Discover Family, Famous People & Events, Throughout History!

Throughout History

Advanced Search

Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, September 17, 1989

You are currently viewing page 6 of: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, September 17, 1989

   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday september 17.1989 top Hopper Ash Rita Furman bounces along a new York City Street Friday to apparently set a guinness boo of world records Pogo jumping Mark. The Champ a resident of the City hopped for 13 Miles breaking his earlier 11.3-mile record. Douglas plans safety changes in All do ios Long Beach. Calif. Dpi Douglas aircraft announced Friday thai All do ios will undergo three design changes in the plane s vital Hydraulic system aimed at preventing a repeal of the Sioux City Iowa disaster that killed 112 people.jarnc-5 b. Busty head of the fade Iii aviation administration said the design changes on the wide body Jet Are a solid step toward in assuring that there will be no Accident like the july 19 United air lines dc-10 crash in Sioux City. Once these design changes arc in place they will raise the already High safety standards of the dc-10and. In effect make a Good air plane even better Busty said in a statement. The dc-10 involved in the Iowa disaster crashed after the Tail engine blew apart hurtling debris that severed the plane s Hydraulic lines which enable the Pilot to control the  Warren vice president of Douglas said. We have never seen the kind of extreme damage to a dc-10 multiple redundant Hydraulic systems that we saw in the Sioux City Case and certainly Don t expect to Sec it  Douglas a unit of Mcdonnell Douglas said it plans to have the new equipment installed in All do ios within 21 months. There Are about 400 do ios world wide. Warren said that the Cost to airline companies would be about $ 10,000 per plane. The safety features include installation of an electrically operated shutoff valve in the Supply line and a Check valve in the return line in one of the plane s three Hydraulic  shutoff valve will be located behind the Back Wall of the aircraft Cabin and in front of the Hori Oneal  other new features Are a sensor switch in the Hydraulic Reservoir of that system and an Anuncia Loright in the cockpit that will go on if the Shuloff valve is  Shuloff valve which is normally open will close if it detects Hydraulic fluid dropping below Norma Levels. It will detect the smallest leaks Warren said. Even if All three Hydraulic systems arc damaged the new valve should preserve enough pressure in the one by slim for flight Crews to have enough control to Landa damaged plane safely Warren said. Stateside tentative agreement reached on waste at Colo nuke Plant Denver a the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons Plant is remaining open Over the weekend after Federal officials reached a tentative pact concerning handling of the Plant s wastes a Federal official said. Negotiators for the department of Energy which owns the Plant and the environmental Protection Agency in Washington d.c., reached agreement on the thorny Issue Friday said the official who spoke Only on condition that he not be identified. Plant operator Rockwell International corp. Had set a Friday deadline for the Doe and the Epa to resolve conflicting regulations concerning radioactive hazardous and mixed wastes at the Plant. Sources had said the Plant could have closed As Early As 5 30 . Friday if the demands weren t met. Doe officials had threatened in july to close the Plant As they feared they could face criminal charges Over ongoing environmental violations stemming from the wastes for which there is no federally approved disposal site. The Plant which is 16 Miles Northwest of Denver and employs about 6,000 people is the Only one in the country that makes plutonium triggers for nuclear weapons and Federal officials have warned that a shutdown could endanger . Defense. The source said the agreement Calls for mixed waste to be stored in an environmentally sound manner for the Doe to launch a program to re  the amount of waste being generated at Rock Flats and for the Agency to do everything possible to improve its capacity for treating the waste. The source said the agreement reached by negotiators still must be signed by top Agency  state of Colorado also reportedly gave approval to the agreement but Rockwell thus far is not a parly the source said. Night away from to keeps boy out of firetruck s path Gainesville a. A make Wright snight away from his usual position in front of the to set saved him from being hit by a run away firetruck. The 11-year-old Gainesville boy likes to spend each night playing the Nintendo game on a Tele vision set in his bedroom. But thursday his older brother took the television to College with him. Interrupting Mancl s nocturnal habit. The Bov was in another room when the truck crashed through the bedroom Wall thursday night his Mother said. This is a Miracle Clai Csc Wright said. It demolished my baby s room. Thank god he was not in bed. I thank you Jesus that child was not in that  police capt. Bill Taylor said the firetruck an swered a Call on a Steep Hill near the Wright shome in Gainesville about 40 Miles Northeast of Atlanta. Fireman Boone Simmons said he was Spray ing the fire when he Felt his fire Hose Jerk. Hand some bystanders chased the vehicle which rolled Down the Street crashed into the Wrights car plunged through their front porch and rammed into the House. Acc chairman Speaks out against Shock radio new Orleans a the Federal communications commission chairman urged the nation s broadcasters Friday to tune out Shock radio programs that use sexually and racially oriented humor to attract audiences. We arc not simply recorders transmitter Sand antennas Alfred sikhs told those attending the National association of broadcasters radio convention. We arc   sikhs a former owner of several radio stations said the association should revive its programming code dropped in the Early 1980s Ashe result of a Federal anti Trust lawsuit again to provisions regarding commercials. Such standards should be drawn up by the Industry without government pressure said Sikes who took Over the acc leadership in a gust. Lbs museum curator Calls for hard1 Vietnam exhibit Austin Texas up with the nation finally coming to terms with the Vietnam War the curator of the Lyndon Bains Johnson Library and museum says it s time to create a permanent exhibit that portrays the hard part of the unpopular War that drove the president from office. I d like to Sec the War called a War and explained As such and touch on the horrors that were involved Gary Yarrington said. Person Al is the word i think from the president s Point of View and the warriors Point of  Yarrington has been curator of the lbs facility since it opened on the University of Texas Campus in 1971. He said the current exhibit on the War is too  the first Vietnam War exhibit was set up in1971 and revised in the Early 1980s. Yarrington Hopes to have a third exhibit ready by late 1991. Reunited pair among 6 killed in Small plane crash Mayfield by. A a Small air plane crash Friday killed All six people aboard including a husband and wife who had just been reunited after she was found wandering along a Florida Beach. Belinda Yancey 33, whom police be Lieve was abducted monday was travelling Home with her husband Charles when the plane s Wing hit a tree and crashed into a nearby open Field at 9 20 . Friday authorities said. She had been reported miss ing and her husband had travelled to Flor Ida to bring her Back the twin engine Beech Craft which left from Orlando fla., was approaching the runway in the fog at the Mayfield grave county Airport near this southwestern Kentucky  members had been relieved by the discovery of , who taught hearing impaired students at Mayfield High school was found when she walked up to a lifeguard on a Beach at Daytona Beach fla., an reported that she was lost authorities said. She was disoriented and did t know her name said sol. Carroll Rou rec of the Volusia county fla., police. Yancey finally remembered her name and Home town after talking to Rountrey for about two hours he  on statements she made to Flor Ida authorities Yancey May have been drugged with valium by her Abductor who remained at Large authorities  told authorities that they kept giving me Little Blue  interviews with authorities and relatives she could not recall How she got to Florida and was unable to identify who drove her there Yancey s hair had been Cut and dyed and she had bruises on her arms indicating she May have been lied up or re strained officials said. Yancey had been last seen around monday afternoon when she told her son she was going to Murray state University s Bookstore. She left in an Auto Mobile that has not been found and was reported stolen officials said  
Browse Articles by Decade:
  • Decade