Show Page 2 —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday June 5 1999 Nation 321 takeoff: Airlines tighten departure policy WASHINGTON (AP) — Attention passengers! Better be in your seats 10 minutes before takeoff The cabin door is going to close five minutes later And this plane will take off on time — no matter what That's the policy adopted by two major US airlines with others expected to follow suit reflecting preference of most passengers — who hate late departures — and of carriers eager to stick to their schedule “Being prepared to depart as soon as possible improves our position for takeoff clearance which in turn improves the likelihood of an on-tiarrival at our customer’s destination” said A1 Crellin vice president of customer service for US Airways The airline the nation's sixth largest and an East Coast mainstay announced this week that it will adopt the "10-5-taoff" policy on June 15 United Airlines the largest US carrier initiated the move in April with a “Time to Go” campaign ke Joe Hopkins a United spokesman said the airline acted after market research showed passengers wanted punctual flights Since the policy took effect passenger praise has far out- weighed complaints he said Airlines have an interest in die policy change Hopkins conceded since it helps ensure that passengers won’t miss their connections — necessitating — and that planes will be ready for their next trip Getting everyone seated early also clarifies how many first-cla- ss seats are available for upgrades and how many standby passengers can be accommodated There’s one more payoff: Punctuality helps the airlines score well in on-tiand quality ratings “This is information the government collects and publishes and it's a competitive factor in the airline industry so everyone is paying attention to it” said David Fuscus spokesman for the Air Transport Association a trade group for major airlines Airlines typically retain the right to cancel a seat assignment for anyone who hasn't checked in 20 minutes before the scheduled departure time They also say that if passengers don’t check m 10 minutes beforehand they lose their reservation and must take their chances as standbys Passengers are being warned of the new policies with airport signs notices in their frequent flier mailers and mentions on airline Web sites lb ensure that the policy does not penalize passengers making conniptions United last year expanded the time between its flights by five minutes "With this policy you can get people out on time and without the anxiety of wondering if they’ll have time to make their connection” said Hopkins the United spokesman Passengers seem pleased “I’ve been on a lot of flights where they’ve loaded up and then waited for hue connections or folks dallying in the airport” said Dan Bartz of Milwaukee who was waiting Friday at Washington's Reagan National Airport for a United flight to Chicago In brief Survivors return to crash site Star sues WWF complains wrestling is obscene titillating and unsafe BRIDGEPORT Conn (AP) — Pro wrestling champion Sable is suing the World Wrestling Federation for $1 10 million complaining it wanted her to participate in a lesbian storyline expose her breasts on TV and appear in sexually degrading photos The lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court charges that professional wrestling has become increasingly “obscene titillating vulgar and LITTLE ROCK Ark (AP) -F- ederal investigators in the crash unsafe” Known for her waist-lenghair and scanty outfits Sable whose real name is Rena Mero said the WWF stripped her of her championship belt by scripting her defeat in a televised “Monday Night Raw” match three weeks ago Her downfall she claims came after she repeatedly refused to have her gown torn off on national television exposing her breasts “I am surprised by all of the actions" said Ed Kaufman a senior vice president and general counsel for Stamford-base- d Titan Sports the parent company of the WWF He said Titan Sports has been in contact with Mrs Mero's lawyer in an attempt to resolve the dispute During her nearly three years with the WWF Mrs Mere went from valet for her real-lif- e wrestling husband Marc Mere to the WWF women's champion She recently was featured on a Playboy cover and in a photo spread and has been getting guest roles on television In an upcoming TV Guide cover story she said there is a difference between posing for Playboy and exposing herself on television “In the middle of a wrestling arena where they're serving alcohol and there are screaming fans — including children — in the front row 1 don't feel like that is the proper place to be exposed ’’ she said “Posing for Playboy for me was a classy and tasteful thing to do” of American Airlines Flight 1420 visited a hospital Friday to interview injured passengers while survivors and victims' relatives went to the end of a runway to see the plane's burned-o- ut shell th And don’t call that lawyer 'babe' ANNAPOLIS Md (AP) — Maryland's second-highe- st court has ruled that the word “babe" is not to be used in addressing female lawyers during legal proceedings The Court of Special Appeals said Thursday the term is derogatory and evidence of gender bias The ruling involved a deposition hearing in a 1994 lawsuit by a woman seeking damages from a lawyer she said had given her genital herpes As the woman Betty Sue Aude left the room Alan Harris who represented the defendant joked that Ms Aude was going to meet another boyfriend Ms Aude's lawyer Susan Green complained about the remark and asked Harris: “You got a problem with me?” “No I don't have a problem with you babe” Harris said “Babe? You called me babe? What generation are you from?” Ms Green replied "At least I didn't call you bimbo” Harris responded according to court records Shooting victim’s mom signs book deal LITTLETON Colo (SHNS) — Cassie Beraall’s mother has signed a contract with a Christian publisher to write about her daughter's heroic death at Columbine High School The book by Misty Bernall will be titled “She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall" said Sam Hine a spokesman for Plough Publishing House of Farmington Pa Cassie was in Columbine's library April 20 when gunmen Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris burst in One pointed a gun at her head and asked whether she believed in God She said “Yes” The gunman said “Why?" and pulled the trigger witnesses said Misty and Brad Bcmall initiated talks with Plough because their daughter had been reading one of the publishing house's books “Seeking Peace" by Johann Christoph Arnold Hine said Jobless rate returns low to its 29-ye- ar WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment edged down to 42 percent last month returning low and helping to a 29-ye- ar US employment Unemployment workers who historically have had a harder time finding jobs Black unemployment hit a record low and jobless rates for teen- agers and adult women fell to the lowest levels in three decades Despite the drop in unemployment there was only a tiny increase of 11000 jobs in the nation's payrolls in May — a 4U JJASONDJFMAM ISM ISM Akuyu wwnw Lklu n AAiHuril iwyiun jobs uiiiaAAila lay lay AikAlMaBa LJia ki mi mi IIUII IMIII juiiM! MMUHnOU The National Transportation Safety Board wants to know what crash which killed nine people including the pilot Among those on the interview list was the plane’s first officer Michael Origel who broke his leg the American Airlines Flight 1420 look over the wreckage on Friday at the Rock Ark The group was kept about 100 yards from the piano which crashed on landing late Tuesday at the airport killing nine people and injuring 83 remarks and “oohs” from the crowd as Jerry Springer took the hot seat at City Hall on Friday to answer what seemed a simple question Is die violence — theeye-poings the gnj-ou- r brawls — on his controversial TV show staged or real? “It looks real to me” a shrugging Springer told a hearing of the city council's Police and Fire Committee He admitted there had been some staged incidents show’s during the Chicago-base- d run eight-ye- :)' k- But “overwhelmingly the real” he told the City Council whose members are show is called aldermen Alderman Ed Burke a former policeman has said that if the violence is real off-duChicago ty 30-ye- ar m vivors at University Hospital ur hair-puffl- ng ar Those who are in too bad a state we'll come back and get them” said Robert Malloy of the NTSB As investigators talked to sur- eight charter buses drove down a Little Rock airport runway to the Show” crash site Survivors and relatives As the three-hohearing were given red and pink roses as drew applause began Springer they got off the buses Some laid when he objected to some of the flowers on a memorial made Burke’s questions including one of hay bales aimed at ms pay ' They looked ddtofti' bn the “That's noqe of your busifroift 'a grassy crumpled MD-£- 2 ness” - said' Spriniger Doing battle: Talk show host Jerry Springer testifies before a Chicago City Council hearing on Friday who get out of hand and haul them off to jail If it's fake he says Springer should get an entertainment license Sometimes vague sometimes defiant — and always ducking responsibility for anything other than his duties as die talk show’s host — Springer held court in what more often resembled one of his own shows than a formal police officers who work for hearing All the ingredients were Springer should cuff show guests there — cheering fans hissing hill at the end df (he runway When questioned about his where the jet skidded in a thunproducers allegedly bringing a derstorm Tuesday night crashed banned felon into the country to into a metal walkway and caught appear on the show Springer fire chose not to answer He then "There were tears People as a leaned toward the microphone with a grin and sniped “I've group kind of consoled each never been a member of the com- other" said Jimmy Manus whose wife and their two daughmunist party" “Thao beautiful'' yelled Jim ters survived the crash “They Birmingham a retired city work- were glad they made the trip er and Springer fan who came to today” watch the hearing “Do it some Some hugged each other and more” held hands as they looked at the Though threatened with a subwreckage Several wore neck poena Springer came to the hear- braces including one man in a wheelchair ing voluntarily and Pick your Spot Today & Receive your first Come in 6 MONTHS Space Rent FREE ! s V s 'Svw v ' 21 sh 46 Logan River Estates 59 RENTED RENTED 60 62 61 63 RENTED rate while aiding minority groups who traditionally lag lows percent both “Combined with the Continued strong overall economic growth inflation and conlow long-tertinued rising wages we are widening the circle of opportuni- - "We're going to get to u many people as we can get to now opponents and a bank of about 20 TV cameras including at least one from “The Jerry Springer Figures show that the economic expansion the longest in peacetime history has given the country a low overall unemployment teen-age- rs with four in critical condition Springer show at City Hall CHICAGO (AP) — No chairs flew across the room But the air was filled with plenty of sarcastic passengers remained hospitalized Friday Relatives of victims and survivors of Little Rock National Airport in Little month and the weakest showing since a decline in January 1996 the Labor Department said Fri- - white Americans The jobless meanwhile rate for dipped to 126 percent while the rate for adult women fell to 36 Twenty-on- e AP photo sharp slowdown from 343000 jobs created in the previous behind in economic gains The rate of unemployed blacks fell to 75 percent last month the lowest level since the government began tracking this statistic in 1972 but still far above the 37 percent unemployment rate for saw heard and and during the Sera 89 SMCcOpvtmnf of 90 91 92 93 94 95 liter ty for more Americans’’ President Clinton said The 42 percent jobless rate in May matched March’s level Before that unemployment last touched 42 percent in Fdxuary 1970 Economists agree that the record length of the expansion now in its ninth year and its accompanying tight labor market help spread prosperity to groups that have traditionally had higher unemployment rates than white males OAK CREEK VILLAGE 1825 S Hwy 89-9- 1 TOLL FREE Logan 753-11- 44 ‘i 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 j |