European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 9, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 5 leg / on disease hits d. C Washington up one confirmed Case and another suspected Case of legionnaires disease have been identified in Washington. Washington Hospital Center spokeswoman Jane Snyder said wednesday that a 27-year-old Man was suffering from the disease and was listed in critical but Sta ble condition. Snyder said the Man who was not identified had improved from the time he was " admitted to the Hospital a few weeks ago. A spokesman for George Washington University Hospital said a Middle aged Man there is also suspected of having the 75disease. Tests were run on the patient who Sis in critical condition in the intensive care unit. Snyder said the patient at first was thought to have pneumonia but it was later discovered to be legionnaires disease. In new York City a spokesman for May or Edward Koch said blood tests completed thursday afternoon found legionnaires disease the cause of the death of an unidentified 44-year-old Man who worked in a building on West 35th Street. The Vic Tim died monday at Bellevue Hospital. Same Block the first confirmed Case also involved a Man who worked on the same Block. Health officials ordered blood tests for 34 people to determine if they had contracted legionnaires disease. The 34 possible cases were in addition to eight others previously identified As suspected victims of the disease. The new possible cases were isolated from More than 300 people who contacted authorities through a special hot line Tele phone number set up by the City wednes Day. All reported one or More of the Dis ease s symptoms and said they either worked within three blocks of West 34th Street in the crowded garment District or frequently visited there. They were instructed by health depart ment officials to report to the Hospital nearest them or to their physician for blood tests. Koch emphasized that none of the new cases had been verified. I want to stress that these people called in and they have not yet been examined he said. The blood tests take a minimum of three Days to conclude. On wednesday specialists from the City s health department and the National Center for disease control in Atlanta fanned out through the three affected  ment District buildings interviewing work ers. Notices were posted urging persons with symptoms to see their physicians or Contact authorities. Jackson look alike must be cloning in the shadows of Kennesaw Mountain ga., and across the Street from a me Morial to one of the great Battles of the civil War Wildman Dent Myers peddles his wares and shares a secret with any visitor patient enough to listen. I be been told by a leading psychic that i am Gen. Stonewall Jackson reincarnated claims Myers a 47-year-old antique dealer who does somewhat re semble the Confederate general. His antique shop attracts civil War buffs and curiosity seekers from across the country. Up photo dropout is convicted in arson deaths of 24 White Plains . Up a jury of 10 men and two women thursday convicted Peter Leonard of murder and arson in the 1974 fire that killed 24 Young people in a discotheque on the new York Connecticut Border. The jury which had been sequestered announced its verdict after almost nine hours of deliberations. New York files $34-Miion blackout suit against coned new York up new York City filed a $34-million damage suit against consolidated Edison thursday charging the Utility with Gross negligence reckless conduct and wilful acts in last summer s25-hour blackout. The suit filed in state supreme court charged that coned failed to follow recommendations made by itself and others following an earlier blackout in 1965. Coned officials were not immediately aware of the suit and had no comment pending a study of the court papers. The Utility however responded to ear Lier suits from Consumers with an argument that it was not liable for a failure to Supply electricity due to natural or mechanical causes. A spokesman for the City said the $34-million damage figure was derived from a list of the City s direct losses and ranged from overtime for policemen to a loss of Revenue from the off track betting corp. And various taxes. Last summer s blackout and the looting and arson that followed it caused dam Ages to store owners and others valued in the millions of dollars. Hundreds of claims have been filed against the City itself charging a Lack of proper Protection but the City contends that it is not liable for damages. City corporation counsel Allen g. Schwartz said the suit cites Gross negligence reckless conduct and wilful acts on the part of coned and contends if the Utility had followed its own recommendations after the 1965 blackout last year s incident on july 13 and 14 would not have occurred. It was the second trial for the 26-year old High school dropout whose first conviction was dismissed by an appeals judge who ruled that Connecticut police had forced a confession from him at the time of his arrest. Upon hearing the verdict Leonard lowered his head and began to weep. It was the first time he had shown any emotion during the trial. The judge set sentencing for sept. 28. Leonard s attorney reserved the right to Appeal the decision. During the seven Day trial prosecutor Geoffrey Orlando sought to prove Leonard deliberately set fire to the Carol lanes Bowling Alley adjacent to the disco in port Chester . Witnesses at the trial testified the fire spread through an adjoining Wall engulfing about 200 of Gulliver s patrons in a thick Black smoke. Twenty four died of asphyxiation. Defense attorney Stephen Pittari had attempted to show that Leonard was drunk on the night of july 29, 1974, when the fire began that his cigarette might have set off the Blaze and that he had intended Only to burglarized the Bowling Alley. Leonard was named in 24 counts of felony murder one count each of arson and burglary and two counts of Petit larceny. Leonard previously pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 1975 to 15 years to life in prison but his conviction was later overturned on grounds that part of his confession to police had been coerced. Teacher walkouts continue by Jack Lesar United press International new Orleans teachers began a second week on picket duty thursday facing a reduced pay offer from school Board negotiators. Cleveland teachers also went on strike Manning picket lines a Day before schools open for 110,000 pupils. Philadelphia s 250,000 Public school pupils got an extra Day of summer Vaca Tion while teachers voted approval on a new contract. But teachers in Marion ind., ignored a judge s order to work or be jailed. A up tally showed 850,000 pupils were idled or otherwise affected by teachers strikes in 13 states Illinois Indiana Michigan Pennsylvania Louisiana ver Mont Rhode Island Idaho California Washington new Jersey Ohio and Connecticut. New Orleans target of the longest big City teachers strike kept schools open by paying substitute teachers twice the regular rate. But the contract dispute be tween the teachers and the school Board deepened. School Board negotiators reduced their already rejected 4 percent pay offer to 1.6 percent and blamed the Rollback on the Cost of keeping schools open and anticipated losses in state Aid caused by the strike. Union leaders called the move a scare tactic and continued the walkout. Public support for the strike appeared to be growing and attendance dwindled. Few of the new Orleans 90,000 pupils showed up for school. Those who did sat in empty classrooms watching television or playing games. Friday s opening Day of classes was called off in Philadelphia before striking teachers voted to accept a settlement. Schools officials planned to begin classes monday. More than 18,000 teachers and non Aca Demic employees struck six Ohio school districts including Cleveland and Dayton. The Ohio walkouts disrupted the education of 150,000 students. Cleveland teachers and non academic employees manned picket lines thursday scheduled As a teacher preparation Day and there was Little optimism that a settlement will be reached before classes open Friday. Supervisory personnel kept schools open in Dayton thursday opening Day of school for 37,000 students. Of time sept. 9, 1948 Secretary of state George c. Marshall said communist at tacks on the Berlin City government were largely intended to upset talks of the four military governors on the crisis in the so Viet blocked capital. Seff. 9, 1958 America s new Jet air liner a pan american Boeing 707, zipped across the Atlantic in 3 hours and 47 min utes cutting More than an hour off the com Mercial airline record. The flight was be tween Gander Newfoundland and Shannon Ireland. Sept. 9, 1968 Hubert ii. Humphrey launched his presidential Campaign by accusing Republican Richard m. Nixon of conducting a Campaign and a strategy essentially designed to exploit the fears and tensions that grip significant portions of our