ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, January 16, 1997 TAG: 9701160057
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-2 EDITION: METRO
Boeing 737 rudders must be changed
WASHINGTON - The government is ordering changes to the rudders of the popular Boeing 737 airliners in a response to two deadly accidents.
Vice President Al Gore, who announced the order Wednesday, said Boeing has agreed to make the changes and bear most of the cost, with the airlines paying the balance.
Investigators have not determined the cause of the crashes in Colorado and Pennsylvania, but sudden rudder movement is suspected of causing the planes to roll and plunge to the ground.
- Associated Press
Stolen rare books found in gym
QUINCY, Mass. - Two rare Bibles stolen during a break-in at the library of the Adams National Historic Site in November have been found, wrapped in towels and stuffed inside a knapsack left at a New Hampshire gym.
The two books, a 1621 Latin Bible and an 1838 Bible given to John Quincy Adams by a group of slaves whose freedom he won after they mutinied, were turned over to the FBI last week and appear to be undamaged, the agency confirmed Wednesday. A 221-year-old German study of fish and a 1772 Bible are still missing.
The Boston office of the FBI, which took custody of the two books after they were discovered Jan. 10 in Portsmouth, N.H., would not comment on the circumstances surrounding their recovery because the investigation is continuing.
- The Boston Globe
Briefly
* President Clinton plans to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, to Bob Dole on Friday.
* Jerry Garcia's widow cannot cut off payments in a $5 million divorce agreement the Grateful Dead guitarist made with one of his ex-wives, a judge ruled Wednesday. Carolyn ``Mountain Girl'' Garcia said she was overjoyed. An attorney for Deborah Koons Garcia and other heirs said they would appeal.
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