FAA to Hire 600 Air Controllers Amid Strike Fallout
The FAA plans to hire about 600 air traffic controllers over the next two years, with many drawn from the 1991 strike firings. Funding for 100 hires this year is approved. President Clinton may seek up to 500 more in 1997. The agency also aims to cut procurement time for tech and adopt a new acquisition system starting April 1.
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Firefighters, rancher battle Texas wildfire near Poolville
Inferno in north Texas blacks vast grasslands, destroying 65 homes and 90 other buildings as flames race up to 20 miles per hour. Joe Fincel uses a controlled burn to save his house while Gov Bush mobilizes National Guard helicopters and jets to assist. Firefighters suffer smoke inhalation and exhaustion in 90 degree heat.
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Freight train derails on mountain pass in Colorado
In Red Cliff Colo an out of control freight train sped at 64 mph in a 15 mph zone and derailed on a steep pass. Two crewmen were injured officials said and there was no radio contact with the dispatcher about problems before the derailment. NTSB official Julie Beal named the speed as 64 mph.
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Escaped killer recaptured near Powhatan
POWHATAN Va AP residents near the James River felt safe with unlocked doors until Geoffrey A. Ward who strangled victims with a guitar string broke from Powhatan Correctional Center. Authorities recaptured Ward on Thursday afternoon about 15 miles from the maximum security prison after a tip led them to scrubby woods. He had been at large for more than four years.
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Freeway Killer Bonin Executed by Injection in California
William Bonin, 49, known as the Freeway Killer, was executed by lethal injection in San Quentin for murdering 14 boys and young men whose nude, mutilated bodies were dumped along Southern California highways. It was California's first injection execution and followed appeals that cited trial misconduct claims.
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Buchanan Victory Triggers Global Fear Over US Poll
Global reaction to Pat Buchanan’s New Hampshire primary win was fear dominated. Papers in Norway and Scotland mocked his rhetoric, while Mexico feared renewed anti immigrant hostility. Japan mixed humor with concern over tariffs and isolationist policy, and Russia’s Zhirinovsky praised echoes of his slogans. The core worry is his ideas taking root in America, not immediate victory.
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Vladimir Zhirinovsky
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Carlos Reta Martinez
Hiroshi Kume
U.S. Iran settle over downed airliner for victims families
The United States will pay at least 131.8 million dollars to settle claims over the 1983 Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown. About 61.8 million goes to families of Iranians killed, with remaining funds for private U.S. claims and tribunal expenses. Iran’s government will not receive money. Iran cases in ICJ and tribunal dismissed.
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Navy probes link in string of F-14 crashes
The Navy paused F-14 flight ops to seek a cause after three crashes with two crews killed. Cmdr Stephen Pietropaoli said no comment on suspected causes until investigations finish. Salvage decision for the Thursday Gulf crash wreckage has not yet been made.
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