European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 5 suffocate in Avalanche of Coal powder Fairview . A a Hatch underneath a huge bin or Coal was opened accidentally thursday and five workers who were standing atop the pile suffocated As tons or the finely processed Coal collapsed and engulfed them authorities said. The five men did not suffer bruises or broken Bones but could not breathe be cause the powdered Coal packed in around them said the county Coroner Charles h. Koon. The Coal just kept sliding on top of them he said. The pile collapsed when a worker threw a switch that simultaneously started an Adja cent conveyor and opened a door at the Bot Tom of the bin said John Mcgrath of the Federal mine safety and health administration which is investigating the Accident at the consolidated Coal co. Plant. When that happened of course the Coal Benan to move engulfing the five men Mcgrath said. Consolidated officials said they Are conducting their own investigation. Rescue Crews dug frantically through the Coal but did not find the last of the bodies until More than an hour after the 11 . Accident. The company identified three of the victims As senior design manager Joseph e. Ounn so of Pittsburgh assistant preparation Engineer Joseph w. Leonard 29, of Morgantown and construction supervisor Roger b. Alke 36, of Morgantown Kvederis said. The other two victims worked for Industrial resources inc. Of Fairmont which identified them As Engineer Ronald Bell 39, and vice president David Kovach 41, both of Fairmont. The five men had been inspecting an overhead conveyor system in the bin according to Kavc Doris. Mcgrath said preliminary reports indicated that a catwalk holding the men col lapsed but Kvederis said they were on the Coal stockpile itself when the Accident occurred. Soviet bloc restricts travel by . Officials Washington not three East european countries have imposed retaliatory travel restrictions against american officials diplomats said thursday. The latest moves by Bulgaria Czechoslovakia and Poland will produce tighter surveillance on american representatives As they travel in some soviet bloc countries. The action appears to be in direct response to restrictions imposed by the administration to help the Fri keep closer track of communist officials. The administration was responding to concerns in Congress and Security agencies that East europeans work for the soviet Union particularly to gain Access to High technology in parts of the United states such As the Silicon Valley in California that Are closed to soviet representatives. In december the bulgarian czechoslovak East German and polish embassies were told by the state department that their diplomats and other officials would no longer be Able to travel freely in the United states As they had been Able to for More than a decade. The hungarians and Ruma Nivans were warned against spying but were exempted from the rules. The bulgarians cd Cocks East germans and poles were told that starting on Jan. 6, their representatives would have to give 48 hours notice of approaching travel and make their travel and hotel arrangements through the state department s office of foreign missions. Journalists and tourists Are exempt from the Rule. The new rules were imposed to meet con Gressional concerns that soviet bloc agents were Able to evade Fri surveillance by Tak ing advantage of unimpeded travel. The East european officials were not barred however from visiting any partic ular part of the United states. No new travel rules were imposed on officials from Hungary and Rumania which Are also members of the Warsaw pact because american relations with those two countries Are better administration officials said. Navy accused of lying to Congress about medical care improvements Washington a the Navy had failed to Cor rect health care problems when a High ranking officer was assuring Congress the system was improving sen. Pete Wilson asserted thursday. Wilson r-calif., released an internal military document which he said contradicted an assessment of Navy health care Given to a Senate subcommittee during a pub lie hearing. In the document the Navy inspector general concluded last october that very Little Progress has been made to Correct the deficiencies identified in a 1984 review "1 am disturbed and angered by this discrepancy Wil son told a news conference. Business As usual in military Medicine is simply not  Wilson said he was demanding an explanation from Navy Secretary John Lehman but said he had not yet received an answer. The Navy issued a statement saying a comprehensive review of Navy Medicine has been under Way for some time. The in report of october 1985 is a part of that review and pointed out some serious deficiencies in the. Management aspects of some of the  the report also stated that virtually without exception the doctors nurses medical service corps and the enlisted personnel at the inspected activities Are making a heroic Effort to ensure that patients receive the highest Quality of care possible it said. The entire question of management of Navy Medicine is of great concern to the Secretary and the chief of naval operations the Navy said and a variety of actions Are under Way or being studied to improve the Quality of Navy medical  the statement also said that Lehman would respond personally to Wilson but declined to say when. The report released by Wilson thursday was prepared last oct. 31 by Jerry o. Cult la then the Navy inspector general. It summarized a six month study by Tuttle s of fice to see if problems identified in a 1984 review had been corrected. Tuttle s report reviewing 10 naval hospitals and three service medical commands said the common denominator in All areas where Progress has been slow or unsatisfactory is an absence of a commitment to such Progress by top Navy medical management i.e., a resistance to change and a business As usual  Wilson said that at about the same time that Tuttle s report was released vice . . Satoh the Navy s director of Medicine and surgeon general was telling a different Story during an appearance before the Senate armed services manpower subcommittee which the Cali fornia senator Heads. Seaton told the panel the credentialing program was one of the Cornerstones of the Quality Assurance Effort but Tuttle s report said timely implementation of the credentials program has been hampered by cumbersome administration requirements inadequate staff and suboptimal Headquarters support Wilson said. A photon Mother s name Alexander ton Auersperg and his sister Ala Knels Slapper at the dedication of the sunny too Bulow victim advocacy Center la fort Worth Texas. The enter is named for their Mother who remains in a coma her husband clans ton Bulow was charge with attempting to murder her with insulin injections but was found innocent Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb. 8, 1946 a group of Argentine refugees said in a Montevideo broadcast that Martin Bormann Hitler s Deputy landed from a German submarine in Southern Patagonia and was living on a Plantation in Misione province. 30 years ago today. Feb 8 1956 Andre Siegfried one of. France s most respected writers Back from a visit in the vs., praised America s fantastic Prosperity in an article appearing in Paris be Figaro. But he cited widespread instalment buying in the is. As one unhealthy aspect of the Economy. 20 years ago today. Feb 8 1966 us. Cavalrymen and marines snapped shut the jaws the biggest trap Ever set in Vietnam but it was feared their Quarry had escaped according to Saigon press reports. 10 years ago today. Feb 8, 1976 More tremors Shook Guatemala. Officials said the death toll from earthquakes that struck earlier this week had reached 8,000. A Sheela arrives in . To face Poison charges Portland Ore. A a Anand Sheela former personal Secretary to Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesha and two other former leaders of his sect returned to the United states on thursday to face charges that include trying to kill the guru s doctor. Sheela 36, and a Anand Puja 38, flew from Frankfurt West Germany to new York where they changed planes for a flight to Portland. A Shanti Bhadra 40, flew to Chicago and was to go to san fran Cisco before arriving in Portland the Ore gonian newspaper said. The three women had been jailed in Buehl. West Germany since their arrest oct. 28 on charges they tried to kill Raj Neesby s physician with a Poison syringe at the sect s Central Oregon commune. They also have been charged with first degree assault and murder conspiracy in the alleged attack on Swami Devaraj 41, who accompanied the guru when he was ousted from the United states. Sheela also is named in 33 counts in a Federal indictment accusing Rajneesha and seven followers of arranging Sham marriages so foreign disciples could remain at the commune. Rajneesha 54, pleaded guilty to two of the 35 counts against him nov. 14. In a plea agreement with the is. Attorney s office he received a suspended 10-year sentence paid $400,000 in fines and court costs and agreed to leave the country immediately. He returned to India and now is in Nepal