European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                4 the stars and stripes april pilots warned after Rise in near collisions Washington a the number of near collisions in flight has jumped sharply during the first three months of the the Federal aviation administration says in warning pilots to be More vigilant during the upcoming Peak travel while most of the incidents continued to involve Only general aviation the number of near collision reports involving one and in several cases two Commer Cial planes jumped from 12 in the first Quarter of 1984 to 21 during the first three months of this Faa administrator Donald Engen said he was especially concerned about the More than doubling of incidents in which aircraft came within 500 feet of each those incidents totalled 53 during the first three months of last but jumped to 108 during the same period this the total number of near collision re ports received during the Quarter increased from 98 last year to 141 this the Agency the Faa said a vast majority of the incidents involved at least one aircraft that was not in Contact with the air traffic control while All categories of including commercial showed an increase in near collisions during the incidents involving general aviation and military air Craft increased to a much greater extent than airline the Agency the Faa last year came under criticism when a Ralph Nader affiliated consumer interest the aviation action released statistics that showed the in some was sharply understating the number of Engen said the Agency was releasing the statistics so that All concerned will exer Cise increased judgment during the Spring and such Inci dents occur with More while the number of close Calls jumped the number of actual collisions none involving commercial aircraft declined during the first the Agency it said there was one inflight collision during the first three months of this involving two Light in which two persons were during the first Quarter of 1984 there were three such All involving general aviation Falwell award upheld for Hustler and parody a Hustler mag Azine publisher Larry Flynt admitted he wanted to Hurt the Jerry Falwell with an and parody depicting Falwell As an incestuous a Federal judge said in up holding a jury the District court jury in Decem Ber awarded the moral majority founder for intentional infliction of emotional but it said he want lib eled by the Falwell had sought million from Flynt and judge James Turk on Friday rejected a defense motion for dismissal of the saying that flints admission he wanted to harm Falwell integrity was proof he intended to inflict emotional Dis rare indeed is the Case where an individual defendant so readily admits his own culpable Turk Alan flints said his client was sick when he made the statement in a videotaped deposition at a North Caro Lina where he was serving a sentence for shouting obscenities at another Federal who said he would Appeal turks added when Flynt Testi fied in he said he never intended to harm Falwell said Friday that turks decision could rewrite the la books if it is upheld All the Way to the supreme obviously a judgment does not scare Larry he said in a Tele phone interview from his Lynchburg the Issue is if the ruling is it will mean that Larry Flynt can no longer do this kind of if he it will mean an automatic summary judgment on every and even Larry Flynt cant afford during a hearing on the defense motion March Isaacman argued that there  have been an intentional infliction of emotional distress because the jury decided Falwell want Turk describing the emotion a distress charge As a Gap giving a remedy to victims of outrageous conduct for which there had been no Ferrare to remarry a photos Model Cristina recently divorced Anthony Tomopoulos in a private Ceredo from automaker John de will by in Beverly a Friend of the marry Abc broadcast group president couple said Reagan says russians Are in Nicaragua Battle zones Washington a president seeking support for his plan to Send million in Aid to nicaraguan re said saturday his administration has confirmed the presence of russian Mili tary personnel in the Battle zones of North Ern Reagan has proposed to limit the Aid to nonlethal supplies such As weapons and logistical equipment during a trial period while efforts Are made to secure a peace in his weekly radio Reagan said his proposal would provide leverage to Force Nicaragua sandinista government to the negotiating table and steer it Back toward the democratic and peaceful promises of their the responsibility now rests squarely on the shoulders of he a vote for humanitarian Aid to the democratic resistance will signal the United states re solve on this and courage and resolve Are the Only Way to convince the sandinista communists to come to the negotiating a vote against Pur could mean the beginning of the end to All Hopes of peace and democracy in Central Reagan reiterated to lat followers of libyan Leader Moa mar khad Afy and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran Are in about two hour by air from and just this he we con firmed the presence of russian military personnel in the Battle zones of Northern the soviet terrorist bloc nations know what is at stake in Reagan that is in the seven months since Congress Cut off Aid to the democratic they have been pouring in weapons and personnel to their communist hoping to Knock out the democratic forces while they Are most Reagan said an alternative proposal by opposition House democrats would Only provide assistance to the democratic forces if they abandon their struggle to liberate the nicaraguan a new Republican would drop restrictions on use of a secret Cia contingency fund for possible arms shipments to the Senate foreign re lations chairman Richard Lugar said Fri Secretary of state George Shultz opposed the democrats1 plan As he praised Brief says Justice tries Washington up the a act Legal defense and educational fund charged in Federal court last week that the Justice department is using Selec Tive criminal prosecution to discourage elderly Blacks in the South from the Brief filed in District court alleges William Bradford assist ant attorney general for civil played a key role in bringing about the pros ecu a Justice department spokesman said Reynolds had absolutely nothing to do with the which he said were criminal charges have been filed against three Blacks charging they altered Absentee ballots of elderly Black voters in a Rural Alabama county to promote their own Albert his and Spencer Hogue were indicted by a fed eral grand jury in 25 and charged with altering mail fraud and voting More than Albert Turner and Hogue face ii5 years in prison and a Fine and Evelyn Turner 35 years in prison and a Fine if the Brief asked the Federal court in to bile to dismiss charges against who is being represented by the a act Legal defense and educational lawyers for the other defendants also have asked that charges be dropped before the Start of the trial june the Brief claims that Perry county District attorney Roy Johnson was unable to persuade a Black majority Perry county grand jury to indict the three and wrote Reynolds at the Justice department for the Brief said Only Blacks were the target of the investigation and members of the White citizens Council who worked with elderly Whites to cast ballots were left alone and May have been warned in Advance to not seek Absentee ballots because of the we would Welcome evidence of that and promptly and vigorously seek additional eve a Justice department spokesman the spokesman said vote fraud investigations Are beyond the preliminary stages in three Alabama Greene and which Are predominantly reagans which holds out the threat of renewed military Aid to the rebels to Force the leftist nicaraguan government to enter peace this so called alternative ducks this Central Issue of peace Shultz he added that the proposal for Only refugee Relief would virtually amount to a Call to the nicaraguan democratic resistance to surrender and leave the the democratic unveiled proposed million for humanitarian Aid for the guerrillas and nicaraguan shipping the assistance through the red Cross or the United nations High commissioner for the plan also would set aside million for use by latin american nations to implement a possible peace settlement in Black voters and in Dekalb which is largely As part of the investigation in Perry a judge approved an order allowing Law enforcement officers to secretly Mark Absentee ballots to discover How each per son Fri agents later confronted elderly Blacks Ana questioned them about their voting the Brief said it has evidence that some elderly Blacks have stated that they will not vote again because it has caused them too much the Legal defense fund asserts the prosecution is selective and vindictive and was brought against Blacks because they tried to help other Blacks vote by Absentee a lot White investigators ignored Whites doing similar