'Easy' to blame controllers; But Avianca crash 'bound to happen eventually'; Procedure for fuel problems part of probe; The USA's controllers
Jan. 30, 1990
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NEW YORK - The USA's air traffic controllers are back in the hot seat.
Investigators probing last week's crash of Avianca Flight 52 are focusing on conversations between the cockpit crew and air traffic controllers: Did the pilot make it clear his plane was dangerously low on fuel? Did controllers err by not relaying information about the plane's fuel shortage to controllers handling the plane's landing?
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The furor in Aspen over fur; Sales of fur raise ethical, legal issues
Feb. 8, 1990
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ASPEN, Colo. - The glitter capital of the Rockies is not a cloth coat kind of town.
But if Mayor Bill Stirling has his way, the pampered and privileged who come here every winter wearing their fur coats won't be able to buy one within city limits.
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'We're loving our parks to death'; Officials try to balance nature, man
June 15, 1990
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EL PORTEL, Calif. - Yosemite National Park as nature made it: silvery waterfall cascading down a wall of granite. Sun resting on one horizon, moon on the other. A red-tailed hawk gliding by silently.
Yosemite as humans make it: pizza parlors, bars, a jail, bumper-to-bumper cars and 25 tons of trash and a million gallons of sewage every day.
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Divorced pair split custody of embryos
Sept. 14, 1990
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The Tennessee Court of Appeals has ordered a divorced couple to share custody of seven frozen embryos.
In overturning a ground-breaking 1989 ruling giving custody to the ex-wife, Mary Sue Davis Stowe, the court said Stowe and Junior Davis have "joint control" and an "equal voice" over the embryos. "Justice is done," said Charles Clifford, the lawyer for Junior Davis. Stowe's Florida lawyer, Kurt Erlenbach, said she was "very upset."
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First Amendment put to the test
Dec. 28, 1990
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Imagine the USA in 1990 minus the First Amendment.
It would have been a calmer place. No 2 Live Crew lyrics to provoke prosecutors, no Mapplethorpe art exhibit to scintillate in Cincinnati, no flag-burners to prod patriots.
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Looking at the year past, the year ahead
Dec. 28, 1990
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1990 was a hot year for the First Amendment, with battles over art, music and the American flag. Here are some major cases of the past year, and cases coming up in 1991:
- Cincinnati: The Contemporary Arts Center and its director, Dennis Barrie, were prosecuted on obscenity charges for displaying 175 photographs, some displaying homosexual practices and nude children.
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Police brutality; Fighting a mentality of 'us against them'; Dealing with excessive violence
March 20, 1991
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Steve Skultety counsels cops accused of brutality - mindful of his own brush with an "us-against-them" mentality.
He's still haunted by the murder of a baby girl 14 years ago in suburban Chicago.
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Beleaguered NRA is down but not out
Apr. 15, 1991
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SAN ANTONIO - The Alamo city, site of the National Rifle Association's annual convention, is a perfect metaphor for the NRA under siege.
The USA's most powerful lobby is beset by internal conflict, the erosion of 10% of its membership in two years, state legislative defeats and the Brady Bill's momentum.
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Should dying be by the book? Suicide primer stokes debate on euthanasia
Aug. 13, 1991
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Derek Humphry has about 40 letters from readers of his new book - including two that indicate it's being used for its intended purpose.
"They say their relatives have used the book to kill themselves already and thank you very much," says Humphry, author of "Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying."
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Gays in battle for rights; Governor target of angry protest in Calif.; Activists' goal: 'Next generation'
Oct. 2, 1991
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PALO ALTO, Calif. - A mob of 400 angry gay rights activists surged against a line of police in riot gear, hurling oranges and epithets at Gov. Pete Wilson. Then they screamed at him, point-blank: Shame. Shame. Shame.
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Anniversary of 'Roe' has activists on both sides busy
Jan. 23, 1992
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Thousands of abortion activists, energized by the Supreme Court's decision to hear an abortion case this term, gathered around the country Wednesday to mark what many believe was the last anniversary of Roe vs. Wade.
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Tale of 2 suicides; Kevorkian again provides 'expertise'; Debate over right-to-die rekindled
Oct. 25, 1991
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OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Despite prescription pills and ice packs, the pain in Marjorie Wantz's belly made her scream so loud that neighbors heard. She bought propane canisters, planning to kill herself. She dreamed of "going to find God."
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Showdown over the spotted owl; Loggers face 'long winter'
Jan. 7, 1992
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ABERDEEN, Wash. - Bob Foote is a logger, or at least he used to be. Now he picks mushrooms for $20 a day or gathers cedar boughs for florists, and lives in an old trailer without electricity or running water.
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Breast implants: Fear, suits; Terrified women turn to the courts
Jan. 22, 1992
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Karen Reid says breast implants ruined her life.
"I wanted to be more attractive to men," says the ex-Army finance specialist from Longmont, Colo. "Now I'm frightened for my life. I wish I had just kept wearing a padded bra."
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Cronkite: LBJ doubted Warren report
Feb. 6, 1992
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Former president Lyndon Johnson got CBS Chairman William Paley to delete from a TV interview his remarks questioning the Warren Commission's conclusion that a lone gunman killed President John F. Kennedy, former anchor Walter Cronkite says.
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FDA OKs limited use of implants
Apr. 17, 1992
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Some women awaiting the renewed availability of silicone gel breast implants might be able to get them within days, the Food and Drug Administration says.
That's part of a plan for reintroducing the implants in limited studies. FDA placed a moratorium on the implants Jan. 6.
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MIA families: U.S. 'lied to us"; Kerry charges Vietnam POWs left behind; Testimony opens old wounds
June 25, 1992
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Nothing chills families of servicemen missing in Southeast Asia more than charges the government deliberately abandoned its men and lied about their disappearances.
But that charge Wednesday, made by the chairman of a panel investigating the POW-MIA issue, challenges the government's 19-year-old claim that all Vietnam warriors came home at war's end.
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Strike ended, rail service back on track
June 26, 1992
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Commuter and freight trains are rolling again today after President Bush signed a bill to slam the brakes on the railworkers strike.
Congress early today approved a compromise that:
- Imposes a cooling-off period of at least 35 days during which workers would return.
- Allows an arbritrator to decide a winner-take-all pact based on the final proposals.
