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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, December 8, 1985

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 08, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday december 8, 1985 a Trail of what appears to be smoke streams from the rear of an Eastern airlines Boeing 727 As it circles Miami s Airport Friday night after one of its engines failed. Engine trouble forces Jet to return to Airport Miami up engine trouble Friday night forced an Eastern airlines jetliner with 130 passengers and Crew aboard to return to Miami International Airport. Witnesses said there was a Trail of smoke from one of the Boeing 727 s engines but airline officials denied it. Right 975 made a scheduled Stop in Miami on its run from new Orleans to Barbados and Trinidad then took off but returned to the Airport. Passengers were transferred to another plane and continued the flight to the islands. Eastern spokesman Glenn Parsons said there was no fire in the engine and despite descriptions by witnesses there was no smoke. Laurie Perez of Miami watched the plane from the ground. She disagreed. It was horrendous he said. There was smoke. There was a lot of smoke. That plane looked like it was going  Jack Barker of the Federal aviation administration s regional office in Atlanta said the Pilot first reported a fire in the engine and Cut the engine. He said it was later discovered there was no fire. He had an engine fire warning Light which is Why he Cut the engine Barker said. Ambulances and fire trucks were called to the runway As the plane landed after making a Loop Over the Everglades West of the Airport to dump excess fuel. Passengers said everybody seemed Calm while the plane was in the air but Ruth Bramson of Boston was t so sure. It s easy to say stay Calm but when you re up in the air looking Down at and those ambulances it does t seem so Rou Tine Bramson said. Bob Luconti Couch of an Amateur basketball team called the Chicago challengers which was on the flight said the Pilot came on and said we were having � slight problem with one of our  Eastern mechanics later said the Turbine sine failed for reasons they had not yet identified. Lbs agrees not to use paper s name in to series Chicago up there will be no references to the Chicago Post when Mary Tyler Moore s television series premieres next week lbs attorneys said. The first episodes of the show Mary had the Star working As a columnist for a fictional newspaper called the Chicago Post. But owners of the real Chicago Post a monthly news paper with a circulation of 40.000 sued the network and atm enterprises inc. For $4 million for trademark infringement. Scenes using the name Chicago Post will Berschot be fore the dec. 11 premiere lbs attorneys told . District judge Ann Williams Friday. They would not reveal the new name of the fictitious paper. In the series Moore stars As Mary Brenner a woman who loses her Job at a fashion Magazine and is hired As a columnist for a newspaper characterized As a scandal Sheet. Ken Levine one of the show s producers said he did not know exactly How several references to the Post would be erased in the opening episode. All i can say is watch the show wednesday night Levine said. Between now and wednesday a lot of things could happen he said. I m not trying to be evasive but i truly Don t know at this  extensive re shooting could be required. In the new show Chicago Post appears atop an arched doorway and the name is spoken several times by Moore and her co Star James Farantino. It was a Victory for the Little Guy said Post owner Richard mall. We re Happy a Little Guy can be assured in this coun try if he has a trademark that he does t have to worry about a Large corporation Bowling him  Williams rejected Mell s request that he be allowed to see the premiere episode before it airs nationwide. She said she had no Power to Force an Advance Screes ing. Campaign spending showed moderate Rise in /83-/84 Washington up spending in congressional campaigns in 1983-84 in creased Only 9.3 percent Over the previous two year Campaign Cycle and outlays for House races actually decreased the Federal election commission reported saturday. A total of $374.1 million was spent on House and Senate races during the two years compared with $342.4 million the previous two pc ars. The increase was considerably less than in previous Campaign cycles. From 1980 to 1982, spending increased by 43 percent. In the two years before that it jumped by 23 percent. Spending on Senate races for the 1983-84 Campaign increased by 23.1 percent Over the previous two years. By contrast spending in House races decreased by 0.2 percent. The Fec said politics not the Economy accounted for the decrease. In 1983-84, there were More incumbents in so called Safe scats where the margin of Victory was 60 percent or More and an unusually Small number of open seats where the incumbent was not running. Open scat elections Are usually the most expensive. At least 6 die 14 Hurt in building blast Derby Conn. A Rescue Crews searched for More bodies saturday in the soldering rubble of a downtown building levelled by an explosion Friday afternoon that authorities said killed at least six peo ple and injured 14 others. One of the injured had been trapped in the wreckage for about four hours. Fires had continued during the night As Rescue Crews worked sending a thick Cloud of smoke hundreds of feet into the air but the flames were extinguished by mid morning. The explosion ripped through the three Story Brick building housing the popular River restaurant and a number of apart ments. Northeast utilities co. Said a construction Crew was digging near some of its Natu ral Gas lines when the explosion occurred. Gcorge Canna gear a spokeswoman for the Utility said the i cd was not employed by her company. Witnesses said the Crew was digging in front of the restaurant. As natural Gas permeated the area police evacuated three blocks and barred spectators from the scene. The Utility com Pany closed Down All Gas lines serving the area. Authorities said they did t know what caused the explosion. The restaurant occupied the Bottom two floors of the Brick building while the top floor was used for apartments. The roof and front of the building were ripped off by the explosion. Other parts of the building col lapsed later. Twelve people were treated for injuries at Griffin Hospital in Derby said Janet Heffernan a Hospital spokeswoman. Only two were admitted one for a fracture and the other for a Back injury and both people were listed As stable she said. One person was treated and released at St. Vincent s medical Center in Bridgeport id Hospital spokeswoman Elizabeth Stum Bris who did t know what injuries the per son sustained. The 279 House incumbents who won with 60 percent or More of the vote spent an average of si24,818 on their campaigns. By comparison incumbents who won with 55 percent or less of the vote spent an avenge of $300,996. Special interest political action commit tees contributed 26.5 percent of ail the Money raised in congressional races orj105.3 million. The two big spenders of the Cam Polott were sen. Jesse Helms . With $16.5 million and sen. Jay Rockefeller. , with $ 12 million much of it his own Money. Gov. Jim Hunt d-n.c., Defeated by Helms spent the most of any loser $93million. The biggest spender in a House race new York Democrat Andrew Stein was a loser who spent $1.8 million in his unsuccessful Effort to unseat rep. William Green . Green was third among House spenders with  million. Second in the House was rep. James Jones l okla., who had no serious opposition de spite threats from a conservative Pac. He spent $1.4 million. The biggest recipients of special interest Pac Money in each House were sen. Pad Gramm a Texas with $1.5 million and Jones with $665,000  
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