European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday september 26, 1978 new life a first Issue on stands Washington is the editors of time inc., attempting an apparent first in Magazine journalism have revived life the famous picture news Magazine which was born in 1936 and suspended in 1972. The first Issue of the new monthly life intentionally far More picture than news went on Sale monday. The renewed Magazine is dedicated to the Power of the in a two Page editorial recalling the photographic history of the Magazine the editors say it is our intention that life should look wonder Ful every time it appears. The great major Ity of our pictures will be in color and will be printed on High Quality paper by the most advanced techniques and of course on the big Page size that does greatest jus Tice to the the smaller but still Large size format three quarters of an Inch Shorter a Quarter of an Inch narrower than the old life results in a look much like its predecessor s. It will Cost $1.50 per Issue. The old weekly life which went in Sale for a dime in 1936, Cost 50 cents at the end. The concept of reviving life was a con Stant dream according to time inc. Executives but the timing depended on conditions in the Magazine Industry which have changed sharply Over the years. Beyond the sentimental aspects of such a dream was the fact that after the withdrawal of life in 1972, irregular special reports 10 were issued in All sold hundreds of thousands of copies. And in one year a Best of life album sold Over a million copies at $19.99. Time managers Happy with record earnings and a Boom in magazines Gener ally decided last Spring that the right time to raise life was at hand. The increasingly High Cost of television advertising rates has made magazines once again attractive to marketers who once spurned the print Media in favor of the electronic. Savings to be enjoyed through controlled circulation is another key Factor in the decision. Life s staff is Small an eighth of the size of its predecessor and free Lance work will be utilized to supplement the in House team. The staff Effort under top editor Philip Kunhardt is aimed at a smaller audience in line with the Success Story of specially advancing flames on the Barona Indian reservation near Ramona calif., Force cattle flee flames cattle to keep on the move. The Blaze in dry Brush country in san Diego county has consumed More than 5,000 acre Sand kept 625 firefighters Busy. A collision is one of aviation s worst new York a the collision be tween a Pacific Southwest airlines jetliner and a Small air plane near the san Diego Airport monday is one of the worst aviation collisions in history. The worst collision killing More than 500 persons occurred on the ground last year in the Canary islands. Here is a list of major air plane collisions in the past 30 years. With the exception of the Canary islands collision they All occurred in the air As did monday s Accident March 27, 1977 pan american air ways 747 and Kim 747 jumbo jets collided on runway at Tenerife in the Canary is lands killing 579 in the worst disaster in aviation history. Sept. 10, 1976 yugoslav charter Jet dc-10 and British airlines Trident collided near Zagreb Yugoslavia leaving 176 dead. World s worst midair collision. July 30, 1971 japanese Airliner struck by fighter plane Over japanese Alps near Honshu leaving 162 dead. Sept. 9, 1969 Small plane and Allegheny airlines dc-9 collided near Indianapolis killing 83. July 19, 1967 Piedmont Boeing 727 collided with private plane killing 82. Feb. 1, 1963 turkish air Force plane and lebanese Viscount collided leaving 95dead. Dec. 16, 1960 United airlines dc-8 and Twa super Constellation collided Over Staten Island killing 134 persons. Feb. 25, 1960 . Navy plane and real dc-3 collided near Rio de Janeiro killing 61. June 30, 1956 Twa super Constella Tion and United airlines dc-7 collided Over the grand Canyon in Arizona killing 128. Aug. 11, 1955 two . Air Force planes collided near Ede Weiler West Ger Many leaving 66 dead. March 27, 1952 two soviet planes collided Over Tula Airport near Moscow kill ing 70. Nov. 1,1949 bolivian fighter plane and Eastern dc-4 collided Over the washing ton d.c., Airport leaving 55 dead. Magazines. Where the old Magazine had circulation of Over 8 million at its Peak and 5.5 million at the end life will now aim for under a million. In downplaying news and sticking to timely stories of Universal Appeal the journalistic formula of stories and pictures about death Money sex and children is pretty closely followed in the first Issue a bullfighter is gored the Shah of Iran is photo essayed in his super expensive Cas Pian resort Home designer Halston Dis plays his clothes and wondrous lifestyle and the struggle of parents of a Little boy with brain damage is Given the familiar Loving life treatment. Gone is the news element of the old life one major prose piece is planned for each edition As Well As the former re views Book music film television the editorials and the last punch miscellany Page which usually contained a proof that the camera does lie. A fresh departure is the publication of a chapter from Mario Puzo s new novel bought for a reported $25,000. The Story is about Money sex and death and is illustrated with color drawings not photos. Red Adair smothers fire at Ohio Well Cambridge Ohio up red Adair the country s Best known Well fire expert successfully smothered the largest natural Gas Well fire in Ohio history monday using a mixture of mud chemicals and Salt water. The super High pressure Gas Well caught fire during capping efforts Friday burning eight men three seriously. Adair s Texas Crew tried to Stop the roaring Blaze sunday but the 3,000 barrels of mud and Salt water pumped into the Well was blown put by the pressure. Adair tried a slightly different mixture monday and within minutes of pumping in the solution the pressure dropped off and Only a flame of four to five feet remained burning. We be got it said Adair As he re moved his Asbestos suit and confidently walked up to the Well and touched the Structure. It s Adair said his Crew will continue pump ing mud and water into the Well until they Are sure the Well is dead. Then the capping process will Start Over. The fire raged through the weekend consuming $20,000 of natural Gas daily and spewing flames As High As 60 feet in the air and 100 feet along the ground. Officials of the Armstrong drilling co. At Wooster said it was the largest Gas Well Blowout in Ohio history. It was drilled As part of the Energy self help program of the Lobbey Owens Ford co. Of Toledo Ohio s largest Glass manufacturer when a Gas pocket 4,000 feet below the surface was hit. German firm plans Plant Bridgeport Conn. Up Rove a packaging machines a German firm that accounts for 20 percent of the world mar Ket in machine packaging will set up an american Plant Here. Machinists end support of Carter Washington a the International association of machinists monday be came the largest labor Union to break off with president Carter charging that be cause of his policies he simply does not Merit our Union president William w. Winpisinger said his 927,000-member Union has sent a Jetter to the president accusing him of Tak ing an about face on a number of issues and caving in to the right Winpisinger complained about Carter s support for a Compromise natural Gas de regulation Bill his failure to Back labor supported National health insurance and his inability to win congressional passage of legislation that would revise labor Law revisions. I doubt that he has the leadership capability to Deal with the very complicated problems of the late 20th Century said Winpisinger whose Union actively campaigned for Carter s election in 1976. In recent months Carter has been criticized by leaders of the al Cio and the United Auto workers who stopped Short of breaking off with him. But Carter has lost support from several Federal employee unions because of his decision to limit the annual Federal pay in crease this fall to 5.5 percent. Winpisinger said his Union also has Noti fied members of Congress that the machinists no longer will support senators or representatives who fail to vote in the Union s interest on key legislation. He said that any senator who votes in favor of natural Gas deregulation will lose the Union s support this fall. Winpisinger whose Union plans to spend More than $600,000 on this year s congressional races said the Iam already has withdrawn its support of sen. Dick Clark a Iowa because of Clark s announced in Tention to vote for the natural Gas Bill
