European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 10, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 27 Lopez bears Garbacz in Portland playoff from press dispatches Portland Ore. Nancy Lopez Sank a five fool Birdie putt on the third Hole of a sudden death playoff Sunda to win the $175,000 Portland Ping Golf championship. Lopez n Winner for inc fifth Lime this year on the ladies professional Golf association tour finished the Reg sports wire elation 54 holes lied with Lori Garbacz at 1-under-Par 215. Lopez the leading Money Winner on the Lyga Lour this year blew a Chance to win on the first extra Hole when she missed a Short Birdie putt. Both players recorded pars on the first two extra holes to move to the Par 3, 140-Yard 17th on the Par-72, 6,285 Yard Riverside Golf and country club course. Garbacz s ice shot barely made the Green some 30 feel from the pin. But Lopez smashed her ice shot just six feet from the Hole to Clinch the 34th tournament Victory in her eight year Lyga career. The $26,250 first prize gives her 1382,122 in earnings this year. Garbacz 27, was going for her first Lyga Victory. She won $16,187. Burns blisters course Sutton mass. Veteran George Burns ended a fourth round hex with a 5-Bnder-Par 66 sunday and won the $400,000 Bank of Boston Golf classic sunday with a 72-holc course record of 267.17 strokes Ander Par. Burns broke away from a tie with former course record Holder John Mahaffey Early in the final round and after an Eagle 3 on no. 4, pulled away for his first Victory since 1980 and Only his ser Ond individual title in 10 years on it pea tour. In mastering pleasant Valley count club s 7,102-Yard, Par 71 course Lor i fourth consecutive Day Burns broken course record of 270 set by Mahaff in 1978 and earned $72,000. A Jiser Kinard Dies of 70 Jackson. Miss. Frail m. Bruiser Kinard former to Silmi foot Ball coach and athletic direct at the University of Mississippi. Died saturday night at age 70. I his wife. Midge said kind died at be Veteran s admin strata medical Center in Jackson where a had been a patient for the last two Sci he bad been in a no ring Home for 3v4 years she said. Of a player Kinard a Mississippi s tint collegiate All a Marka playing tackle his last two sea Sells. A Jackson native Minard played at Ole miss from 1935 /1937. He played professional Ball with the old Brooklyn National football league team and later with new to in the All Ameri can conference. Of was named All pro in 1938,1940,194 and 1946. He was inducted into the pro football Hall of Fame in �71. Kimrod was of Distant football coach at Ole mils for 23ears and athletic director for two Yea and eight months. Twins flip Podres Toronto Johnny Podret. The one time a form series hero for the Brooklyn a flyers was fired sunday As pitching co cd by the Minnesota twins and replace by former Texas rangers pitching coach Dick such. The twigs announced the action was being taken so that such could work a photo Nancy Lopez. 34th tournament win with to twins pitchers prior to Spring train my. Res 52, was in his fifth season As Vins pitching coach. Tarica eliminated Tegucigalpa Honduras Hon iras Defeated Costa Rica 3-1 sunday a regional qualifying soccer game Suimin atm the Costa rican team from i Chance to participate in the 1986 world , the pc tournament favor Ite now must defeat Canada on sept. 14 in the final game in St. Johns Newfoundland to earn a berth in the world cup games to be played in Mexico City. Waltrip triumphs Richmond a. Defending Champion Darrell Waltrip slipped past Terry Labonte on the 395th Lap sunday and held on to win the wrangler 400 grand National Stock car race. Waltrip started 22nd in the Field of 30 cars but gradually worked his Way to the front for his second Victory of the sea son. Waltrip in a Chevrolet won with an average Speed of 72.508 Mph. After practice on saturday 1 knew our car was running Good said Wal trip who picked up $35,300 for the Vic tory. But i did t want to do anything Early in the race to take myself out of  Labonte finished second and Richard Petty third followed by Dale Earnhardt and Ricky Rudd. For Wall rip the Victory not Only ended a Long drought but also moved him within 53 Points of Bill Elliott in the Chase for the grand National championship. Carter wins on last Lap Montreal Pancho Carter sunday turned up the Booster on the final i p to pass Johnny Rutherford and win a wild Accident marred grand prix Molson indy. The race turned into a demolition Derby with Only nine of the 25-car Field finishing. Carter picked up $55,080 and 20 Points in the cart standings for his first place  finished second to Cam $42,840 and 16 Points. Al Unser or. Won $30,600 and 14 Points for third. Geoff Brabham was fourth. Prisoners will lose their Row status in Northern Ireland London up Britain plans to end prisoner of War status for inmates convicted in Northern Ireland of political terrorism a move that triggered the 1981 hunger strike by the Ira in which 10 me starved themselves to death a published report said sunday. In a separate report the sunday Mirror newspaper said that a woodsman under contract to Prince Charles is the brother fan Irish Republican army Man. Who died in a hunger strike in 1976 after being jailed on an explosives charge. The Mirror said a Scotland Yard investigation determined that the tree specialist Patrick Skagg 55. Working at Prince Charles estate in Cornwall posed nose purity risk and he is continuing his work for the Royal family. The sunday times reported that the remaining 149 special category prisoners in the Maze a prison near Belfast will lore their status beginning in december. However a spokesman for Britain s Northern Ireland office said some changes 29 injured in explosion of fireworks Reamstown in. Up a fire works explosion a ured 29 people and caused a Brief Pend of wild confusion at a Fairground about to Miles West of Phila Delphia late sat Day officials said.  chief Craig a berholc said about 2, people were watching a splay at the memorials part of the Observance of Wmstown Days festival when since of debris from one of inc dated Back to the ground into an ind the firing line and ignited fire i that  the explosion sent a considerable amont of debris into the crowd Ebersol said and created a huge Cloud of smoke whith hugged the ground and Cut visibility to about six feet As everyone  none of the 29 injuries was serious a though one woman was admitted to a Hospi Tal for observation. Are planned at the Mac. But he in t aware at this Lime of plans to change the prisoners special  than 100 of the special category prisoners arc protestant extremists and the Rusl arc members of the Ira. The newspaper said. In 1976 there was a total of  prisoners with special status in he  ruled province. The special category status is for inmates convicted of politically related crimes. It gives them Pov privileges rather than treatment accorded 10 common criminals. A was introduced in 1972, but it was largely phased out in 197 v the phase out led to hunger strikes and so called dirty protests by Ira men. I which they wok off their prison uniforms and wrapped themselves in blankets. A total of 10 Ira prisoners starved themselves to death in 1981 in a protest in the Maze. The protest was led by Bobby Sands who was elected As a member of Britain s parliament by Belfast voters. He died during the protest. But the times said prison officials Are confident that no widespread protest will erupt with the full phase out because of changes in the prison system. There was no immediate comment from sinn fein the political Wing of the outlawed Ira. A new High Security prison is being completed at magma Berry 3 Miles from the Maze the times said. The spokesman from the Northern Ireland office said the sire of the Maze s operation Sand staff will be Cut because of the new prison but he added that he is unaware of plans to change the status of terrorist convicts. The special category prisoners live in separate compounds run by the groups to which they belong Ira and protestant Clr Chmisl organizations. They Wear their own clothes and Are subject to no prison Rigours other than the loss of Liberty. However they get no parole for Good behaviour. The times said prison officials believe improved prison conditions and the fact that that Many of the special category prisoners would be eligible for immediate parole should dispel protests. It said cell conditions in the Maze arc now better than in the separate political compounds. It also said members of the general Pris on population arc now allowed to Wear civil Ian clothes. Ira prisoners had considered wearing prison uniforms humiliating. Fire of three mile Island doused by Plant workers Middletown Penn. Aim a soldering fire broke out at the three mile Island nuclear Plant saturday damaging electrical switches at unit 1 but present no danger to Plant workers a spoken said. A Plant operators doused the Firnin the relay room with an extinguisher minutes after an alarm sounded a s8 p.m., spokesman Doug Bedell of he Gnu nuclear corp., said. A there was no Dan to to Plant workers and no emergency Al edition was declared he said. Rat the Timroff the fire the Plant was running of nol standby meaning unit 1 was beam to operating temperatures Bat the Factor was not running Bedell said. Tin Plant confined operating on standby after the fire he said. Unit 1 was not damaged when the worst nuclear Accident in . History its twin in 1979. Although Gnu is received permission from the nuclear regulatory commission to restart the unit 1 reactor in has remained shut Down while be slate and several groups Appeal Ifcic Rul reactor had been running it would the shut Down during the fire be Dell said. The fire dlr tuned switches that operate the rods  nuclear reaction when the Plant shunning under Normal circumstances Beder and. To put the fire out operators inserted four groups of control rods shutting off electricity to the switches Bedell said. The four groups normally withdrawn when the Plant is shut Down serve As a backup for the primary four sets used during Norma operation he said