Sister of hostage Terry Anderson objects to new captor demands
Peggy Say, sister of AP correspondent Terry Anderson, calls captors demands unjust and impossible to present to her government. The Beirut papers published her statement criticizing a peace settlement tied to hostage release and urging restraint amid four stated demands by Islamic Jihad. Anderson has been held since March 16, 1985, with Sutherland also imprisoned and Waite reported missing.
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Terry Waite
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Pentagon to admit errors in downing Iran jetliner
Defense Secretary Carlucci to accept findings that human error by Vincennes radar operators led to the July 3 downing of an Iranian airliner. Investigators cite misreading data and misidentification of a civilian jet as a hostile F-14, noting pressure on first combat exposure and a late departure from a joint airfield. Iran changed civilian flight procedures since the tragedy.
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Fogarty
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Families press for reform after Gander crash deaths
After the 1985 Gander DC-8 crash that killed 256, families led by Jim and Shirley Easley pressed Pentagon and Congress to tighten military charter rules. They settled with Arrow Air for an undisclosed sum and pursue reforms to prevent future losses.
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Ike Skelton
D-Mo
House Armed Services Committee
Morton Thiokol hails shuttle booster test
In Brigham City Utah NASA and Morton Thiokol praised a successful test of a redesigned booster joint amid five firings before Discovery liftoff. Engineers called the 126 foot booster the safest for the space shuttle and announced readiness to launch after a two minute horizontal test ending a $470 million effort to fix a faulty joint that contributed to the 1986 Challenger disaster.
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