Plunkett dies at 83. Dupont chemist of Teflon fame
Roy J. Plunkett, the DuPont chemist credited with discovering Teflon, died at 83 at his Corpus Christi home after a short illness. He made the 1938 breakthrough at DuPont's Jackson Laboratory in Deepwater New Jersey, pioneering the widely used polytetrafluoroethylene resin.
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Wilmington
Del
Roy J. Plunkett
DuPont Co
Plunkett
Corpus Christi
Texas
New Carlisle
Ohio
DuPont
Jackson Laboratory
Deepwater
N.J
Jury verdict finds therapists responsible in memory fraud case
Napa California AP report says two therapists and a hospital caused false memories of abuse in Gary Ramona s daughter. The jury awarded Ramona 500000 in damages and rejected his larger claim, while his ex wife criticized the ruling.
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Napa
Calif
Gary Ramona
Holly Ramona
Holly
Ramona
Stephanie
Stephanie Ramona
Marche Isabella
Richard Rose
California
Isabella
Rose
Western Medical Center
Anaheim
Convicted police killer to offer commentary on public radio
Mumia Abu-Jamal, jailed for the 1981 death of officer Daniel Faulkner, will record brief commentaries for NPR All Things Considered from Huntingdon prison. NPR will not discuss his case. organizers defend crime and punishment coverage while police officials denounce the broadcasts.
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Huntingdon
Mumia Abu
Abu-Jamal
Faulkner
Robert Casey
Iters
Germany
Australia
Ed Asner
NPR
Ellen Weiss
Weiss
Prison Radio Project
Michael Lutz
Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police
Lutz
Illinois boy wins math competition
William Engel 12 of Aplington Middle School Polo Illinois won the 11th Math Counts National Competition earning an $8000 college scholarship a personal computer and a week at the Space Camp Huntsville Alabama. He correctly calculated the volume of a scale model of the Washington Monument using scratch paper.
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Washington
Illinois
William Engel
Aplington Middle School
Polo
Ill
Huntsville
Ala
William
Washington Monument
Davis to Stand Trial in Polly Klaas Slaying
Rich ard Allen Davis was ordered to stand trial in Petaluma California for the abduction and murder of Polly Klaas. A three day preliminary hearing produced strong suspicion of Davis's role with 11 charges including murder kidnapping false imprisonment and assault with intent to commit a lewd act. The murder count carries four special circumstances.
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Los Angeles Times
Santa Rosa
Calif
Richard Allen Davis
Polly Klaas
Robert Dale
Davis
Polly
Petaluma
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