Turbulence forces Las Vegas-bound plane to land; seven injured
     SEATTLE -- March 5, 1998 07:42 EST -- Unexpected air turbulence
 rocked a packed Alaska Airlines jet Wednesday, injuring seven people
 and forcing the plane to make an emergency landing, officials said.
     Alaska Air flight flight 684 was heading from Seattle to Las
 Vegas when it encountered the air pocket without warning outside
 Reno, Nevada, at 1:25 p.m. PST, airline spokesman Lou Cancelmi said.
     Several passengers and crew members were thrown to the ceiling
 as the Boeing 737-200 dropped suddenly, according to passengers
 interviewed in Reno, where the plane landed about 20 minutes later.
     One flight attendant suffered a broken ankle and six other pas-
 sengers and crew members were treated at a local hospital, mostly
 for neck and back injuries, Cancelmi said.
     A total of 111 passengers and five crew members were on the
 flight, and most continued on to Las Vegas. The plane, which was
 not damaged, was checked by inspectors from the Federal Aviation
 Administration and then returned to Seattle.
     (I thought the term "air pocket" was so archaic that it went
 out of use with the Jenny.  Jim)
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     Muriel Earhart Morrisey, sister of famed aviator, dead at 98
     MEDFORD, Mass. - March 5, 1998 1:06 p.m. EST -- Muriel Earhart
 Morrisey, sister of the late aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, died
 Monday. She was 98.
     Morrisey taught in the Belmont schools and continued to tutor
 children into her retirement. She also wrote a biography of her
 sister called "Courage is the Price."
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