European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1978 the stars and stripes Page 27 industries in area May lose millions daily because of smog alerts it Lviv is silhouetted in copter window u be Waves 4o residents of alter Belm div thanks Fown for help in copter crash Story and photo by Ann Keays staff writer Germany s4s the tremendous emotional involvement and of Gentian citizens in two Rural near Wurzburg have forged unforgettable Bonds with the 8th inf on june a uh1 helicopter crashed and burned in enteral Wertheim killing All toe 8th inf div soldiers on the aircraft narrowly missed Power fines and several Village residents pulled one soldiers body free of the wreck age before the aircraft caught Mem Bers of the alter theim Volunteer fire apartment quickly extinguished the we wish we could have done 1 Andreas alter theim Gubelmann and four citizens were officially thanked for their individual in in vement in Rescue operations by John assistant division 8th inf bad med certificates and letters Vii on behalf of Paul 8th inf div the Man citizens were recognized for her to ignoring the danger of a possible implosion in their efforts to rapidly Aid the Rudolf re Allace leaves Hospital Alabama up Al George Wallace was re from a Montgomery Hospital where four Days of treatment for a tract Wallace has been by kidney problems since be was campaigning for the presidency Dolph Seubert and Gustav Thoma were made honorary members of the 8th inf div Klaus 1st commandant of the fire received a letter of appreciation to All members of his department for their outstanding and professional manner of controlling the aircraft the mayor was Given a plaque express ing the 8th inf gratitude to All the Citi Zens of Getzelmann said the citizens of soberal Wertheim and enteral Wertheim want to place a Monument at the crash sue dedicated to the memory of the we of the Community will take care of it the the mayor said citizens of the two Small bavarian towns get accustomed to hear inc helicopters go Over All the time be s8us7of Ife proximity of military units at but the tragic Accident has Broughtt Home to these villages that you americans Are far from Home and facies our soldiers were a part of Seu Bert Thorna and Bolch discussed the Beli ser after ceremony in the mayors the Ger lived their helpless feelings at the their can do Treyve got almost overwhelmed by the eve the Pilot acted by Pamela Hole los Angeles not until this smog in the los Angeles area was the sort of material for comedians that pot holes Are in new York but with the worst conditions in seven smog is no laughing particularly for which stands to lose million a inmates kill 3 guards in 4hour Melee Iii a rioting inmates wielding makeshift knives stabbed three guards to death and set fire to three build Ings saturday during a four hour rampage at an overcrowded maximum Security three other guards also were stabbed and seriously Hurt at the Pontiac correctional one was reported in critical three inmates were seriously More than 300 state troopers and tactical officers put Down the uprising amid sounds like gunfire and smoke which drifted across the prison tear Gas was used to help subdue the five hours after quiet returned to the a details of what and remained overcrowding James Thompson blamed mid summer and overcrowding at the 100 year old temperatures were in the Low the prison was designed for 600 inmates and now holds about Pris Thompson it was the second major uprising at an Illinois prison within a few on inmates took control of cell locks at Stateville correctional an other maximum Security facility near to the disturbance was put Down after two hours without any it was later found that Only about half of the guards scheduled for duty at the time at Stateville actually were the trouble at Pontiac eni Ted in a courtyard at about As a group of 550 inmates were being returned to their North cell House after an outdoor recreational said Charles state director of another group of about 600 inmates broke out of an auditorium where they were watching a movie and joined the first group in the prison Rowe said that at no time were hostages earlier reports said a woman guard was held hostage for a Brief he estimated that is to 20 percent of the inmates within the recreational area participated in the it was not known How or when the guards were stabbed or How and when the buildings were set its that for anytime you have three guards killed and another in critical Thompson he said prison overcrowding is one of the worst problems we and that two new prisons currently planned should have been built years the slain guards were identified As William of a four year Veteran and officers Robert of and Stanley of Conkle had worked at the prison since Cole began work As a guard a year after rioting at the 100 Miles South of prison officials stripped and searched the inmates before returning them to their Day in lost As an eerie greyish Cloud settled Over los Angeles and surrounding communities just Over a week residents were advised not to exercise and to stay at motorists were asked to stay off the High and polluting industries were told to reduce their the air Quality for three of the last six workdays in the area has been sufficiently poor to warrant smog affect ing the production of Many major reducing the mobility of thou Sands of workers and underscoring one of the problems of doing business in Southern Friday pollution Levels again were High enough to cause the South coast air Quality management District to notify los an Geles plants and refineries that they must Cut Back on noxious emissions by 20 per on thursday a Fulfur dioxide Alert affected 400 plants and the notify a spokesman for the air Quality group was necessary to help prevent the likelihood of a major Alert like the one that crippled los Angeles business activity on july that Alert affected Busi causing production losses Esti mated at production Cut Back in the first of Many expected smog the Kaiser steel voluntarily Cut Back its cok Eoven production at one Plant by on third and reduced its production in another operation by the Shell Oil shut Down a solvents deferred the unloading of a shipment of crude Oil and garaged its automobiles in favor of bicycles when to reduce its the Southern California Edison which uses fuel shifted to natural Gas and was forced to bring in 60 percent of its some of it Coal and nuclear from outside the los Angeles a repeated number of these alerts could run into millions of said a company natural Gas is cheaper than but periodic shifts to Nat ural Gas from Oil could mean deferred Oil shipments for Southern California that could be the company since the los Angeles Basin los Riverside and san Ber Nardino counties have had a smog Alert but this is the first time that the area has been crippled by the effects of bad Many employees stayed away from and confusion Over traffic plans resulted in Bard feelings at company parking the second phase of the plan is aimed at reducing traffic by up to 75 percent and requires that All industries with 100 or More employees encourage the use of car at most parking was available Only for those cars carrying three or More conversion rate London a fridays closing rates of the Dollar to european figures Are expressed in dollars to the British other local currencies to jul to july i  1 too Mill Garmt Smirk   get jl141 24jk Tutti Pliura pm Pascu these Are commercial rates and can be related Only to the use of foreign currency by forces for official sales of German Marks to personnel for personal use will be at the rate of on which is based on Price fixing at midday and allows for Standard handling