European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the e stars and stripes Friday. January 17, 1966 lapse in liver delivery truck or incr Charles mall picks up some of lie 1,81 0 Pound Load of beef livers that spilled onto the Kennedy freeway in South Omaha neb. The Load spilled when the Back of mail s track came open. Traffic on the freeway was slowed for n Brier time. Mall dries fur const of Onuoha inc., which processes livers. Stateside manager denounces reports Nelson s death related to drugs los Angeles a the manager of former to Star and Rock v Roll idol Rick Nelson denounced published reports that the air plane crash that killed Nelson and sin others May have resulted from a fire ignited by free Basing cocaine. Federal officials say they have not determined the cause of the new year s eve crash of the Douglas dc-3 in Texas but Creg Mcdonald Nelson s personal manager insisted wednesday it Wos not related to use of cocaine. We know Why the plane went Down Mcdonald said blaming a broken gasoline Heater fuel line. The passengers were asleep. Rick Nelson and his girl Friend were asleep under a Blanket when the smoke of  he said. Mcdonald attributed his information to Pilot Brad rank who was released tuesday from St. Michael Hospi Tal in Trio Krona Texas Mcdonald refused to say where rank could be reached. Free Basing requires mixing cocaine with flammable Ether or ammonia. After the chemicals evaporate the free base co Caine is usually smoked Ina gloss pipe held Vcra steady flame. That s pure nonsense Rick Nelson did t do free base Mcdonald said of inc reports in the Washington Post and Dallas morning news. He was a Sweet Guy and he did t have those kinds of  the 42-year-old plane was carrying Nelson and his bund from gun Casville ala., to a concert in Dallas when it crashed near de Kalb Texas. Autopsies indicated Nelson 45, his 27-year-old Fiancee Helen Blair four band members and a sound Man died of smoke inhalation and Burns National transportation safely Board chairman Jim Burnett said. The Dallas newspaper quoted safety Board chief investigator Rudy Kan Uslin As confirming the Board was investigating the possibility of a drug related fire. In Washington d.c., Kapustin referred inquiries wednesday to safely Board spokesman Ira Furman who said we consider Ine possibility of  the Board has no evidence now to support a drug re lated fire he said adding that interviews with the Captain and physical evidence indicated a fire broke out in the passenger compartment before the plane crashed. Furman said the healer theory was being investigated. The Post quoted unidentified sources As saying preliminary reports indicate Nelson s body contained cocaine not absorbed into his system when he died. But the sources said final reports were not available. The safely Board has not received any victims Mexico logical reports Furman said. Or. J. Robert Dille of the Federal aviation administration s civil Aero Nedical Institute in Oklahoma City said analyses of the victims tissues had not been completed. He said he could not confirm the Post report. Propellants from aerosol cans Are sometimes used in free Basing and the Post reported cans were found in the wreckage mostly in the baggage area. Furman said they could have been passengers hair Spray and antiperspirants. Kapustin has estimated inc investigation May Lake up to six months. Reagan signs Law increasing benefits for disabled vets Washington a preside no Reagan has signed legislation giving Cost of living increases to 2.2 million disabled veterans and their dependents. The Bill which passed the House 388-0 and the Senate on a voice vote in the closing Days of the legislative session provides inc 3.1 Pyrc Cal Cost of living increase that social Security beneficiaries receive to veterans with service connected disabilities. ,. A. The measure which is retroactive to dec. 1, 19tfi, is expected to Cost $272 million in the current fiscal year which ends sept. 30. And j31s million in inc next fiscal year. T also contains a provision extending emergency Job training programs for veterans until 1987. Pabst is dismantling brewery in Newark for shipment to China Milwaukee a Pabst brewing co. Is going beyond shipping Beer to China it s dismantling a new Jersey brewery and shipping it Here. The brewery already is shipping millions of cases of Beer to China owner Paul Kalmanovitz said in full Page ads in Milwaukee s two daily newspapers the Opportunity is so Greal in China Hal we Are Dis mantling the closed Pabst brewery in Newark. N.j., for shipment to China. This is in response to requests of our friends and Loyal customers in China who asked us to ship a brewery to  Small plane narrowly misses 727 descending for Landing Wichita Kan. A a single engine plane flew about 200 feet beneath a Twa Boeing 727 preparing to land at Wichita s mid Contin Cal Airport the Federal aviation administration said. The Pilot of the trans world airlines flight 437, originating in Boston and with n Slop in is Louis was making its approach about three mites South of the Airport at 4 26 . When a Cessna 172 passed below it an a a spokes Man Laid. Man locked in Railroad car for 12 Days has feet amputated Danville a. A a 35-year-old Man who spent 12 Days locked in a Railroad freight car in a switch ing Yard had to have his feet amputated because of Frost bite authorities say. Edwin bal Listella was discovered Jan. 4 in the Norfolk Southern Boxcar where he had been since dec. 23, Yard master Sam Mccormick said wednesday the tempera lures dipped into the 20s during the period he s in bad shape but this Bay s Lucky Mccormick said. Thai car could have been sent off  Ball Stelia believed to be from Massachusetts had his feet amputated wednesday Mccormick said. He was in fair condition at the memorial Hospital of Danville according to a spokeswoman no one in the Yard which was closed for two Days at Christmas and new years had been near the lacked Boxcar until b car inspector heard Bailis Lella pounding on the Walls Mccormick said. There was no Way he could walk. His feel had turned Blue or Black he said. Ballis Lella was dressed mostly in rags and an army fatigue jacket and apparently had had nothing to cat or drink for 12 Days. Authorities Don t know Why or How Dat Luclla got in the or and the Hospital has not been Able to Contact any of his relatives Mccormick said. Damages recommended in hostage exercise Madison wis a a Federal jury has recommended thai five Marathon county employees who became unwitting hostages in a terrorism exercise should receive is 17,074 in damages. John Stevens the attorney for the five had argued for 1805,000 in compensatory and punitive damages tiling emotional stress and psychological injuries hey May Bear the rest of their lives. Bui after 4vi hours of deliberation wednesday the jury decided on the lower amount which includes 327,500 in punitive damages. Each employee will receive a Dif Ferent amount. The award is subject to approval by judge Barbara Crabb the fact that punitive damages were awarded. I think was unjustified said Tim Yanacheck attorney for the Bounly. He said he would recommend thai sheriff Louis f. Vianoli Appeal. The employees Myrna wiederhoeft Alice Holzem William Forrest Ross Hoffman and Gilbert Butzlaff were taken hostage by police science students feb. 28 in a training exercise at the court House in Wausau. Wiederhoeft so a copy machine opera Tor testified she thought t was going to die when a Man grabbed her around the neck and painted a gun at her head during the incident. Yanacheck said there was no question some of the employees Felt some anxiety As the events were recalled in the court room but he predicted those feelings will go away after this  my clients Don t deny that the employees had the a Jabben scared out of them and i Don t minimize that he said. How Ever he said " his Case has been blown Way out of proportion from the very beginning. The employees originally sought 12.75 million in compensatory Ana punitive dam Ages from the county. In december the county offered to Settle out of court for a total of $75,000. The offer was declined. Last week the six member jury dismissed the students and three deputies As defendants but said Gianoli had shown Reck less disregard for the employees and that they could seek damages from him. Or. Burr Eichelman a psychiatry professor at the University of Wisconsin mad Ison testified the employees remained psychologically vulnerable because of the incident and that All five had shown a pest traumatic stress  Michael Spierer a clinical psychologist who interviewed the employees in Decem Ber testified they All had returned to work and appeared to be leading somewhat nor Mal lives. Spicer said Hal had he interviewed the employees the Day after the incident "1 probably would not have recommended therapy for any of the five