European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. August 26, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 living by Airport May shorten life of Angeles a living beside a a Federal a ii Jor Airport under the constant Roar of spokesman cautioned that no i ration Meecham. 890 residents died during 1970 ices were 39 percent his her in than inc a of Tal a r  a i Vaud Lullu fill inf Mlina Munif. .i_.t_,. " to a besi major Airport r the constant Roar of Jet engines May take several years off person s life a Urcla engineering study says. The tension the anxiety and the fear associated with the tremendous noise of jetliners constantly passing overhead May substantially reduce a person s lifespan Cla professor William a Meecham said thursday. Nearly 3 years in coma a a pared a neighbor g a an Eles in Ertme where pm be directly several Hun in the High noise neighbourhood said Meecham 71, while 670 deaths were reported in the More Distant Community. Both communities had about 75.000 residents. Meecham said the average loss in life expectancy snot yet computed but we re definitely talking about  the occurrence of virtually every Dis ease was increased in the Community closer to the Airport. Meecham added. Fatal strokes and other cardiovascular prob bandleader Louis Prima Dies at 66 new Orleans a bandleader Louis Prima familiar to millions for his strident jazz trumpet and Raspy baritone died of pneumonia thursday after nearly three years in a coma a family spokesman said. He was 68. Prima underwent brain surgery in octo Ber 1975 and never fully regained consciousness. He was flown from a los an Geles Hospital to new Orleans in february 1976.the gravel voiced musician hit the Peak of his popularity in the 1950s with singe Keely Smith his third wife and a Deadpan contrast to his Roughneck exuberance. Insurance agent tells panel of arson empire1 Washington up an insurance adjuster who was part of a Florida arson Empire told a Senate panel thursday How one of his associates bought a House for so got $38,000 in fire insurance and had the place burned Down 45 Days later. Joseph Carter now serving a Federal prison term for conspiracy to defraud insurance companies said the fire did no completely level the House and he settled with his accomplice for a $17,000 insurance payoff. His share was 2,000. But the gutted dwelling remained insured he said and was later burned All the Way Down on a second try. Testifying at a Senate permanent investigations subcommittee hearing into the anon for hire Racket Carter said his accomplice had bought the House for next to nothing from an impoverished and illiterate Black woman. An incredulous sen. La too Chiles d-fla., asked How in the world could they buy a building for Iso and insure it forj3m08?" did t inspect Bood Tot because insurance agents did not in Spect the building Carter replied. Carter protected by . Marshals Dur ing his appearance said he got into arson Tor hire operations in the Tampa fla.,area in the late 1960s after he had run up heavy gambling debts at dog tracks. After a while we developed something of a system he said. They would ask me what companies would be the Best ones to approach about getting higher coverage on buildings they owned and wanted to Torch i would steer them to the companies with the most Liberal claims payment poli cies companies which also paid in a  Carter said the group also included insurance agents the arsonists and fire department personnel All working to de fraud the insurance companies. While our group was working smoothly we had an arson  he said. Also testifying thursday was a year old convicted arsonist from Philadelphia of said he was lured into the Racket by a landlord they were married eight  recording of old Black magic was the nation s top Selling record for awhile in 1961 about the time they were divorced. Smith said she was hired by Prima whence saw her in a two piece bathing suit walking on the Beach in Virginia . He invited me off the Beach into the club to sing and i had to borrow a Blouse and skirt to get in she recalled years later. Prima had become a Star in the 1930sand 1940s, rising from the new Orleans bistros to the National spotlight. His clowning and his driving jazz broke attendance re cords in nightclubs and Heaters. His music caught on in television and the movies As  a composer Prima was Best known for the jazz classic sing sing sing,"which.became a Staple for Bemis Good Man s bands and drummer Gene  s career began at a Knock Down drag out late spot in his native new or leans called the whip where in his teens he trumpeted from Midnight to 9a.m. He became a Headliner in the Early 1930s with Lew Forbes Saenger band and in Chelate 30s played his first engagement away from new Orleans at new York s famous door nightclub. His version of new Orleans jazz Laughton As did his Knack for novelties which included such antics As leading his band into the Ocean surf off Atlantic City s Board walk and into the Snow outside a new Yor theater. His band brought in $440.000 in one five week period at the strand theater break ing a record held for 30 years by Charli Chaplin s film the  old Black magic was the most famous of his recordings but his Angelina and Robin Hood in the mid-1940s were also runaway Best Sellers and his version of ill walk alone was a smash wit world War ii soldiers. He became a regular on radio and television and in 1969 he received a Gold record for the music in Walt Disney s movie Jun Gle  Prima returned Home to new Orleans in1973 to play the French Quarter but after two engagements the Homecoming went sour and he moved Back to Las vegas. He is survived by his fourth wife. Gia Marionc and two children. Night out in new York a.1 Opalw new York City club. Shawn Cui Idy Joe Toa by her Maruge a the we trek Curldy is giving a concert. Up ice highe the Airport neighbourhood he said. He said deaths from cirrhosis of the liver were 140 percent higher in the Airport Community. Since this disease is r Laredo drinking Meecham said. The reasonable conclusion is that alcoholism is much higher in the area near the  there is every expectation that one would find similar results at airports in Ither major cities throughout the unite states and elsewhere in the world Mee Cham said. Other recent studies have linked birth defects and nervous breakdowns with High noise Levels. The two neighbourhoods studied were closely matched for age. Ethnic and socioeconomic characteristics Meecham  or. . Sexton regional Faa flight surgeon said it s unlikely cultural eco nomic and other factors could be con trolled completely. If you take out the alcohol relate deaths you end up with numbers that Are so Small you can t draw any statistical con  he said. Jack Francois a los Angeles Airport spokesman said while it is quite noisy under flight paths the problem is being addressed. S Francois said that Lor three years in coming flights have been required to use alternate Landing patterns Over the Ocean Between Midnight and 6 a.m., except sinbad weather. He also said new Federal regulations re quire noise abatement equipment on new planes. Stewardesses May lose claim for damages Chicago i up a Federal appeals court says More than 300 trans world air lines stewardesses who were fired for be coming mothers May have lost their Hance to be compensated because they failed to file timely complaints. A panel of the 7th . Circuit court of appeals affirmed a 1976 decision by . District judge Frank j. Mcgarr. He had ruled thu airline violated the civil rights act through its policy of removing women attendants from flight duty when they be came pregnant and firing the Steward esses when they gave birth. The policy was abandoned in 1970. However the appeals court also ruled that the fired stewardesses who did not file a complaint with the equal employment Opportunity commission within 90 Days of their firing could not share in any dam Ages. The court said their failure to flip a timely complaint removed the judges from jurisdiction of the Case. Lawyers said Only 80 or 90 of the 400 Twa stewardesses May be eligible for whatever damages Are assessed in future court proceedings. The appeals court also said the Steward esses who accepted ground jobs would be entitled to compensation even if they did not file complaints within 90 Days. It Rea soned they were victims of continuing discrimination and. Therefore not restricted by time requirements. The ruling stemmed from 1970 class action suits filed by the stewardesses against american airlines and Twa. American airlines eventually settled its part of the Case and agreed to pay 1.7 million in dam Ages to about 260 stewardesses fired be tween 1965 and 1970. Playing Tarzan kill boy Odeko. Italy if i i Angelo Gar Denal. 10. Playing tarian in the country Side near his Home was strangled to death by a rope he was using to jump from tree to tree