Air strike averted at Love Field and nationwide
Air traffic controllers at Love Field Dallas prevented a strike after all-night talks yielded a tentative contract settlement just two hours before a threatened walkout. Passengers line up at Delta counters in Chicago as a nationwide strike cost estimates cited could have grounded half the nation’s flights and cost airlines $80 million to $100 million daily.
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Atlanta suspect Williams charged in 28th murder case
Atlanta police yesterday arrested Wayne B. Williams, 23, on murder charges in the 23 month string of deaths of 28 young blacks in the city. Williams, a freelance photographer, is charged in the slaying of Nathaniel Cater, 27, the 28th victim whose body was pulled from the Chattahoochee River a month ago. He was questioned three times previously and was taken from a northwest Atlanta home shared with his retired school teacher parents.
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Icy peaks kill 15 climbers on two Northwest mountains
Separate accidents on Mount Rainier and Mount Hood killed 15 climbers. Eleven climbers were buried by a glacier collapse on Rainier while rescue teams reached a 16 climber party on Hood after a fall. Four died on Hood and the others were injured.
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Havoc as funnel cloud roars over Olathe suburb
A white funnel cloud roared over Olathe as part of a weather system that generated a tornado. The storm killed one person in Lawrence Kansas and another in War Rentor Missouri over the weekend. Kansas City police reported several Swissers sighted but none landed. Tornado activity also hit Ohio and western Pennsylvania while storms battered southern Illinois and central Missouri.
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