Word: reporter
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These competing theories surfaced as the Naval Investigative Service conceded it has failed, in its review of the training, equipment and gunpowder involved, to find a technical explanation for the explosion. The idea that the blast was no accident arose largely from a report that Truitt and Hartwig had been such close friends that in 1987 each had made the other the beneficiary of a life insurance policy for $50,000, with double indemnity in case of accidental death. According to Hartwig's sister Kathleen Kubicina, 36, of Cleveland, the friendship ended last year when Truitt married. While Truitt last...
Anyone planning to travel by air this summer could only be discouraged last week by the barrage of criticism hurled at the U.S. agency that is supposed to ensure safety in the skies. In one report after another, the Federal Aviation Administration was assailed for failing to do its job. In a characteristic remark, the National Transportation Safety Board, a separate U.S. agency, described the FAA's management as "inadequate, ineffective and unresponsive." The week's attacks...
...NTSB issued a report finding that the FAA bore partial responsibility for last year's accident in which the top of an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 tore apart in midair, killing a flight attendant. The FAA allegedly neglected to monitor carefully Aloha's maintenance procedures and failed to enforce closer inspections in the airline industry even after stress cracks had been found in older planes...
...York City, interviewing Beijing correspondent John Sheahan. When Sheahan's picture suddenly disappeared from the screen, Rather abruptly cut him off in midsentence, even though Sheahan's telephone connection remained intact. "We timed it so that if ((the satellite)) did get cut, it would happen during the report," admitted producer Lane Venardos...
...more powerful office, Sakharov urged that the leading candidate, Gorbachev, be required to defend his record. "I do not see any other person capable of leading our country, but my support is conditional," said Sakharov. "I believe that discussion is necessary and that the candidates should give a report...