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...plane, a blue-and-white Cessna Skyhawk 172, stepped Mathias Rust, 19, a computer operator and amateur pilot from Hamburg, West Germany. While the authorities debated what to do with him, Rust coolly signed autographs for the crowd, adding the words HAMBURG-MOSCOW. Shortly afterward he was taken away by police. Said a 24-year-old Muscovite who saw the pilot step from his craft: "People did not know what had happened. Something this unusual does not happen every...
Unusual indeed. Rust's feat was one of the oddest milestones in the history of aviation. Aircraft are rarely allowed to overfly -- much less touch down in -- the tightly guarded center of Moscow, which is ringed by an antiballistic missile system that is usually described as formidable. Moreover, Rust had managed to fly unmolested from Helsinki across more than 400 miles of the most heavily guarded airspace in the world. Said a Western diplomat in Moscow: "This puts a hole right through one of the great myths of this place, the myth of invincibility and impenetrability." A Soviet official...
...industry's problem of producing steel at too high a cost. USX won a paltry wage reduction worth $92 million a year. Even with the cut, workers get $22.90 an hour, vs. $3 to $5 for South Korean competitors. As a result, the U.S. industry may continue to rust...
These could be snapshots of the American Rust Belt, but in fact the bleak pictures are from Japan. The mighty industrial power of Asia is now reeling from its worst performance in more than ten years. Layoffs, shutdowns, production cutbacks and plummeting profits have infected virtually every one of Japan's manufacturing industries. While service businesses, including banks and insurance companies, are flourishing, one in eight major manufacturers reported a loss for the six-month period that ended last September. Economists predict that Japan's gross national product will grow by just 2.3% for the fiscal year ending in March...
...Arne still has to get back into the college basketball frame of mind," Roby says. "He is an excellent passer and will have a good year. He just has to get rid of some of the rust from not playing...