European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 01, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 1, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 Money gifts jobs offered hero of supper club fire honoured Cincinnati a Walter Bailey says he does t feel like a hero but scores of grateful people have been offer ing Money gifts jobs or just congratulations for his heroics during the Beverly Hills supper club fire. On monday night for example Bailey his Mother and three younger Brothers saw their first major league baseball game at riverfront stadium in seats provided by Cincinnati reds manager Sparky Ander  them was Jeff Ruby a 29-year-old Cincinnati Motel management executive who was among the last to escape the fire. He s accepted a Job with us As a lifeguard said Ruby. Anybody who can save 1,000 people calf work for us with or without a lifeguard , 18, a Busboy at the Southgate put lives above buildings volunteers feel they saved 400 in Blaze Southgate by. Opl a Volunteer fire chief who battled the Blaze that killed at least 160 persons at the Beverly Hills supper club says he believes he and his All Volunteer Force saved 400 lives. We had a crucial decision to make when we first arrived saturday night said Dick Riesenberg. We could try to save the building or we could try and get More people out. And i believe our first Job was to save  so instead of immediately hooking up All the water hoses Ric Scherg directed his men to put on air masks and push through the Smoky doorways to pull out confused and choking people. We went in three exits and my men literally pulled people out made sure the were breathing and went Back in for More said Riesenberg. It was a Quick decision but i feel i was right in making it he added. We believe we saved 400 lives. I Don t think we would have saved Many lives by doing nothing but pouring water on the fire when we first got there. I figured there would be a More immediate need and it turned out there , 37, has been a Volunteer fireman in this Cincinnati bedroom Community for 16 years and chief the past 18  works for the Cincinnati Gas and electric co. Fla. House votes ban on same sex weddings ky., club issued the first warning in the Beverly Hills biggest room then Rescue Many patrons trapped in the fire which killed at least 160 people saturday night a waitress told him about the fire before flames broke into the cabaret room and he took the microphone from two Comedi ans on stage and directed the crowd of More than 1,000 to the exits. If that kid did t take it upon himself to make the announcement instead of Iso dead there would have been Only 150 survivors said  monday Bailey said he turned Down a Cash gift from an influential Busi Nessman who wanted to remain anon  told him i would t take the Money Bailey said. Then he offered me a goo Job. He was among the people who got out. I guess he wanted to do , who graduated from High school last week said he plans to work As a lifeguard this summer and enter College this fall. Mother not in pulsed his life saving efforts did t Surprise his Mother Janie Hogle 40, but she said she suffered through hours of anguish waiting for her son to reach Home Early sunday. I was in hysterics after 1 heard about the fire. I knew How Walter feels about people and i knew he would try to save somebody said  feared he had died in the fire. I was holding his High school annual to my Chest when he walked through the door at 4 . I screamed and cried t did t know he was a hero i just knew he was  said her son has been a father figure to this family since his father died three years ago. He s chipped in Money and helped me bring up the boys. I m so proud of  had re entered the burning build ing after leading patrons out through a rear  had to go Back in he said. I wanted to do what i could. I knew where the doors  Ala. Orders end to civil jury trials Montgomery Ala. A Alabama chief Justice , Torbert ordered an end to civil jury trials on monday and said on y essential criminal jury trials will be held until the financial crisis of the court system is  week Torbert told the Alabama legislature that the court system was going broke because it was not generating As much Revenue As estimated. The courts Are supposed to be self supporting but Are asking the legislature for help. Without additional funds Torbert said the state s District and circuit courts would be unable to pay their employees after May 31 and therefore would be forced to closed their doors. In addition to the halt to civil jury  also ordered that no equipment purchases or travel or subsistence expenditures be made from state funds until the crisis is  courts Are pinning their Hopes of getting off the financial Hook on Bills introduced last week in the legislature. Those would keep the courts in operation until the end of the current fiscal year on sept. 30. When the unified court system went into effect last january it was supposed to be self supporting operating completely from court generated revenues which were projected at $9.9 million. However Torbert says that projection was greatly inflated. And As a result reve Nues have fallen Short by about 3.7 Mil lion. Under pending legislation the courts would be allowed to dip into the state s general fund to make up the difference be tween what was projected and what has been generated. Montgomery circuit judge Richard Emmet said monday that All circuit and District judges throughout the stale have agreed to continue serving without pay. Tallahassee. Fla. A respond ing to a Miami controversy Over a ban on discrimination against homosexuals the Florida House monday overwhelmingly approved Bills outlawing same sex mar some jets at Juk called noisier than concorde new York a Jet planes using Kennedy and Laguardia airports regularly exceed local and Federal noise Stan Dards and some of the conventional jets were noisier than the supersonic concorde according to the City s environmental Protection administration. Checks last week by four Epa engineers with sophisticated monitoring equipment showed one out of four jets exceeded the noise limit set by the Federal aviation administration and the port authority of new York and new  tests showed that landings were frequently noisier than takeoffs contradict ing a Long held belief that the Roar of a departing Jet was louder. The worst offenders were 707s, with a number of them Topping the 100-Decibel limit set by the port authority and one registering a Decibel count of 113, about 40 per cent louder hum measured concorde takeoffs. Epa administrator Robert Low said the operators of the older 707s have been Given a 1981 deadline to refit the planes to Cut Down  concorde barred from Landing at Kennedy by the port authority has Bee the target of mass demonstrations by Resi deals of cumin lilies around the Airport. And barring homosexuals from adopting children. Opponents charged that neither Bill was necessary. The House voted 101-11 to require that marriage licenses be issued Only to couples of one male and one female. It approved 98-15 a Bill forbidding homosexuals to adopt children even if they Are the natural parents. Both Bills which now return to the Senate have been tied to a controversial Dade county ordinance giving homosexuals Protection from Job and housing discrimination opponents of the Law have forced a Straw vote referendum june 7. Already ruled illegal the marriage Bill passed even after rep. Elaine Gordon a Miami pointed out that state atty. Gen. Robert Shevin Al ready has held that same sex marriages Are illegal under existing Law. She also said that sex change operations could complicate a court clerk s handling of a marriage License request. Are we going to require that the clerks of the courts give genetic tests to deter mine whether one is a male or female she said. What we re doing is Over react ing to a problem. We simply do not need this Bill on the  supporters contend that the Bill is needed to set explicit state policy against homosexual marriage. The House agree our an amendment to the adoption Bill by rep. Ralph Haben d Pauneto that would allow a judge to make Public his reason for denying a single adult s request for an adoption if the adult requested it. Haben said that would give an adult a Chance to head off the stigma of being considered a homosexual in his adoption bid fails. Wonder woman wed actress Lynda Carter Star of television s wonder woman demurely accepts a kiss on the Cheek from Ber husband Ron Gunnels who is Al Ober manager after their marriage at Bel air Calif. Dpi photo