European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Gas line explosion in Kentucky kills 5 a a natural Gas line explosion killed five gouged a 20footdeep Crater and flattened six buildings in a tiny igniting fires that were visible 20 Miles three people were seriously injured in the blast saturday night that ripped up a Section of Kentucky devastated about 12 and forced the evacuation of about 55 authorities the dead included four members of one Dick a spokesman for the state department of disaster and emergency said two three Mobile Homes and a Sawmill were destroyed in Marrowbone a settlement with a population of about a mile East of Beau Mont and 90 Miles South of a Crater 100 feet 30 feet wide and 20 feet deep was left by the which occurred about Brown and fires sparked by the explosion could be seen 20 Miles it was described to me As resembling where a bomb went said Bob a disaster and emergency services if youve Ever been to that exactly what it looked five bodies were found sunday in a destroyed Wood Frame huddled together in a 5foot by 6foot said Metcalfe county Coroner Don a temporary morgue was set up in a and officials said they expected to find no More Butler identified the victims As Hazel Nell her Bobby Mitchell his Elsie Gaye and their 12yearold the other person killed was Mary Elsie Shelley he the Cumberland county Hospital in nearby Burkesville treated two adults and a child who were they were in serious but stable condition a spokes Man with the adults suffering from Burns and the child from Billy director of disaster and emergency services in Metcalfe said about 55 people were evacuated within a on Emile radius of the and a Tempo Rescue workers Camp in what is left of after a natural Gas line explosion nearly levelled the Small a photo Rary shelter was set up at a Rescue squad building in nearby summer Resi dents were allowed to return Home Early Barlow he estimated that 12 acres were Black ened by the when the explosion members of the summer Shade civil defense unit were attending a Benefit dance at their Headquarters near the band was and All of a Sud Den the doors and floor started said Dorothy a member of the she said the band opened the doors and it was so Light people thought it was a it was a terrible it was such a roaring the extinguished Early blackened the Green rolling Fields in the mostly agricultural and soldering ashes spewed smoke sunday about 250 to 300 people were involved in saturday nights Rescue said Joe a lbs among them were state fire eight Volunteer fire two Rescue squads and an ambulance shortly after the the Gas source was Cut but it took hours for the remaining Gas in the line to Wal ters representatives of Texas Eastern trans Mission the company that owns the Gas were at the scene sunday As investigators searched for a Kentucky 90 was closed to traffic Southeast of Glasgow because of the blast you just cant describe said Joe a member of the Tompkinsville Volunteer fire were 15 Miles and its just like its right at the Monroe county medical Center in nurse Carlos Tarter late saturday we can actually hear it March in belated tribute to Vietnam veterans a some former soldiers marched sunday in what organizers called the the Parade that never a belated tribute to Vietnam As applause and cries of thank you rang out from the crowd of lining the Parade the veterans marched behind banners bearing the insignia of the platoons in which they fought More than a decade i drove Here from not be cause this was supposed to be a great a but because in a Way it was a debt i along with a lot of to these men who fought for their said Paul one of the its not Only our saying but More importantly it gave these Guys a Chance to say youre he Thomas Emig said he spent three months helping plan the event because they were the thing that meant the most to me was the said a Vietnam it started and then spread throughout the whole Parade route and it continued people cared and wanted to Tell these men thank you and it sure came through to the applause was loudest As a group of in wheelchairs and crutches passed another organizer and Gary Wager of said planners started out thinking at the beginning of this that they would have 12 or 15 units in this it blossomed to 60 units and there Are marching in the Howard said the veterans fought in a War no one wanted and returned Home to a Public who Only wanted to quickly forget its there was debt owed and today was a step toward repaying that debt to these Jerry Lee Lewis Vietnam ready to help in Hospital for Iii  ivs i internal bleeding n a Rock v Roll Singer Jerry Lee Lewis was in stable Condi Tion sunday after being hospitalized for bleeding in his was taken by ambulance sat urday night from his downtown Memphis Penthouse to methodist Central Hospital after he began vomiting said Bob his he has internal bleeding in his Stom Mccarver we dont know if its scar tissue from a previous operation in 1981 or known for such hits As great balls of fire and whole Lotta Shakin Coin was listed in stable condition in an intensive care said Hospital spokeswoman Chris Lewis was hospitalized for two months in 1981 after he suffered a ruptured new York a joint namese search and recovery operations for americans missing in Vietnam will continue if the United states treats Vietnam As an vietnamese official be due Tho said who with former Secretary of state Henry Kissinger negotiated the 1973 plan that ended american involvement in the Vietnam said there was a joint vietnamese excavation for missing airmen near Hanoi several Days search operations for missing airmen will continue if the United states agrees to treat Vietnam As an Tho said in an inter View to be aired monday on the Abc today the vietnamese Are prepared to discuss ways to find the remains of More Ameri cans in but Only if that condition is he said in the which took place sunday in to Chi Minh asked about the situation in or where vietnamese forces Are fighting those of the Khmer Tho said that Vietnam has the upper but its troops will not remain in the country he said they Are being with drawn year by and the vietnamese Are seeking a political solution to ensure their own he accused the United states of being in collusion with China an enemy of Viet Nam to pay the Khmer Rouge forces Ana said the United states is Esca lating itself Back into another War in indo he warned that Cambodia should not become another Vietnam to the United he also denied that Cambodia has become Vietnam own Vietnam Situa Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today april 1945 Rome radio reported that a firing squad of italian patriots had killed Benito his mistress and a number of fascist party 30 years ago today april 1955 the state depart ment said the United states continued to support Premier Ngo Din Dies South vietnamese which was fight ing a rebellion by a religious 20 years ago today april 1965 guarding americans in Santo Domi Ngo shot and killed two snipers firing on the american embassy on the sixth Day of a leftist revolt in the dominican 70 years ago today april 1975 involvement in Vietnam ended in a Lon planned withdrawal after president Ford ordered helicopters and marines to bring out the remaining americans from besieged