killer storm
Cheyenne faces millions in damage and 12 fatalities after a record setting storm dropped 6.06 inches of rain in under four hours. Front-end loaders clear hail heaps as homes and businesses flood, trees are torn down, and utilities fail.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Don Erickson
Manville Asbestos Plan Seeks 25 Year Trust Payoff
Manville Corp gains board approval for a bankruptcy plan to fund an asbestos liability trust over 25 years. Creditors and a federal judge must approve a settlement that transfers 50 percent of common stock, cash, and insurance proceeds to the trust, starting with 815 million dollars, to cover present and future claims while shielding ongoing operations.
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Denver
Manville Corp
Manville
Vesco Fugitives’ Cuba Stay Near Castro Reported
NBC News says Robert Vesco, 49, living in Havana under tight Cuban surveillance, is nearly broke after fleeing a federal probe. He arrived three years ago, once lived well, then lost luxuries when Cuba accused him of attempting to smuggle hi tech equipment seized by U.S. Customs in Texas.
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Havana
Robert Vesco
Nixon
NBC News
Fidel Castro
NBC
Cuba
United States
Texas
U.S
Scene clarification for Talent Company misreport corrected
The Tuesday Scene column corrects a misstatement that The Talent Company drew a crowd during a rehearsal in Hanover Square. The Studio M Repertory Co. is credited. Syracuse Merald-Journal notes mailbox and postage details, with subscription and publication notices.
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Hanover Square
Studio M Repertory Co
Syracuse Merald-Journal
The
Merald Co
Syracuse
N.Y
P.O
New York State
Tyr
É&Me
Cuomo signs TV testimony law easing child witnesses
Gov. Mario Cuomo signed a law allowing victims under 13 to be cross examined via closed circuit television to spare them courtroom trauma. Trial judges will decide which children qualify and set videotaping procedures. Options also expand missing children notices, deter intimidation, raise NYC tax exemptions for low income, and allow earlier retirement for new teachers in the system.
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Albany
Mario Cuomo
Robert Abrams
Cudimo
Cuomo
Crash of jetliner kills 130 in Dallas
In Dallas a jetliner crash killed about 130 people, with survivors rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital. NTSB investigators recovered the flight recorder as wind shear and micro bursts are discussed as possible causes. Delta said the aircraft carried 243 to 302 passengers and crew.
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Washington
NTSB
Jack Barker
FAA
Atlanta
Dallas- Fort Worth
Ewing
Miami
Delta
Pan Am
Dallas mobilizes blood drive after Delta jet crash
Hundreds volunteer as donors flood Parkland Memorial Hospital and its blood center across from the site near the JFK memorial. Off duty nurses staff carts of cookies and juice while medical staff fill makeshift waiting rooms. director Willie Biggins estimates thousands in line and many volunteers are turned away due to staffing limits.
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Meier
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Dallas
Parkland Hospital
Erwin Thal
Armond Edwards
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, D.C
Delta Air Lines
Parkland
John F. Kennedy
Willie Biggins
Beirut gunmen kidnap ABC news executive in Beirut
A veteran ABC Lebanon employee, Shakib Hmeidan, 50, operational manager in Beirut, was abducted by four gunmen in a blue Peugeot as he traveled to the airport. The assailants, armed with rifles, forced him from the car and took its keys, while warning the driver not to pursue. The motive remains unknown and ABC staff offered no explanation.
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Beirut
Lebanon
ABC
Shakib Hmeidan
United States
Hmeidan
Network
South Africa arrests 85 in township anti rioter raids
In Zweletemba township police and troops conducted house to house searches and sealed off areas as 85 people were taken into custody. Reporters were barred and traffic stopped while security forces pursued suspected rioters in the Cape province. In Seoul Kim Dae jung was released from house arrest hours after his opposition party ended its convention to challenge the government.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Cape Province
Pretoria
Zweletemba
Cape Town
Seoul
South Korea
Kim Dae-jung
New Korea Democratic Party
Kim
Hornell hospital open as hearing awaited
Hornell's Bethesda Community Hospital entered its second weekend of operation as New York State Health Department seeks to suspend its certificate. A hearing on the summary order was set to resume Monday. Judge Purple limited testimony to Raymond Sweeney while denying Dr. Axelrod’s subpoena.
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Corning
Hornell
Bethesda Community Hospital
State Health Department
David Axelrod
State Supreme Court
Donald G. Purple Jr
Purple
Axelrod
David Shults
Shults
Raymond D. Sweeney
Health Department
Office of Health Systems Management
Steuben
Associated
Friday Lottery Winners in New York Daily Number
Albany reports the Friday draw produced the Daily Number 165 and the Win Four number 6156. The notice notes the winning figures and includes a stray fragment about dress.
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Albany
New York
Forecast for clear cool night and sunny Sunday
The forecast calls for a clear and cool night with a mid-50s low followed by a sunny warm day on Sunday with a high near 85. NOAA weather data broadcasts 24 hours a day on radio frequency 162.550 MHz.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Weekend Warmth Ahead With Sunshine Extending Into Monday
A sunny stretch is expected to continue into Sunday and Monday with highs near 85 and gradual warming. Tonight will be clear with cooler mid 50s, while daily lows stay around 60 and a chance of showers remains Tuesday and Wednesday. Farther west and south, downpours and flood watches hit Nebraska and surrounding areas with flash floods and riverine concerns. amounts included 5.5 inches in Kimball, flooding a campground.
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North Dakota
New Mexico
Montana
Texas
Gulf Coast
Florida
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