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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, February 17, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 17,1991 the stars and stripes. A Page 9 stateside5 killed As plane crashes in Texas Falfurrias Texas a a single engine air plane crashed a while attempting to land at a Small Airport Friday afternoon killing All five people aboard an official said. David Wells a spokesman for the department of Public safety in Austin confirmed the deaths but declined to release other details of the afternoon crash at Brooks county Airport about 60 Miles Southwest of Corpus Christi. Neal Thurman director of the Howard Williams funeral Home in Falfurrias was among those killed said Rose Rangel an employee of the funeral Home. Quot Rangel said Thurman 46, and four others were returning from a business trip in a Piper Cherokee where the crash occurred a Corpus Christits station reported. Federal aviation administration officials were sent from san Antonio to  Safe new York a a Newborn boy was found unharmed Early Friday in a trash bin at a convenience store authorities said. A store employee taking out the trash before Dawn discovered the infant wrapped in several blankets on top of the refuse in the bin in Brooklyn a Bensonhurst neighbourhood police said. The Blond Blue eyed infant weighing 7 pounds 15 ounces and believed to be a Day or two old a could not have been in the dumpster very Long a said Michael Heller a spokesman for Maimonides medical Center. The boy labelled a John Doe a was not crying he said. A a he a in Fine condition. He looks Good a Heller said.3 More attacks new York up a three More women have reported being struck with Sharp objects in Pennsylvania station bringing to nine the number of victims who have been preyed upon by a mysterious assailant since november authorities said Friday. The most recent attack occurred about 5 45 . Thursday when a 33-year-old woman waiting for a Long Island rail Road train on the lower level of the station Felt a a a sting in the Middle of her Back Railroad officials said. The woman who had been carrying her overcoat at the time of the attack suffered a slight puncture wound but was unable to identify her assailant authorities said. Two More women came Forward to the authorities with similar  a hispanic Deal of d Highland Park Mich. Apr Chrysler corp. Has reached a an agreement with a coalition of seven hispanic interest groups to increase the number of hispanic dealers by 10 percent annually. It is the first Deal of its kind involving a . Automaker. Only 43 of Chrysler a 5,197 dealerships Are owned by hispanics. After four years of negotiations with the hispanic association on corporate responsibility Chrysler agreed to double purchasing from hispanic companies triple advertising budgets with hispanic agencies by 1995 and boost Grants to hispanic colleges universities and Community organizations. Human attraction under Glass. A visitors to the Mystic Marine life aquarium in Mystic conn., underwater gear. The tank will eventually hold simulated Coral watch As Don Higgins seals a 7,500-gallon tank while wearing and an assortment of exotic fish. A a a a. P. A a a a a. A a a a a a a a. A a a a a a a a. A. A a a runway collisions prompt Faa to change rules for controllers Washington apr the Federal aviation administration acting after a series of deadly ground collisions ordered air traffic controllers Friday to tighten procedures for moving aircraft onto runways. The Faa told controllers to Stop authorizing aircraft to taxi at night onto a runway from an intersecting taxiway and wait there for further instructions. The practice will also be prohibited whenever the intersection cannot be seen from the control Tower because of bad weather or an obstruction the Agency said. A a a. A a a. A a eight people were killed when two Northwest airlines planes collided in heavy fog on a Detroit runway Dee. 3. J thirty four people died in a runway collision at night Between a us air Jet and a sky West commuter plane at los an Gleeson  = the Faa said the changes in handling aircraft on the ground Are among several it has been considering since it started reviewing Airport procedures almost two. Years ago. A a. A \ a. Last week the Agency announced a $50 million National program to improve runway markings and to install modernized guidance systems to help controllers and flight Crews. The latest change an amendment to the air traffic control handbook reads in part a Between Sunset and Sunrise do not authorize aircraft to taxi into position and hold at an intersection. Additionally do not authorize an aircraft to taxi into position and hold at any time when the intersection is not visible from the Tower a the Faa told its controllers that a the increasing mix of traffic at airports requires changes which meet High lev Elshof safety while accommodating the demands placed of the National airspace  anchorwoman feared for her life Diane Newton King Detroit apr a television anchorwoman who was shot to death in her driveway was so afraid after receiving a threatening letter that she usually honked for her husband to escort her to their front door her Mother said Diane Newton King also bought a guard dog installed Security lights and routinely drove around the farmhouse checking windows when she arrived Home from work in Battle Creek. J. King was slain feb. 9 after returning from a visit with her Mother for Cida Newton in suburban Detroit. Kings husband Bradford King said he was walking in Woods behind their Home when he heard shots but ignored them because he thought they were from a Hunter. The 34-year-old anchorwoman at Wuhu to received a threatening letter in october 1990 that was put together with print from magazines and newspapers. It followed several Telephone Calls from an Anonymous admirer who asked King for a Date and help with breaking into the broadcast business. A i was afraid for her a her Mother said. King who rebuffed the caller believed she was being haunted by an obsessed fan her Mother said. King reported the letter to police who investigated but found no suspect. A investigators won t release the contents of the letter although a former co worker of Kings said it apparently told her she would regret turning Down a lunch Date Calhoun county sheriff Jon Olson said the investigation was focused on one suspect a Man King knew. An arrest Likely wont come before the Middle of this week said Robin Ivey Olson a administrative assistant. Quot King was about to take her 3-year-old son and 3-month-old daughter out of the., car when she was shot twice As the children remained strapped in their car seats. Her husband found her body. Police confirmed that a Rifle found monday on the couples property was used in the slaying. Investigators wont specify where the Rifle was found. Newton said she telephoned Bradford King the Day her daughter was shot to let him know King had begun the 100-mile drive Home from Quot suburban Sterling Heights. A i was kind of upset that he would go for a walk when he knew exactly How Long it takes to drive a Newton said thursday. King the morning anchorwoman at Wuhu for two years was buried thursday in Detroit  
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