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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1997

Page

5

Unknown event triggers Comair crash in Michigan fields

NTSB says Comair flight began with an unexplained event that led to a roll and nose dive killing all 29 aboard. Witnesses described axel rolls and wing rocking before impact 18 miles from Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Investigators await black box analysis amid no foul play found on site.

Raisinville Township Mich Comair National Transportation Safety Board Beare NTSB John Hammerschmidt Hammerschmidt Aira Cinati Detroit Metropolitan Airport Ted Lopatkiewicz Monroe

Severe storm halts travel in New York

Severe winter storm shuts Buffalo and much of western New York. The city bans driving for hours, streets gridlocked, and snow piled two feet deep. Interstate 94 remains mostly closed across eastern North Dakota with scores of highways snowbound. south and west face record cold with lows well below zero.

New York Buffalo N.Y South Dakota Bill Yank

Idaho Man to Receive Medal of Honor at White House

Wash AP Ver non Baker, 77, will be the only living Black man to get the nation’s top military honor for World War II service. He faced a half century wait amid racial barriers as six other Black soldiers will be awarded posthumously. A Board recommended honors after review of segregation-era attitudes. Baker plans to speak if asked.

Idaho Wash Vernon Baker Baker White House

Texaco workers propose plan to divide $63,000 average payout

In Plains, N Y the minority employees who settled a race discrimination suit against Texaco propose a distribution plan in federal court that would yield an average payout of about $63,000 per plaintiff. The suit, filed in 1994, alleged promotion and pay practices favored whites and subjected blacks to harassment.

Plains N.Y. E Texaco

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