European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 string of deaths causes some of fear jinx1 a in the Halls of Duxbury High the familiar ring of laughter and Clang of locker doors mask quieter conversations among students who wonder Why so Many of their classmates have since five teenagers and two adults in this affluent Seaside suburb of have been killed in separate car crashes the worst string of accidents i can said Richard Bay an 18year Veteran of the police for those who lend themselves to super it would seem that we were said de executive assistant to the Board of police say alcohol and excessive Speed figured in several of the Acci the latest tragedy occurred May 29 when 19yearold Phillip Mcniffe car went out of control and slammed into a who graduated from the school last was killed instantly while a Pas Senger suffered minor police said Mcniff was travelling at High but that there was no evidence he had been for members of the 250student senior which has lost three members in the past six the string of fatal accidents has been especially i just cant wait for this year to be said Colette who will graduate i get the feeling How Many Are going to be left for graduation residents offer a variety of explanations for the which have persisted de spite a police crackdown on Drunken driving in this town about 35 Miles South of some say liquor flows freely in this quiet new England town and that parents do Little to Stop teenagers from imitating their bad in a Bayramshian police write More than 250 tickets and arrest Between 35 and 40 people most for driving under the influence of others say Young people dont have enough to do and consequently spend Long hours cruising in if we had a place to go it would be said Mike a still others note that Duxbury is a town of treeline roads that Are especially hazardous to inexperienced everywhere you people Are talking about trying to figure it said Tom a High school history teacher and adviser to the local chapter of students starting Over after the storm a photo a Farmer in begins the repairs on his barn which was dam aged in last weeks Tornado on monday president Reagan signed disaster Relief declarations for 12 Pennsylvania and four Ohio damage is estimated at most of it in where buildings were 62 people killed and 700 people at least 86 people were killed As the tornadoes swept through three states and there were 12 deaths in 12 in and damage in Western new York Ford will recall cars to Correct seat belts Washington a Ford motor has agreed to recall 198283 escort and Mercury Lynx cars to Correct rear seat belts that can twist and the government said National Highway traffic safety administration spokeswoman Roslyn Kaiser confirmed a report of the Ford recall first announced by the nonprofit Center for Auto the Auto safety group said it was pleased that the recall had been but said another 1984modei escort and Lynx cars should be recalled for the same the seat Belt design was not changed until Midway through the 1984 production it Ford has said the twisting seat belts did not affect Protection in accidents but could cause them to bind when being Ford spokesman Chuck snearly said the automaker planned to officially announce the recall in a few once replacement parts Are he said the 1984model cars had a different seat Belt design which did not need against drunk last Friday the state registry of motor vehicles sent nine patrol cars to Duxbury to help local police enforce traffic registry who have full police pulled Over of Drivers at several radar Speed were not Here to play the Ive got the badge but to that every body got to get involved in correcting whatever has caused this said John chief of officers for the the towns alcoholic awareness com Mittee is searching for new ways to fight Drunken we have no solutions to Dondero said of town 1 guess 1 sound like a Small but 1 Hope that the bogeyman goes underground lightning blast injures miners a Light Ning apparently struck dynamite inside a Coal mine detonating an explosion and injuring five including one Crit officials the explosion occurred around feet into the mine near the end of a Tun the five miners were the Only men working in the said Michael manager of the International Anthracite mine in Hegins township in Schuylkill we dont know How it got Down but the Valley is noted for Static he two Caps went off after lightning had gotten into the Gangway James director of the states Divi Sion of Anthracite deep mine said he believed lightning triggered the John of Valley suffered the most serious injuries in the Accident and was flown by helicopter to Scisinger medical Cen Ter in where he was listed in critical Michael 37 Larry 37 and Dennis 28 All of the Ashland suffered smoke inhalation and were admitted to Good Samaritan Hospital in a Hospital nursing supervisor Michael of the Ashland was hit in the head by rocks but did not require medi Cal United to add 4 flights to schedule Chicago a United airlines says it is processing up to 150 applications daily from pilots who want and the airline plans to add four flights to its sched despite a strike by Union pilots now in its 20th the applications Are among received by United and Are being processed at the airlines flight training Center in Den company spokesman Chuck Novak told about 540 pilots Are available to Fly the company daily schedule of 209 flights to 41 about 14 percent of the Compa nys Restrike Novak no new negotiating sessions have been set Between the airline and the air line pilots the Union representing United on the airline will increase the number of flights to 213 by resuming service to Bradley International which serves both and Novak Pat United vice president for flying and training at said 148 flee qualified pilots have been hired since the strike began and 57 of those Are now flying United aircraft while the others com plete training at the he said the airline has a goal of training 600 pilots per and will expand its schedule As the pilots become talks collapsed May 27 Over Backoo work just hours after what had been the major strike Issue a two tier wage scale for pilots apparently had been several Days United chairman Richard Ferris said further talks were use less unless pilots reconsidered their bargain ing figures double in Faa report on close Calls Washington a the Federal aviation administration says there were almost twice As Many near collisions in flight last year As it had reported the adjustments which increase by several Hundred the number of near Colli Sions in 1984 were made after an audit found that Many reports had not been sent from the Faas regional offices to its head quarters in Agency spokesman Dennis Feldman said monday the Faa revised the previously released figure of 299 near collisions for Calendar 1984 to Feldman there were 57 million flights that he the figures for 1983 were revised from the previously reported 286 to he the audit was prompted by reports on Abc news questioning the Faas figures on near collisions incidents in which air Craft came within 500 feet of one another or when a Pilot Felt there was a danger of a he the near collision reports had been investigated by the Faa regional Feld Man its just that they were not re ported from our regional offices and sent to he we have corrected that with new audit techniques to make certain that All those reports Are investigated by the regional offices and that Washington gets Complete he