European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes july 1985 fumes Chase out of Cedar rapids Cedar Iowa Apas Many As people were evacuated a dense Cloud of foul smell ing fumes from a soldering plastics fire spread Over inc Southern part of the officials the fumes apparently were created when firefighters sprayed water on a burning plastic dome at an old sewage treatment which is being shortly after the fire began about Mon authorities Susan an aide to Terry said to people had been arid police Howard Gardner estimated that to people had fled their the evacuation area extended about five Miles South of the fire at the old Cedar rapids water pollution control said police Ron then were talking f would another five Miles cast and West in Width in some Hansen the area evacuated included a housing Complex for the a childrens Home and a Mobile Home Park near Highway at least 900 people went to red Cross but we do estimate that we Are housing Only a Small percentage of those who have been said Gerald local red Cross at the present the winds have so we arc at this evacuating additional he that could change at any depending on the we do know that All people who have been asked to evacuate have at least seven people were treated at City hospitals and released after complaining of scratchy throats and burning i know some people became sick from the some of the Law and then weve had some reports from said Treyve not put out the fire there just trying to still contain it and set up a plan to put it out whether there going to use dirt or explosives or Hansen at least 100 people took shelter at Taft Junior High some of them relocated from two other schools Wilson Junior High and Grant school when spreading fumes threatened the Many evacuees were staying with friends or and some of them Are just driving Hansen outside the City hundreds More were advised to leave their As a poorer alter a to remain inside with air conditioning the Linn county sheriffs depart ment the treatment facility was being demolished when a workers Torch apparently ignited a foam insulation officials flames and thick dark smoke belched into the air and drifted from the site on a Hansen said the area burning at the old Plant is like a big dish or a big Saucer covered with a plastic actor Keach testifies on danger of cocaine Washington a television Star Stacy discussing his cocaine problem publicly for the first told lawmakers tuesday How he started using the drug that eventually took Over his life and landed him in there is no greater imprisonment than that of being dependent on a chem ical substance for ones he Freedom from dependency on drugs is one of the most precious freedoms we and it must be a Loving legacy for our children and their children As Keach served six months in a prison in England after he was arrested in april 1984 at London Heathrow where authorities discovered ounces of cocaine in his the television the Star of the cd St series Mickey Spillane Mike delivered his statement to the House select committee on narcotics abuse and the panel is conducting hearings on the widespread use of cocaine and How the Federal government should tackle the the panel Charles said As Many As 25 million people Are users of the drug and an estimated people Experiment with it each the belief that cocaine is the toy of the wealthy and Well educated has been he Many Blu Collar workers and Young people Are users Rangel adding that the drug is readily available on the others scheduled to testify at the hearing included Carl a former football player for the National football and officials of the Reagan and in his Keach told How he first experimented with the drug on so Cial occasions and believed that he would be immune to the drugs Educ i Felt Alert and even Keach said of his initial within a few Keach cocaine had become an integral part of his and this is one of the Hallmarks of cocaine destructive he it always deluded the user into feeling that he or she is in Complete control until it is too Keach said it took an arrest to make him face up to the fact that he was de pendent on i can Only thank god that i now have an Opportunity to speak out to others in the Hope that they will not have to travel Down the same Road As i archdiocese to get new Leader los Angeles a Cardinal Timothy Manning is resigning after 15 years As head of the roman Catholic archdiocese of los and archbishop Roger Mahony of Stockton will succeed Church officials said a los Angeles native who was appointed Bishop of the Stockton diocese in will Lead the nations most populous Catholic the announcement came Early tuesday from the Vatican and the Catholic conference in while the 75yearold Manning will remain a the second highest rank in the roman Catholic his resignation will leave Church men of that level in charge of Only four dioceses new Chicago and Phila the los Angeles with More than million is larger than any of raising the possibility that Mahony might eventually be appointed Cardinal As Manning submitted his resignation several months when he turned but he stayed pending selection of a Vietnam War casualty ets Long delayed burial a some 300 friends and relatives crowded into a Small town Baptist Church to pay their last respects to a casualty of the Vietnam War whose remains were returned from Laos earlier this air Force Delma Ernest was eulogized As an outstanding navigator and officer at the Long delayed funeral in his Dickens was a crewman aboard an ac130 gunship that crashed after being struck by anti aircraft thirteen other crewmen died in the we gather this afternoon to mourn his passing and to remember those who Are still unaccounted for in Southeast said William an air Force Reserve at the Omega Baptist Church service noting that Dickens had earned numerous including the distinguished flying Cross and the purple Durden said Dickens had served his country with we thank you for this one who has come Home at the chaplain said in a during graveside an air Force Honor guard fired volleys from m16 four f4 phantom jets from Moody fab in Valdosta swooped Over the cemetery in a special formation and military pallbearers presented the captains with the Flag from his Dickens Delma said the return of the remains was a Relief for the and he urged the families of others missing in Southeast Asia to put their Trust in the the captains described Dickens As very dedicated to the air Force and the remains were buried in the family where an air Force Marker had stood since Dickens status was officially changed in 1978 from missing in action to killed in besides his parents and he is survived by three his plane crashed with 16 crewmen two Crew members parachuted to and rescuers recovered one of the other bodies before giving up the the remains of the 13 other crewmen were discovered in february by a joint team from the United states and after being identified at the army Central identification Laboratory in they were flown on july 5 to Travis fab in in an unexpected a Federal judge delayed the return of the remains to the families when the wife of one crewman sought to independently verify her husband s but last week she agreed to allow the families to proceed with their burial Magazine offers 1 million to defector with mi24 copter Denver a Soldier of Fortune Magazine says it will pay a million re Ward to a Pilot or Crew member who defects from Nicaragua with a High tech mi24 soviet if the Magazine gets the analysts will study the Magazine will write about and the aircraft will be auctioned to the highest said Jim the magazines associate of we would not sell it to a government we consider unfriendly to the United Pate Well probably sell it to the government because  probably offer More Money for the Boulde based magazines original Bounty for the announced last jumped to million with donations from private citizens and Cor Pate the Reward is available Only to Nicara East German or cuban Crew members or trainers who defect from Nicaragua with the Pate it will not be Given to citizens or anyone who hijacks such a Pate said the helicopter is considered one of the most lethal in the analysts have never seen and few photos of the aircraft he were focusing on the helicopter be cause it would be a real intelligence coup to get he there is virtually no Public information on exactly How it two mi24s from Afghanistan air Force landed saturday in and their Crews asked for political according to pakistani Afghanistan demanded the return of the say ing that the Crews had become lost and strayed into the magazines re Ward would not apply in that the also known to Western military experts As the Hind d is equipped with 128 57mm rockets and four laser guided antitank Pate the aircraft is equipped with a movable machine gun and also has Remote night foul weather and High Altitude and High Speed Pate Pate said the Reward will be advertised in Central America through posters and the we have people working for us in Nic he word will get the Militarist with a circulation of provides military trainers around the Pate two other bounties offered by the mag Azine within the past five years Are still about in Gold is still available for the live capture of Idi the former ugandan a Reward of is offered to any communist bloc Pilot who defects with a Mig fighter Jet equipped with chemical or biological Wear