European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday january 10,1986 hard driving trainee Christ Maul Lff America first tech a so Bonaut Carrier during training to Kennedy space Center flu., Roneen Lelh is she Mii Wann a Mored personnel for a scheduled Jin. 23 night aboard the space shuttle. Irate passenger nearly crashes of Atlantic City . Up a commuter flight passenger angered at having to put out his cigarette lunged into the cockpit and forced the plane into to nose dives before he was subdued by passengers and Crew Mem Bers who beat him unconscious. John Gary Johnson 33, of Newark was arrested when Allegheny commuter right 1050 resumed to Atlantic City wednesday. He was charged with crime aboard an aircraft and interfering with a flight Crew Fri agent Michael Mcdonnell said. The Fri said the plane plummeted 2,000 feet to within 1,500 feel of the Ocean before passengers grabbed John son who then broke free and look the controls again wrestling the Small plane into a left Bank and an almost vertical dive. He was determined to make the plane crash and had a death grip on the steering wheel passenger Robert a trams a 38-year-old partially disabled Vietnam Veteran from Patchogue n.y., told the Philadelphia inquirer. I kept punching him but the . Would t go out said Abrams who broke his hand in the fight. He was fighting like 1 can t explain. I thought i was going to die. It took eight or nine punches 10 the head before he went a Federal aviation administration official said John son was rendered unconscious by the passengers and Crew members. Johnson was listed in satisfactory Condi Tion at the Atlantic City medical Center where he was held under guard and was to be arraigned thursday in u j5. District court in Camden. Johnson three other passengers and the Pilot were slightly injured in the scuffle As the twin engine plane flew about 40 Miles North of Atlantic City and to Miles East of the new Jersey coast Over the Atlantic the Faa said. No smoking was permitted on the Dehaviland twin Otter thai left Bader Field in Atlantic City at 6is . Est bound for slip n.y., on Long Island with five passengers and two Crew members aboard. When Johnson lit a cigarette passengers complained. The Pilot ordered Johnson Over the aircraft s Public address system to extinguish the cigarette Faa spokesman Dennis Flath said. Johnson crushed the cigarette Hen entered the cockpit lunged at the Captain and grabbed the steering column causing the plane to nose dive twice while the Pilot appealed for help when Johnson was subdued the Crew turned the plane around and landed at 7 07 . At the Faa technical Center at Atlantic City Airport in Pomona because Security officials were there co arrest Johnson officials said. Uranium Falls from a Ray machine Henderson Nev. A a capsule containing uranium fell out of a portable a Ray machine wednesday night at a Kerr Mcgee corp. Plant that makes fuel for the space shuttle program and authorities closed off a Section of the Plant. No one was injured and there was no immediate danger in the second emergency in a week at a Kerr Mckee Plant raid Doug Downs a us vegas fire department spokesman. An area 400 feet in diameter was sealed off he mid. One worker was killed when a shipping Container rup tured Al the Sequoyah fuels corp. Plant near Gore okla., on saturday spewing toxic Gas into the air. More than 100 workers Ana people living nearby were examined Al Hospi tals. On wednesday Only three or four people out of More than 100 employees were in the Plant 15 Miles Southeast of downtown Las vegas said John Papageorge. A Deputy chief with the Clark county fire department. The capsule was emitting some radiation Bat papa George called the Accident minimal there s no danger to anybody he said. We re just taking our time Here. We re taking precautions to make sure no one is firefighters using radiation monitors found no Trace of leakage More than 200 feet from the capsule Downs said. A Plant worker who answered the Telephone referred questions to the company s Oklahoma City okla., Headquarters. A Security officer in Oklahoma City said company officials could not be reached until thursday morning. Slate health officials were called in to bring a shield device which Downs said would be used to pick up the capsule and put it Back in toe Plant s a Ray machine which is used to examine welds at construction Sites. Stateside Pennsylvania mine Cave in kills Man on first Day of Job Lincoln Colliery. A. A a mine Cave in killed one Man an his first Day on the Job and briefly trapped i rec others a stale police spokesman said. The body of Clayton Knorr 21, of Gordon was recovered from inc Rothermel Coal co mine. One of the miners who escaped Mark Tillman 23. Said he and Knorr received no safely instructions before entering the Shaft even though the jobs were i hair first in a mine. The Cave in occurred after an explosive charge was Del Ona cd in the 20-fool-wide Shaft to Elywn said. I heard a crack but it did t really faze me he said. About two seconds later Felt n Little Coal dust on my Helmel. I looked up and saw the boards Start to crack pc try Good and i said she s coming Down. Let s go " Knorr must have Sal there and froze to clean said. The other iwo men were seasoned miners said slate police Cpl. Martin Hickman. Jesuits will no longer make that devilishly Good wine los gatos Calif. A the Jesuit order s novitiate winery which produced a wine billed As devilishly Good has gone out of business after nearly a Century of operation. The winery was taken Over by vintner m. Manon and co., inc. A 6-year-old company based in Saratoga. The company negotiated a seven year lease with the Jei Uili to produce wines under the Marion Label. The Jesuit winery was established in 1883 As a raining ground for Novice jesuits and produced wine for Church and Public consumption. We Are a religions order and Are not supposed to be taking business venture risks said the Rev. James Bren Nan president of the winery. And the wine business for us now would be a business 188 would be haitian refugees sent Home by coast guard Miami a the coast guard intercepted iwo boats with ibs would be refugees from Haiti then re turned the people to their impoverished Homeland t spokesman said. Petty officer Brandy inn said the interdiction came last weekend. The two boats stopped in separate incidents Jon. 3 and 4, were intercepted within 60 Miles of the haitian coast she said. Both boats were considered Nusca worthy by coast guard personnel who Sank them. The Culler steadfast transported the haitians to the haitian capital port a Prince. The coast guard has now intercepted 159 boats off Haiti since the Reagan administration began the interdiction program in october 1981. Ian said 6,709 haitians have been returned Home after their ships were slopped under the program. New commander assumes Post at fort Banning ceremony Columbus of. A maj. Gen. Edwin h. Bubba or. Took command of the 25,000 soldiers Al fort Benning in ceremonies tuesday he succeeds maj. Gen. John w. Foss who has been named commanding general of the 82nd airborne div it fort Bragg . Foss has commanded fort Benning for 21 months. At a one hour ceremony Burba pledged to maintain the same great command environment we Veall thrived and grown under Here at fort Burba an Oklahoma native has held a number of com Mand and staff pasts. Most recently he was assistant com mandant of the army infantry school at fort Benning. Top maker of big trucks drops International Harvester name Chicago a the head of International Harve Ter co. Announced it is changing its name to Avistar International corp. Harvester a 115-year-old company that was a Lohn time Leader in the agricultural equipment business now b the leading , maker of medium and heavy duty trucks. The company Gol out of he farm equipment bushmen � year ago after suffering heavy losses. Donald d. Lennox chairman and chief executive offi cer made the announcement at a Chicago hold with � television satellite link to almost 15,000 employees across the United states and in Canada. Harvester agreed to drop Harvester and its Black and red in logo As part of the Sale of its farm equipment business to Tenn eco inc Al Al Case subsidiary in january
