European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday february 16, 1990 study shows deregulation has improved air service Washington a the airline Industry offers More service to More cities and at lower Cost than when it was under government regulation. Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner said thursday in releasing an airline Competition study. Skinner said he would fight any attempts to re Cru Lale inc Industry. Although he said the study shows pockets of  including some overcrowded airports and higher fares to and from some concentrated Hub cities. How can you complain when 90 percent of people in this country today arc flying with discount fares .1" Skinner asked. In travellers have benefited under deregulation through More service Al lower Cost when prices arc adjusted for inflation he said. The 6-Inch-Lhick report which was nine months in preparation and included the work of several non govern Mcnol aviation experts concluded that while the Industry is More concentrated than ii was before deregulation in i "78. The traveler is offered More frequent flights a wider Range of travel times and More travel options. The study is based on figures gathered Between 1979 and 1988. Skinner said Competition continues to be intense today. Large airlines service nearly All Large and medium sic cities and smaller airports receive substantially More service the report said. Ii said competitive service increased Al a majority of markets Between 1979 and 1988. With 55 percent of passengers travelling Between cities in a markets where three or More airlines Are in Competition compared with 28 percent in 1979. It noted however that for lights Between cities that arc dominated by a single Carrier and flights operating to or from the nation s eight most concentrated Hub airports passengers pay an average of 18.7 percent higher fares than the average per Milc charge. The most concentrated hubs Are Minneapolis Cincinnati Dayton. Ohio St. Louis Pittsburgh Memphis. Tenn Salt Lake City and Charlotte. . Fares also Are higher for flights to larger cities located Between 250 and 1,000 Miles of these hubs the report said. I elevators should move As quickly Scoll  of Boulder colo., and Suzanne Malaxos of Perth Australia stand on the observation deck of the Empire stale building after winning inc 13th annual race to the top of the skyscraper. Elliott set the men s record for racing up the 86 flights of stairs in 10 minutes and 47 seconds. Malaxos narrowly missed breaking her Onn women s record Hyl of seconds but defended her title with a time of 12 minutes and 27 seconds. The race starts in the lobby and winds up 1,575 Steps to the observation Duck stateside Rock n Roll Star idol undergoes 4th operation los Angeles a Spiky haired Rock Star Hilly idol underwent a fourth operation for leg injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash his publicist said. The Rocker whose hard driving hits White wed Ding and rebel yell made him a Star was listed in Lair condition. Doctors at Cedars Sinai medical Center performed skin grafts on the Singer s right leg. Which suffered a compound fracture feb. 6 when his a Earlcy Davidson hit a car. Doctors also worked to repair muscle damage suffered in the Accident. Lie is out of recovery and Back in his own  idol s publicist. Ellen Golden said wednesday afternoon. Police say idol. 34, ran a Stop sign and Side wiped a car while driving Home from a Hollywood recording studio where he had completed work on a new album. Radisson planning hotel Trade Center in Moscow Minneapolis Dpi the soviet Union is poised to get its first Radisson hotel. The Star Tribune reported tuesday that Plymouth based Carlson cos. Which owns Radisson hotels International confirmed the plans for the soviet Ven Ture. But Carlson stressed it is still awaiting final approval from the soviet government. The Radisson hotel and Trade Center in Moscow would be the first  hotel in the soviet Union the Star Tribune said. Tin project to be called the Radisson slav Banikya hotel and business Center would be a joint venture with a California company. It would have 430 West Ern style hotel rooms. 165 business suites a health club and swimming Pool stores and four restaurants. Northwest to ban smoking on Mainland Hawaii flights of Paul. Minn. Dpi Northwest airlines said tuesday it will make All of its flights Between the main land United Stales and Hawaii smoke free regardless of  new policy will go into of incl feb. 25. The same Day new Federal rules Are to take effect regarding Domestic flights of less than six hours. Although some of our flights to Hawaii Are longer than six hours we have elected to provide a smoke free environment on All our flights Between Honolulu and the  said . Magary. Northwest s executive vice president of marketing. No regrets say crewmen who bombed Hiroshima Motland. Florida Dpi the Pilot bomber and navigator of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima said wednesday they were glad to be part of the Mission and credit it with bringing world War ii to a Quick end. Do we have any regrets in doing what we did asked retired col. Thomas Forebee. A Bombardier. Why should we said retired Gen. Paul w. Tib bets the Pilot. I be been asked this question Many times. The answer is no regrets whatsoever. The japanese attacked us. We were defending ourselves. We were trying to bring about the successful conclusion to the War and Force the japanese to  Tibbits. 74. Of Columbus Ohio. For Bce. 71, of Winder Marc. Fla., and Theodore Van Kirk 68, of Marin county. Calif., the plane s navigator Are three of eight survivors from the 12-Man Crew. They talked to reporters wednesday at their Small reunion. An estimated 100.000 people were killed by the bomb the first nuclear weapon used in wartime. Woman awarded $650,000 in suit Over djs jokes Pittsburgh a a jury awarded a female broadcaster $650.000 in damages wednesday after deciding iwo disc jockeys defamed her with on air jokes Imphong she was sexually promiscuous and mentally unstable. The eight woman four Man jury de liberated for approximately 10 hours Over two Days before reaching its verdict in the Allegheny county civil Case. We knew it was going to be Tough Liz Randolph said. We worked very hard on it. And it worked out Well. Randolph. 32. Sued former colleagues Jim Quinn and Donald banana Don Jefferson of Wozz pm for defamation invasion of privacy and intentional in fiction of emotional distress. She said jokes broadcast by the djs caused her to suffer panic attacks while she was work ing As the station s news director. Also sued for defamation and invasion of privacy was Fez communications inc. The Fairfax a. Company thai owns the station. The company was found liable on both counts. After the verdict was announced ran Dolph said she was glad she had endured the two week trial that made Public much other personal life including details of psychiatric treatment she received. We knew it was sort of Heck or High water. And we be been through both with this Bunch she said. And we did the right thing in pursuing what we thought was  one other attorneys Samuel p. Kamin. Said the verdict sends a message to Broad casters about airing risque humor especially jokes that target co workers. I think that s something inc Industry s going to have to think twice about now he said. I think the signal this sends is that the workplace is no place for  Randolph began working for Wozz in May 1985 and walked off the Job Jan. 22. 1988. After Quinn and Jefferson aired a joke that she said shocked her. The disc jockeys and station manage ment contended the remarks were not meant to he taken seriously and said Randolph knew the absurdist format of the broadcast when she was hired. They also said she did not complain about the jokes to the announcers or to management. Quinn. 46, and Jefferson 30. Were not in the courtroom when the verdict was announced and their attorney said no decision had been made about appealing the Case