New commander of U.S. Air Force Europe
     RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- December 5, 1997 1:41 p.m. EST --
 Gen. John P. Jumper, a Texas native, took over command of U.S. Air
 Force Europe in a ceremony Friday at Ramstein Air Base in southwest
 Germany.
     The new assignment automatically gives Jumper the dual title of
 NATO commander of Allied Air Forces Central Europe.
     Jumper, 52, of Paris, Texas, is a distinguished graduate of the
 Virginia Military Institute's ROTC program and has served as a com-
 missioned officer since June 1966. He is a command pilot with more
 than 4,000 flying hours, more than 1,400 of that in combat.
     He succeeds Gen. Michael E. Ryan, who took over as chief of
 staff of the U.S. Air Force in Washington on Oct. 20.
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     June 22, 1946 - Jet airplanes were used to transport mail for
 the first time. Funny, but it didn't seem to speed mail delivery
 up a whole lot, did it?
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     I have just reviewed the January 1918 issue of National geo-
 graphic Magazine and find the whole issue very good on the history
 of aviation during World War One. Great Britain, France, Italy and
 the U.S.A.  I wish I could share it with you. Jim
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      Charges expected in alleged theft from TWA 800 wreckage
     NEW YORK - December 5, 1997 11:35 a.m. EST - Federal investiga-
 tors expect to file charges in the alleged theft of items from the
 wreckage of TWA Flight 800 that were later used by proponents of the
 theory that a missile brought down the jumbo jet, a source close to
 the investigation said this morning.
     The source said charges could be filed as soon as Friday for
 removing materials from the Long Island hanger where the plane is
 being reconstructed. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity,
 confirmed a report in Friday's USA Today.
     Parts of the plane, including a piece of seat fabric, have been
 used by conspiracy theorists to support their position that a missile
 brought down Flight 800 on July 17, 1996, killing all 230 people on
 board.
     The Boeing 747 exploded minutes after takeoff from New York's
 Kennedy Airport, shattering wreckage over miles of ocean off the
 coast of Long Island. More than a million parts retrieved from the
 ocean bottom were taken to a nearby hangar where investigators
 reconstructed the plane.
     James Kallstrom, head of the FBI's New York office, announced
 two weeks ago that the agency was suspending its probe into the
 crash and had found no evidence that a bomb or missile brought down
 the plane.
     The source did not say who could be charged with the alleged
 theft.
     James Sanders, a former California police officer who now lives
 in Florida, has been investigated by the FBI since last May after he
 revealed that he had fabric from a seat cushion belonging to TWA
 Flight 800.
     He said red residue on the seat cushion that he had privately
 tested in a California laboratory showed the residue was missile
 fuel. He published a book promoting the missile theory.
     Kallstrom has called Sanders' assertions outrageous, saying that
 FBI analysis confirmed by an independent lab found the red substance,
 which was found on many pieces of the wreckage, was glue used to hold
 the fabric to the seats. Kallstrom said the FBI also confirmed its
 findings with the glue's manufacturer.
     Sanders has said he found the piece of fabric in his mailbox one
 day and has no idea how it got there. He has said he was being tar-
 geted because his wife is a TWA employee.
     No one answered the phone Friday at Sanders' residence.
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       I am no relation of the above James Sanders. Jim Sanders
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        Police identify woman who died in mysterious fall
     MIAMI - December 5, 1997 07:41 a.m. EST -- Police have identified
 a woman found dead near a high-rise apartment building here, but they
 still aren't sure why she fell.
     Helene Deborah Gusik, 40, was identified through her fingerprints.
 She died Tuesday when she hit a garden wall about eight feet from the
 base of the 24-story building.
     The condition of the body led authorities to believe she fell
 from much higher distance, perhaps a passing airplane, but investi-
 gators now say she fell from the building.
     Gusik died from injuries caused by the fall, said detective
 Delrish Moss. Police are still not sure how she fell, he said. She
 was not a resident of the building.
     "We haven't figured out if she was visiting or trespassing or
 what she was doing there," Moss said.
     Police believe Gusik lived nearby but were still trying to de-
 termine her address Thursday night.
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