October 25, 1996

Jeffrey H Erickson resigns as president and chief executive after Trans World Airlines Inc reports $14.3 million third-quarter loss linked to July explosion of Paris-bound jetliner; he is widely credited with reviving airline's financial fortunes and widely rebuked for TWA's response to crash (M)

New Jersey Education Dept says that 37 groups have applied to form state's first publicly financed but privately operated charter school; 21 of applications are from urban communities, including six from Jersey City, where public schools are under state control (S) (New Jersey Daily Briefing)

Ross Perot dismisses Bob Dole's move to persuade him to withdraw from Presidential race as 'weird and totally inconsequential'; Perot, after speech at National Press Club, says he is not about to turn on Reform Party that he established; failed mission by Dole's campaign manager Scott Reed has given candidate's political foes, as well as some in his own party, further ammunition to portray his White House quest as verging on hopeless; Perot photo (M)

Airlines are increasingly adding flights on heavily traveled routes, offering shuttle convenience with almost back-to-back flights, but with full airline services, in competition for full-fare business travelers; are scaling back in unprofitable markets and using fleets of smaller, more fuel-efficient jets instead of wide-body models; saturation service, long used on coasts, is now extending inland, often squeezing out competition and increasing short-hop fares; tables; photos (M)

The Dole campaign's effort to have Ross Perot leave the Presidential race appears to have made things more difficult for Bob Dole. News Analysis, page A28.