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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. October 13, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 Gravity does t get you another Law will Fayetteville. . A two Laws often govern jumping from High places Gravity and trespassing. People just feel they have to arrest  says parachutist Jean Bornish. She wants to change that with events such As the annual festival at the new River Gorge where several Hundred Poe be were expected to hurl themselves off a Ridge. Legally. Bornish and her companions Are base jumpers an acronym for build ing Antenna Span and Earth the four types of stationary objects from which parachuting is possible. First the Bridge. Next she plans to leap from the Peak of Al Capitan in Cali fornia s Yosemite National Park. Maybe someday she says wistfully the top of the world Trade Center in new York. Bornish knows better than most the dangers of such a sport. Her husband. Carl a professional jumper and Bash member was killed in a jump a Little More than a year ago. Undaunted Boenish made last year s leap from the new River Gorge Bridge breaking her Arm. This summer she jumped from a venezuelan Mountaintop into the Jungle below where she slammed into boulders and broke her leg. She still is on crutches. People think we have a death wish she said. It s the opposite. It s a Cele bration of life. Technically there Are no Laws pre venting you from jumping off  Bornish said. But More often than not. If you land next to a policeman the first thing he s going to do is or rest  authorities at Yosemite National Park in cd fornia have banned jumping from the Park s peaks since 1980. But the jumpers still do it. Park spokeswoman Lisa Dapprich said Yos mitc allowed bask jumping fur three months but it was outlawed because too Many people were injured. There were broken noses broken legs broken arms Skull fractures broken an Kles concussions and lots of near misses Dapprich said. And there were people jumping at night jumping without per mits jumping As a  Bornish estimated that 40 people a year make illegal leaps from  Capitan. Some of them at night. Yosemite in t the Only target. Bornish once climbed a 74-Story office building under construction and jumped at night to avoid detection. In doing so she became the third per son to receive the base award for jump ing from All four kinds of stationary objects. The appear of Al Capitan she says is the 12 seconds it gives jumpers to Deal with unopened parachutes tangled lines and other malfunctions. Most base jumps arc Shorter and offer no room for error. The leap off the new River Bridge at 87fc feet provides Only three seconds before the Parachute must open. But in jumping Lime slows Down Boenish said. A second is a Long  for Many of those who get their thrills leaping off High places Bash jumping is More than just n pastime. "1 know it s a cliche but we live life faster than most people said Phil Lorenz of Wichita kan., who was to make the Bridge jump. After a while sky diving becomes like taking a walk. Base jump ing never gets that  tape tells of woman injecting Belushi with drugs los Angeles a the woman accused at killing comedian John Belushi by injecting him with drugs said in the last five Days of his life she gave him drugs whenever he wanted them according to a tape recorded interview played in court Friday. Anytime he wanted anything when i was around i did it for him Cathy Evelyn Smith 38, was heard saying in a 1982 Tele phone interview with free Lance writer Christopher Van Ness. She also said she injected him with drugs 20 times in his last 24 hours. Van Ness was ordered to jail wednesday when he refused to surrender the tape and he spent a few hours in a courthouse cell before agreeing to turn the tape Over to municipal part judge James Nelson. A preliminary hearing for Smith charged with murdering Belushi by inject ing him with Speedball of heroin and cocaine has been continued to nov. 12. It non believer reinstated by boy scouts . A. A Paul Trout the 15-year-old bounced from the boy spouts when he said he did t be Lieve in god has been reinstated at a meet ing of troop 105 at Miller school of Alec Marie the boarding school he attends near the action followed a meeting of the National executive Board of the boy scouts in Irving Texas which ordered a change in scouting literature defining god As a supreme being and told local troops not to question boys on their specific religious be Trout of Shepherdstown w.va., also was promoted to life scout. The rank had been denied him when he told a scouting Board that although he respected the Rich s Ous beliefs of others he did not believe ipod or a supreme  not changed we re delighted that they be taken this position said Anita Trout. Paul s Mother. She said Paul s beliefs definitely have not  said the More Liberal interpretation of god that the scouts now allow made it possible for her son to take the scout oath in Good  scout spokesman Raul Chavez said the Board decided to remove the definition of god As a supreme being from scouting he told the Washington Post that Paul was asked if he could subscribe to the scout oath and Law and he said he could. He is now a life  will determine i there is enough evidence for a trial. The judge admitted the tape into Evi Dence but said Smith s defense attorney Howard Citzman could argue against the admission when the hearing resumes. Belushi who starred on television s sat urday night live and in such movies As animal House and the blues Broth ers was found dead in a Hollywood hotel Bungalow. The May 23, 1982, recording was of a Telephone conversation Between Smith in Toronto and Van Ness in los Angeles. Were you shooting him up is that what was happening Van Ness asked. Yeah Smith answered. Van Ness asked How much cocaine and heroin was Given to Belushi in his last 24 hours. Twenty times in the course of 24 hours before he died Smith said. When asked How much dope " she answered he probably had about four Grams of  she said Belushi then sent her out to get s100 Worth of additional drugs. He might have been a hype but he certainty was t a junkie.," she said. Asked if he also drank liquor she responded yeah yeah he loved  she said when she left Belushi he was alive. I keep wondering if Only i had stayed another 20 minutes she said. On the tape. Van Ness who had known Smith As a casual Friend for about four years before Belushi s death told her he was trying to help her had talked to her attorney and would work with the lawyer to Clear her name. Talk to me like i was Robert he urged her referring to her attorney Robert Shea Han. I m trusting you with my life she told Van Ness. You re in Good hands believe me he countered. Van Ness purportedly played portions of the tape or discussed it with several news agencies in an attempt to sell it. Then played it for the county grand jury police and by Lushi s wife and sister in Law. When he sought Protection under Cali fornia s shield Law Superior court judge Robert Devich ruled he was ineligible be cause he was not employed by or connected with a news organization. Van Ness said an appellate court refused to hear the Case while he was in custody wednesday. He said that s when he decided to turn the tape Over to the court. We Don t know about an Appeal. It May be a futile gesture. There was no Point in sticking it out. My goal was to get the Issue of first amendment privileges for free Lance writers heard and i did that he said. It100th Hawkeye from Grumman this e-2c halt Ere Early warning aircraft has been accepted for de Titei y to the egyptian air Force. Ii is the first of the in wheres ordered by be egyptian air Force and the 100th to be produced by in Amman. The order for the Fite aircraft along with spare parts support equipment and other contractor services is valued at More than $700 million Grumman said  
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