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...fallout from the TWA Flight 800 crash is ruffling diplomatic feathers in New York City. A week ago the Federal Aviation Administration ordered that complete searches be conducted of all airline passengers traveling out of the U.S. with passports from any of the seven countries Washington has designated as state sponsors of terrorism: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Sudan, North Korea and Cuba. Such passengers, in addition to being run through electronic detectors along with their carry-on and checked bags, are being hand searched. Snared in the new order have been diplomats from the affected countries who are posted...
SMITHTOWN, New York: TIME's Elaine Rivera says some reporters may be jumping the gun with reports stating that searchers found explosive residue on wreckage from TWA flight 800. Investigators are not ready to rule out mechanical failure as a cause of the crash, she reports, nor are they prepared to turn the case over to the FBI. The discovery has been more of a puzzle than a revelation. "What they have found is a tiny trace of PETN, a component of some kinds of plastic explosives, on a seat cushion," says Rivera. "Divers have recovered 60 percent...
...singing Walkin' After Midnight on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts TV show; a string of pop and country hits (Crazy, She's Got You, I Fall to Pieces and the peerless heart crusher, Sweet Dreams); a rowdy domestic life; and the all-important early, violent death, in a plane crash when she was just 30. But Patsy Cline also had the goods: this woman could sing. Her bold contralto caught the pain and truth of a lyric without ever getting histrionic. "Oh, Lord," she famously said, "I sing just like I hurt inside." The way she transformed hurt into...
Your coverage of events surrounding the crash of TWA Flight 800 [SPECIAL REPORT, July 29] was particularly sensitive and sincere--an impressive achievement in contrast to the sensationalism with which such tragedies are often greeted. The ability of witnesses to sympathize is something so nobly human, so inherently decent and moral, that it inspires and uplifts. A woman described her feelings as "very sad. Sad for the people, for the families." In the wake of the Oklahoma City and World Trade Center bombings, it seems that terrorism's vulture has found new carrion. It is a mark of the times...
...after the loss of someone who was gentle, friendly and always encouraging others to further efforts to do better. Such a person was Arthur Benjamin, my teacher in Philadelphia, where I stayed in 1991. I was paralyzed upon seeing his photograph in Time among the victims of the 747 crash. I will never forget his wonderful teaching and paternal support. The greatest loss to humanity is the loss of people like him. RAFAL ZYGMUNT Lublin, Poland Via E-mail...