European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 24, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7 woman claims flight delay stemmed from a joke a Minneapolis apr a woman blamed for the four hour delay of a Detroit to Atlanta flight says Northwest airlines officials overreacted to her a a jokes about the sobriety of a substitute Pilot. A fall i did was make a remark jokingly a Ann Beaver of Bloomfield Hills mich., said m a Telephone interview saturday from Atlanta where she was visiting her children. A i said when they told us that a Pilot was on his Way in to staff the plane a i Hope he Hasni to been  i did no to even say  i said  a the scheduled Pilot was unable to get to the Airport. Beaver said she considered the remark harmless and that the incident has been a blown out of  but a flight attendant and the Pilot whom Northwest officials have refused to identify took it seriously. The Pilot took a blood test which showed he had no alcohol in his system the airline said. A the stewardess overreacted the Pilot overreacted Northwest overreacted and they were All rude a said Beaver. A a they be got an everyone a out to get them  flight 497 was delayed nearly four hours thurs Day night while a second substitute Pilot was located. When the plane finally left Beaver and her husband stayed behind because other passengers were enraged with them Northwest spokesman Douglas Miller said. The couple took another flight Friday morning. Beaver said she made her remark As the replacement Pilot was making a 50-mile drive to the Detroit Airport. A flight attendant repeated her comment when he arrived. The Pilot asked her if she wanted to speak with him. She said the Pilot was in a bad mood because head been called in on his Day off. A i told him i did no to have any concerns that i had made the remark As a joke a Beaver said. A the said a you made an allegation and now i have to go to a Hospital and take a blood  he was very angry hostile and defensive a she said. Northwest spokesman Bob Gibbons said the airline a did not overreact because she told the Pilot to his face that she was concerned about his ability to  a Stockton calif., Man on the flight said he did hear Beaver ask the Pilot about drinking. A i heard her say a due to All the publicity i was just wondering if you have been partying or drinking while you were on your Way to the flight a a Ray Cathey said. He said the Pilot asked her to repeat the comment and she repeated it. Beaver said she has been made a Scapegoat. A a in a a certified social worker with a master s degree a said Beaver 50, adding that she flies Northwest about 10 times a year. A a in a not a nut. I know not to talk about bombs on air planes. I know not to talk about guns. I know you done to say a did you Check the flaps it was just a joke. A i did no to allege anything Quot she said. A i made one remark. They just kept trying to Tell me i should t have said that. A if they done to want you to say anything they should have signs up a she said. A if Northwest is that upset they should warn you. Not to say anything about  a by the conduct of three former Crew members we made ourselves a target for some jokes and we re Able to withstand it a Gibbons said. A but this was More than a joking remark in the estimation of the Man who was going to Fly the  University dedicates flight 103 memorial Syracuse . Apr the memory of the 35 students killed in the bombing of pan am flight 103 will endure As Long As Syracuse University stands the Chancellor said sunday As the school dedicated its memorial to them. More than 600 people including the families of the victims gathered at the heart of Campus to watch the University unveil a the place of remembrance for its students. The Centrepiece of the memorial is a 4-foot-High, semicircular Limestone Wall. The names of the students Are engraved in an 18-Inch Granite band around the top. The 35 students returning from a semester studying overseas were killed dec. 21, 1988, when a terrorist bomb destroyed the jetliner Over Lockerbie Scotland. A1j 259 people aboard the plane were killed As were 11 others on the ground. The memorial Wall is within a bricked Plaza at the Entrance to the University in front of the Hall of languages the schools oldest building. The pathway leading to the the place of remembrance is lined by double rows of Pear Trees and Heather. A for the next generations of entering students who look upon the place of two students whose Friend perished on flight 103 console each other at dedication. Remembrance. They will know that the students who were lost will be remembered so Long As this University shall stand a said Chancellor Melvin Eggers. A students class after class will gather at this place talk to one another and feel the message that those who have gone ahead have sent a message of High academic standards of being involved in Campus life and of appreciating ones fellow students a Eggers said. The ceremony followed an interfaith service at Syracuse a Hendricks Chapel. Robert bar Roll sr., whose son Steven died in the flight 103 bombing said the dedication ceremony helped switch everyone a focus a Aback to the victims who died instead of the victims who  Allison Gordon president of the student government association spoke of the enduring lesson Learned from the passing of her friends. A those that we lost were called students a Gordon said. A yet ironically i have Learned a lesson that will follow me through life More than anything in be Learned in a Book. A a in be Learned that life cannot be measured on a ruler stick marked by years a but rather that life should be measured on a ruler stick marked by  study finds Blacks Are More Likely than Whites to be victims of crimes Washington apr Blacks Are More Likely than Whites to be victims of rape or aggravated assault and Are More than twice As Likely to be robbery victims according to a Federal study released sunday. The rate of such violent crimes occurring against Black americans age 12 or older was 44 per 1,000 compared with 34 per 1,000 Whites in the same age group according to data collected by the Justice departments National crime Survey Between 1979 and 1986. There were 13 robberies per 1,000 Blacks during the seven year period compared with five robberies per 1,000 Whites the study said. The rate of aggravated assaults was 14 per 1,000 Blacks and nine per 1,000 Whites. There were 1.5 rapes per 1,000 Black women compared with 0.8 rapes per 1,000 White women. However Whites were More Likely to be victims of simple assault with a rate of 19 per 1,000 compared to 16 per 1,000 Blacks. Blacks were More Likely to be physically attacked or threatened with violence during the commission of a crime the study said. Among victims of aggravated assault 48 percent were Black while 41 percent were White. In addition Blacks were More Likely to be attacked by someone holding a knife gun or other weapon. The statistics gathered from the Survey showed that 48 percent of Black victims of violent crimes reported facing an armed attacker compared with 33 percent of the White victims of those crimes. The injury rate for Black victims of aggravated assault also was higher than for Whites. Twenty four percent of Black victims compared with 16 percent of Whites sustained serious injuries such As knife or Bullet wounds or broken Bones. Whites were More Likely to be attacked and injured during robberies. Thirty four percent of White robbery victims were injured compared with 28 percent of Blacks. However Blacks were More Likely to be severely injured. Sixty one percent of Black victims who were injured required medical treatment compared with 46 percent of injured White victims. The overnight hospitalization rate for injured Black victims was 8 percent compared with 4 percent for Whites. The data was collected from a nationwide Survey of 50,000 households conducted every six months by the Justice department in which household members Are asked if they have been victims of crimes during the previous six months. The Survey docs not include murder statistics. But the report contained Fri statistics for 1986 showing that the murder rate among Blacks was 31.2 per 100.000 compared with 5.4 per 100,000 Whites. The rate among Black males was 52.3 per 100,000 compared with 7.9 per 100.000 White  sales due real Honor not pie in face Huntington . Apr comedian soupy sales will get an honorary doctorate instead of a Pic in the face when he visits his Alma mater Marshall University. A this doctor will be making House Calls a sales said after learning he will be honoured at the schools commencement May 12. A a in a thrilled to death about the Honor. I have a warm spot in my heart for  sales grew up in Huntington As Milton sunian and graduated from Marshall with a journalism degree in 1949. He said he was fired from the school newspaper the Parthenon for cracking too Many jokes and spending too much time at the student Union. Sales said he a had More than 19,000 pies thrown in his face during his 41 year show business career