Thursday, February 27, 2014

Ex. 5.9 5.10

Exercise 5.9
  • Who: Duane LaChance, 53
  • What: LaChance suffered third-degree burns
  • When: 3 p.m. today
  • Where: Petal Municipal Power Plant, 222 Power Drive Petal, Miss.
  • Why: LaChance was installing new pipes on the roof of the plant when he accidentally touched wrench to a power line carrying 15,000 volts
  • How: Same as why
  • Lead: Henry Rosen, project manager for Gross Engineers says Duane LaChance suffered third-degree burns while on the job today at Petal Municipal Power Plant.

  • Who: Peter McCartney
  • What: Exploratory throat surgery
  • When: Today
  • Where: Riverside Hospital
  • Why:Voice reduced to a whisper following Bennett Auditorium performance
  • How: Putting too much stress on voice
  • Lead: Peter McCartney was checked into the hospital tonight with scheduled throat surgery tomorrow; the famous rock singer's voice was reduced to a whisper following a Bennett Auditorium performance.

  • Who: Hattiesburg Board of Education
  • What: Board of Education passed new rules proposed by administration
  • When: This school year
  • Where: Hattiesburg Board of Education meeting
  • Why: enrollment dropped by 200 students to 1,050
  • How: All members were present
  • Lead: This morning, the Hattiesburg Board of Education met to discuss new rules proposed by administration.

Exercise 5.10
  • Who: John Dumont and George Johnson
  • What: Crashed on takeoff at Kennedy International Airport
  • When: Thursday night
  • Where: Kennedy National Airport in New York City
  • Why: No given reasons why.
  • How: Plane crashed
  • Lead: Five persons were killed in a plane crash Thursday night at Kennedy National Airport in New York City; John Dumont and George Johnson from Backwater State University escaped injury.

  • Who: Norman Meeman
  • What: Spoke at the William Oxley Thomson Memorial Library
  • When: 4:30 p.m. today
  • Where: Room 111 of the William Oxley Thomson Memorial Library
  • Why: Won the Pulitzer Prize two years ago
  • How: His book, My Life as Far as It Goes
  • Lead: Norman Meeman, winner of the Pulitzer Prize spoke today at the William Oxley Thomson Memorial Library today to an audience of mostly English majors.

  • Who: Clement Crabtree
  • What: Was among 32 winners of the annual George Washington Honor Medal
  • When: Last Week
  • Where: Valley Forge in Pennsylvania
  • Why: Cited for his essay called "Plan for Peace"
  • How: He urged distribution of free packets of red, white, and blue flower seeds in foreign nations
  • Lead: Clement Crabtree was announced one of 32 winners of the annual George Washington Honor Medal last week for his essay entitled "Plan for Peace."

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