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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, June 22, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday june 22,1986 people express cuts most fares 30% new York not in an unusual move that is indicative of its problems people express Cut in fares by about 30 percent Friday in most of its markets. The Cut came at a time when he air line which has bad heavy losses recently i As hoping to mild up its Cash by keep ing fares High. Summer is the season when demand is strongest among the Stu dents mired people and Leisure travellers who arc the airline s traditional custom ers and the airline tries to sail away a Hoard of Money to gel it through the rest of the year. Donald c. Burr president of the air line said inc higher fares thai i Copic had put in did nol take in inc  we re going Back to prices i hat have worked to our tried and True strategy of Low fares he said. Burr said the lower fares had always led More Fra clerk Lofy increasing reve Nues and he fell confident it would Hap pen again this summer. On the Newark to Chicago flight inc fare was �79 off Peak and $119 Peak. With inc reductions off Peak remains the same but the Peak fare dropped to j99, and a special 149 fare was Pul in that Musl be Pur chased two weeks in Advance people has to make Money in the summer Timol Liy Petter an airline analyst for . Rothschild . Towbin said. He said the Price cuts were Likely 10 touch off a far War in a period of Strong demand in which most camera had hoped fares could be Kepi High. Continental airlines a major Low Cost competitor of people said it would match the lower fares. The step meant the other major carriers would Likely Fol Low although most Are expected to do in on a capacity controlled basis meaning that Only a limited number of seats would be offered Al the lower fares. Julius Maldutis the airline analyst for Solomon u. Others said people was Tak ing the action since traffic had not turned up so robustly As had been expected. He said the Carrier s Load Factor which measures How full planes were was 53.6 percent in May Well below the airline s break even Point which is in the mid sos. Analysts said it was Uncertain whether inc sick would bring a Strong upsurge in bookings for people since the real of the carriers were expected to match the lower  Majore arc nol going to let any body the size of people undercut them Edward j. Starkman the airline analyst for Paine Webber said. Even if the lower fares stimulate traffic the likelihood is that the business will be divided up among All inc major car Rier. If inc lower fares do not bring a Large increase in raffle analysis said people t problems would quickly intensify. People had a first Quarter loss of $58 million compared with a loss of si8.8 million in i975 s first Quarter. A erred on 2 Mcauliffe photos new York a two photographs distributed by the associated press in january and said to show the family of teacher astronaut Clarisia Mcauliffe reacting to the explosion of the a acc shuttle challenger wire Erra Nous la in 111 ltutjltl1j la Suimui Iii uni i ii Kim Iii in re Pilosio space � isly caption cd. The news Agency said Friday. Apr thu Mcauliffe s family reacting la the liftoff nol explosion. The captions said the photographs showed the family reacting to the explosion. In fact the photographs were taken after the rocket liftoff but before it expiod1-Ed 73 second after launch on Jan. 18, killing Macau lift and six other astronauts. The Boston Herald reported in its thursday editions that the a photographs were taken before the explosion and made the same charge about a similarly captioned new York times photograph. The times planned to publish an item in its sat urday editions which acknowledges that the photo graph in published on Jan. 29 was made slightly before the  after the Herald Story appeared we reviewed the entire 3smm Roll of film shot by photographer Jim Cole and compared each Frame loan unedited videotape of the family during the launch said Harold a Buell assistant general manager for news  is no doubt that these two pictures were made during the liftoff and not at the time of the  said that when inc space shuttle lifted Oft its pad the a photographer turned his Back to the vehicle started taking pictures of the family and continued to do so when the explosion occurred. The him was then processed at Cape canaveral by a photo editors. Editors selected photos showing what appeared to be family members in tears. The photographer who look the pictures in the mis taken belief that they had been taken at the time of the explosion then wrote a caption saying they showed the family members reacting to the shuttle blowing up. Bud  of the erroneously captioned photographs showed Grace Corrigan Mother of the astronaut looking skyward and appearing to weep on inc Shoul Der of or husband Edward Corrigan. Their younger daughter Lisa Bristol is shown with her eyes closed her hand to her Chest and appearing to cry  other erroneously captioned photograph showed mrs. Corrigan holding her right hand to he face with sin apparent look of anguish her of Highler had her eyes closed appeared to be weeping and had her hand to her Chest. Stateside unusual event1 declared at Ohio nuclear Plant Perry Ohio a officiate at inc pen nuclear Power Plant on Friday declared an unusual event the lowest level emergency classification after charcoal was found to be smolder ing in Agai treatment  was no risk to the Public. According to the Seveland electric illuminating co., which operate the Plant. Cei said there was no open fire. Tie Plant j work ers planned to extinguish the charcoal Wilh nitrogen. The emergency was declared when charcoal filter that Are part of a Gas treatment system were found to be soldering inside an enclosed vessel at unit 1 of he Plant at about 11 45 a.m., Lite company said Perry obtained a License from the nuclear regulatory commission earlier this year to oper ate Al 5 percent of Power but a Cei spokesman said the Plant is nol now operating. Actor Sheen 18 others arrested at . Protest new York up police arrested actor Martin Sheen a Clivis Rev. Daniel Berrigan and 17 other people Friday As they dotted the in Francc to a defense research firm in Midtown Manhattan authorities said. The protesters charged with trespassing were among 40 members of the Kairos Community an. Anti War Christian group that picketed Riverside research  officer Joseph Mcconvile the 19 were arrested when they blocked the doors to Riverside offices on West 42nd Street Mccon Ville said. None resisted no one Wai Hurt and Al were released after being issued summonses be said. The protest group charges that Riverside con ducts research into nuclear weapons and said twill stage demonstrations there weekly. River Side s Security officer Bill Jackson said the irm had no comment on the protest. N j. Governor ignores own advice on vacations Trenton . A when gov. Thomas a Kean launched a $3 million tourism Campaign Wilh the theme new Jersey and you perfect together it seems he meant better you than him. For himself he s chosen a vacation Home in  new York. The Garden state s chief cheerleader has appeared in radio and television ads with actress Brooke Shields and Comedi an Bill Cosby to extol the Beauty or new Jersey s beaches and mountains. In March however Kean bought a 5980,000, 10-acre estate on new York s fishes Island 22 Miles off Long Island that includes a mansion and three Small islands. Kean bought the Reynolds Dupont estate alter Selling another Long Island Retreat that had belonged to the million Aire governor s family for years Deputy press Secretary John Samerjan said Fri Day. He said Kean did not look at property in new Jersey or any other state the Kean family has always had vacation Home on Long Island. This is nothing new. The governor simply told one piece of properly and bought another one Samerjan said. New Jersey has a gubernatorial Geta Way Al Island Beach state Park which Kean Only uses occasionally for Fane Lions. The popular Republican Haj shown a penchant for snubbing state owned properties choosing to stay at i family estate in Livingston rather than move to the official governor s mansion drum Hacket to Pence Lon Kean had no comment Friday an his vacation Choice. Same Nan said the governor had scheduled private tune for the Day and was not at the Capitol. The new York Nettale previously owned by Reynolds Dupont or. Of the Delaware chemical Fortune is on Fishers Island off the lip of Long Island s North Fork. It May be reached by ferry from new London conn., or by private plane. Kean who traces his family tree to new Jersey s first constitutional Gover nor has made boosting the state s often a aligned image a priority. His Success at build Pride in new Jersey along with a booming Economy contributed to Huno vember re election by inc largest landslide in state history. Soon after taking office in 1981, he established a tourism department and Al located st.6 million the first year. The budget is expected to be  million during the next fiscal year. The governor s appearance in commercials promoting the state to audiences As far away As Canada spurred a controversy during his 19ss Campaign when demo Corfu accused him of thing the ads for political advantage Kean or dered the commercials slopped when be started to Campaign. On Friday democrats were Quick to criticize the out of mate Retreat Why does he pose As someone who enjoys vacationing in new Jersey when he obviously does t said Christopher Guidette a spokesman for the demo cratic Assembly leadership. It let Ter Rible example. Republicans said it does t Mailer where Kean vacations. When Tom Kean stood for election it was a Well known fact that i family had a vacation Home on Fuzhen Wand. He did t try to keep it Watt it and been in his family for yest and Yew and years said Senate minority Leader s  
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