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JFK honored 30 years later
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Jett Zeleny/DN
Dealey Plaza was dedicated as a national historic land
mark Monday. President Kennedy was shot from the Texas
School Book Depository which overlooks Elm Street in
downtown Dallas.
Dallas site declared landmark
DALLAS — The plaza in Dal
las where John F. Kennedy was
killed 30 years ago was made a
national historic landmark Mon
day, and his sister observed the
anniversary of his assassination in
Ireland, land of their ancestors.
Kennedy’s secretary, Evelyn
Lincoln, was one of those visiting
his grave this morning at Arl ington
National Cemetery. Family mem
bers were expected to visit there
later in the day.
Jean Kennedy Smith, the U.S.
ambassador to Ireland, marked the
30th anniversary of her brother’s
death by reading extracts from his
speeches at a memorial Mass in
Dublin.
“It’s aday to remember the great
man that he was and that for a short
space of time he was at the highest
seat of power in the world,” said the
Rev. Michael Kennedy, a relative
from Tipperary, who celebrated the
Mass at Dublin’s Pro Cathedral.
Nellie Connally, widow of
former Texas Gov. John Connally,
unveiled a bronze plaque Monday
in downtown Dallas designating
Dcaley Plaza, where Kennedy was
shot, as a national historic land
mark.
The Connallys were riding in an
open limousine with the president
and his wife, Jacquel ine, when shots
rangout.The former governor, who
died in June, was seriously injured
by the gunfire.
“Thirty years ago fate brought
me here as an unwilling player in
the most unforgettable, tragic dra
ma of our time,” Mrs. Connally
said. “Now, three decades later, we
arc gathered not to look back with
griefbut to look forward with hope.”
The plaque is located on the “grassy
knoll,” a small hill a few feet from
the spot where Kennedy and
Connally were shot.
Thousands gathered at Dealey
Plaza for the ceremony. Police were
stationed on nearby rooftops and
trafTic was blocked off all morning
before the midday ceremony.
In Kennedy’s hometown of Bos
ton, no ceremonies were planned
THE
ASSASSINATION
OF PRESIDENT
JOHN
FITZGERALD
KENNEDY
November 22,1963
CHRONOLOGY
11:40 aj&.: Kennedy arrives
Dallas’ Love Field.
11:50 jlul: Motorcade starts.
12:30 p»m.: President’s
limousine turns onto Elm St.
and Kennedy is shot
12:33 pun.: Oswald leaves
Texas School Book Depository,
passes Robert MacNeil of NBC
1:00 p.m.: Ken^yd^lared
.*.
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for the 30th anniversary of his as
sassination, except by a group of
protesters seeking the release of
government files related to the kill
ing.
Skydiver’s mishap causes plane crash
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. —
Skydivcr Alfred Peters was hurtling
toward Earth at about 100 mph when
he saw a plane coming straight at him.
Seconds later, his ankle hit the
plane’s tail, sending it into a spin and
crash. All four people aboard were
killed. Peters survived the collision
that was more than a mile above
ground with a broken ankle and a
terrible scare.
“All he keeps talking about is see
ing that plane coming at him,” said
Peters’ wife, Joyce. “He tried to get
out of the way as best he could, but
there wasn’t much he could do and it
hit his ankle.”
The accident happened as the rip
er was flying at about 120 mph 7,000
feet over Northampton Airport, cn
route to Boston from Poughkeepsie,
N.Y. The students were returning to
school.
Peters, a former Army paratrooper
who had logged 37 sport jumps in the
past year, told authorities he leaped
from a single-engine Cessna 206 at
about 8,000 feet. Within moments, he
saw the Piper heading straight at him,
according to Jeff Gu/y.etti, a National
Transportation Safety Board inspec
tor.
Peters, 51, of Westfield, lost a boot
and flipped head over heels, but man
aged to open his parachute at about
4,000 feet.
"As he was floating to Earth ... he
saw this airplane spiraling to the
ground.” Guzzetti said.
“ft was almost like something m a
inovie. It wasn’t real.” said John
Stcrgakis, of West Hartford, Conn.,
who was waiting to take his first-ever
jump at the airport later that after
noon.
The Piper's wreckage lay Monday
in woods one mile from the airport, its
nose dug into the ground and its wing
wrapped around a tree. The 3-foot
tall aluminum tail fin and part of its
rudder were ripped off; Guzzctti said
it was not yet known whether the tail
was ripped off by the collision with
Peters or the impact with the ground.
Investigators said they don’t know
why the pilots were unaware of each
other.
The sky-diving plane carrying a
pilot and four other parachutists radi
oed controllers at nearby Bradley In
ternational Airport in Windsor Locks.
Conn., to warn other planes of the
impending jump. It was not known if
Klein was complying with flight rules
by keeping his radio tuned for such
warnings as he entered the designated
jump /.one. The /one extended three
miles over Northampton airport in all
directions.
A management official at
Northampton said the Piper didn’t
radio to the airport to check for any
dangers, as some other pilots do.
“That’s like driving through a shop
ping center like it’s a highway,” the
official said, speakingon condition of
anonymity.
The Piper’s pilot was flying under
visual flight rules, said Mary Culver,
a spokeswoman for the Federal Avia
tion Administration. j
The Piper was flying about 15 miles
AP
north ol a straight line Irom
Poughkeepsie to Boston.
"All 1 can think of is the pilot may
have been off course and did not know
his location,” said Dave Strickland,
owner of the airport ’s sky-diving op
eration. Airborne Adventures.”
American Airlines ends
strike with Clinton’s help
WASHINGTON — President
Clinton announced Monday that
American Airlines and its striking
flight attendants’ union had reached
an agreement to end the strike.
Clinton said both sides agreed to
submit their dispute to binding arbi
tration.
“I have spoken with both parties
involved. Both have agreed in princi
ple to end the strike and return to the
bargaining table immediately,”
Clinton said at a White House news
conference.
The strike began four days ago and
disrupted Thanksgiving travel plans
for thousands of Americans.
"I want to encourage all people
involved in the American Airlines
family to now return to work together
without any bitterness and with a spir
it of mutual respect,” Clinton said.
Fort Worth. Texas-based Ameri
can Airl ines, one of the nation’s larg
est, had no immediate comment.
Clinton said the two sides agreed
that the fl ight attendants would return
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I think it’s a pretty
selfish thing to do at
this time of year.
- Moser
American passenger
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a contract dispute over pay, medical
benefits, staffing and work rules. The
strike was to extend through Sunday,
the end of the busy holiday travel
period.
“1 think it’s a pretty selfish thing to
do at this time of year,” said Elizabeth
Moser, 23, whose flight from Los
Angeles to a honeymoon in Hawaii
was delayed Sunday.
It was the first walkout by flight
attendants at American and the big
gest against a U.S. airline since 1989.
Many of American’s flights have
flown without passengers since the
strike began because they have not
had the federally required number of
flight attendants.
Crandall had said between a half
and two-thirdsof the flights would not
carry passengers.
STATE WIRE
Nuclear power station given clearance
FORT CALHOUN — A federal
inspection team on Monday exam
ined problems with control rods at a
nuclear power station and cleared the
plant to resume normal operations
later this week.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commis
sion team went to the Fort Calhoun
Nuclear Station to look into the as
semblies that raise and lower control
rods that malfunctioned twice in re
cent tests. Control rods help regulate
the rate of reaction in the nuclear core.
The team and Omaha Public Pow
er District officials concurred that the
incidents were handled properly and
appear to be resolved, said OPPD
spokesman Gary Williams.
The plant will restart later this
week under the supervision of a N RC
investigator, Williams said.
The team arrived at the OPPDplant
on Friday after problems with the rods
developed Nov. 13 and on Thursday.
On Nov. 13. when OPPD raised
one of 49 control rods as part of a test
to restart the plant, an adjacent rod
also moved, OPPD division manager
Henry Sterba said.
OPPD notified the federal agency
and an investigation began.
Thursday, a rod dropped two inch
es during another test. Lights in the
control room that indicate the posi
tions of the rods went out.
The incidents apparently involved
an electrical problem in the assem
blies that raise and lower the rods,
Sterba said. The assemblies are not
considered safety-related equipment
because they are used mainly when
starting or stopping the plant, he said.
During an emergency shutdown,
clutches that hold the rods in a raised
position release the rods and drop
them into the reactor to stop the reac
tion.
SPORTS WIRE
Walden expected to remain at Iowa State
DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa State Smith said.
University athletic director Gene
Smith has decided to retain football
coach Jim Walden for another season,
according to a published report.
A copyright story in the Dcs Moines
Register quotes Smith as praising
Walden’s integrity.
“He’s done a real good job devel
oping the program to where we have
the right type of kids in it. I think he
has a real good understanding of what
we have to offer at Iowa State; lie’s a
team player and he’s a sincere person
who operates with integrity and is not
going to cheat He’s just a good guy.”
Walden has had six losing seasons
at ISU. leading the Cyclones to a 28
47-2 record during his seven-year ten
ure. But Smith said the win-loss record
is only part of the equation.
“The bottom line for me is doing
what I feel is right for the kids in our
program. In that respect. I feel Jim is
the right guy for our program,” Smith
said.
There had been uncertainty about
Walden’s future even though his con
tract does not expire until the end of
the 1997 season.
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