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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, February 18, 1981

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Fri officials Ponder shift in priorities Washington a two top Fri officials have Lold the William they could revive the bureaus Baltic against violent but Only by adding More agents or reducing priority efforts against crime and Whitecol Lar at websters assistant Fri director Charles in charge of the criminal investigative and his Dep Dana who oversees the White Collar and organize crime sent the director a group of suggestions during the first week in Monroe and Caro said in an Monroe and Caro said they could make a bigger Dent in violent Street crime a major concern of attorney general William French Smith by putting More resources into Bank chasing fugitives and investigating property emphasis changed the Bis manpower in these areas has dwindled Over the past five years As Webster and his Clarence established organized crime and White Collar offences which include Public corruption As the new priorities for the but the Federal role in violent crime seems Likely to grow during the Reagan the most recent Fri statistics show that Overall crime Rose More in 1979 than in any of the previous four led by an ii percent jump in violent Smith has told the Senate his top priority would be increasing Federal leadership in the fight against violent although he acknowledged that most Street crime is a local after he listed his priorities As organized narcotics traffic and then White Collar crime in due Smith has not yet asked for proposals on violent the Bis Monroe said one option was to assign More men to locating Federal fugitives who commit a felony in one state and flee to Bank robberies up Bank robberies arc up at a terrific said who noted that they reached a High of Over last he noted that property crime is up and that property crimes with losses of More than fall within the Bis if the attorney general and others want us to direct our manpower into those three we can either get More manpower or were going to have to redirect men some of our to priority Mon Roe since tight budgets have reduced the Bis special agent Force by to february a helicopter Crew manages to Rescue Glenn after a snowmobile with his wife flipped in the one but 3 others lost the Reservoir at Des the Crew was unable to pull his wife to safety in time to save her another snowmobile Carter and his drowned before the rescuers could reach it eats on you Pilot had seconds of make decision Des Iowa up the wheels of his helicopter cracked through thin ice on Saylorville two nurses stretched out the door trying to clutch a drowning David Waters had seconds to make a life Eddeath its very emotional when you have them but you cant get to them and you watch a life slip he its after its All Over that it just sits there and eats on a 32yearold Pilot of the life flight and his two Ca thy Obrien and Gretchen were treated As heroes at Iowa methodist medi Cal Center their daring Rescue Mission saturday be Gan when two snowmobiles crashed through thin ice on Saylorville a popular Winter sporting area North of Des two of the Carter and his drowned before rescuers could reach the piloted by an army Veteran who joined the life flight Crew last arrived 45 minutes later to find Glenn and his afloat in the frigid a the Crew managed to Rescue but was unable to pull his wife to safety in time to save her Waters said he Drew on two experience As a Pilot in the Vietnam he once rescued six servicemen who were killed into the South China sea by a Vio it undertow caused by a they had been playing football on the Beach and one Guy went in the water after the he he was swept they set up a Rescue line of the Chain broke and there were 11 of them in the i drug six of them on i sort of had this in mind when i set up my plan we tied a rope on the helicopter and set we had to improvise practically everything at the Waters said they knew the couple would be weak because of their Long stay in the cold he flew first to the male who appeared More and ordered him tie the rope around Vitamin a overdose almost kills child up Lacey Tay lors parents thought they were helping protect her against Winter colds with massive doses of Vitamin instead it almost killed the 3yearold was hospitalized suffering from dehydration and a severe tests at Sparrow Hospital revealed the child had a blood Calcium level so High it could have stopped her heart and doctors worked on her for six thinking she had Reyes finally they discovered her puzzling con normally associated with excess Vita min was linked to an overdose of Vitamin a from overt counter the they had been Given doses of Vitamin a 100 times the daily Lacey is doing really super and will said Donald Knicker Knickerbocker called the incident a to tally innocent use of what was thought to be a proper use of overt counter it has been an amazing Case which we will undoubtedly be reporting in the medi Cal said William the overdose was potentially fatal be cause it altered her heart her heart Weil conceivably her heart could have stopped at that level of Calcium and that was a major the toddlers Sheri and Donald brought her to the Hospital last week when the strange symptoms she  keep water Down or any thing and was throwing up Taylor the Taylors said Lacey had been Given an increased intake of Vitamin a the week before in overt counter pills to Ward off colds and which have plagued the Lansing area this Knickerbocker said doctors determined the daily dosage was units 100 times the daily requirement of the body stores Vitamin Weil it is unlike Vitamin which is excreted if not used by the you dont know How much excess Vitamin any one person can tolerate because sensitivity Lacey has both liver and kidney damage but will recover from messa8e in this Case is that although vitamins Are important for ones an excess can be very damaging particularly of vitamins a and we pulled him to his he tried to lash her to himself with the we had them both hooked up at one Point and were towing them Back towards Shore to find firmer when All of a sudden he became very numb and lost his she went face Down and rolled Back Waters said he had to make an instant life Eddeath i pulled him out of the Way under the aircraft and i put the wheels of the aircraft into the water through the ice so that Cathy could grab the Cathy was on the floor leaning out and Gretchen was holding but when we got that close they both leaned they got Tat the clothing she was wearing was vhf Slippery and they  get her into the at that the gentleman was not conscious enough to really follow our we rolled her Back so her head would stay out of the we then pulled him Over to where a Canoe where he was the Crew then decided to try to Tow a nearby Rescue boat across the ice and into the water where the woman floated motion the woman was loaded into the emergency treatment was and she was taken to a Hospital within five Waters doctors pronounced her dead about three hours after the ordeal 2 student demonstrators killed by India police new India a police fired on More than student demonstrators at Anand in the Western Indian state of killing two and wounding several the United news of India the killings raised to 13 the death toll from student police clashes in the past three Gujarat youths have been protesting a decision to Reserve More places in Grad uate medical colleges for hindus and tribal Community  
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