Word: maui
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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High above the Pacific Ocean in a tiny churchyard on the island of Maui, Charles A. Lindbergh's grave is as remote and austere as the legendary aviator said he wanted it to be before he died in 1974. But the seclusion Lindbergh sought in life -- and in death -- is slipping away...
...Interior Department ceded a 1.1-acre plot adjacent to the grave site to Maui County for recreational use. Local residents as well as the Lindbergh family winced at the idea of picnic tables and chain-link fencing, and the park was never built. Now the Federal Government may take back the land and put it up for auction. A driveway could slice through the cemetery within 20 ft. of Lucky Lindy's grave. Whether the site remains in public or private hands, the world is already pressing in on the Lone Eagle: more than 50 visitors a day find their...
Confiscated in a drug raid on Maui, Hawaii, three years ago, the handmade map with hieroglyphic scrawls looked like something out of Treasure Island. Once Drug Enforcement Administration agents deciphered it, however, the map and subsequent tips led to treasures beyond the dreams of Long John Silver. Investigators turned up 982 rare gold coins buried in hard-to-reach holes from Hawaii to Colorado. Officials expect the coins to bring $2 million or more in auctions that begin next week in Long Beach, Calif...
...agency was responding to the April 28 accident in which an Aloha Airlines 737 landed miraculously in Maui, Hawaii, after an 18-ft. section of the fuselage tore away, like the canvas roof on a convertible, while the plane was going 330 m.p.h. at 24,000 ft. Though Pilot Robert Schornstheimer made the best of a terrible situation, the incident killed one flight attendant and injured 61 passengers. Many of them were struck by chunks of metal and insulation that kept peeling off the plane during its frightening descent...
That night Schornstheimer, 42, spoke to his father by telephone. "All of a sudden there was this noise, and the plane's flying funny and there's a big drag on it, so he immediately decided to change the flight plan ((and)) land at the Maui airport," the father recounted. "He said he was calm and did what needed to be done, just like any other pilot would have...