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World and Nation
Official: Buildup of ice
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DENVER (AP) — A federal inves
tigator Tuesday said a doomed Con
tinental Airlines jet took off more
than 23 minutes after de-icing, and a
consultant said that could have been
enough time for ice to build up on
the wings again.
Jim Burnett, chairman of the Na
tional Transportation Safety Board,
said at a news conference on the
crash that killed 27 people Sunday
that tapes from Stapleton Interna
tional Airport’s control tower show
the DC-9 was de-iced at 1:51:14 p.m.
Burnett would not say whether
the time between de-icing and take
off was too long, saying the investi
gation was incomplete. Ice can dis
tort the shape of an aircraft wing
and destroy its ability to lift an air
plane.
Earlier Tuesday, Continental
spokesman Bruce Hicks said the
plane was de-iced within about 20
minutes of takeoff, in keeping with
the airline’s standard procedure. De
icing is done with a chemical spray.
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“I believe it was 20 to 22 minutes,”
Hicks said. “It depends on the time
from beginning or ending of de-ic
ing. That’s why there’s a two-minute
difference there. In fact, it could
have been a
utes.”
Hicks said Continental policyrt
quires the cockpit crew to makea
inspection every 20 minutes afie
de-icing to see if more is needei . ,
“Every indication we have is thatihi fj
procedure was followed accon)
ingly,” he said. Jj
Such a delay could have alknm Ml *
ice to collect on the wings, Ridun
Shevell, a Stanford University aero
nautics professor, told The Dent
Post. Shevell worked on the DC?
design as chief of aerodynamics fa
McDonnell Douglas Corp
early 1960s.
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Officials invite Gorbachev
to address Congress Dec. 9
WASHINGTON (AP) — Soviet
leader Mikhail Gorbachev has been
invited to address a joint meeting of
Congress during his summit with
President Reagan next month,
House officials announced Tuesday.
White House officials said Reagan
should be accorded “the same op
portunity” to address the Soviet peo
ple.
Gorbachev is expected to address
Congress and the Cabinet at the
joint meeting at 9 a.m. on Dec. 9,
said Wilson Morris, a spokesman for
House Speaker Jim Wright.
Gorbachev would be the first com
munist leader to be accorded the
honor.
Morris said the White House pro
posed the joint meeting and the
House and Senate arranged it.
Each chamber needs to agree to
recess for the joint meeting by unan
imous consent.
Morris said no problem is ex
pected in obtaining unanimous con
sent.
However, an aide to conservative
Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., said
Helms and others who oppose an
appearance by Gorbachev befw ^
Congress were making plans *
block the joint meeting.
The aide spoke on condition li
not be identified.
A joint session is held whem
House and Senate are offidally
session together with the procee
ings appearing in both chamben
sections of the Congressional Rt
cord, such as to hear the presideni
State of the Union address.
Foreign leaders and othen ac
dress joint meetings, which are moa
informal.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The
House voted 399-17 Tuesday to ap
prove legislation making the Veter
ans Administration, the largest inde
pendent agency of the federal
government, a department
Cabinet-level status.
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The measure, which received a
boost last week with the endorse
ment of President Reagan, goes to
the Senate, where it has support
from conservatives and liberals alike.
Senate committee hearings origi
nally set for February have been
moved up to next month.
The change has been actively
sought by advocates of the nation’s
27 million veterans, including the
major veterans organizations, who
contend it would increase the visi
bility and voice of veterans as well as
the VA’s benefit programs.
ans,” said Rep. G.V. “Sonny” Mom
gomery, D-Miss. and chairman!
the House Veterans Affairs Coij
mittee. “It’s a long time in coming.
. But we’re on a fast track now a
that’s great.”
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told the House the bill was a fitti,
congressional tribute to those wk
have suffered all, dared all
given all.
Toy potato
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mr. Po
tato Head, 35, quit smoking Tues
day. He gave his pipe to Surgeon
General C. Everett Koop and vowed
never to touch it again.
“He started to smoke the day he
was born,” Koop said. “Not only is it
dangerous to his health, it gives the
message to kids around the country
that smoking is not a bad thing to
do.”
So pleased was Koop with Mr. Po
tato Head’s decision that he pro
claimed the giant potato the official
“spokespud” for this year’s Great
American Smokeout, the American
Cancer Society drive to get millions
of Americans to give up smoking, at
least for the day, on Thursday.
About 40 million Mr. Potato
Heads have been sold since the Play-
skool toy was introduced 35 years
ago, complete with stick-on eyes,
ears, nose, mouth — and pipe.
Now that he has kicked the habit,
Playskool officials are thinking about
reshaping the mouth — which now
looks a lot like a mustache — into a
smile for the estimated 1 million toys
manufactured each year.
First lady Nancy Reagan sent
heartiest congratulations to Mr. Po
tato Head.
“By kicking the habit, Mr. Potato
Head will not only improve his
health, but will serve as a good ex
ample to young people who need to
learn the importance of maintaining
good health habits,” Mrs. Reagan
said in a message read by Koop.
World Briefs
Iraqi planes raid Iranian nuclear plant
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) —
Iraqi warplanes raided an Iranian
nuclear power plant Tuesday,
killing 1 1 people, and an Iranian
nuclear official claimed the attack
could lead to another Chernobyl,
Iranian news reports said.
Iran’s official Islamic Republic
News Agency, monitored in Cy
prus, quoted energy official Reza
Amrollahi as saying the
contained nuclear material.
He said the raid might lead to
“the same transfrontier radioac
tive release and radiological con
sequences as the Chernobyl nu
clear accident,” IRNA said.
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Iraq did not announce that it
had bombed the plant and there
was no independent confirmation
of the attack. Iraq has raided the
plant at least five times since
1984.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.
nuclear experts said Tuesday the
Iraqi bombing of an Iranian nu
clear reactor could not produce a
Chernobyl-like disaster, in which
a crippled Soviet reactor spewed
radioactive material into the air.
“are not complete, so they do not
have any high level radioactive
material in them.”
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Gary Milhollin, a University of
Wisconsin law professor and for
mer Pentagon consultant on nu
clear proliferation, said that
Iran’s two reactors at Bushehr
Dan Butler, a Department of
Energy spokesman, said, “There
is no reactor in Iran. I’ve checked
with three sources.”
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Scott Peters of the U.S. Com-
Imittee on Energy Awareness said,
“As far as I know there are a cou
ple of concrete shells there.”
Negotiators: Arms treaty nearly ready
GENEVA (AP) — The United
States and Soviet Union ended
three days of pre-summit talks
Tuesday with both sides appear
ing confident that a treaty scrap
ping intermediate-range nuclear
weapons will be ready for signing
next month.
Reagan and Mikhail S. Gorba
chev are scheduled to hold the
summit in Washington Dec. 7-10.
“A great deal of progress has
been made over the past three
days,” an American source said
privately.
Negotiators ended the sessions
“with a great deal of work having
been accomplished, as agreed at
the Oct. 30 meeting” between
Secretary of State George P
Shultz and Eduard A. Shevard
nadze, the Soviet foreign min
ister, the source said.
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