European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 7, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 James Cash an electronics Engineer for the National transportation safety Board checks the dc-9fs flight data recorder. Pilot tells probes he t from wire reports. Detroit a the Captain of the dc-9 that burned after a runway collision Here on monday told crash investigators that he did not hear his co Pilot radio air traffic controllers saying the plane May have strayed onto a runway being used for takeoffs the head of the investigation said wednesday. S had he heard that message the Captain William v. Lovelace said he would have Quot gone for the weeds a gunning the plane into the grass the investigator quoted him As saying. A the investigator John k. Lauber a member of the National transportation safety Board gave this account which he said was pieced together from interviews with Lovelace his co Pilot James a Schif fees and the controllers. A the controller who received the radio message called out to other controllers in the Tower that the plane might be on the Takeoff runway. A supervisor announced Stop All aircraft. Stop All aircraft another controller responsible for communicating with aircraft taking off from the runway said t have cleared an aircraft a a a the collision Between a Northwest airlines 727 taking off on that runway and the Northwest dc-9 occurred within seconds. A a a a / a a Lauber wednesday described for the first time the meandering path the dc-9 took As the pilots attempted to find their Way from the terminal to the beginning of the Takeoff runway. He also said that it was too Early to absolve air traffic con trailers of any responsibility for the collision saying nothing could be ruled out at this stage of the investigation. Leaders of the controllers Union insisted however that their interviews of Tower personnel and review of transcripts of Tower conversations showed that controllers had made no errors contributing to the Accident they did concede that they do not have Complete details about the official investigation. Aggressive efforts by the controllers Union the National air traffic controllers association to openly discuss the radio transmissions Ana draw conclusions just As the government probe was getting under Way have angered Federal officials. The unions president Steve Bell said officials were releasing information Early in reaction to a previous argument with the Board after the crash of an Vianca Jet on Long Island n.y., when he said a Board member Lee Dickinson had unjustly criticized controllers Early in the investigation. The Wayne county medical examiner s office identified the eight people killed As a a v a a Mary Blankenship 37, Windsor Ontario. A a a Mauro Bottiglione 23, Caracas Venezuela temporarily working in Pittsburgh. A. A a a a a a a a a a a / a a a a Ltd Kingsley Brown 30, Pittsburgh a John Burke 30, Houston. A flight attendant Heidi Joost 43, Dearborn. A a a a Thomas Koprjiva 50, Memphis Tenn. To a a a Quot a a a 7 7. A a Daniel a Loughnane 44, Memphis Tenn. / a 7 a. Fred Zitto 59, Memphis Tenn. Oakland Calif. Apr an explosion and a 1,000-Volt electric arc spitting Sparks and smoke at a rail station prompted authorities to evacuate about 1,000 san Francisco bound commuters wednesday morning. A. No injuries were reported during the incident that occurred about 9 . At the 1,9th Street Bay area rapid transit rail station said Ray Cole acting manager of system safety the operator of the 10-car train ordered the station evacuated a i was in the front of the train and i heard this loud bump said commuter Clint Danbury 33, a there were lots of yellow Sparks and smoke and there was about 20 seconds of panic. A one woman moaned a of my god of my god a hut several others Sard a lets Calm Down it was pretty scary in a dark Tunnel in the ground/1 i a a r Keating 5 hits hard Washington a William k. Black a Blunt spoken savings and loan regulator once prompted financier Charles h. Keatingjr. To write a kill him  lawyers for the so called keat testimony wednesday fore the Senate ethics committee. Black offered the most dramatic and damaging testimony so far in the panel hearings into allegations that the senators improperly intervened with a amp a regulators on behalf of Keating a financial contributor. Black in his first Day on the witness stand supported earlier testimony that the senators pressured regulators to help Keatings Lin Coin savings and loan. And he raised new allegations saying that pressure by the senators stomp cd the Federal Home loan Ank Board to delay and relax regulatory controls on Irvine Calif based Lincoln which subsequently was taken Over by the government. A this is probably the worst institution in America and instead of people trying to  it under control five . Senators were pushing us in the opposite direction a he testified. 7 none of the five senators was present for Blacks testimony. Besides Cranston they Are John Mccain a Ariz. Dennis Deconcini a Ariz. John Glenn a Ohio and Donald Riegle a Mich. The ethics committee released copies of a Mem Keating wrote to Grogan his lobbyist on july 15, 1987, making Clear he wanted Black removed. In it Keating referred to the then House speaker Jim Wright a Texas As an ally the memo began Quot highest priority a get Black a with the last two words underlined Quot Good grief a Keating wrote. A if you can to get Wright and Corn Gress to get Black a kill him dead a you ought to retire a Twain Plano Texas apr a Black Parent who complained that two classics by Mark train were racially offensive said he was disappointed that school Board members decided wednesday to keep the books As required  there should have been More consideration Given to the problem than take it Back to Square one David Perry said. A a .7 7 a a Perry said he was pleased with the Public review of a the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Quot the adventures of Huckleberry finn a Quot i think the process was a Good one for the Community because i think there was a dialogue. That was very very needed a he said. Perry said he had High regard for 500 High school students who circulated a petition to retain a Huckleberry finn a saying they got a Chance to hear the Black perspective on the Book. School Board members capped a five hour meeting by voting unanimously to keep the books on the required Reading list. Perry received a standing ovation when he accused the books of portraying Blacks in a racist degrading manner. Quot no matter what the depiction of time i think any writer and any orator who has to use the word a Nigger More than 300 times in. A presentation leaves something to be desired Quot Perry said the hearing stemmed from Perry a complaint about his daughter s discomfort while Reading a Tom Sawyer a. At his urging the school Board s materials review committee agreed to take the books off the required list and make them optional Reading. _ a Tom Sawyer Quot written in 1876, is drawn from Twain s boyhood in Hannibal to. A Huckleberry finn was published in the United states in 1885, Plano students first meet Tom in the seventh Grade and read about Hueko a adventures in the filth Grade among the High school students speaking in favor of the Book was Joanne Savage a to remove the Book from the taught Reading in the curriculum would be a step in the wrong direction a she said Quot a a a 7. A a a a. A. Quot a. 7 after receiving complaints last year about a Huckleberry finn Quot the Plano Independent school District hired a University of North Texas assistant professor in English to give teachers lessons about How to present Huck with sensitivity -