May, 1992

Papers Neglect Native Americans

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• Peoples Gas Workers Unprepared to Handle Emergency As gas explosions set fire to 18 buildings in River West on Jan. 17, killing four people, Peoples Gas' supervisors, both at the scene and in the office, were paralyzed, waiting at least 30 minutes to turn off the gas, according to testimony before the National Transportation Safety Board on March 6. > Read Article
  
  
• Safer Pipes, More Training: Peoples Gas Could Have Saved River West By: Paul F. CuadrosThe gas explosions that killed four people and destroyed 18 buildings on Jan. 17 in River West might never have happened if Peoples Gas Light and Coke Co. had replaced defective pipes it discovered 13 years ago, The Chicago Reporter has learned. > Read Article
  
  
• High School Clinics a Haven for Needy Teens By: Lisa CapitaniniWhile Chicago's high school clinics have come under fire for giving out contraceptives, most students come to the clinic at Austin Community Academy High School for routine medical care, a survey by The Chicago Reporter shows. > Read Article
  
  
• School Nurses Lose Ground in Battle for Healthier Kids By: Lisa CapitaniniIt is 9:15 a.m. and Manuel Perez School Nurse Maria Mellman has her hands full. The immediate crisis: Find someone to take 12-year-old Juan* to his 9 a.m. dental appointment. Mellman does not want to alarm the child, but she knows that Juan's heart condition means his abscessed tooth needs immediate treatment. > Read Article
  
  
• Papers Neglect Native Americans By: Nikolas LanyiNative Americans receive inadequate coverage on the pages of Chicago's two major daily newspapers, and many stories reinforce stereotypes about Native American life.
  A new study of four newspapers-the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe and The Denver Post found that of about 201,000 articles published in 1989 and 1990, only 432, or 0.2 percent, covered Native Americans. > Read Article