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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1998
Page
2
A 16 year old boy Kevin Morrison of Rockford NL was bitten on the chest by a three foot nurse shark while diving near the Florida Keys. The shark clamped on and was released after doctors split its spine to free the boy who reached Fishermen's Hospital by Coast Guard transport.
Isidro Gomez Medina and Esteban Galvez Solano pleaded guilty to three counts of voluntary manslaughter each for staging a freeway crash to collect insurance. They were sentenced to 11 years in prison. The 1996 incident on the Long Beach Freeway led to the deaths of Juan Lopez, Maria Lopez, and their 2-year-old daughter. A separate weather induced scare forced a United DC-10 to make an emergency landing at Reagan National Airport with nearly 300 aboard. No injuries reported on the plane.
Vice President Al Gore outlined a plan to shift the Federal Aviation Administration toward a businesslike model by allowing fees for services and making air traffic control more performance based. The initiative, to be detailed Monday, follows a boosted 1998 FAA budget after high profile airline accidents and security concerns.
Millvina Dean, the last Titanic survivor aged 86, acted as guest of honor as the Titanic Historical Society opened its three day convention in Springfield Massachusetts. She was 9 weeks old at the disaster and she and her family survived while many did not. About 440 members heard a lecture by Robert Ballard and discussed Titanic history with historians.
Government probes a Columbia University affiliated institute over 1994 95 tests on 34 poor black and Hispanic boys using fenfluramine to link brain serotonin to aggression. The drug later recalled for heart valve damage. Critics call studies racist and unsafe. researchers defend aims.
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