Army helicopter crashes in Texas, two killed
     KILLEEN, Texas -- December 4, 1997 5:47 p.m. EST -- A U.S. Army
 attack helicopter crashed and burst into flames during a training
 exercise in central Texas Thursday and both crew members were
 killed.
     Cecil Green, a spokesman for the Fort Hood military base, said
 the AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed near the small town of San Saba,
 about 50 miles west of the base. "We can confirm that there were two
 dead," Green said. "Both bodies have been recovered."
     He said the helicopter was on a routine training mission in the
 area and crashed at about 10:20 a.m. CST. Army officials ordered an
 investigation into the cause of the accident.
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             Flight attendant punched; passenger charged
    CHICAGO - A squabble over candy and nuts, on an American Airlines
 flight ended with a black eye for a male flight attendant and a
 federal charge against an Illinois man.
     Dennis Gerber of Aurora was accused of punching the flight at-
 tendant during a flight from Manchester,England, to Chicago.
     The trouble began when Gerber, 55, took chocolates and nuts
 offered by the attendant, said Gerber's wife, Sandra, who was on
 the flight. The attendant apparently thought Gerber was being greedy
 and made a rude comment, she said.
     The two argued in the galley, Sandra Gerber said, before the
 attendant pushed Gerber and threw coffee on him, provoking the
 punch.
     Gerber  "grabbed him, Pushed candy into his stomach and said
 something like, "You can keep your candy," airline spokesman John
 Hotard said. "He then struck him in the face."
     An FBI spokesman said Gerber had been drinking alcohol.
 Knoxville News Sentinel 4 Dec 97
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  Ousted Air Force pilot Kelly Flinn says she may run for Congress
     WASHINGTON - December 3, 1997 10:53 p.m. EST - Kelly Flinn, the
 Air Force's first woman B-52 pilot who took a general discharge ra-
 ther than face a court-martial for adultery, said Wednesday she has
 been approached about running for Congress.
     Flinn told CNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews" she had been
 approached by several congresswomen about running for a House seat
 and was mulling it over, although she didn't know what state she
 would run in.
     "Oh goodness, I'd have to figure out where I'm going to live,"
 Flinn told CNBC. "I've left the military and I really don't have a
 home." The interview will air Friday.
     Flinn, 26, the Air Force's first woman bomber pilot, was forced
 to resign her commission in May and take a less-than-honorable dis-
 charge for having an affair with a married civilian. She is appeal-
 ing the discharge and has said she would like to return to military
 service.
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   Lockheed Martin reportedly wants to buy Israeli aerospace firm
     JERUSALEM - December 4, 1997 06:47 a.m. EST - Lockheed Martin,
 the U.S. company that is the world's largest producer of fighter
 jets, wants to buy the state-owned Israeli Aircraft Industries, the
 Haaretz newspaper reported Thursday.
     The president of the U.S. company, Norman Augustine, expressed
 interest in purchasing the Israeli aerospace giant during a meeting
 with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month, the daily
 newspaper said.
     Augustine told Netanyahu he was not simply interested in stra-
 tegic cooperation with the Israeli company but wanted to buy the
 entire firm.
      Israel Aircraft Industry Ltd. reported 1996 sales of $1.5
 billion, of which about 70 percent was exports, but profits were
 zero. Company officials say revenues are expected to reach $2
 billion by the year 2000.
     Lockheed Martin is particularily interested in IAI's ability to
 upgrade F-16 fighter jets, which the U.S. firm manufactures, the
 newspaper said.
     In discussing Israeli security concerns surrounding a sale,
 Augustine assured Netanyahu he understood Israel's need to maintain
 ownership over the company's strategic facilities and defense labor-
 atories, according to the daily newspaper.
     Netanyahu plans to gradually privatize state companies, includ-
 ing IAI, as part of his economic liberalization program.
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