European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes sunday May 25,1986 a Trainer runs for help As sports Rillor Phil Klusman lies face Down on he rack after being struck. Reporter killed by steel Ball hurled at College track meet los Angeles a a Veteran sportswriter forthe Bakers Field californian newspaper died from severe head injuries after he was hit by a 16-Pound Stee Ball thrown at a College track meet. The Accident that killed Phil Klusman 43, occurred Friday at the Mcaa division ii track and Field championships Al California state University los steel Ball used in the Hammer throw is attached to a handle by a wire and the athletes were competing to hurl it the greatest possible distance. Witnesses said Klusman was standing with two coaches in an out of Bounds area 180 feet from the throwing Circle. We were talking and looking at the Competition and there was a break Between the first and second flights said Cal slate Bakersfield coach Charli Craig. Then somebody started to throw and i saw that the Hammer was heading our yelled Phil Phil get out of there and he started moving away. He ducked and threw his hand and clipboard Klusman was taken to a nearby Hospital where hews pronounced dead shortly after 4 . Campus police sgt. Prince Green refused to release the name of the student who threw the Hammer and noted that the death was an Accident. States web 2 career diplomats named As envoys to e9ypf suf Pride of Baltimore inquiry begins search ends for 4 Crew members Ings in a five Day search that has covered an area of over500,000 Square Miles of Ocean the coast guard a the first mate of the Pride of Baltimore testified Friday that the City s Goodwill schoo Ner Sank so quickly that the Crew could not reach most of the emergency coast guard also announced it was calling off the search for four missing Crew the ship filled up we tried to get to the rafts but the Tiller was swamped John Flanagan told a coastguard panel investigating the Shipwreck. When the life rails did surface they were blown away and another life raft blew a valve he said recounting the harrowing experience that began on a Day that started out overcast but not particularly threatening. The tall ship which was 9 years old capsized May 14 Ina Squall about 240 Miles North of puerto Rico stranding eight Crew members aboard a life raft for 4vi Days an leaving four missing. The ship was returning to its Home port after a european tour and had recently left St. John sin the . Virgin islands. The coast guard in Miami called off the search for the missing Crew members Friday pending further devel combined Effort by the coast guard Navy air Force and Marine corps has come up with negative sight Flanagan said the Crew was prepared for emergencies. There were harnesses to hold the Crew to the boat i addition to life jackets. You never leave the boat until the boat leaves you he said. That was something that was drilled into me As a , the first witness in the coast guard inquiry testified a Day late because of a dispute Over television coverage of the hearing. Cmdr. John Maxham recessed the hearing thursday because a dam to and arc to both of Washington protested the coast guard s ban against videotaping the Pride s eight survivors. A dam to decided Friday to drop its protest after coast guard representatives explained that they had made a commitment to the witnesses to prohibit Cam eras said Stephen Langhoff the station s attorney. Molly Pauker an attorney for arc to said the Sta Tion still wanted to work out an arrangement to accommodate camera coverage but would not delay the Friday afternoon cameramen obeyed coast guard instructions to remove their equipment. Lious he has in serving As Deputy assistant Secretary of Chou succeed ambassador Hume Alexander Horan has been serving As Deputy Mcniel Olmis T
