European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Paga 6 the stars and stripes thursday August 21,1986 agents of the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms Load � 30mm Cannon onto i Tan following explosion 2 arrested after anti tank Shell explodes at Gas station Nur no 4 Arlington a. Up two men face charges of manufacturing and transporting an explosive device after a 30mm anti tank Shell accidentally went off triggering an explosion at a service elation and injuring four people. The explosion occurred tuesday at a Texaco station while the men were examining the weapon said la Tom Bell a spokesman for the Arlington county police department. Bell said the two men identified As Robert Dilger 54, and Joseph Donahue. 40, had driven into the Sta Tion in a pickup truck just minutes before the blast occurred. Dilger was at the rear of the track showing Donahue How the weapon which Bell described As a Home made Cannon operated when a round slipped fro Dilger s hand and hit a Gas pump setting off the fiery blast. Dilger drove away in the truck while Donahue fled the scene on foot. Both were apprehended a few blocks from the Gas station Bell said. Four people including a 32-year-old woman Gas Sta Tion attendant who sustained 60 to to shrapnel wounds suffered first and second degree Burns in the explosion Bell said. The victims were All reported to be in stable Condi Tion at various hospitals. The weapon was a homemade Cannon Bell Don t know Why he Dilger had it or what he was planning to do rehab program now available to others paraplegic says Nan Davis with psychologist or. Fred Ernst. New York up paraplegic Nan Davis said tuesday the same technology that enabled her to make computer aided walk four years ago will now be available to others. Davis 26, making the announcement at a news con Ference said hundreds of paraplegics have called Wight state University in Dayton Ohio in recent years and begged to be accepted into the Welt publicized rehabilitation research program. Davis and the inventor of the equipment. Or. Jer rold Petrofsky were the subjects of a "60 minutes segment and a television movie. We be had to say no because it s just research said Davis now director of the new exercise program that will be administered , regional Hospital now we have a clinical program that can meet the de Mand said Davis who will be Able to walk Down the aisle when she marries in december. We be had this technology for four years and now it is commercially the l 10-a-Day program is designed to exercise Par Al Zed Muscles Davis said. The technology that May some Day allow paraplegics to walk with computer based electrical stimulation instill in the research stage she said. The program will teach paraplegics and quadriplegics to exercise their leg Muscles on a stationary bicycle Davis said. The Muscles Are triggered by electrical impulses controlled by a computer attached to the Bike. After several months of therapy the patient will be Able to Purchase one of the bikes for an estimated is 5,000 and continue the exercise program at Home. Officials at the midst blown regional Hospital said they believe insurance will cover most Othle Cost said her leg Muscles now Are Strong enough to allow her to walk with just leg braces and a Walker. Stateside suspect in 968 slayings won t face death penalty Nashville Tenn a the Man on he Fri s 10 most wanted list longer than anyone won t face he death penalty in the slaying of two police officers because the Law in effect at the Lime was unconstitutional authorities said wednesday. Charles Lee Herron 49, who was arrested june is in Jacksonville flu., after 18 years on Ibe run could face life in prison if convicted or the f 968 murders of the officers authorities say. . Attorney Joe drown said in court documents filed monday that the capital punish men statute in Force at the time of the slaying has since been declared unconstitutional. State prosecutors plan to seek a new indict ment against Herron drown said adding that Davidson county District attorney Thomas Shriver told him the 1968 grand jury selection method has been challenged As racially biased. Government asks recall of 150,000 pm cars Washington a the government has requested a voluntary recall of More than 110,000 Chevrolet and Pontiac cars with engine bolts that allegedly May fail and cause toss of engine control according to Federal documents released tuesday the National Highway traffic safety administration s recall recommendation covered cer Tain 1981-1984 Chevrolet Chevy Etc and Pontiac t-1000 vehicles equipped with Power steering and air conditioning. General motors corp. Last month responded that its analysis showed that the alleged failure of crankshaft Pulley bolts posed no safety threat and it declined to recall the cars. Both Nitsa i May request and pm t response were distributed by the private Center Tor Auto safety. The Center also distributed Nitsa documents showing that the Agency in May Reite rated its earlier request for the recall of 72,000 1982-83 Toyota Cressida that May suddenly accelerate because of an allegedly defective cruise control system. Gravestone of hero damaged by acid rain utile Falls . Api acid rain has forced the replacement of the 109-year-old Marble Gravestone of revolutionary War hero Gen. Nicho Las Herkimer preservation experts mid tuesday. The Marble Gravestone that stood Over the general s grave Tor More than two centuries was recently replaced by state officials with a new Marker made of acid resistant polyester. Marble is very susceptible to damage from acid said Heidi Miksch decorative arts Conser Vator for the state s Bureau of historic Sites. Richard Haberlen a regional historic preservation supervisor for the slate Agency said he ascertain acid rain is damaging id Public Monu ments despite denials by some Federal officials. This is proof positive said Haberlen. The original Marker will be displayed inside protective housing Haberlen said. Young suggests Tolmadge As new Pretoria envoy Atlanta up Atlanta mayor Andre Young said former sen. Herman Taji Rutldge Ait old line converted racist would be a idea Choice As the next american ambassador to South recommended Talmage 73, for the Post during a tuesday radio interview saying that the former Georgia governor and senator would be a Good Choice since he survived racial change in the United states. It takes a rare Bird to make it in South Afri Ca said Young . Ambassador to the United nations during the Carter administration. I suddenly thought if there was a Democrat inthe White House would recommend Herman Talmadge. You need an old line converted Rac Iitto help some racists con contacted at his Home in Hampton Tal in adj. Who was Defeated by Republican Mack matl ugly in 1980, said he was flattered by Young s recommendation but was nut inter ested
