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WATERLOO COURIER TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1995 PACE A3 Frcrn Frcnt Pao PLANE VOTING fog and drizzle as it approached Raleigh-Durham (N.C.) International Airport, killing 15 of 20 people aboard. Another Atlantic Southeast Embraer 120 crashed in killing former Sen. John Tower and 22 others in Brunswick. Gannaway, 45, of Dublin, had 10,000 hours of flight time and an exemplary record, said Tilden Shana-han, ASA's vice president of flight operations. He was in his mid-30s when he decided to become a pilot, and he got his private license in about a third of the time it takes most trainees, said Fred Houston, who helped Gannaway learn to lly.

"He was very positive about flying," Houston said. "He believed in doing things right and by the Williams, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman. The pilot may have been trying to land at West Georgia Regional Airport, six to eight miles from the crash site about five miles from Carrol I ton, Williams said. The weather was cloudy and rainy. Passenger John Tweedy of Gaithersburg, said he heard a loud bang, then "looked out the window and there was no propeller there.

The whole engine just sort of came apart." Tweedy, who suffered only a bruised forehead and cut hand, said passengers were told the plane could fly with only one engine and would return to Atlanta. Then the plane began descending. "I could see the ground, they got us into the (crash) position, and I thought, don't think we're in Atlanta Tweedy said from his bed at a Carrollton hospital. The Atlanta-based airline passed an extensive FAA inspection in May, said President John Ikiser. "We run a safe airline and will continue to do so," he said.

Two of the airlines serving Waterloo use the Embraer planes for some flights, said Airport Director Terry Lorenzen. It was the third fatal commuter plane crash in 10 months. A French-made ATR turboprop flown by American Liagle crashed in October in Indiana while waiting to land at Chicago's O'llare Airport, killing all 68 aboard. The ATR has the same class engine, made by Pratt Whitney Canada, as the F.mbraer 120, according to The New York Times. A British-made Jetstream flown by American Eagle crashed Dec.

13 in Surviving passens-rs prrJse pHst Continued from page Al burning. They were running. People-were trying to get them down and get it out." One injured man arrived on her front porch and used the phone to leave a message for his wife in Maine. "His clothes were burned off. His undershorts were all that was left," she said.

"The skin just rolled off his body." The Brazilian-made Embraer 120 two-engine turboprop was about 15 minutes into its 362-mile flight when the pilot radioed he was having engine problems, said Christy elections." The new coniputeried voting system will require voters to fill in blanks on a ballot by pencil, which are then fed into a computerized tabulating device at the normal precinct polling sites. The printed ballots are saved in a locked compartment below the computer in' case the system malfunctions or the eleclion is contested. Results can be sent'via telephone lines for more rapid reporting to the press and public. Election officials plan to demonstrate the machines to various civic organizations, groups and businesses in early September. The machines will be available in the following libraries the rest of this week: Dtmkerton, 2 to 4 p.m.

today; Janesville, 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday; La Porte City, 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday; and Lvansdale, 1 to 3 p.m. I richiy.

Demonstrations are also available at the Election Office, Room 210 of the courthouse, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Crncfots try cut nzv mschsncs Continued from page Al Kyle Jensson, deputy auditor of elections, was showing off the small computerized voting device. "We've had somebody ever since we opened," Jensson said. "People seem to be giving me a lot of attention and asking a lot of questions." Regina Jurgens, an election worker who looked over the new system, said it should be a benefit to voters.

"I think it looks easier," Jurgens said. "I think it will be better for election workers and the voters, especially senior citizens. "Older voters have difficulty seeing the lines at the top of the (pull-lever) booths," she said. 'This will be better for them, since it's down at their level." Michael O'Sullivan, who asked for a demonstration, was more guarded in his assessment of the machines, but still registered a thumbs up. "In terms of the accuracy of their count, it might be more convenient for the election office," O'Sullivan said.

"It does look like it might take a little more time for the voters during the full Taylor, owner of 20 tire and wheel-rim manufacturing plants, will spend more than $6 million of his own money trying to today, candidates must obtain 720,000 voter signatures. Third-party candidates have gotten on the ballot in all slates only live in itt (Jitsj pof.5'iffipi im itmal not VHI LvtioiW 1.1 U-iJ Irtfl IsCiVTO a good deal Home delivery gives you the equivalent of one-and-a-half weekday editions for free. times since 1980. Perot, a Texas billionaire, was the last to do it in 1W2. "Anybody can say they're running for president," said Allen i a professor of win me Republican nomination.

Taylor, whose headquarters are in Des Moines, is calling himself the candidate of working men and women, Firestone tire plant into a $400 mil-lion-a-year farm equipment wheel business. "He's an idealist," Taylor spokesman Brett Hall said. "He believes he can make a difference and he is undeterred" by what others tell him. Charles Collins, a 65-year-old Republican and Georgia developer, has his headquarters in Panama City Beach, Fla. He is appealing to voters of the right-wing, anti-government patriot movement.

His platform calls for doing away with federal income tax and strengthening the armed forces. Although 173 candidates running for president seems high, Huff of the Federal Elections Commission said the number is not close to the 1992 presidential race: 273. "It's early yet," she said. PRESIDENT 1 73 havs announced run far ffilea Continued from page Al days mostly opposing alcohol ads. But it has branched offlnto other platform issues, too, such as opposing abortion and calling for deficit reduction.

"We would rather vote for what we believe in and not get it than vote for what we don't want and get lots of it," Dodge said. Most voters will not get the chance to vote for Dodge or other fringe candidates because of strict state ballot laws. For third-party candidates to get on most state ballots, they need to obtain thousands of voter signatures based on state population. To get on ballots in all 50 states W7 it" Earl Dodge, Prohibitionist candidate Walk In To 1 a i fk fc pledging to install a flat percentage income tax. Analysts may think Taylor, 50, is throwing his hard-earned cash to the wind.

But that has not swayed the candidate, who helped turn a failed Men's Women's Children's Shoes 112-116 E. 4th DOWNTOWN history at The American University in Washington and author of "The 13 Keys to the Presidency." "Getting on the ballot is another matter." Expensive bid Even the major parties have their share of obscure candidates. Morry f71tf Willi STATION Colorado antenna on their TV set, Blum said. A UI IF antenna is usually a circular wire loop, not the more familiar "rabbit ears." The station is awaiting federal approval on a plan to double the height of their broadcast tower, eventually reaching 1,500 feet, Blum said. Plans call for the tower to be finished within a year.

Second Generation has already increased the transmitter power fivefold since managing channel 28, which was formerly KOCR. An agreement to buy the station also is awaiting FCC approval, Blum said. SIZES 5-1 2 ON RACKS VALUES TO $86 In. 1 408 Viking Road Cadarfatl flih. Checks, Vita, Matrc aid, and Diicovw accepted.

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"Even grade isn't worth receipt, because you have to have an outdoor antenna," Vernier said. The KFXA map was made with a computer model, so Iowa's flat terrain may make real-world broadcast range a little longer, Stype said. However, viewers may want to think carefully before buying an antenna to get the station. "I would guess in Waterloo itself, it would be worth it to get (an antenna) if it were above roof level. Below that it would be questionable," Stype said.

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