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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...elaborate and loving homage to the late Charles Mingus, formidable bass player and jazz composer. The record is more emotional in its dedication than in its musicianship, however. Mitchell's lyrics for Mingus' sometimes abstruse music get a little toplofty, and her sidemen-Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius are among the most renowned-stay so aloof and mechanical the record turns to stainless steel...
...TIME correspondents who contributed to this week's cover story on the energy mess, the assignment was about as exasperating as sitting in a gas line. Washington Energy Correspondent Richard Hornik, who interviewed federal officials trying to manage the crisis, found that hard facts were in shorter supply than unleaded regular. Said Hornik: "This is a story of hunches and viscera. The numbers change daily. This week's clarification becomes next week's obfuscation. The only constant seems to be panic psychology...
...pylon mountings (such as cracks, corrosion and serious stress in the attachment bulkheads), no similar problems were found on the European crafts. Furthermore, the European lines fly almost exclusively advanced, longer-range versions of the plane, known as the series 30 and 40, rather than the older, shorter-range series 10, which was involved in the Chicago crash. The Europeans claim that the pylon and wing attachments in the long-haul versions are sturdier than those used on the original model, although, in fact, they carry heavier engines than the ones used on the series...
McDonnell Douglas angrily attacked the FAA for making what it called an "extreme and unwarranted" decision. The company protested that the order grounded all DC-10s when, in fact, the defects have only shown up on the earlier, shorter-range (2,700 miles) No. 10 series. The later series 30 and 40 aircraft (4,000-to 4,600-mile range) are used mainly on transoceanic flights. The engine-and-pylon assembly, however, is almost identical on all three models...
...Sept. 14, sit down with representatives of General Motors to fashion an industrywide settlement. No one is ruling out a strike. U.A.W. President Douglas Fraser, who initially supported the guidelines, has been talking tougher as negotiations near. Among other things, the union will seek a sweeter COLA and a shorter work week to ensure job security for more workers...