Friday, March 03, 2000
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Unruliness forces Delta jet to land
A Cincinnati-bound Delta Air Lines jet made an emergency landing Thursday afternoon at an airport 15 miles south of Knoxville, Tenn., after an unruly passenger tried to break into the cockpit, an airline spokesman said.
Flight 1238, on its way from Jacksonville, Fla., to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, landed 1:30 p.m. local time at the McGhee Tyson Airport in Blount County, Tenn., where authorities arrested Joachim Peter Franke, who was described as a German national.
Mr. Franke was charged with interfering with a flight attendant.
Delta spokesman Dave Anderson said passengers and crew members subdued the passenger.
The plane landed in Cincinnati, where it landed at 3:21 p.m., 90 minutes later than scheduled.
Luken to lead group trying to lure Olympics
Cincinnati Mayor Charlie Luken has agreed to serve as the honorary chairman of Cincinnati 2012 Inc., the organization trying to bring the 2012 Summer Olympics to Cincinnati.
“I am very excited to lend my name and support to this effort,” Mr. Luken said in a statement. “I am convinced that Cincinnati does indeed have a chance to become the U.S. candidate city. Perhaps even more important, I believe that we as a community will benefit from trying.”
Cincinnati 2012 must submit its bid to be designated the U.S. candidate city to the U.S. Olympic Committee by Dec. 15. The committee will select the U.S. candidate city in the fall of 2002.
Boy struck by car on Mount Airy street
A 10-year-old boy was hit by a car Thursday when he ran across Kirby Avenue in Mount Airy.
Christian Barwick of Mount Airy was in stable condition at Children's Hospital Medical Center Thursday.
Terra Hicks, 35, of Mount Airy was driving south on Colerain Avenue and turned east onto Kirby Avenue when the boy ran into the street, said Sgt. Rudy Gruenke of the Cincinnati police traffic unit. The boy was not in the crosswalk when he was hit.
Ms. Hicks was not injured. The traffic unit is investigating.
Time Warner keeping Channel 5 — for now
Time Warner Cable did not drop WLWT (Channel 5) Thursday, as the cable company had warned in a Wednesday advertisement in The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Channel 5's owner, Hearst-Argyle Television, has given Time Warner a “retransmission” extension to carry the local NBC affiliate until April 1.
“Another false alarm,” said Virgil Reed, Time Warner's Cincinnati division president. By law, cable companies must notify customers in advance of changing their lineups.
The TV company wants Time Warner to pay a higher fee for the Lifetime Channel, partly owned by Hearst-Argyle, in exchange for carrying Channel 5 here.
Mozambique relief effort seeks donations
Cincinnati Christian Church in Over-the-Rhine is mounting an effort to provide relief to the estimated million people displaced by flooding in Mozambique.
The Rev. Bill Barron, pastor of the church at 14 W. McMicken, said Thursday that the church is collecting food, water, clothes and monetary donations to be sent to the African nation.
To his knowledge, no other Cincinnati-area agency is working on a Mozambique relief project, the Rev. Mr. Barron said. The church would welcome support from businesses for the relief effort, he said. To contribute, call 784-9111.
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