European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes july 1985 this fish Story will be heard in a courtroom a two men were disqualified from a Bas fishing tournament and face a court hearing after five live fish were found in their boat before it entered the tournament officials said a lot of people arc mad about said Richard who said he had signed up with the Pembroke bait tackle store to help run the held june Federico and tournament director Michael Clem Cnoc said they found the fish in a gear compartment when they stopped Richard and his 30 year old of for a Rou Tine i disqualified them said Clem operator of Pembroke bait he said he spotted four of the 3to 4pound fish in a plastic and Federico said he saw another one that apparently had slipped out of the we Check All boats that enter the said and we Check All boats the and we Check every single compartment in the he said 50 boats were registered for the tournament and 48 showed Clemente went to Pembroke police the next Day and then to the Plymouth county District a hearing is scheduled thursday on whether to Issue an attempted larceny he Richard a former Middleboro police of declined to discuss the incident except to say that there was More to the Story than what the tournament officials had its not the and i Hope that the truth will be brought out at the he Clemente acknowledged tuesday that there Are no written rules saying that fish entered in the con test must be caught in the Lake where the tournament is held and on the Day of but every Fisherman knows that an unwritten he Clemente said the Berniero had won in a similar fishing tournament on memorial Day on Lakeville Long and third place in that tournament the year Federico and Clemente said they had never heard of tournament irregularities in in a Federal judge in sentenced four men to prison terms for their part in a cheating ring involving fish tournament Federal investigators said the ring won seven lucrative fishing tournaments by using Large Black Bass bought in the four pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen in officials in Atlanta stripped two Georgia men of their championship in a Lake sin Clair weekend tournament because of questions about whether they caught the 15ounce Large Mouth Cedar rapids Back to Normal As winds carry toxic fumes off Cedar Iowa a the air was pure and life returned to Normal wednesday in Iowa second arg est City a Day after a fire spewed toxic forcing As Many As people from their Homes in the largest evacuation in state everything open except weve still got a couple barricades Down in the area of the old sewage but that basically to keep spectators out of the police Ron Hansen said tuesday As residents began returning the spectators were people curious to see the abandoned Cedar rapids water pollution control where a fire soldered for 21 fueling the toxic Gas fumes that Hung Over the the few spectators most people simply wanted to get Home tuesday and put the previous night and Day behind in glad to be going it was of but i Hope we dont have to come Barbara Lacy of Cedar rapids said tuesday As she and her daughter hurried out of a shelter at Taft Junior High school toward their City officials called an end to the evacuation about noon tuesday As the wind carried away the Between and people were said police Howard about of those were sheltered by the red Cross in Lin mar High school and Taft Junior High area hospitals treated and released 56 people complaining of tearing eyes and scratchy but nose rious injuries were the Cloud of Black smoke contained hydrochloric an Eye and respiratory the fire began when a worker touched a dome made of polyvinyl Chloride with a Torch during the demolition of the the fire was quickly but the water which firefighters sprayed on burning material apparently created the toxic during the next 16 the Cloud drifted into South West sections of the City and then into the nearby Village of the Johnson county town of Solon and the Lake Macbride area of Johnson setting off further on tuesday the Cloud turned northward Drifting Over the City and causing further evacuations nervous about the possibility that the densely populated Northern sections of the City might have to be then sealed off the main roads into Cedar Terry Branstad declared Linn county and Cedar rapids a disaster area after touring the fire site tuesday Branstad said he got a headache from the fumes in the few minutes he spent at the Many people at the shelters complained of Runny noses and tearing the Success of the largest evacuation in state history was due in part to disaster plans drawn up in Case of an Accident at a nuclear Plant in said Jack director of the Iowa office of disaster Man Haffan project scientists say nuclear policy raises risk of War Washington a on the 40th anniversary of the epic first test of the atomic who worked on the project criticized president reagans Star wars plans on tuesday As a sign the world still Doest understand the dangers unleashed in the new Mexico emphasis on a policy of strategic though terribly effective against the japanese at the end of world War has ultimately weakened rather than strengthened american Security by eliminating oceans As realistic barriers against said Philip who was a member of the Manhattan project that built and exploded the first atomic this is the consequence of the notion that technological superiority can gain National he but the worlds most powerful nations continue striving in the same he and other atomic bomb scientists in to the Reagan administrations Strate Gic defense initiative widely known As Star Victor a former group Leader at the los Alamos National Laboratory in new said re search and talk about deployment of such a defense sys tem will merely prod the soviet Union to develop countermeasures and will Lead to new spiralling of the arms which we must Morrison said the scientists who knew most about nuclear weapons when they were Brand new in 1945 realized three crucial facts that remain True today there Are no nuclear secrets that can be kept for Long there will be no real defense against nuclear weapons there must be inter National agreements against their Hans former head of the theoretical division at los said with the United states continuing to work on offensive weapons while trying to think a space based defense against soviet reagans argument that Star wars will be a catalyst for arms reduction at Wishful the scientists distributed a Broadsheet appealing for support of a series of Steps to fend off destruction by the worlds nuclear weapons both superpowers should move persistently and in concert toward dramatically smaller nuclear arse nals composed of weapons that Are Invulnerable and which do not threaten the wholesale destruction of an opponents deterrent the United states should work to improve its ability to Monitor compliance with arms this nation must remain committed to the ant Ballis tic missile pursue negotiations against ant satellite weapons and work to or at least the weapons spread by Banning All underground nuclear weapons both considered legally Blind 2 became firemen through eyesight oversight Ohio a fire officials Are wondering How the physicians who examined two probationary fire fighters could have overlooked the fact that the men Are legally officials said Palmer and Charles Ted who started at the cites fire training school were removed from firefighting duties last the Dayton civil service Board is to terminate their employment Sandra the boards Secretary and chief exam said both men underwent physicals and were certified As physically fit by two separate doctors under contract with the later examinations found both had eyesight of 20200 and would be considered legally Blind under state doctors Are Huggins there is always a margin of in not holding anyone to there was an but fire chief Glenn Alexander said i dont know How a physician could sign off saying this person met your physical it would absolutely befuddle the cites standards Call 2040 uncorrected vision in one Eye and 20100 uncorrected vision in the other Alexander said the City does not prohibit firefighters from wearing the minimum vision standards ensure that they can put on oxygen masks and perform other duties without wearing glasses or Contact he fire officials Learned of Boyds vision problem june 22 when he was wearing an oxygen mask and became disoriented while crawling through a smoke filled Alex Ander he and a Captain were inside the and Boyd just kept bouncing around when they got the Captain asked what and he i cant see anything without my Alexander it could have been a real tragic if there would have been someone trapped in Boyd would never have seen in if Boyd had been in that room he could have been in a situation where he might not have gotten out when fire officials found Boyd had passed the screening Alexander said he ordered a Check of the tests of All 14 recruits in february that How Phillips Case was Phillips haunt experienced similar problems but he didst go to any Alexander Boyd said he has worn glasses since he was a child but didst realize it would be a problem with his firefighting it want mentioned until this incident came he Phillips said he want sure what he would i graduated third in my right i just want my Job he needless to its an embarrassing situation for the City and the civil service mayor Paul Leonard he said he is seeking an investigation of what he called a slip up on