European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes february 1981 Texas woman suffers severe Burns in Home fire Texas a a 67year old woman who tried to douse a fire in her Home by pouring water from a Kettle suffered third degree Burns before she was pulled to safety by a officials Thelma Gray is in a san Anglo Hospi tals intensive care unit with severe Burns Over 50 percent of her a Hospital offi Cial who lived was burned when a Gas Heater Hose setting her Frame House on ambulance service Dis Patcher Linda stuns she was pulled from her burning Home by Larry who was driving by and saw the i went up to the front door and hollered to her and she answered that she needed Strain told the san Angelo Stan she was sitting on the floor completely on sewer explosion blamed on spark from car exhaust Dixy Lee Ray to be radio commentator Seattle a former Dixy Lee Ray is about to Start a new career on she and kv1 radio have reached agreement on a Threet Mesa week radio commentary said Jim Kvis vice president and general she can talk about absolutely anything she wants said who added that rays contract Calls for a 26week with options to we Hope it will be a very Long Johnson each commentary will run about three the station spokesman but Ray can talk longer if she wants her commentary begins March parasitic worm posing threat to Pine Trees a a Micro parasitic worm that is threatening several varieties of Pine Trees in at least 28 states May attack Christmas tree plantations and the nations Pine govern ment scientists the which killed More than 8 million Pine Trees in one year in pose a particular threat to Pines that have been weakened by the scientists in he United the Worms have been found in Jap anese Black and several other varieties of the called the Pinewood Nema is carried from tree to tree by the longhorn bore said William a scientist at the agricultural re search Center signs of the Pinewood nematode already Are in evidence on Maryland ornamental Pines near Finksburg and in nearby Laurel and on the grounds of the agricultural re search a an Auto mobiles faulty catalytic converter apparently sparked the devastating explosion that ripped through this cites sewer system last a fire official Rodney a Field supervisor for the state fire marshals said the faulty exhaust system on a 1977 Chevrolet is the Only thing we could figure that could have set that fumes from a spill of the highly volatile chemical hexane had built up inside a rail Road Tunnel on Hill and a spark from the cars catalytic converter apparently Trig gered the predawn blast Raby the car was thrown onto a Bridge abut but Driver Elsie Fisher and passenger Shirley Rhodes escaped without serious in investigators found a Hole in the cars catalytic Raby Raby also said investigators believe a Sec Ond hexane spill from the Ralston Purina Mill Early Friday May have been in Bride has leukaemia solved in the an amount of the chem ical was reported spilled thursday but a sewer employee found no Trace of the chemical in nearby As the investigation sewer officials expressed Hope that completion of emergency sewage trenches within 10 Days could end a health threat to Resi dents of the affected old Louisville John Tierney of the metropolitan sewer District said it could take longer than 10 Days to Complete 30foptdeep open Chan Nels that would carry Rainwater and sewage to sewer lines that were not he authorities hoped the estimate was a Good other officials were exploring the possibility of getting government Aid for repairing the extensive damage to sewer Homes and the Friday blasts blew off manhole Cov ers and Tore up about two Miles of hurling pavement chunks through roofs and Walls in the women disagree on sexual harassment new York Dpi two of every three male business executives believe reports of sexual harassment in the work place Are greatly but female executives a Survey rebook Magazine and the Harvard business review received responses to an eight Page questionnaire from review the results of the Survey appear in the March Issue of while 88 percent of both men and women Felt sexual Misbehaviour had no place in the business 66 percent of the men surveyed said reports of sexual harassment were greatly in Only 32 percent of the women saw such Only on third of the men surveyed said they had seen or heard of cases where male supervisors began each working Day with sexual but half the women polled said they on the statement that a smart woman employee ought to have no trouble handling an unwanted sexual 59 percent of the women executives disagreed or partly it was just the opposite with 59 percent of them saying they agreed or partly teachers will have time to Bell says strangers pitch in for Valentines wedding Atlanta a the nations new education calling american schools flabby has pledged to Cut Federal regulations so teachers can teach rather than do lets continue to stand together for the finest educational Opportunity possible for All with less detail in the Federal rules and with a few less insulting demands and regulations that emerge from our desks in Bell he told the american association of school administrators that schools must re turn to More rigorous but he also said schools must not aban Don the commitment to equal education for underprivileged earlier this Bell scuttled bilingual education rules proposed by the Carter administration that would have required pub Lic schools to teach no English speaking students in their native baby whale gaining strength in holding tank Rancho Palos a a rare baby whale found on a Beach appears to be gaining strength after a series of slow escorted walks around a holding tank at Marine land officials dozens of volunteers at Marine land watched Over the whale in four hour shifts walking it slowly around the 20footwide holding tank to ensure it Doest harm itself on the tanks Walls or it seems to be coming along minute by said attendant Dana the juvenile Dwarf sperm whale is an extremely rare and scientists say this is the first known Case of one in an adult pygmy sperm whale beached itself at Al Segundo two weeks but Marine land workers were Able to keep it alive for Only two if the 150pound whale it will be moved to a larger tank while officials determine whether it is Safe to keep it in a Claudia Jane self Hast cried much since she Learned in de Cember that she has but when she got married amid decorations donated by and set off on a honeymoon paid by a mayors the 18yearold Bride self wed 19yearold Gene Jones on Valentines Day in a Little Brown Church burst ing with you May kiss the the Dol plus Blevins told the bridegroom after the couple exchanged vows before 180 friends and relatives at Zena Baptist his Tan Western boots contrasting with his powder Blue kissed his new Bride for what seemed an i just said kiss the preacher the Church boomed with the couple had planned to marry in the but made plans for a Valentines Day wedding after self nearly died last people who read of the couple in the Tulsa world donated hundreds of two women who own a wedding business in Coweta travelled to this Little Delaware county Community to provide candles and other Church decorations at no we dont want our names one of the women we just wanted to do but not for any Grove mayor Nellie her and their Joann huf paid for a weekend honeymoon at Shang a luxury resort 30 Miles from the it has been wonderful for said Linda one of Claudias 15 Brothers and who beamed with the 14minute ceremony tired the Slen Der she stood straight throughout but sat at the reception As Well wishers streamed by with hugs and her legs almost buckled during the said Darlena a sister and the maid of the doctor told us she is living on will said Henry the brides who led her Down the Shes Gonna fight Shes a after her Jones will undergo a red blood cell count to determine if she must receive another life sustaining transfusion at Grove general she received four pints of blood there 5 and suffered a reaction which caused a 105de Gree fever for two Jones will return to work building the former High school sweethearts will make their Home in a Little rented House next door to the genes James and sue spent the week cleaning and painting the the minister made no reference to Clau Dias illness during the but his final words seemed to Echo through the Cobblestone Church we now place this Union in your hamsters killed in new Jersey fire a at least 000 hamsters being raised for scientific re search were killed in a fire in a converted Chicken authorities we lost the whole Stock of we lost said Myrna Secre tar treasurer of Chick line Hamster authorities said the fire probably was caused by faulty electrical possibly from a Short in the buildings fluorescent the fire destroyed the 300foot Chicken Coop converted into a Breeding area for fire officials said the animals died from Burns and smoke about 20 firefighters took 90 minutes to bring the Blaze under exc ollege president Dies a John Stuart president emeritus of Curry died at his Mashpee Home after a Long ill the school re tired As president of Curry in june 1978 after 13 years in the