MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) -- For Mozambicans who managed to survive vicious flooding and days stranded in trees and on rooftops to make it to an aid camp, there was a new challenge: Getting food and water. As floodwaters in the swollen Limpopo and Save rivers receded, relief efforts shifted Sunday from plucking survivors from harm's way to dispensing aid to hundreds of thousands of desperate survivors, said Brenda Barton, a spokeswoman for the U.N. World Food Program. Many survivors were still only accessible by air. Aid workers said they expected the death toll from the disaster to soar into the thousands as water levels dropped and revealed the mud-covered remains of the dead.
Seven Injured in Factory Explosion
RADFORD, Va. (AP) -- A fiery blast rocked an automobile parts manufacturing plant Sunday night, injuring seven workers. Several others were still missing, authorities said. ``It's my understanding that there are fatalities,'' said a dispatcher at the local fire department. The dispatcher, who declined to give his name, said he didn't know how many workers were unaccounted for. Dogs were sent into the soot-covered rubble of the New River Castings plant to look for the missing employees.
Jet Skids Off Runway in California
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) -- A Southwest Airlines 737 jet skidded off the end of a runway Sunday and onto a nearby street, hitting at least one car. It was not immediately clear if there was a motorist inside the car, Fox News Channel reported. Three people suffered minor injuries, said Burbank police Sgt. Scott Wilson. Louis Diaz, a spokesman with the Federal Aviation Administration, said the injured were a pilot, co-pilot and passenger. Flight 1455 from Las Vegas to Burbank carried 137 passengers and five crew. The plane just missed a Chevron station and skidded to a halt on Hollywood Way, blocking traffic.
Bradley, McCain Keep Campaigning
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican John McCain ruled out running as a third-party candidate, and both he and Democrat Bill Bradley said Sunday that they could support their rivals in defeat, as the presidential nomination races ahead for a climactic multistate showdown Tuesday. They expressed confidence as they made the TV talk show rounds, even as aides braced for the worst by quietly making plans for dignified exits. Bradley advisers acknowledged he has little chance of loosening the vice president's grip on every ``Super Tuesday'' state. The McCain team held out hope for an election night surprise.
Poor, Sick in Need of New Benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Researchers are bolstering the argument that Medicare prescription drug benefits should go to the neediest senior citizens, as the debate over who should be eligible continues. ``There is a core group of elderly -- those who are poor and those who have chronic illness -- who have the greatest need for a drug benefit,'' said John K. Inglehart, founding editor of the policy journal Health Affairs, which published three new studies of retirees' prescription costs and usage in an issue being released Monday. The findings come as Congress and the Clinton administration wrestle over how best to help elderly and disabled, who get health insurance under Medicare, pay for drugs. Medicare provides no reimbursement for most prescriptions.
Boeing Imposing Last Contract Offer
SEATTLE (AP) -- The Boeing Co. declared Sunday it will impose its most recent contract offer on engineers and technical workers whose union has been on strike against the aerospace giant for three-and-a-half weeks. Employees will be notified Monday that they will receive the pay increases specified in the company's Feb. 26 contract offer, officials said. Technical workers will receive a guaranteed minimum increase of 2 percent, with some workers receiving more. The total raises are capped at 5.5 percent. For engineers, the company will set aside salary increases totaling 8 percent this year, with raises being doled out from the fund on an individual basis.
Tokyo Stocks Close Lower
TOKYO (AP) -- On the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday, the Nikkei closed at 19,796.35 points, down 131.19 points from Friday. Share prices rose on Wall Street Friday after the U.S. Labor Department said the economy generated fewer jobs in February than at any time in the previous nine months, and that the growth of wages had slowed.
Report: Marino Offered Vikings Job
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Dan Marino was offered Minnesota's starting quarterback job last week in talks with Vikings coach Dennis Green, according to broadcast reports. ESPN and Fox Sports Net, citing unidentified sources, said Sunday night that Green assured the former Miami Dolphins star that he would be the starter. Marino, who has not attracted much interest from other teams, also is considering retirement.
AP NewsBrief by ANDREW DAMPF
The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) -- For Mozambicans who managed to survive vicious flooding and days stranded in trees and on rooftops to make it to an aid camp, there was a new challenge: Getting food and water. As floodwaters in the swollen Limpopo and Save rivers receded, relief efforts shifted Sunday from plucking survivors from harm's way to dispensing aid to hundreds of thousands of desperate survivors, said Brenda Barton, a spokeswoman for the U.N. World Food Program. Many survivors were still only accessible by air. Aid workers said they expected the death toll from the disaster to soar into the thousands as water levels dropped and revealed the mud-covered remains of the dead.
Seven Injured in Factory Explosion
RADFORD, Va. (AP) -- A fiery blast rocked an automobile parts manufacturing plant Sunday night, injuring seven workers. Several others were still missing, authorities said. ``It's my understanding that there are fatalities,'' said a dispatcher at the local fire department. The dispatcher, who declined to give his name, said he didn't know how many workers were unaccounted for. Dogs were sent into the soot-covered rubble of the New River Castings plant to look for the missing employees.
Jet Skids Off Runway in California
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) -- A Southwest Airlines 73z7 jet skidded off the end of a runway Sunday and onto a nearby street, hitting at least one car. It was not immediately clear if there was a motorist inside the car, Fox News Channel reported. Three people suffered minor injuries, said Burbank police Sgt. Scott Wilson. Louis Diaz, a spokesman with the Federal Aviation Administration, said the injured were a pilot, co-pilot and passenger. Flight 1455 from Las Vegas to Burbank carried 137 passengers and five crew. The plane just missed a Chevron station and skidded to a halt on Hollywood Way, blocking traffic.
Bradley, McCain Keep Campaigning
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican John McCain ruled out running as a third-party candidate, and both he and Democrat Bill Bradley said Sunday that they could support their rivals in defeat, as the presidential nomination races ahead for a climactic multistate showdown Tuesday. They expressed confidence as they made the TV talk show rounds, even as aides braced for the worst by quietly making plans for dignified exits. Bradley advisers acknowledged he has little chance of loosening the vice president's grip on every ``Super Tuesday'' state. The McCain team held out hope for an election night surprise.
Poor, Sick in Need of New Benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Researchers are bolstering the argument that Medicare prescription drug benefits should go to the neediest senior citizens, as the debate over who should be eligible continues. ``There is a core group of elderly -- those who are poor and those who have chronic illness -- who have the greatest need for a drug benefit,'' said John K. Inglehart, founding editor of the policy journal Health Affairs, which published three new studies of retirees' prescription costs and usage in an issue being released Monday. The findings come as Congress and the Clinton administration wrestle over how best to help elderly and disabled, who get health insurance under Medicare, pay for drugs. Medicare provides no reimbursement for most prescriptions.
Boeing Imposing Last Contract Offer
SEATTLE (AP) -- The Boeing Co. declared Sunday it will impose its most recent contract offer on engineers and technical workers whose union has been on strike against the aerospace giant for three-and-a-half weeks. Employees will be notified Monday that they will receive the pay increases specified in the company's Feb. 26 contract offer, officials said. Technical workers will receive a guaranteed minimum increase of 2 percent, with some workers receiving more. The total raises are capped at 5.5 percent. For engineers, the company will set aside salary increases totaling 8 percent this year, with raises being doled out from the fund on an individual basis.
Tokyo Stocks Close Lower
TOKYO (AP) -- On the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday, the Nikkei closed at 19,796.35 points, down 131.19 points from Friday. Share prices rose on Wall Street Friday after the U.S. Labor Department said the economy generated fewer jobs in February than at any time in the previous nine months, and that the growth of wages had slowed.
Report: Marino Offered Vikings Job
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Dan Marino was offered Minnesota's starting quarterback job last week in talks with Vikings coach Dennis Green, according to broadcast reports. ESPN and Fox Sports Net, citing unidentified sources, said Sunday night that Green assured the former Miami Dolphins star that he would be the starter. Marino, who has not attracted much interest from other teams, also is considering retirement.
AP NewsBrief by ANDREW DAMPF
The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
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