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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday june 20, 1980 stateside 10 killed in possible collision of Small planes Asi . Colo. A investigators arc Trung to determine whether two plane thai crashed just South of this ski resort killing All 10 persons aboard collided in the air. A single engine Cessna 182 Ith four persons aboard and a twin engine Cessna 310 with six persons aboard crashed wednesday near the Summit of the 12.200 foot Hast Maroon pass. Names of the victims had not been re leased. The wreckage of the planes was spotted by a search helicopter after the single engine plane was reported missing on a flight from Aspen to Gunnison. Dick Baker. National transportation safety  regional director from Denver and but Hardesty of the Federal aviation administration s grand Junction office were sent to the crash Silas about 15 Miles Southwest of As pen. Tom Snow Pitkin county sheriffs spokesman said the Cessna 182 apparently disintegrated on Impact about so feet below the Crest of the pass. He said the twin engine Craft crashed about a half mile from the smaller plane but remained Impact. Nei ther plane burned. Parimutuel clerk wins $37,000 without wagering Inglewood Calif. A a parimutuel clerk at Hollywood Park won $37,000 in a race he never bet on when an apparent belting window swindle Back fired. Track officials on tuesday awarded the Money to Tot Dypwick. But be could Hare lost $5,400 of his own Money. In the ninth race a Newport Beach Man allegedly tried to run one of the oldest track con games in the Book. He went to Dypwick s window at the last minute and asked for $6,000 Worth of win and parlay tickets. Dypwick punched them out. Bui when the Bell went off freezing All action the bettor suddenly discovered he was $5,400 Short. Under strict Rales the $6,000 Gamble suddenly became Dypwick s. But Dypwick rang for Security guards. While the group stood haggling the race ended and ail the bets were winners. Safety Council predicts 500-600 Holiday deaths Chicago up Between 500 and 600 people will die in traffic accidents on the nation s highways during the three Day july 4 Holiday weekend the National safety Council predicts. The Council also predicted Between 23.000 and 28,000 others will suffer disabling injuries. The official Holiday weekend will begin at 6 . Local time july 3, and will end at Midnight july 6. Vincent l. Tofany. Safely Council president said 12,000 lives could be saved during the course of each year if Drivers and passengers buckled their safety belts. Fund or embassy hostages placed in bankruptcy Vinston Salem . A a Federal court clerk has appointed a bankruptcy trustee to preside Over the liquidation of funds Oil finally meant for families of the 53 american hostages in Iran. The hostages families fund was set up six months ago with proceeds from the Sale of to shirts and bumper stickers. The to shirts bore the slogan Iran let our people  Pamela a. Travis of Winston Salem placed the fund in bankruptcy saying debts totalled $5,843, while assets mostly in he form of unsold t shirts and bumper stickers totalled $5,265. W. Joseph Burns a Winslon Salem lawyer was appointed trustee by William Schwinn clerk of . District bankruptcy court in Greensboro. Dying sex convict shoots wife son self Jackson miss. A a terminally ill Penitentiary inmate pardoned earlier this year and carried out of prison because he was too weak to walk shot his wife and son to death before turning the gun on him self officials say. State corrections authorities had recommended that Clarince wheat be pardoned from the state Penitentiary at Parchman where he had been serving a 15-year sen tence for aggravated assault against a police officer. Wheat they said was weakened suffer ing from diabetes heart disease and cancer. Medical authorities concurred As did then gov. Cliff Finch and wheat was on the list of convicts Finch pardoned As his administration ended in january. He had been a Model prisoner at parch Man no problem whatsoever said Tom Gregory spokesman for the department of corrections. But by the time he left Here he had to be hand fed by orderlies and he had to be carried out to the car. Secret service apologizes for manhandling Detroit a a Union activist who was pulled from the floor of a Union convention in Detroit and detained for 30 minutes for allegedly threatening presi Dent Carter has race itch an apology and a $3,500 Check from the secret service. Myron i. Waln Stcin secret Sertle Dep Uty director confirmed on wednesday thai a copy of a letter signed by him and distributed by supporters of the activist Jane Margollis was legitimate. She said agents did not search her for weapons but studied her notes outlining remarks critical of Carter intended for a news conference to be conducted during the convention. Army to pay Over $1 million in brain damage Case Chesapeake a. A the army has agreed to pay at least $1.5 million and possibly As much As $9 million to a 3 a year old boy who suffered brain damage because of an operation performed shortly after birth at an army Hospital. The settlement will provide Christopher v. Clark the son of Charles r. And Brenda g. Clark with lifetime Money for medical and educational expenses Clark s attorney Charles e. Payne of Norfolk disclosed on tuesday. Christopher born in Irwin army Hospi Tal at fort Riley. Kan., on nov. 28, 1976, has abnormal motor coordination and has not Learned to walk because of improper administration of anaesthesia during an operation the attorney said. Ine Airlift los Angeles animal control officers and represent allies of the society for the prevention of cruelly to animals watch As a sheriffs Rescue helicopter brings in a Iraq utilized horse that had been next step skin grafting stranded in a nearby Canyon. The horse fell Down a Wash after slipping with rider Bill Aldrich aboard on a narrow Rocky Trail. Neither Aldrich nor the horse was injured. A photo Pryor Burn operation reported successful Sherman Oaks Calif. A Doc tors have successfully performed a three stage operation on critically burned Comedi an Richard Pryor a procedure that re moved dead skin from the burned upper half of his body cleared his lungs and will allow him to resume special treatments. The next step will be skin grafts but doctors still were Uncertain when those could begin on the 39-year-old entertainer. It would be the end of the week at the  said Gary Sway assistant executive director of Sherman Oaks Community Hospital. The one hour 15-Minutc operation morning went very Well Sway said. Pryor suffered the third degree Burns from the Waist up in a fiery Accident in his North Ridge Home june 9. The primary focus of the operation was Mcbrid Cmunt in which As much of the burned dead tissue As possible was re moved Sway said. A second procedure a Bronchoscopy consisted of inserting a fiber optic tube into Pryor s lungs to Clear the material that builds up because of the pneumonia he has developed called Alac stasis. Doctors said it was common in Burn victims. Burn specialist or. Jack Grossman said Pryor s third degree Burns around his upper body act As a leather Tourniquet restrict ing his breathing and Normal  this was Pryor s second Bronchoscopy. Swaye said doctors would do another when  the third procedure a Myrin gloomy was the insertion of an extremely Small lube into Pryor s cars to equalize the pressure Pryor feels when he is placed inside the hyperbaric chamber a sealed tube with an atmospheric pressure about three times Normal. The pressure forces extra oxygen into the bloodstream to Speed Healing. Pryor has been unable to undergo the special treatment for several Days because the pneumonia caused congestion prevented pressure equalization in his ears causing pain. Grossman said. Film maker Blue Dies Buffalo. . A James Blue 19-year-old maker of 20 documentary and feature films including Olive Trees of jus Tice which won the critics prize at the Cannes film festival in 1962, has died  
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