Transcript reveals Flight 90 crew debated aborting takeoff
Cockpit transcript shows Air Florida Flight 90 crew noting engine power 80 to 84 percent during takeoff in icy conditions. They discussed ice on wings and probes, considered deicing, but continued as the jet lifted and then stalled, crashing into the Potomac River after striking the 14th Street Bridge.
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Alan Pettit
Pettit
Larry Wheaton
New York Air
New York
Feds
Wheaton
NTSB
Francis McAdams
Air Florida Flight 90
14Th Street
Potomac River
Petit
Larry
Unemployment Rate Drops to 8.5 Percent in January
The Labor Department reports the jobless rate fell from 8.8 percent to 8.5 percent in January as unemployment declined by 270,000. About 9.2 million Americans were out of work, with the labor force shrinking by 300,000 amid weaker hiring in December and winter weather.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Deborah Klein
Klein
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Janet Norwood
Norwood
Surprise Birthday Party Confuses Recreation Secretary
Anna Banana alias Ann Hagelston claimed she could not be surprised yet she was when a prank party was arranged by a gang. The Recreation Department secretary said she always knew what was happening but this time she did not.
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Anna Banana
Ann Hagelston
Recreation Department
Ann
Seminole Mills Workers Vote Against Union Dominant Lire
Seminole Mills workers voted 284 to 200 against union representation with 12 ballots contested. Gerald Stroud of United Merchants praised the vote while ACTWU regional director Bruce Reynor said workers would not be pushed into joining. Wayne Templeton countered that no employees were fired for pro union views.
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Clearwater
Seminole Mills
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
Gerald Stroud
United Merchants and Manufacturers
Seminole Mill Management
Pat Carrol
Bruce Reynor
ACTWU
Reynor
Deep South
Amalgamated
Atlanta
Wayne Templeton
Seminole Mill
Templeton
Seminole
District Battle Still Slow in South Carolina Apportionment
Federal court review of South Carolina’s six congressional districts was set to begin but the General Assembly failed to produce a plan. The deadline for briefs passed with no progress from a House Senate conference, though Sen. Marion Gressette reported some concessions without details.
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South Carolina
General Assembly
House-Senate
Marion Gressette
D-Calhoun
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