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Tuesday • November 5, 1991
► State
Smoke-filled cabin
makes plane return
DALLAS (AP) — A Continental Air
lines jet carrying 144 people re
turned safely to Houston Monday af
ter smoke was detected in the cabin.
No one was injured in the incident
on Los Angeles-bound Flight 1515,
said Sarah Anthony, a spokeswoman
for the Houston-based airline.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-80
was about 15 minutes into a flight
from Houston Intercontinental Air
port, she said. The airline is trying to
find the source of the smoke.
The plane carried five crew mem
bers and 139 passengers, who were
accommodated on other flights.
It was the second flight problem
in two days involving MD-80s in
Texas. On Sunday, an American Air
lines flight crew aborted a takeoff
and evacuated their jet after an
engine failure and brake malfunc
tion at Dallas-Fort Worth Interna
tional Airport.
Aquifer pumps up
wildlife concerns
SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) —
When 50 people spent four days
at the edge of San Marcos Springs
last week, they’d hoped to reach a
consensus on how to protect the
different species in the Edwards
Aquifer while continuing to pump it
for water.
The aquifer, which feeds the
San Marcos Springs and Comal
Springs just north of San Antonio,
is used for municipal, agricultural
and commercial wells.
Some conference participants
worry that increased pumping,
due to the growing population in
the San Antonio region, is hurting
the fish, amphibians and plants
that live in the springs and re
quire ample flow of water from
the aquifer.
The meeting was organized by
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
the agency responsible for protect
ing endangered species.
► Nation
Columbia grounded
due to heat damage
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) —
NASA postponed the launch of
space shuttle Columbia for at
least a week because of worri
some heat damage to insulation
on a booster rocket used on an
earlier flight.
Columbia was supposed to
blast off Friday on a 16-day sci
ence mission, but NASA on Mon
day delayed the flight until at least
Nov. 15.
Engineers are puzzled by an un
usual amount of damage to nozzle
insulation in one of the two solid-
fuel booster rockets used to
launch Atlantis in September.
NASA said the Atlantis crew
was in no danger, but engineers
want to understand what hap
pened before flying Columbia.
A leak of hot gas through a joint
in a booster rocket caused Chal
lenger to explode after liftoff in
1986. NASA has since been ex
tremely cautious about any boost
er abnormalities.
The five astronauts assigned to
the Columbia mission will release
and retrieve two satellites and
conduct two spacewalks to prac
tice space station construction.
Insurance murder
draws life sentence
DETROIT (AP) — A man whose
mother and three wives died under
mysterious circumstances was
sentenced to life in prison Monday
for murdering wife No. 3 with an
overdose of cocaine.
Lowell Amos, 54, a former Gen
eral Motors plant manager from
Anderson, Ind., will not be eligible
for parole.
His wife, Roberta Mowery
Amos, 37, was found dead in a De
troit hotel room in 1994. Her body
contained 15 times the lethal
dose of cocaine. Amos testified
► This day in history
(AP) — Today is Tuesday, Nov. 5, the 310th day of
1996. There are 56 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1872, suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined
$100 for attempting to vote for President Ulysses S.
Grant. (She never paid the fine.)
In 1895, George B. Selden of Rochester, N.Y., rer
ceived the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
In 1912, Woodrow Wilson was elected president,
defeating Progressive Republican Theodore Roosevelt
and incumbent Republican William Howard Taft.
In 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt won an un
precedented third term in office as he defeated Re
publican challenger Wendell L. Willkie.
In 1968, Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, de
feating Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and third-
party candidate George C. Wallace.
In 1994, former President Ronald Reagan dis
closed he had Alzheimer’s disease.
Ten years ago: The White House reaffirmed a U.S.
ban on weapons sales to Iran as it sought to curb
speculation that an arms deal with Tehran might have
been connected to the release of American hostage
David Jacobsen.
One year ago: An endless procession of Israelis
filed past the simple wooden coffin of Prime Min
ister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated the
night before.
► Today’s birthdays
Actor-singer Roy Rogers is 85. Singer-songwriter
Ike Turner is 65. Singer Art Garfunkel is 55. Actor-
playwright Sam Shepard is 53. Singer Peter Noone is
49. Singer Bryan Adams is 37. Actress Tatum O’Neal
is 33. Actress Andrea McArdle is 33. Actor Corin Ne-
mec is 25.
she died accidentally after he gave
her the drug during sex play.
Prosecutors said Amos killed his
wife to collect life insurance be
cause he was in financial trouble
and she about to file for divorce.
Amos was convicted last month.
“You are one of the most dan
gerous criminals to appear in front
of this court, and you have no con
science,” Judge Jeffrey Collins
said. “A lot of people come before
this court because they committed
crimes because they had to sur
vive. ... You kill because of greed.”
Doctors forced to
disclose records
BOSTON (AP) — For all you
know, you doctor has paid several
malpractice claims, been convict
ed of a crime and lost his privi
leges at a hospital. But until this
week, you had little chance of find
ing out any of that.
On Thursday, Massachusetts
becomes the first state to release
information about malpractice pay
outs, disciplinary actions against
doctors and physicians’ criminal
records.
Other states are considering
similar disclosure laws, including
Florida, California, Wisconsin and
New York.
The move is “truly a revolution
ary step,” said Deirdre Cummings,
consumer affairs director for the
Massachusetts Public Interest Re
search Group, which fought for the
disclosure bill signed in August.
“It puts for the first time a lot
of information that was kept be
hind closed doors into the hands
of consumers, and they can use
that information as one tool to
choose a physician.”
Anyone who wants information
on a doctor’s history — good and
bad — can call the Board of Regis
tration in Medicine’s toll-free hot
line and get up to 10 profiles
faxed or mailed to them free.
Hospitals, HMOs and malprac
tice insurers also want the infor
mation, said Wayne Mastin, who is
in charge of the project.
Actors shot in play
about ‘Gangsters’
DENVER (AP) — Three actors in
a church play about gang violence
were wounded when a performer
fired a gun that was supposed to
be loaded with blanks. The inci
dent took place Saturday night in
front of 300 people at a produc
tion of Gangsters’ Paradise. The
actor, as scripted, shot at 10 other
performers.
A 6-year-old hit in the head and
a 13-year-old shot in the hand
were treated at a hospital and re
leased. Esmeralda Limas, 20, was
in good condition with an eye in
jury. Doctors said her vision woiq
not be affected.
The play was produced byVicto
ry Outreach, the Denver chapterti
a Los Angeles-based church
works with inner-city youth am
gang members.
“We do a lot of these dramas|
pastor Tom Vasquez said. “Wj
reach out to the kids and to i
members. We have a lot of visu
effects to make the play as rea!
life as possible.”
Testimony avoids
OJ. evidence gap
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP)-!
crime lab supervisor today glossal
over a big evidence gap in theOi
Simpson case — one of the dis
crepancies that laid the foundatim
for a police frame-up theory an
helped win Simpson's acquittal!
murder charges.
And because Gregory Mathesa
made only passing mention of bloas
found on socks recovered fromtte
foot of Simpson’s bed the dayafa
Nicole Brown Simpson and Rons:!
Goldman were murdered, the da
fense was unable to question fej
about it at any length.
The families of his ex-wife Nicd
Brown Simpson and Ronald God
man accuse Simpson of causirj
their deaths. If he is held liable into
wrongful death civil case, jurors couq
recommend monetary damages.
► Weather
Today
Cloudy with winds
from the south to
southeast.
Tonight
Cloudy with winds
from the south to
southwest.
Tomorrow
Cloudy with winds
from the south to
southwest.
Highs & Lows
ay’:
79°F
Tonight's ExpectedLoni
58°F
Tomorrow’s
Expected High
80°F
Tomorrow Night's
Expected Low
55°F
Information provided by the Associated Presj
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