Wind shear alerts precede Pan Am 727 crash in New Orleans
Federal investigator says two wind shear warnings were issued about six minutes before Pan American World Airways 727 200 took off in heavy thunderstorm. Co pilot Donald Pierce at the controls. officials hunt for cockpit recorder readout to confirm pilot hearing. The crash killed 153 people including eight on the ground, with remains found amid charred Kenner neighborhood. Archbishop Hannan led a Mass as residents recalled horror, bodies identified weeks ahead.
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Patricia Goldman
National Transportation Safety Board
Pam American World Airways
Kenner
Ms. Goldman
FBI
Donald Pierce
U.S
Delta Airlines
New Orleans International
Louisiana State University
Myth that Black doctor was refused treatment debunked
Greensboro physician Dr. Charles Mason Quick rejects the long held claim that Dr. Charles Drew bled to death after a whites only hospital refused treatment in 1950. He cites rushed ER care at Alamance General Hospital following a car crash and cites misfiled records and repeated myth making by historians and pop culture.
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N.C
Charles Mason Quick
Drew
Quick
North Carolina
Howard University
Washington
Tuskegee University
Alabama
State Highway Patrol
N.C. 49
Haw River
Burlington Hospital
Marvin Yount
John Hope Franklin
Charlie
Urban League
Whitney Young
William Loren Katz
Katz
Yount
Shark attack hits off-duty detective near Malibu
An off-duty Los Angeles police detective, 43, was bitten by a shark about 200 feet offshore in Malibu, leaving an eight inch gash on his left thigh. He and companion Michael Castro were swimming when the shark struck, Castro striking the animal after it clamped on. The shark released after fresh blows and swam away. Nearby Stinson Beach banned swimming due to great white activity.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Malibu
Gerald Winkle
The
Daily News of
Winkle
Michael Castro
Castro
San Francisco
Stinson Beach
Neighbors cope after Pan Am crash in Kenner Louisiana
Residents in Kenner speak of trauma and resilience after a Pan American flight wing fell nearby and crashed killing more than 150 people. John Williams describes cautious relief while Red Cross volunteers receive aid and families return to routine amid emergency crews and utility work.
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Kenner
UPI
John Williams
Williams
U.S
Pearl Cusack
IU Professor Says Essay Tests Score Bias in Grading
Indiana University educator Clinton Chase says penmanship grammar and even test order influence grades on essays. He now uses multiple choice tests as his primary assessment, citing bias linked to student names and reader variability. His work, funded by the Proffitt Endowment, parallels findings from other researchers.
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Penman
Chase
Maris M. and
Mary Higgins Proffitt Endowment
Tokyo firm denies bid for interferon data in probe
Green Cross Japan rejected a Detroit News claim that it and another firm sought US interferon trade secrets. Shares fell on the Tokyo exchange after reports tied to a US probe of corporate crime. Green Cross cited a contract with Collaborative Research and said no improper methods were used.
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Tokyo
UPI
Tokyo Exchange
Green Cross
Midori Junji
Detroit
California
Alea
IBM Corp
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Kenkichi Yamamoto
United States
Osaka
Collaborative Research Inc
Waltham, Mass
Japan
U.S
Ment
Abbott Laboratories
Europe
Nissan pushes its auto workers in Japan report
DETROIT UP reports Mother Jones alleges Nissan lines in Zama and other plants push workers to skip coffee breaks and work past shifts to lift output by about 25 percent in five years. Workers fear speaking out, fearing promotion loss and pay penalties, with maintenance tasks done after hours becoming routine.
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Detroit
Nissan Motor Co
Japan
Mother Jones
Nissan
Datsun
Zama
Tokyo
Masao Kayama
Nissan Diesel
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Ohio
Lorain Coenty & Publishing
Elyria
Lyes
Leveta
Auto Workers
Koyama
Ichiro Saga
Tokyo University
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