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...precaution, the U.S. embassy instructed the 6,000 Americans living in Haiti to stay indoors or keep a low profile until political passions cooled. The aircraft carrier U.S.S. America, en route to maneuvers in the Caribbean, was alerted in case a sudden evacuation of U.S. citizens became necessary. In the meantime, Haitians in the U.S. erupted in joyful--and occasionally destructive--demonstrations in several cities. In Miami's Little Haiti, many of the 60,000 Haitian refugees jammed the streets and shouted, "No more Duvalier!" In Boston, a group of revelers rampaged through the Haitian consulate, destroying portraits...
...Naval Academy at Annapolis. He became a pilot and won a chestful of medals during the Viet Nam War. Smith flew 225 combat missions but was never injured, even though his plane was hit by ground fire several times. He later became a test pilot-instructor, did two carrier tours in the Mediterranean and in 1980 was picked for the space program...
...Edwin ("Buzz") Aldrin on the lunar surface. "This certainly has to be the most historic phone call ever made." It was even more, and Nixon knew it. He launched a global diplomatic odyssey timed to take advantage of the Apollo 11 success. His itinerary placed him on the aircraft carrier Hornet just as the moon crew was fished out of the ocean and lifted onto the TV screens of people all over the globe. Without the continuing spectaculars in space, Nixon's demise because of Watergate would have produced even more of a national trauma than...
While none of the airline's 60 creditors want to see the company go under, each is demanding results, and fast. In 1985 Eastern eked out a tiny $6.3 million profit on revenues of $4.8 billion, but during the final three months of the year the carrier lost $67 million. Says Louis Marckesano, an airline- industry expert at the Philadelphia-based investment firm of Janney Montgomery Scott: "The banks are not playing games. They want more reassurance from Eastern, and they want a game plan that shows how the company will make money...
More recently, labor costs grew too quickly. While Pan Am and United have withstood expensive strikes in order to win cost concessions from their workers, Eastern has kept flying by allowing salaries to spiral upward. Since 1979, in fact, pay for the carrier's employees has risen by 50% or more. One result: Eastern's pilots make an average of $112,535, while their counterparts at People Express are paid...