European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes August 1985 rate of deaths from fires in drops sharply up the number of deaths blamed on fires was highest in the South in although nationwide deaths dropped the National lire Protection association said although the rate of deaths from fire per million population dropped in the it is still the highest in the country and is nearly twice the rate in the West for the same the study the number of deaths attributed to fire in the United states dropped from in 1983 to in according to the which shows a 14 percent decline in Home fire John Hall the associations director of fire Analy said the decrease Over the past six years represents a percent although the Home still accounts for the majority of fire Hall said he attributed the drop to new technologies and programs that have helped the Public be better protected from three out of every four Homes in the now have at least one smoke Hall those who do not have them seem to have twice As great a Chance of dying in a Hall said the report provides startling information regarding in Only Structure fires of incendiary or suspicious nature representing a percent Hall although the number of deaths in those fires is still High at that figure rep resents a tremendous drop of 45 percent since Hall praised the arson task forces being formed across the country for providing mechanisms for fire depart government the insurance Industry and others to coordinate information gathering and action against a photo a 1st for the military Julie Schwartz has graduated from the chaplaincy program at the naval education and training Cen Ter in and is on her Way to becoming the first female rabbi chaplain in the she and her a Are headed for her native where they will Complete their rabbinical aide defends working nature of lawmakers military plane trip by Norman Black Washington a a military plane Dis patched to Brazil last week with just one congressman aboard has returned to the United leaving the congressman and his daughter in Honduras for a Pri vate the the military equivalent of a returned to Andrews fab late bringing the seven other members of Bill alexanders party Back to Washington after a six Day fac finding trip to William the administrative assistant to Alex Ander who accompanied the Arkansas Democrat on the released a statement defending the working nature of the he said Alexander and his party met with approximately 300 brazilian business and academic diplomatic personnel and brazilian and news the associated press reported earlier this week that the Pentagon agreed to provide an air Force plane to Alexander during the recess in response to a letter from House speaker Thomas Oneill the dated said Alexander and his daughter would be leading a delegation that included four other House members and their when the plane left Washington on Alexander was the Only congressman the other congressmen listed in one ills letter later said they had never planned to make the leading Pentagon officials to complain they were the victims of congressional Miles said Alexander want expected to return from Honduras until the Miles said the trip to Brazil was not a Holiday alexanders party included Dwight the chairman of the department of botany and microbiology at the University of Arkansas Daniel the Deputy director of the office of alcohol fuels at the department of Energy and Langhorne a former ambassador to Miles Brazil is the worlds leading producer of ethanol for automobile he and the University of Arkansas is leading research on the use of alcohol As a re placement for Lead in following the meetings in Alexander announced that a letter of intent to cooperate was signed with the brazilian ministry of Commerce and Industry to Exchange research and personnel Between the ministry and the University of Arkansas alcohol fuels Miles As a result of the an agreement was reached to cooperate in bringing about a conference Between and brazilian Congress members to work on the political aspects of the latin american debt prob he stateside owner killed by his pet Bull As he took it to be slaughtered a an Bull that had been treated like a pet killed its owner As he tried to take it to one Day after the animal trampled a farm hand to officials the Bull was then destroyed by Raymond who raised the Bull from a was killed after the Bull pinned him against a Cement Wall in the barnyard of Fox said Kenosha county Coroner Thomas Dorff sheriffs Paul Barrette said Fox was attempting to Lead the Bull into a holding where it would have been loaded onto a truck and taken to a who lives was going to have the 4yearold Bull destroyed after it killed farmhand William search party finds 4 dead in wreckage of Light plane a a search including 13 two army helicopters from fort Benning and about 30 people on the ground found four people dead in the wreckage of a single engine plane that crashed shortly after Takeoff from Columbus metropolitan the wreckage was found 10 Miles North of the Airport in a heavily wooded said Harris county sheriffs department dispatcher Harry Gordon Columb Sarea supervisor for the Federal aviation said the Light plane dropped from radar about five minutes after Takeoff sat civil air patrol Mission coordinator Bob Haver said weak transmissions believed to be from the aircraft were picked up three the victims were identified As the Paul of new port his 21 and the elder Tappins 4yearold twin California says shredded Money qualifies for hazardous waste list san Francisco up California has decided that filthy Lucre is a health two tons of currency shredded by the Federal Reserve Bank of san Francisco have landed on the states hazardous waste list because of the Lead and Copper con tent in the old perhaps one could say were being too cautious or too conceded Rich chief of the states toxic substances control he if the shredded Money were taken to a regular garbage the Lead could Leach into the ground and contaminate drinking water Cut Bills must be packed in sealed dumpsters and trucked to dumps that handle highly toxic truck Driver scrambles Load of eggs in rus hour crash Falls a a truck Driver who fell asleep at the wheel scrambled rus hour traffic and his Load of eggs outside the nations state police say the Driver of a truck carrying 100 cases of eggs on interstate 66 near the capital Beltway fell asleep and drove his vehicle off the Side of the the truck struck a Bridge shearing open the Side of the truck and spilling the eggs along two lanes for More than 400 it took Crews six hours to Clear the during which the two Slippery lanes were the Mervin Hock of was unhurt but was cited for reckless police Connecticut state police group upset Over sign i m up the connection West a a japanese american coalition is upset about a cuss word in Neon lights advertising a hair Salon called but the shops two of whom arc say its a Good the japanese american citizens league has complained to the salons and a coalition of japanese american organizations is pressing a petition drive that recommends a name the word Jap evokes Mcmo Ricson discrimination and world War ii As Well As fears of a new surge of resentment against the japanese because of Trade you look up at the sky and you Sec a cuss word in Neon Hllen a columnist for the los an  japanese american newspaper raft said wednesday in an i  imagine someone in i98s being insensitive enough to do something like the five owners of the Salon said they have been sur prised by the which has escalated since the business opened last we didst realize that Many people would Start Mak ing so much said Shuji who immigrated from Japan 11 years we All Felt it was a pretty Good and we didst realize it was hurting japanese american people that Kida said the owners chose the name As an acronym of the initials of their first but that they knew it also played on the word Kida said he sees nothing wrong with the up the Connecticut state police won top honors As the nations bes dressed police Force in a Competition sponsored by a National uniform manufacturers the Connecticut Force was chosen grand National win Ner in the Competition sponsored by the National association of uniform manufacturers and the groups executive Bernard presented a plaque and a Check for Charity to the state police Lester at a ceremony at the state in addition to the the August Issue of Law and order Magazine will feature a photograph of the winning Connecticut uniform on the officials the troopers Wear charcoal Gray Slacks with a Gold Stripe Down the Light Gray shirts with Gold and Blue Epa lets and Gold they also Wear Smokey the Bear