Penang ferry jetty collapse leaves many dead and injured
A section of a ferry jetty at Penang collapsed during a Kwan Yin festival crowd. Officials reported 35 to 475 dead and hundreds injured as vehicles and people fell from the 40 foot platform. An open inquiry will determine causes.
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Gee
Port Commission
Bernama
Griffin
Penang Island
Malacca
Syed Mohamad Aidid
Penang Ports Commission
Malaysia
Ariffin
Butterworth District
Butterworth Hospital
Bukit Mertajam
Penang General Hospital
Penang
Lim Chong EU
Datuk Seri Mahathir Mohamad
Kuala Lumpur
Ling Liong Sik
Minimum wage effects on teen employment questioned
The article reviews multiple studies on how raising the minimum wage would affect job creation, with estimates varying widely. The Michigan study suggests small teen job losses and almost no effect on other groups, while other analyses project larger declines by 1991 and 1992. Researchers note data limitations and changing wage levels.
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Chamber of Commerce
House
Robert Nathan Associates
Congressional Budget Office
Senate
Center
University of Michigan
Michigan
Alison Wellington
Brown
Job Strain Linked to Higher Heart Attack Risk
Research based on two federal surveys shows men in the top 10 to 20 percent of job strain have markedly higher heart attack risks. The analysis covered 4,833 employed men with measurements across 221 occupations, adjusting for age race education and self employment.
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Karasek
David Krantz
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda
Krantz
Pilot Francis Powers Killed in KNBC Helicopter Crash
In 1977 Francis Gary Powers the former U2 pilot captured by the Soviet Union in 1960 died when the helicopter he flew for KNBC Los Angeles crashed. He was a noted Cold War figure later working in television.
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Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Los Angeles
KNBC
Severe heat and storms sweep Minnesota and nearby states
Storms and extreme heat hit Minnesota with 105 degree readings at Minneapolis St. Paul airport and 100 at St. Cloud, marking days of 90 degree heat. Thunderstorms caused wind damage, roofs blown off, and heavy rainfall near Hibbing while hail reached golf ball size near Staples and Motley.
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Jackson
Wyo
Iowa
Minnesota
Minneapolis- St. Paul
St. Cloud
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Woodland
Hibbing
National Weather Service
Blacks confront crisis of higher medical risk at national convention
At the 93rd National Medical Association conference in Los Angeles, Dr. John Joyner and colleagues warned that blacks remain among the highest-risk groups for cancer, AIDS, hypertension and diabetes. Studies highlight ignorance and poverty as key factors. two-thirds of black men under 50 have hypertension and many stop treatment within a year. Blacks account for over 25 percent of AIDS cases though only 12 percent of the population.
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Los Angeles
Association of Black Physicians
National Medical Association
American Medical Association
NMA
John Joyner
Indianapolis
The
Association
Westin Bonaven
Ture
Claudia Baquet
National Cancer Institute
Joyner
Reed Tuckson
Heat waves reduce beach crowd and stall events
Heat indexes reach 105 and above as crowds thins at beaches and a Cedar Rapids horse show, with Mercy and St. Luke's reporting no heat admissions. Twelve people arranged overnight shelter at hospitals while a Westdale Mall room stayed unused. Park rangers note park attendance down to about half normal.
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Mercy
St. Luke’s
Human Services
Westdale Mall
Cedar Rapids
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Adrian Trujillo
Fort Collins
Colo
Isaac Shapiro
Wellington
Shapiro
District of Columbia
Staples and Motley
Todd County Sheriff's Department
Twig
Duluth
Weather Service
Dakotas
Los Angeles Times
Marion
Iowa City
Lake McBride Park
Steve Eckles
Catherine Schuller
Nutri
Center Point Rd
Kimball Ave
Waterloo
North America
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