European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 6 the stars and stripes thursday july 3,1986drug abuse lines deluged by Calls from cocaine users Trenton . Up cocaine hot lines another drug abuse programs say icy have been Over whelmed with Calk from terrified users since the co Caine linked a calms of sports stars Len Bias and Don Rogers. While Many of inc callers Are either seeking help or advice some Are acidic 11 seeking confirmation of to ctr mistaken belief that cocaine cannot Hurt them drug Counselor working in the programs said tuesday. There has t Hern Amrhine thai has increased i recalls inc Way time iwo a calms  said Lisa bin san it sink Cinoman for fair Oaks Hospital in . The Hospital operates l-800-Coc Aine a National hoi line dial has been in Onera inn for three years. During the 24 hours ending tuesday morning. Inc hos Pital received 2.200 culls up from a Normal average of i Joo. Benson Aid. Our Calls have pro Hubly tripled or quadrupled said Jamrs build Diri Flor of admissions Al lifeline a cocaine Iriart Mienl program Al Weiss memorial Hospi Uil in Chicago. The phone activity has been just unbelievable. The phone has t stopped ringing for the past10  Hias. 22, of Landover md., died june 19 after apparently taking cocaine White celebrating his selection in the Aba draft by he Boston celtics. Friends said the University of Maryland Star was not a habitual drug user and inc fatal dose May have been Bias firs experience with cocaine Rogers 23, a defensive Back with inc Cleveland Browns died Friday in California one Day before he was to be married to his College sweetheart. Coro Ner s investigators said lab tests found a lethal level of cocaine in his blood. Some of the callers definitely do refer to Len Bias and Don Rogers said Ronnie lon Oft an operating supervisor Wilh 1-800-Cocalne. They re asking much More medically related questions can co Caine really kill me Benson said Many of the callers appear to be addicts trying to convince themselves Hiil what happened to Bias and Rogers cannot happen to them or trying to find Oul How much they can Lake safely. Some suggest Bias and Rogers must have been using crystallized cocaine crack or cocaine Cut Wilh a lethal substance. If you know anything about addiction denial is Large part of in Bunsen said. There Are people who arc unwilling to admit that these two people could have died from  or. Herb Hochrich clinical director of inc cocaine hot line said he believes there is no sate method of using cocaine and even Small amounts can be lethal. People die with first use repeated use shoaling snorting free Basing Hochrich said. I think the Bot Tom line would be thai except for people with certain medical disabilities we can t predict who is going to  striking workers in Philadelphia threaten july fourth Celebration Philadelphia a piles of garbage grew Onich second Day of a strike by 15,000 municipal workers and a Union official vowed to do everything thai we lawfully and legally can to make the City s fourth of july Celebration  striking workers members of two divisions of the american federation of state county and Munici pal employees end the City remained divided on key issues of wages health plan payments and Job  by Vor Kors Al seven private hospitals meanwhile largely ended tuesday although picket were still up at a mental health Center. Mayor w. Wilson Goode called upon the municipal unions to resume talks with the City saying i believe that sincere round the clock negotiations can in fact produce a contract in Short  no talk were scheduled though Thomas Paine Cro Nin president of of some District Council 47, said his negotiators were willing to talk anytime anyplace anywhere and Are wailing for the mediator to Contact  said some questions remained Aboul holding the traditional july fourth concert and fireworks Fri Day evening but that officials hoped the july 3-6 free Dom festival would proceed essentially As  said strikers would do everything that we lawfully and legally can to make the Independence Day Celebration unpleasant. He declined to elaborate. His Union represents 2,500 professional and technical workers while of some District Council 13 rep resents some 13,000 Blue Collar employees. The strike began tuesday after negotiations broke off with District Council 33, and the while Collar Union joined the walkout. Cronin who has predicted that he walkout will be much tougher than an eight Day strike in 1978, said the strike had been extremely effective especially fora first  pools and libraries were closed and an estimated3,000 tons of uncollected trash some bags covered with lies and maggots piled up on some City streets. Police blamed the strike for instances of sporadic vandalism across the City including the slashing of tires on 13 City Commerce department can and Lor targe number of prank Calls to the City s 911 emergency Telephone line. Goode said prisons and Many other facilities were operating at near Normal. Prison guards covered by the contract talks Are prohibited by Law from striking an remained on the Job the mayor said. For several hours tuesday health cure workers Whereon strike at seven hospitals but by the end of the Day workers at Alt but one had ratified tentative contract Sand workers at the seventh were scheduled to Vole wednesday. Pickets remained at the West Phila Delphia Community mental health consortium a tentative agreement was reached with an eight Hospital where workers had threatened to strike wednesday. Lech i Hospital Syril wednesday fiery collision of propane truck freight train kills 3 in Kansas Valley Falls Kan. A damage was Esti Dick Pearse a sales representative formatted at is million after a propane truck collided with transport co. Which owned the truck i Enlil a freight train in a fiery Accident that killed three peo ple and injured two others. The truck Driver and two train Crew members were killed in the Accident tuesday on the Edge of this Small town 25 Miles Northeast of Topeka two crewmen were listed in fair condition with bums at St. Francis Hospital and medical Center in Topita three locomotives and nine cars of the 43-car Santafe railway train debited said Bill Heath an assistant general manager of the Railroad. Witnesses disagreed about whether the truck Driver had tried to Stop and about whether crossing lights were working at the intersection. Dic Hollon transport identified the Driver As Kjtny Mcguffin 48, of Hollon. Railroad officials identified the dead crewmen Ashe Engineer Kevin Henry of Lawrence and head Bra Keman Robert h. Winter of Topeka. Both men were Riding in the first engine. Frank Smith Santa be superintendent in Kansa City estimated damage Al More than $ t million. Susan Metcalf a spokeswoman for the Railroad i Chicago said the train was hauling mostly Grain products and scrap Meul and did not contain any Hazar Dous material it was resuming to Topeka from so Joseph mo., when the Accident occurred she  of the town of 1,200 people was without electricity fora few hours because Power lines were burned. Stateside pet lion that mauled twins to be Given away Shepherd Texas up a couple whose2-year-old twin sons were mauled by the family pet lion have decided to give the animal away even though they Don t believe the cat is vicious authorities  and his wife have decided to give hell Moth old lion Caesar to a zoo san Jacint county sheriff Bob Brut by said. The couple s twin sons Christopher and lon Nie were in Good condition tuesday at John scaly Hospital in gives lon. Where they we readmitted after being attacked by the lion sat urdu Brumley said Fuller Lold him the lion had played with his children in the House frequently and never posed a problem. One of the children wandered too close to the chained animal and was pinned to the ground by inc lion. After the first child was rescued by Hii Mother inc second boy approached 2and8v-92. In the other recall pm said it was notifying owners of about 500 Chevrolet and Csc trucks that he vehicles have steering arms thai could crack and fail the special trucks Are 1981 through 1983models and have 8,2-Liur diesel engine and Drorit Whyl drive steering axles for off Road use. Bush holding off decision on 88 race until november Little Rock Ark. Up vice president George Bush us thai despite polls showing him the front runner among Republican presidential hopefuls for 1988, be is making no firm decision until after the november  at a round of cop fund raisers tuesday Bush said the chances Are very Strong that he will seek the nomination. Bush told in afternoon news conference thai if he decide to seek the presidential Nomi nation he will pledge to carry out the administration s unfinished  Bush joined the Republican ticket in 1980after losing the nomination to president Reagan but he said the rejection had not discouraged him from again seeking the presidency. I Don t see anything less certain about it be cause of i 980, but 4 Don t want to get out ahead of where i am he said. If i go after this in willbe All out. Nobody will work harder