European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday september 10, 1985 leak of poisonous chemical hospitalized 5 in West Virginia stateside Nitro. . A a poisonous chemical with an extremely Rotten smell leaked from a pipe at a chemical Plant Here in sunday sending five people to hospitals  s  la hours later sirens wailed at Union Carbide s South Charleston p ant about seven Miles cast of Nitro while Crews worked on an unrelated problem officials said. The leak of  my Captan a Fulfur based com Pound began at the i Ike chemical co. Plant at 3 06 . And was stemmed after about 2rt hours Kanawha county commissioner Doug stump said. The area  the Plant was blocked off but no evacuations were ordered he said. There arc no visible fumes but an extremely Rotten  stump said. He said the smell was noticeable in Charleston 10 Miles away. Stump activated the emergency broadcast system to Tell residents there was no danger but he said the odor will linger on for some time. It will smell a lot like an open sewer.1 firefighters dispersed the chemical with water and waited until pressure in the pipe dropped before sealing it he said. Several firefighters were treated for exposure and heat exhaustion As they worked he said. The Plant s owner Eimer fisc was overcome by fumes As he tried to shut off valves leading to the pipe. He and his son in Law Thomas Cal. 32, of Nitro the Plant s manager were admitted to the Thomas memorial Hospital in South Charleston for observation said nursing supervisor Judy Summers. Two firefighters were taken to the Charleston area medical Center with one being released and the other held for observation said nursing supervisor Barbara Kos tar. A resident was treated at the Hospital and released after complaining of shortness of breath she said. I passed out at the time fisc said from his Hospital bed. I was feeling i was about to go and the next thing i knew i was in the ambulance heading to the  Fike 65, said More than 500 Gallons of the chemical were stored in a 600-gallon tank and he blamed warm temperatures for the leak. The High temperature in Charleston on sunday was 93. The High temperatures built up a Little More pressure fisc said. We can t Tell if the Glass on a meter broke or if a Gasket blew. We should know  Fike chemical was making the chemical for Union car bide s Plant in nearby Institute which uses it in pesticide production said Plant spokesman Harry Miller. The Union Carbide Plant two Miles upriver was the site of a Poison Gas leak aug. 11. That leak which involved two other pesticide ingredients sent 135 people to hospitals. At Carbide s South Charleston Plant meanwhile Crews sounded the alarm shortly after 11 . Sunday when a problem developed in a Hydro Genator Plant spokesman Mike Lipscomb said. A Hyde Genator introduce Hydrogen into chemical reactions. Lipscomb said South Charleston Charleston and Kanawha county authorities were notified shortly after alarms sounded. It was not known  leak was involved Lipscomb said adding that the Community never was in danger. Methyl my Captan can be fatal if inhaled or absorbed through the skin and Contact May Burn eyes and skin. Cold weather Lead tree rules Apt to push gasoline prices up los Angeles a gasoline prices which dropped this summer probably will Rise As cold weather looms and refiners heed a Federal order to get the Lead out according to an Industry expert. Gas prices arc Likely to Rise again As the heating Oil season warms up Consumers and the environmental Protection Agency phase Down of leaded gasoline intensifies Dan Lundburg said sunday. Overall gasoline prices dropped two thirds of a cent during the past two week period according to the Lund Berg Survey of 17,000 service stations nationwide. The Overall retail Price of gasoline is now si.219 per gallon Down from s1.240 Over the period since july 4th. Regular leaded gasoline averaged si.099 nationwide at self service pumps regular unleaded sold for si.175 and Premium unleaded was s1.302, Lundburg said. Two weeks ago regular leaded was is. 107, unleaded was is. 184 and Premium unleaded was is .306. But prices at the pump arc Likely to Rise again As refiners convert More of their product into heating Oil and costlier unleaded gasoline he said. By Jan. 1, refiners must reduce the Lead Content of gasoline from a half Gram per gallon to one tenth of a Gram Lundberg said. As you take the Lead out we have to use More expensive octane enhancers and the unleaded process uses More crude Oil Lundburg said. Two thirds of the gasoline now sold is unleaded. Dealers May also try to expand their squeezed profit margin he said. Profit per gallon for dealers in january was 13.55 cents per gallon Lundburg said. By the end of summer it was 11.71 cents per gallon. So dealers conceivably will continue to Price higher than their buying prices until they recover the 1.84  during the summer refiners gave away part of their profit margin while dealers took advantage of the falling wholesale prices to slightly increase their profit margins Lundburg said. Through the end of summer vacation driving the 3 cent downward slide at retail consistently lagged behind wholesale gasoline prices which dropped 3.5 cents Over the period he said. During every two week period since july 4, dealers have passed through to their retail pump varying fractions of a cent less than their wholesale Price cuts indicating that the refining companies have been giving away margin of profit while dealers have been increasing theirs he explained. Lundburg said that at the beginning of the year the wholesale increases rapidly accelerated Over the dealers ability to pass through the increases to the pumps. By july 4, the refiners had obtained 6.08 cents More a gallon while dealers recovered Only 4.82 cents. But with the arrival of summer driving dealers Hung on to their remaining margins coming out by the end of summer about a half cent better off Lundburg said. 2 bolts of lightning kill 1, injure 30 Crystal Lake Iii. A two bolts of lightning that left two people dead during a thunderstorm struck a total of 30 people at a Golf course and soccer Field officials said. Golfers were lying All Over the ground after lightning struck the Crystal Woods Golf course about 20 Miles Northwest of Chicago sunday afternoon killing one Man and injuring seven other people two of them seriously Crystal Lake fire chief Harold Krecker said. During the same storm lightning hit the soccer Field goal Post in nearby Mchenry and ricocheted 25 feet knocking 22 players to the ground said police chief Pat Rick Joyce. One was killed and another was seriously injured. The golfers were huddled in a shelter when the lightning truck Mary Craig a pan owner of the Golf course Laid. Krecker said c in of the victims recovered enough to drive a Golf cart to the clubhouse. It was terrible he said. People were lying All Over the ground. One end of the shelter House was completely  two of the victims were in Shock and not breathing when Rescue workers arrived Krecker said and he and another firefighter revived them. Mchenry county sheriffs Deputy Louis Schoen identified the dead Man As John h. Muehlfelder 25, of Marengo. Two of the seven hospitalized were in serious Condi Tion said a Hospital spokeswoman who declined to give her name. Otto nor 45, of Hebron died at the soccer Field Joyce said. Jonathan Anderson 20, of Crystal Lake was admitted to the intensive care unit at Northern Illinois medical Center in Mchenry. He was in fair condition said Hospi Tal spokeswoman Peg Bodmer. Space fashion High school teacher Christa Mcauliffe of Concord , folds her training uniform As she packs to go to Houston Texas for astronaut training. Mcauliffe b scheduled to take a Long ride in space aboard the Nasa shuttle in january. Offenders in Galveston Texas to pay fines with credit cards Galveston Texas up people arrested for minor offences will soon be Able to pay fines and be freed on bail by using Mastercard and visa credit Cardi. The City jail will be equipped with a talc chek machine. Jailers will be Able to run a credit card through the machine and get instant approval of the charge find out if the card Carrier is Over his limit or determine if the card is stolen. The City is soliciting bids from Banks for the lowest charge to handle the credit card payments. Use of the credit cards is permitted under a new state Law City manager Doug Matthews said and official Hope it will a wince the number of people in the jail. Engine fire forces Jet to abort Takeoff with 106 people aboard West Palm Beach Fla. A one of the engines of a Delta air lines dc-8 with 106 people aboard caught fire forcing the plane to abort its Takeoff from West Palm Beach International Airport officials said. Nobody was injured in the incident Delta spokesman Jim Ewing said in Atlanta. The passengers were transferred to another plane for their night to Atlanta he Laid. George Prellezo chief of the National transportation safety Board s Miami Field office said the plane was about 2.000 feet Down the runway when the engine caught the Takeoff was aborted and firefighters responded immediately and put it out he said and the plane was Able to taxi Back to the terminal. Crop dusting air plane sprays school bus by Accident Salinas Calif. A a crop dusting air plane accidentally sprayed a school bus with the insecticide Monitor and the fungicides Rido myl and Koide sending 32 elementary school pupils and three adults to the Hospital for examination authorities said. Six of the children suffered illnesses ranging from Abdo Minal pain to nausea and one adult complained of a Burn ing sensation in the Mouth authorities said. Bus Driver Isabel Espinosa said the fumes engulfed the a i a a. D thick she was Fon