European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. August 4. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 plan to save Dewey s ship hits rough seas Philadelphia Dpi a group of history buffs trying in save adm George Dewcy s flagship the Olympia from being repossessed by the Navy say a shortage of contributors May Force them to scuttle the project. Eve cry Al jays. Of it s wonderful Don l let it gel away. Hut inc mane is mtg slow in  said Milton a Isenherg. Spokesman for the Cruiser Olympia association which is spearheading a Campaign to save the ship. The . Navy had threatened to repossess the oly Rupia unless inc association pays off a $250.000 Legal judgment in the Case of a deckhand who drowned after slipping office ship s icy Gangway in i�-h3. The ship played a key role in Dewey s spectacular decal Ofsa in s Pacific Fleet in 1898 that signalled the world that the United slates would be a Force to reek wind Shear fears cause flight delays on with. It was from inc deck of the vessel that dowry uttered his famous order you May fire when you arc ready.  the ship was mothballed in thi1 Philadelphia naval shipyard until 19s5 when inc Navy proposed to sell in for scrap. A group of citizens saved the ship and turned it into a floating museum on he Delaware River at Penn s Landing in the City s historic District. About 140.000 people tour the National landmark each year. Eisenburg said Only so Kex has been raised from individual and corporate contributions and Thill s Wilh a great Deal of  there s so much fund raising going on in Phila Delphia. There s so much Competition for  said Eisinberg. He said Joseph Shein. Head of the full Rais ing coalition Conan Sutej  f T his own pocket. It s just taken  a lung Lime to git  . The Navy Sel several deadlines for raising the funds. The latest deadline was pushed Hack from mid August to sept. 5 to give the association More Lime. We a my to give him a Chance lit Success because it s 10 everybody s Benen that he  said Jamss , an assistant ii a. Attorn by representing the Navy. The Navy does not want in turned into some thing inappropriate which could happen Ifil is auctioned Sheeh in said i m hoping Hal slim Liling will happen. It s one of the v1 things where we can All Wake up one Day and say. Vhf did of let Len Igei a 7 " Isenherg said. New York us of heightened concern by pilots air traffic controllers and airline operators Over thunderstorms and wind shears has resulted in an in crease in delays on landings and takeoffs inc new York Tim reported sunday. Officials of the Federal aviation administration and inc airline pilots association told the times thai pilots Are now More inclined to Fly around storm centers. The greater caution comes in the Wake of a crash last year of a Delta air lines Jet that ran into a violent wind Shear at the Dallas fort Worth Airport the crash killed 136 people aboard the plane. Citing Faa statistics the times said inc number of flights Between january and june of this year Rose Only 4.6 percent to 4.5 million from i98s. Delays however were up 29.9 percent Over last year. Bob Buckrom an Faa spokesman said 70 percent of All delays Are a result of weather conditions. The times said the heightened concern about wind Shear has brought about a renewed Call for on ground and on Board warning systems. Wind shears some lasting Only As Long As a minuli1. Is Yalu occur during Ihui de storms. The most dangerous however Are caused by fasl descending inf it bursts of air Ilia fall from a Morm Drouil a Pilot flying Inlo a headwind can he buffeted by a Sharp Down draft and then have to contend with a sudden i Lynul the loss of airflow Oier the wines Cou pled Wilh the Down Rafi Dis sip Iii St in lift needed to keep the Craft King. On june 25, 1975. A wind Shear caused the crash of an Eastern airlines Jet As it approached Kennedy Airport in new York cily killing 112 people. As a result of inc Dallas Accident with Delia last year i sense a greater sensitivity on inc part of airline opera tors pilots and controllers making them More reluctant to Fly Inlo a really had weather situation Ben Kocivar. An Faa spokesman told the times. John Mazor of inc airline pilots association agreed. It is a fact that after any kind of an Accident there is an increased awareness. Increased sensitivity to whatever it was thai was related to Hal Accident major said. Night stalker trial postponed los Angeles up a judge postponed for three months the anal of night stalker suspect Richard Rami rez and refused to allow non English speaking people to serve As jurors. Superior judge Dion Morrow Friday postponed the trial until dec. 2 at the request of defense attorneys Daniel Hernandez and Arturo Hernandez who said they needed More time to prepare their Case. The trial originally was set to begin sept-1, and the Presnal motions were to have been argued Friday Ramirez was bound in heavy chains when he entered court for the beginning of the lengthy session. He slumped in his chair and occasionally flashed smiles As he scanned the courtroom. He replied yes when asked by the judge if he agreed to delay his trial. Ramirez s lawyers asked that people who do not speak English be considered As jurors arguing that excluding non English speaking jurors would Rob Ramire of his constitutional right to be tried a a jury of his Peers. But Morrow rejected the be quest say ing. We have never had a juror who can t speak English or understand the English  Ramirez 26, a self proclaimed Devil worshipper from Elpaso Texas is charged with 14 murders in los Angeles county and 31 other felonies. He is charged Wilh one murder in san Francis co and a non fatal attack in Orange county Appiott making a Call on a Long distance haul truck Driver Arthur gon Ilc a finds it easy to nuke a cull from his fab along interstate 95 in Massachusetts gon stopped to make the cull at � special phone for truckers on his Way to Rhode Island nil a Load of meat. Firm doing business in s. Africa loses la contract los Angeles in the first a termed the decision   uni i no or Mirtell Lloja Ipi if Init Tinial no mnrflllb1 Tion under a City policy barring contracts for companies doing business with South Africa mayor Tom Bradley moved to Dis qualify Fluor corp. From receiving a s2.5 million contract to manage the expansion of Fth convention Conler. The City of los Angeles has sent a message to the business Community you can do business with our City or you can continue to prop up South Africa s oppressive regime Bradley said. But you cannot do  Rick Maslin a spokesman for Fluor the Irvine.  engineering construction and natural resources giant we View apartheid As morally repugnant Maslin said. But in our More than 20 years of doing business in South Africa we believe we have had a positive effect on social  the City s convention and exhibition authority on june 20 tentatively awarded the contract to Fluor and two partners. Bui the authority left in up to the mayor or City Council to make the final decision. The total Cost of the pro Eccl is expected to be s310 million. The contract goes before the Council s finance and Revenue committee aug. 12 and before the full Council sometime later. The convention Hoard has Laid in will be guided by inc decisions of the major and Council. The Issue of in Pobiner sanctions on 1 arms doing business Wilh South Africa was being debated at inc Lime. The coun cil on july 3 adopted a policy barring companies Wilh South Africa ties from gelling City compacts. Fluor has a Sjo million a year con tract to maintain $4.2 Billum in Coal to Oil conversion plants for the South Afri Ca Coal. Oil and Gas corp. Maslin said Fluor s South african operations have 101 permanent full time employees of whom 16 Are Black six Are mixed race and six Are asian. He also said that Fluor s proposal on the s310 Mill Ion convention Conler project called for Between 22 percent and 25 percent of the work to go to minority companies. Meanwhile Connecticut gov. Wil Liam a. O Neill ordered his stale to in Media icly Hall new investments in companies thai do business in South Africa. O Neill also said the state would con Sider Complete divestment of its $5616 million in holdings in companies that do business in South Africa unless drastic strides Are made to Reform the nation s apartheid policies