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April 16, 1998
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Byline: Compiled from Associated Press, Bloomberg News, Reuters, Scripps Howard News Service and Rocky Mountain News staff reports.

NATIONAL

CRANDALL OUT: Robert Crandall, 62, the highly respected but hardly beloved leader of American Airlines' parent company, will step down from the nation's second-largest airline after 18 years in charge.

Crandall innovated deep-discount fares and frequent-flier programs and built hub-and-spoke routing systems that often forced passengers to change planes. He also pioneered ways to estimate how many seats on each flight could be sold at a discount and how many at full fare.

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