European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 07, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday. December 7, 1985 safety Board recommends Boeing 747 design changes Washington Tut changes in the Boeing 747 jetliner design were recommended by a Federal safety Board to Prev inv structural Breaks suspected of causing a Japan air lines Jet to crash killing 520 people the new York times  Friday. The Jal disaster up. 12. 9k5, was history s worst single plane Dis Asur. It occurred when a j Al. 747 slammed into a Mountainside in Central Japan. Only four passenger survived. The jumbo jul ice parts of ils Tail Section before the crash. The changes a arc recommended thursday by the National transportation safely Board which cited preliminary evidence Tondi Calm the disaster began with the rup Ture of a Bulkhead at the rear of the passenger Cabin. The consequent release of pressurised air blew off the jut s  Tan. The safely Board made us  to the fed eral aviation administration. A a adoption would make the proposals mandatory for , airlines. In Mot cases. Foreign airlines follow such a a directives. Boeing  already addressed one safety Board recommendation to prevent a similar disaster by installing an aluminium cover Over an Intran Mcway for mechanics Lead ing into the Tail area of 747s from a non pressurized area behind the passenger Cabin. The National transportation safety Board a Cummen f Lions arc the first stemming from lessons Learned so far in the crash inquiry being directed by Japan. Other safely Board proposals were . In s inc design of the Bulkhead at the rear of the passenger Cabin. Re evaluating Bulkhead repair procedures for both 747s and 767s, modifying Boeing 747 Hydia ulies systems to prevent failure of All four systems in Case of a pressure buildup in the normally in pressurized Tail. More stringent inspections beyond routine visual checks of 747 bulkheads. 5 killed when fiery explosions Rock refineries in California and Louisiana by the associated pros explosions rocked Oil refineries in California and Louisiana thursday igniting fires Hal killed five workers and injured scores of others. Including sin who were critically burned. Two workers were killed and 45 Mars Hurt when a blast at the Atlantic Richfield co. I , culif., refinery Shook a neighbourhood and ski mics Jijoo feet into the air. In Lake Charles. La., a Hydrogen compressor it the Cit go Oil refinery cup kled and ignited a Flash fire that killed three workers who were trying to repair it said Plant manager re. Carlton. Two other workers suffered minor Burns. The Arco explosion rumbled pretty Good. Like an  said Sandi Mcdonell who was working across the Street. Paramedics attending a ceremony reded Ealim a county fire station to the late producer of the to Snow emergency jumped into action when they heard the blast nearby said los Angeles county fire spokesman Mike Moura.  of he injured were treated on a Grassy Patch across the Street from the refinery. I saw the flames heard the blast a fantastic explosion said county supervisor Kenneth Vlahn. By Dzugen from a Cracker unit that separates crude Oil into such products As gasoline and Dicel fuel burned at temperatures from 4.000 to 5.000 degrees in the Acci Dent at the refinery. The fire was put out about an hour after it started thursday morning. About 30 fire trucks and three helicopters carrying paramedics w Cre called to the Watson refinery 15 Miles South of downtown los Angeles. The injured were taken to emergency anti is at Urcla Harbor medical Center Long Beach memorial Hospital and Torrance medical Center s Burn unit. The cause of the Louisiana blast was still under investigation said Kent Young a Wilgo spokesman who trav eled to the Plant from the company s Tulsa. Okla., head quarters. Carle on said fac re was o substantial release of Hydro Gen which exploded and continued to Burn until it was extinguished about 15 minutes later. The three dead men and two injured workers were in the compressor when it exploded said Calcasieu Parish sheriffs spokesman John Scott Doyle. They were identified As machinists Vernon n. Mcclon. 58, of Lake. A  Spray Fer on � fire Al the Atlantic Rich Field refinery in Carson c�lif., thursday morning. Charles. Clarence Oaks 52. Of Lyquincy la and machinist apprentice Rhonda b. Stockman 30 of ran icy la. Joseph Guillory of Welch la., and Mayfield Harris of Lake Charles were treated for first and second de Gree Burns on their faces and hands. Killer of 13 executed in Nevada Carson City. Nevada a a Man who con fessed to 13 killings he said were revenge against his Abu Sive Mother was executed Friday the first person to be put to death by the state of Nevada since 1979. Carroll Edward Cole 47, was pronounced dead six min utes after three deadly chemicals were pumped into his body. He was convicted of killing two women in Nevada and three in Texas and had formally confessed to 13 killings. He was sentenced to die for one of inc Nevada killings. Cole was the first person executed in the state of Nevada in six years and the 50th in the in cd Stales since the us. Supreme court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. In an interview wednesday. Cole said he was Sekins revenge against his Mother who abused him a a child and forced him not to Tell his father Aboul her affairs with other men. Cole said he thought his execution would brine to Public attention the Impact of child abuse in cases such As his anything you do to a kid follows them through life i in it like a walking time  he said. He said he agreed to let doctors examine his brain after his execution to see whether there was a physical reason for his murderous rages that followed Flea Var scouts in bars where he met Many of his victims no stateside Spanish american War Veteran Walter b. Pleate Dies at 109 Lebanon Penn. Up writer b. Pleate the a lion s oldest surviving military Veteran who fought la the Spanish american War has died at Lebanon veterans administration medical Center officials said. He was 109. Pleate born oct. 10. 1876, in the Philadelphia area had been a patient in a hospitals since 1936. He had been at the Lebanon Hospital since 1966, said spokesman . , who died of bronchial pneumonia was one of the last dozen surviving Spanish american War veterans and served in the 2nd infantry having enlisted feb. 24,1899. He served in the philippine insurrection Campaign and served As an interpreter during the Boxer rebellion in China and the cuban pacification Campaign. Dallas City Council restricts smoking in retail businesses Dallas. Tunas a the City Council has Unni Mously approved an ordinance that restricts smoking in most restaurants grocery stores and Banks ending debate that lasted More than a year. Although it sets fines of up to s200, the Law relies primarily on voluntary compliance. The ordinance Sakcs smoking illegal in such retail establishments with Ericc has recorded a $209.9 million surplus Jim Mil lion ahead of projections. W. Virginia representative to wed after meeting match Charleston . A rep.  Gers jr., 34, once said he would t marry a woman who could i beat him one on one in basketball. He  met his match. The Democrat from West Virginia said he will marry Lesley Surgy 29, of Monroeville a. Surgy is the former starting Center for the West Virginia University women basketball team. The congressman s brother Danny said the couple met while both attended the University. Stagger graduated from Law school there in 1977, and Surgy a Burroughs corp. Employee graduated a year later