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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                \ authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces. 37, no. 147 is dolls and sunday tuesday september 12, 1978 if 21855 a Crews Battle Quick moving Colorado fire taken from flames swedish racing Star Ronnie Peterson on ground with  raised is taken from the wreckage of his car after a 10-car crash at the Start of sunday s grand prix of Italy world formula one race at Monza. The car at Center 1? was driven by Swiss racer Clay Regazzoni. Peterson who suffered multiple fractures died monday in spite of Sev eral operations to save him. A Littleton Colo. Up a Quick moving fire monday leaped through 1,800 acres of dry Timber and grass in the foot Hills of the Rocky mountains near the sprawling Headquarters of Johns Man Ville corp., forcing the evacuation of More than 70  private homeowners including former astronaut Wally Schirra use Chain saws to Cut Down Trees and water hoses to keep the flames away from their Homes. Fire Crews said the Blaze grew from 25acres to More than 1,000 in less than eight hours sunday. The Crews said they had the fire nearly contained sunday night but a flare up occurred monday morning fore Sweden s Ronnie Peterson crash at Monza kills Star Milan a swedish racing Star Ronnie Peterson died Here monday of kid Ney and lung failure following multiple fractures suffered in a 10-car crash at the Start of the grand prix of Italy world for Mula one race at nearby Monza. The 34-year-old swede died after a emergency operation at the nig Uarda hos Pital in Milan where he was rushed by helicopter after the crash in sunday s race. The grand prix was first halted and the restarted hours later in a shortened ver Sion because of the  suffered Many fractures and minor Burns in the collision at an artificial narrowing of the track shortly after the starting line introduced to slow Down Rac ers in front of the main stand. The swede s Lotus and the Mclaren of James Hunt of Britain collided then Peter son s car ran into the guard rail caught fire and was hit from behind by the Surtees of italian Veteran Vittorio , who suffered a fractured Skull was also hospitalized at the Inguar a Hospital. Racing officials and the Milan prosecutor have opened two separate inquiries into the Accident. Some Drivers have no called for the closing of the Monza track. Hunt pinned the responsibility of the crash which damaged 10 cars on Riccar do Patrese of Italy. He said the italia tried to squeeze in from the right forcing him to the left and into the collision with Peterson. Patrese however rejected the  italian said his arrows racer had sped out in front before the  s Lotus smashed into the guard rail and the Driver apparently Colla Sedas he tried to get out. Hunt jumped out of his racer grabbed the swede and started pulling him out of the flaming Lotus As track servicemen sprayed the fire with extinguishers. The cars were full of gasoline As the crash took place seconds after the Start and there was danger of an , however was unhurt and he helped continued on Page 28, col. 2 Frisbee lovers May soon be asking too Bee or Nof too Bee san Francisco Calif. Up streamlined Beer cans sailed gracefully through the air at san Francisco s Goldengate Park sunday in test flights of the lat est challenger to the Saucer shaped fris Bee. The Beer cans Are the aerodynamically corrected and safety Cut invention of Engi neers Gary Upham and Dale Klahn. The named their product the too Bee. We be sold 20,000 by word of Mouth and a tryout in Mervyn s stores since we invented to bees in april said  we expect to catch up with Frisbee s million a year output in no  Upham a nuclear and mechanical Engi Neer and Klahn an aerodynamic Engineer and metallurgist both quit their jobs wit general electric earlier this year to perfect the too Bee in Klahn s Berkeley garage. They made their own tools to reshape the Beer cans for the right aerodynamics and to remove Sharp edges. The Pirouette no winging flight of theto bees in the Golden Gate tryout Drew admiring  s to obeying got Over Frisbe eing Upham was ," he responded is More  Ronnie Peterson ing evacuation of More Homes in the  wind is picking up and a storm b1 moving in said Joy Williams station supervisor at the Jefferson county sheriff s office. We had it 90 percent contained Las night but it flared up this morning and is heading South. We re evacuating More Homes right now in the Deer Creek Mesa South of  weather forecast called for winds of 15 to 20 Mph monday in the Denver area with occasional gusts near 50 Mph. The Chance of rain was 20  said the fire was about 1.5 Miles South of the $60 million Johns Man Ville office Complex and it was no longer in danger from the  firefighter a Volunteer from Lowry air Force base suffered a Back injury sunday and was flown by helicopter to St. Anthony Hospital in Denver some 20 Miles to the Northeast. Chief Gene Carson of the Bancroft fir Protection District said sunday night that fire lines had been dug on the North an South of the fire. Jet powered helicopters dumped fire retardant slurry and water on the flames continued on Page 28, col. 3 Nicaragua Street Battles kill dozens Masaya Nicaragua a Soldier Sand rebel troops clashed monday in heavy Street fighting in downtown Masaya and refugees said dozens of people were killed. An attack by rebels on the National guard command Post at the Masaya Plaza in the Center of town about 10 . Trig gered the latest round of heavy fighting be tween the National guard and rebels trying to overthrow president Anastasio Somoza. A helicopter gunship strafed the streets and buildings in the City As 10 truckloads of guardsmen headed in from Managua to reinforce the Masaya Garrison. There Are dozens of people dead in the morgue and the Hospital a refugee from the fighting said. The soldiers were bottled up around the command Post As they fought the rebels who wore red and Black bandanas for pos session of the streets leading to the Pla a. The fighting was led by followers of the sandinista National liberation front whose pitched Battles with the National guard have had Nicaragua in turmoil since Janu Ary. The helicopter gunship fired Cannon an machine guns onto the roads leading into i continued on Page 28, col. 2  
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