European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes april hearsay evidence7 pointing to i at Otto vials Salt Lake City a authorities Are investigating the possibility that the Wilberg mine fire that killed 27 people was arson resulting from jealousy Over an Effort to set a mine production the sheriff we have a lot of hearsay if some of that evidence is proven to be then theres a Good possibility that fire was Emery county sheriff Lamar Guymon said in an interview from Huntington Bob spokesman for Emery mining which operates the mine for Utah Power said that arson has not been ruled Guymon said he was working with private investigators from Utah Power and Emery focusing on whether people May have been jealous of miners trying for a Coal production record at the Central Utah Coal mine he said miners involved in such record breaking efforts receive but Henrie said they were Only promised Small if a Section set a company a National record or a world they May have been Given a an evening a jacket or something like he adding that bonuses for productivity go to All the investigation had been hindered by reluctance of some miners to but Well overcome by sub Poe if Guymon Walter safety representative for the United mine workers at said the Union would cooperate with any but it was sceptical about motives behind the arson if there had been signs of we would have been asking the or Moha the Federal mine safety and health administration or the company would have brought it up at the he but nothing stirred on this arson bit until these private investigators got into transcripts released As of Friday from Moshas hear Ings into the disaster have Given no indication that arson was considered a in the transcripts paint a picture of confusion and equipment failure after the fire was Testi Mony indicates that fire detection and suppression sys internal Telephone some firefighting hoses and Many self contained breathing devices May have failed to work proposed state Grant to restore Booth Home angers lawmaker a a proposed Grant of to restore the Home of John Wilkes who killed president Abraham and turn it into a museum is says a state senator fighting the funding there Are a lot More appropriate Sites in Maryland to be spending Money like such As the Antietam National Howard Denis id rather pay Money to Burn the House he i think the Grant is absolutely outrageous and who said the funding legislation slipped through the state Senate on wednesday without him noticing has contacted a member of the House appropriations where the Bill is awaiting a with a request to try to kill the committee earlier rejected a nearly identical House sponsored other lawmakers said that the Brick House in a Rural Section of Northeast Maryland represents an important chapter in americas past and that it was also the Home of a great shakespearean Edwin brother of the the known As Tudor was placed on the National Register for historic places in visitors from out of state Are As familiar with Edwin As they Are with his said state William the Bills who said the museum is not meant to be a tribute to lincolns it dramatizes the effects of the civil said John Wilkes went South and Edwin went the Booth family had rented the House in the and John Wilkes Booth was no longer living there when he assassinated Lincoln at Fords theater in washing ton in owners Dorothy and Howard Fox turned the House Over to the preservation association for Tudor Hall last in they have a life tenancy on the second visitors already tour the grounds of the House on and in Midway the will be opened to the said David executive director of the preservation the organization has applied for permission to oper ate the House As a combination museum and guests would be Given the Opportunity to sleep in the bedroom used by John the preservation association has raised to help pay for the the Money approved by the state Senate would provide a Matching Grant to the association if it gains House jets7 near collision was 2nd incident Minneapolis a nine hours before two jumbo jets nearly collided at Paul International air two other jets came within three fourths of a mile of each other on the same authorities the earlier incident last involving Eastern and Republic airlines was revealed during an investigation of the near collision of two Northwest airlines jets later that the Federal aviation administration said the air traffic controller involved in the easterner Public operational error has been de certified and cannot control air traffic until preliminary findings Are released and he is said Faa spokesman Fred two controllers were de certified after the two North West dc10s missed each other by about 100 feet sunday de a spokesman for the Faa in said the Republic and Eastern jets came within feet of German jobless rate dips Germany up unemployment in West Germany dipped slightly under the level last month but still remained higher then it was a year the Federal labor office the Nuernber based Agency said German workers were Idle in Mare Down from the country less retreated last month to 10 percent from february postwar Peak of each other on the ground about sunday during a snowstorm that dumped 15 inches of Snow on the air Pinto said a Republic airlines Jet from Chicago landed on a runway already occupied by an Eastern airlines Jet that had experienced a Power loss in one of its engines and had to abort its Takeoff for the distance Between the two planes closed to about feet before the Republic Jet turned off on a Farrar Faa rules in such situations Call for a mini mum separation of at least National transportation safety Board spokesman Bob Buckhorn said the Board is investigating the possibility that the Eastern jets engine was extinguished by Snow and the runway was closed for Snow removal after the about nine hours the Pilot of a Northwest dc10 was forced to make an Early Takeoff to avoid hitting a second Northwest dc10 that had crossed its path on the said Nosb chairman James who came to Minneapolis to investigate the the Jet taking off missed the other one by about 100 Burnett the Pilot could not Brake because of Snow on the run Burnett said the Nosb will be looking at sundays workload for the who had to manage Large volumes of aircraft As Well As Monitor Sno plow Crews working to keep the Airport a report is expected m about two he stateside Mississippi River lock repaired but barges remain stalled new a it probably will take most of the weekend to Clear up a traffic Jam of hundreds of barges that have been waiting for a Mississippi River lock to be authorities the Midway Between Rock Island and was closed tuesday after three loaded Grain barges crashed into it and damaged a 75ton creating a backup 340 barges it was repaired said army corps of engineers spokesman Dick foreign language director to receive Spanish decoration West a John director of the foreign language department of West Hartford Public says he was surprised and embarrassed by the response to a letter announcing he would be honoured by who conducts regular workshops on Spain for has written numerous articles on the country and has arranged student exchanges for two will receive the Knight of the order of Isabel la he Learned about the award in a letter two weeks ago from King Juan Darcy first went to Spain during his Junior year at Trinity where he was studying Romance Lan it was the first time id Ever been out of the country and i fell in love with he former irs agent indicted on fraudulent return charges san a a former internal Revenue service agent has been indicted on charges of preparing fraudulent tax returns and making false statements to the a Federal grand jury returned an 18count indictment against Ronald a certified Public accountant who worked for the irs for 12 the indictment said who left the irs 10 years prepared at least 14 fraudulent income tax returns for clients in 1979 and cheating the government out of at least Pacheco is also accused of filing two fraudulent returns for according to attorney Lee if Pacheco faces up to 58 years in prison and a disabled Man strangles dog that attacked 8yearold girl a a dog which attacked and seriously injured an 8yearold girl was strangled by the Childs disabled Foster father after also seriously biting authorities George and the Kerry were admitted to Clayton general Hospital where both were reported in serious the girl will probably have to undergo surgery on her right a Hospital spokeswoman Allison was treated for bite wounds on his arms and who Doest have full use of his left said he went into the Back Yard of a neighbor to try to find who already had been attacked by the a the dog started attacking it grabbed a hold of his said he put his Good Arm around the dogs neck and fell on choking it to Hes but he got to her a lot quicker than i the chows owner said the dog had never attacked anyone Oregon panel agrees to drop Swan Hunting season proposal up wild whistling swans can Fly through Oregon now without worrying about Shotgun blasts from the state fish and wildlife commission has agreed to drop a proposal for a Swan Hunting season that had caused outrage among Bird the controversial plan would have allowed Hunters to kill 400 of the Birds each there Are about of the swans in after the commission dropped its the state House of representatives where swans apparently have a few friends passed a Bill to increase fishing and Hunting License that Bill had been held up because of the Swan the Swan season was requested by Hunters and tentatively approved by the fish and wildlife