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Before the U.S. intervention, two T-28 aircraft bombed and rocketed Malacanang Palace compound. Witnesses reported five people killed, including two presidential guards...
...began to lay out the rest of his life with some purpose. He made a list of 107 things he wished to accomplish, naturally including leading the Fighting Irish and being chosen coach of the year (others on the list: having an audience with the Pope, landing on an aircraft carrier, scoring a hole in one). To date, he has achieved...
...government ceiling on wage increases that was imposed on most of the country's workers as an anti-inflationary measure. The pilots, who earn an average of $61,000 a year, are demanding a 29.5% increase. To help out during the strike, the air force converted 14 military passenger aircraft to temporary commercial service. Australia's three domestic carriers, Ansett, East-West and Australian Airlines, have managed to maintain 40% of their daily flight schedules, in part by hiring foreign charters. (Qantas, an international carrier, is not affected by the strike...
...sailor on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Carl Vinson was swept overboard and drowned in the Pacific...
Seattle in fact has achieved a stunning comeback from the "Boeing bust" of the early 1970s, when the aircraft manufacturer slashed its work force from 105,000 to 38,000. Since the mid-1980s, the region's industries have diversified into computers, new fisheries and Pacific Rim trade. Unemployment has fallen to a 20-year low of 4.5%. Now business is so brisk at Boeing that not even a record-high work force of 110,000 is enough to meet production schedules. Last month 57,000 machinists went on strike at four Boeing plants, demanding a larger share of company...