European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. December 27, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 3 9 of mall crash victims in critical condition Concord. Calif my authorities on wednesday found the second of two propellers from a Small plane that crashed into a hopping mall crowded with christinas shoppers killing four people and sending 74 to hospitals officials said. Nine of 14 people Side in Spitali cd were in critical condition wednesday to �  after the twin engine Bench Craft Baron slammed through the roof of a Macy s at Sun Valley mall raining inched roofing tar and flaming aviation fuel on the panicked crowd below. The crash caused an estimated  million in damage. The plane missed an approach to fog shrouded Buchan an Field late monday and had been urged by flight con trollers to Contact Carh Travis fab for radar assistance. But Pilot James m Ira Ham did not acknowledge the message and the plane crashed at the mall less than a mile from Bik Hanan. In to 20 seconds later officials said. Most of the aircraft s wreckage was cleared by tuesday night and investigators had not found the second propel Ler suggesting that it had fallen off before the crash said Don Llorente. An investigator for the National transportation safety Board. However. Security officers found the missing propeller wednesday wedged Between an information Booth and a stroller rental Concession said police la. Richard Gordy who added that Federal investigators would resume trying to determine the cause of the Accident. Airport manager Hal Wight said it was routine for planes Landing in the fog to ask for radar assistance from the air Force base 20 Miles away. Buchanan Field has no radar facilities he said. The Accident generated new concern about a plan by Pacific Southwest airlines to Start commercial Jet Passen Ger service at the aging Airport which opened in 1946 when the now bustling City of Concord was a farm town with 4,000 residents. Llorente said his Agency would review the plans As it investigates the crash and rep. Tom Lantos a Calif. Urged the Federal aviation administration to bar the new service until the investigation is Complete. County supervisor Sunne Mcpeak said her Board will review the safety of spa s plans on Jan. 14. The crash killed Graham 67, a Pilot for nearly 50 years along with his two passengers. The fourth fatality was a woman who had gone to the mall to pick up her i killed j 2 Hurt in hotel workmen remove he wreckage of a twin engine plane from the roof of a shopping mall in Concord c Alif. Wedding ring. Seven of the nine patients listed As critic were at aha Bates Hospital in Berkeley. Or. Jerrold z. Kaplan director of its Burn unit said the heavily sedated patients must undergo extremely painful treatment. On a scale of one to 10, the pain probably rates an 11 or 12," he said. All of the injured suffered Burns. Witnesses said red hot Sheet Metal and hot tar fell from the roof burning fuel flowed Down an escalator and a Christmas tree exploded into flames. Former firefighter Bob Parks helped pull a woman from beneath a pile of Sheet Metal. She was on her hands and Knees underneath the debris and she was burning. She was screaming he recalled. I keep thinking about her. You know she was sitting there before inc crash probably laughing. Then All of a Sud Den she was  Surprise Etna eruption triggers earthquake Catania Sicily a the flow of lava spewing from mount Etna ceased thursday but authorities remained on Alert As additional earthquake tremors continued through the night following a quake that left one dead and 12 injured. Crmelo i Nuncio an official of the prefect s office said the lava no longer posed a threat to populated areas on Europe s most Active Volcano following an eruption and earthquake on Christmas Day. However firemen police and civil de sense workers remained on Alert because the situation still was dangerous he said. The state run Rai radio said there were new earthquake tremors throughout the night but there were no new reports of damage. A burst of lava Early wednesday morn ing triggered a series of earthquakes one of which caused a resort hotel on the Northeast Side of the Mountain to collapse authorities said. An italian Man at the hotel was killed when a beam fell on his head while 12 others suffered minor injuries according to Roberto Sorge an official with the Catania City government. A Catania City official said about 200 firefighters police and civil defense workers were ready if it became necessary to evac uate about 5,000 residents of two villages on the Southern slope of Europe s most Active Volcano. However the official Roberto Sorguc told the associated press the towns did not appear to be in danger. The Village of Zafferano and Milo arc about six Miles away from the eruption on the Volcano s Southeast Side along a tremendous Cleft called the Valle Del Bove. Sorguc also said experts determined the eruption triggered a series of earthquakes. He said one of the tremors caused the col lapse of a resort hotel on the Mountain s slope. Police said the dead Man was hit by a falling beam. He had been spending the Christmas holidays at the Snow capped vol Cano with his family. Sorguc said the 12 injured people were taken to a Hospital in nearby , about 10 Miles Northeast of Etna. Slate run Rai television said Many guests ran out of the hotel when they Felt smaller tremors but the injuries occurred after the third and strongest quake which struck after the guests had returned to the hotel because of the extreme cold. Police said chairs mattresses and other furniture came crashing through several floors of the hotel be a tulle a Cement and wooden Structure. About 35 guests were registered at the hotel when the Volcano erupted. Many guests were rescued in the Middle of the night police said. Experts said the hotel was directly Over the epicentre of the strongest earthquake which registered 7 on the 12-Poinl Mccall i scale equivalent to 5 on the Richter scale. An earthquake with a magnitude of 5 on the Richter scale can do considerable dam age. Mount Etna Europe s largest Volcano has about 200 Small craters. There have been about 130 recorded eruptions Many of which also occurred along the Valle Del Bovic in recent years. The last major eruption was in May 1983, when dozens of Homes and businesses were destroyed. One person was killed. Etna is covered with Snow during the Winter and there arc several resorts including ski resorts on its slopes. Mailman can f fake pressure dumps mail East Greenbush . Up a Man work ing As a temporary letter Carrier says the pressure be came too much for him and led him to toss 1,000 pieces of Holiday mail in a trash dumpster. Charles Meacham 21, of Nassau dumped about 30 bundles of cancelled mail in a dumpster at a shopping Plaza about two weeks ago officials said. Meacham was working As a temporary mail Carrier sorting and delivering mail in the East Greenbush area across the Hudson River from Albany. Meacham said he really did not know what compelled him to dump the mail. He speculated it was because of pressure and overwork. I was working six Days a week and 1 burned myself out said Meacham. He had been working about two months replacing a Carrier on pregnancy leave. It had been a very hectic Day one of those Days when you had 20 times As much work As you normally had. I was under a lot of  the mail was found a few Days later by a trash collector who was emptying the dumpster. The collector re ported the incident to state police who called in . Postal service investigators. Meacham resigned. He faces a Federal Misdemeanour charge of obstruction of the mail. He is scheduled to go on trial Jan. 17 in . District court in Albany. Meacham said he docs not handle pressure Well and has his own beliefs about How a Job should be done. He said he had several disagreements with former employ ers. What made me do it 1 still have no idea Mea Cham said. He said he is seeing a doctor for acute depression. As for the evidence it will not be presented in court. Postal service officials said the mail was delivered Al though a Little late