Northwest Airlines is greeted at Grand Forks Air Force Base with a welcoming committee of signs, media of all categories, the Salvation Army, and Brigadier General Kenneth Hess, his wife, Deb, and members of his staff. Grand Forks, North Dakota, Mayor Pat Owens and the Mayor of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, Lynn Stauss, arrived on base to thank Northwest Airlines for its efforts in collecting needed supplies for the flood victims