Bus rear-ended by flatbed truck injures 22 children
In Chappell Hill Texas a Brenham Independent School District bus was struck from behind by a flatbed truck near U.S. Highway 290. The impact tore a hole in the bus exposing its interior and left 22 children injured with two in serious condition.
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Chappell Hill
Texas
Brenham Independent School District
Houston
Mike Cox
Texas Department of Public Safety
U.S. Highway 290
Brenham
Virginia Collier
Changes sought in 747 jumbo jets
Investigators probing TWA 800 blame wiring and fuel monitor faults on 747s. NTSB urges FAA to require inspections and rerouting of fuel wires in 747-100 to -300 models, add surge protection, and separate fuel wires from charged cable bundles. Recommendations could affect 750 older and 500 to 600 newer 747s and other planes. Flight 800 crash killed 230 off Long Island in July 1996.
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Washington
TWA
Federal Safety Agency
National Transportation Safety Board
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Boeing
NTSB
Long Island
N.Y
Scientists urge vitamins for some population groups
The National Academy of Sciences recommends that all women of childbearing age take folic acid daily to reduce birth defects and that all adults over 50 take vitamin B12 to prevent anemia. The move aims to supplement food intake, as even balanced diets may miss nutrients.
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Academy
Godfrey Oakley Jr
Division of
Federal
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Historical Highlights From April 8 Across Years
Britannica style timeline notes key events on April 8 including Ponce de Leon claiming Florida for Spain in 1513, WPA approval in 1935, the League of Nations last meeting in 1946, Nijinsky’s death in 1950, Picasso’s passing in 1973 near Mougins, Swaggart’s defrocking in 1988, and Ryan White’s death in 1990 in Indianapolis.
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Works Progress Administration
League of Nations
Geneva
Vaslav Nijinsky
London
Pablo Picasso
Mougins
France
Jimmy Swaggart
Assemblies of God
Mary Bono wins House seat in California special election
Mary Bono, Sonny Bono's widow, defeats Ralph Waite of The Waltons for the California 44th District seat. With over half precincts in, Bono led 66 percent to 27 percent amid national attention as Waite largely campaigned from New Jersey. Bono opposes raising the minimum wage.
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Mary Bono
Waltons
House
Palm Springs, Calif
Sonny Bono
Congress
Bono
Waite
New Jersey
One-Eighth of Plant Species Threatened Worldwide
A 20 year international survey by 16 organizations led by the Smithsonian notes at least 12.5 percent of 270000 known plant species face extinction risk. Habitat loss and non native species endanger about 34000 species, with 91 percent in a single country. In the United States about 29 percent of 16000 species are at risk.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
United States
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