European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 02, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes saturday november 2, 1985 Don t Leaf me alone Kryda the Polar Bear bold. Hot Oak Leaf picked of in bet two mini Pool to the Worth ser mau., science Center. It we Noi reported x the Ursin zoo Dweller was cleaning up or a Enrri concealing her Cromi Hanesa. Millions in . May be exposed to dangerous Levels of radon Gas Atlanta a Federal health officials said thursday that millions of americans May be exposed to higher than recommend cd Levels of radon a naturally occurring radioactive Gas blamed for As Many As 30,000 lung cancer deaths each year. The radon problem attracted National attention last de Cember when an Engineer with a company building the Limerick nuclear Power Plant near Philadelphia was found to have been exposed to very High Levels of radiation not from his work but from the air in his Home which us on an area of natural uranium deposits. A subsequent Survey of More than 2,000 nearby houses found More than 40 percent had radon Levels above the environmental Protection Agency s recommended guide lines for indoor exposure and about 7 percent had Levels above the higher stricter Levels for people regularly exposed on the Job the Federal centers for disease control said. A sizable percentage of houses across the United states maybe a couple of percent or so could be above the indoor guidelines said or. Matthew Zack a researcher with the Atlanta based cd. That does t mean people should panic but As Many As 6 million americans May live in Homes where radon Levels May be of concern he said. The Epa has set no precise exposure limit for radon exposure indoors but it is working on new guidelines. Engineer Stanley Watras and his family were exposed in their Southeastern Pennsylvania Home to More than 50 times the recommended on the Job level of radon Daugh ters Short lived byproducts of the natural decay of radon which itself is created by the decay of uranium-238, the cd reported. When inhaled along with dust radon byproducts can Settle in the lungs and damage tissue. Previous studies Haw confirmed the link Between lung cancer and radon increasing with longer exposure and higher radon Levels. Watarai and his family relocated until remedial actions to lower the radon level in their houss could be completed. Shipwreck found off Cape cod confirmed to be lost pirate vessel Chatham mass. A salvos chipped a Sandy crust off a Bronze Bell thursday and exposed the name whydah confirming that the wreck it came from was a pirate ship that Sank off Cape cod 268 years ago with a treasure now valued at up to $121 illion. It would seem to me that this is the Type of identification that we have been waiting for not waiting but hoping for said Joseph a. Sinnit director of the Sute Board of underwater archaeological resources. The legend on the Bell read the whydah gaily 1716," said conservator card. Becker who chipped the crust from the artefact. The whydah a pirate vessel Sank off the Cape in 1717. I Don t think you could logically Hope for More. Short of the Quarter Board i Don t think you could get anything better than the Bell. That should do it Sinnott said. Mendel Peterson of Mclean va., retired director of underwater exploration projects at the smithsonian institution in Washington told the Cape cod times that As far As he knew the wreck was the first to be identified As a pirate ship. The Bell was found by Barry Clifford 40, of Orleans who said last summer he had found the Whid a. There was no doubt in my mind trial this was the whydah Clifford said. This is the one thing needed to put any doubt to  since last summer Clifford and his Crew have brought up seven cannons several thousand coins nine navigation Al sets a casket of East Indian jewels and various other artefacts. He estimated the treasure s value at Between $8 million and s12 million. The ship s name has been spelled whydah but Clifford and Sinnott said different Spellings were common two centuries ago. Stateside woman four children killed when train collides with car Jeanerette la. A a woman and four Chil Dren including a 2-year-old boy. Wurch killed when their car was struck on a Railroad crossing by the Sunset limited a passenger train headed from new Orleans to los , state police said. About All i can Tell you is that a southbound car Drew into the path of a westbound rain. The twin dragged the car for about a half mile and All five occupants of the car were lulled said state police sol. Richard Hazelwood. State police information officer Mike Edmonson said the Accident occurred at a crossing on la. 318 about 100 Miles West of new Orleans that was marked Only by a wooden sign no flashing lights or ringing Bells. The victims were identified As Louise j. Mcloof 33, of jct Nerette Amos Leblanc 2, believed to be from port Arthur. Texas Monique mines 15 Tracey Brown 15, and Shelly Duffy. 1 1all off Anklin. La. Florida Man has no beef Over car cheeseburger Swap Melbourne Fla. A Frank Camarda was munching on a cheeseburger and telling his son Anthony How Good it would be to own n car when a message came Over the boy s transistor radio that Comarda believes was meant solely for him. The first person to bring 20 cheeseburgers to Carl Schmidt Waisun will win a car said the disc jockey. Since the broadcast was coming from a Dealership just one Block from the fast food outlet where Camarda and his son were Ca org Camarda quickly ordered $16 Worth of cheeseburgers and dashed Down the Street in Exchange for the sandwiches which were lunch for 10 hungry sales people Camarda received a 1976 yellow and rust Pinto. It runs pretty Well but of that car s a wreck said Camarda. Who is proud of his new set of wheels with 100.000 Miles already logged on it. Sales manager Mike o Connor said his staff was Ltd the car went to someone who really needed it. Crash into vehicle department flunks 89-year-old test Driver Oakland Calif. A an 89-year-old Man failed his driving test after his foot slipped off the Brake and his car crashed through a window of the department of motor vehicles police say. Roy Johnson of Oakland had just finished his 15-Tnin Ute Long test with examiner Pamela Grayson sitting on tie passenger Side when he stopped his car in front of the building said state police sol. Robert Best. Johnson s foot slipped off the Brake and hit the accelerator Best said. The car jumped the curb and sped across the 10-foot-Widc, sidewalk smashing about 18 inches into the building. Johnson and Grayson were not hurl but damages to the building were estimated at $1,000. Best said. Chief criminal prosecutor of . Is forced to resign Providence. , up Rhode Island s chief criminal prosecutor has been fired from his $52,000-8 year Job for refusing to apologize and accept a suspension and demotion for meeting with a Man under Sute and Federal indictment. Henry Gemma 44, who headed the state s unsuccessful attempted murder Case against socialite Claus von Butow was abruptly fired by attorney general Arlene Violet. Gemma who was suspended without pay oct 11, had refused to return to work at a lesser position to apologia for the meeting and to accept a 30-Day suspension. I told him that he left me no Choice but to ask for his resignation " Violet told a hastily called news conference. He refused and 1 terminated his  student who bombed mosque in Houston sentenced to prison a a Trade school student who admitted bomb my a mosque after shiite moslem in Lett anon took 39 americans hostage from a Twa flight in june has been sentenced to five years in prison. Mephan c Ahern. 22, also was ordered to pay $46,169 in restitution. Homemade pipe bombs heavily damaged the Omar us Salaam mosque m Southwest Houston june 22. I regret what j did " Ahern said at the sentencing. It i " Russi l1 2i to also admitted his part Inge bomb my. Was sentenced earlier this month to 10 years in prison and ordered to make Resli ution in i a ft-"1 Ranry amps Jones 21 is " be sentenced later this month for i part in the bombings. I he american hostages were later released