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Safety experts are also looking closely at airports. Pilots consider U.S. airports to be safe overall because local authorities have the money to install proper lighting and landing and navigation aids. Problems are greater at fields in the less developed nations of Africa and South America, which often cannot afford vital equipment. Nonetheless, flyers have raised objections to practices at some U.S. locations. The Airline Pilots Association has asked Los Angeles officials to stop allowing planes to take off with the wind, a practice the group considers dangerous. It argues that the procedure may make it harder for the aircraft...
...Delta Force flying to the rescue, spraying bullets everywhere. The plot sounds very much like last summer's TWA hijacking, which caused the production schedule to be speeded up. But in the much improved Cannon version, the good guys win, and the bad guys are sent to their proper, bloody reward. Golan, 56, and Globus, 42, follow what was once Hollywood's golden rule: audiences love happy endings...
...invitation, to Sandringham for a week-long New Year's house party. She was first spotted with Andrew last June at Ascot, and they have been known to make the London nightclub scene together. The Queen and Prince Philip are reportedly delighted that their second son is dating a proper Sloane Ranger and member of the British upper classes. But will all that royal family pressure back the single-minded Andrew...
Asked about the report, Meese replied that any meetings with labor leaders were "not designed or intended to interfere with the proper investigation of organized crime," although the Administration's intent was not the issue. Meese might also have replied that such improprieties have not been confined to the Reagan Administration. The commission pointed out that some New York officials had been character witnesses for Anthony Scotto, a vice president of the Longshoremen's Union, before he was convicted in 1979 of racketeering. The commission's counsel noted that Jimmy Carter had even campaigned with Scotto...
...analysis of the Pentagon budget by the National Journal, black budgets for researching, developing and procuring secret weapons increased from a mere $892 million in 1981 to $8.6 billion for the up-coming fiscal year. Legislators are concerned that major strategic and budgetary decisions are being made without proper discussion. Under pressure two weeks ago, the Pentagon said that the cost of the Stealth bomber would be no more than 2% or 3% higher than that of the military's most recent long-range bomber, the B-1B. But according to Oklahoma Congressman Mike Synar, Stealth may cost as much...