Word: kilduff
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tragedy picks out its participants without regard for position or prestige. Press secretary Pierre Salinger was flying to Japan with a Cabinet delegation, so Malcolm Kilduff, his deputy, became the link between the trauma room at Parkland and the world beyond. On a torn fragment of paper, he crafted in a few short sentences the message that would sadden the globe. "President John F. Kennedy died...
...newsmen shouted, Kilduff sought out an empty room with a friend. The scrap of paper with its devastating message quivered like a leaf in his fingers. He lighted a cigarette. Then something broke. "I saw that man's head," he sobbed. "I couldn't believe it. I nearly died...
...Kilduff said that plans are underway to repair the roof, but plywood and roofing felt will cover the hole until the causes of accident have been determined...
...committee to investigate the accident has been appointed. It will include a member from the Cambridge Health and Safety Commission, a representative from the Facilities Maintenance Department and a faculty member, said Kilduff...
...Nothing like this has ever happened before," said Kilduff. "Hafferty was dealing with 1000 watt bulbs and with 277 and 480 volt circuits, which are always hazardous. He is very lucky...