European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 6 the stars and stripes thursday september 4, 19b6 3 air traffic controllers told to undergo drug treatment Palmdale. Calif. A three air traffic con trollers who used illegal drugs while off duty must undergo rehabilitation at their own expense or face dismissal a Federal official says the drugs traced in Uri analysis were found to be amphetamines cocaine and marijuana said the offi Cial Don Early manager of the los Angeles air traffic control can scr Here. Fifteen other controllers have been cleared and Al Lowed to return to work while investigations continued for 16 and for five Center employees who arc not controllers. Early told a news conference tuesday. The investigation stemmed from a los Angeles county sheriffs department search of the Home of enter Secretary Karen Mclntosh on july 8. Investigators found papers thai led them to suspect drug use among controllers. Deputy Chris Robbins said Mclntosh 27, and her husband Steve 30, await trial on drug Possession charges. The Faa began its own investigation resulting in the removal of 34 controllers from their radar Scopes which Monitor an area from bake Rafield 225 mile South to the mexican Border and approaches from Utah and Nevada. The controllers had been placed on administrative leave aug. 21. Investigator never alleged there was any drug use while on duty Early said. Some of those under investigation complained their reputations were ruined by the investigations even Hough they were never charged with a crime. Air safety has not been compromised before or Dur ing he investigation. Early said. He said controllers at Palmdale were not guiding the aircraft that collided sunday Over Cerritos. Man who was twice discharged by Hospital Dies of heart attack Sheboygan wis. A a 3&-year-Oid Man suffered a fatal hear attack tuesday after being treated and discharged twice from a Hospital authorities said. Thomas j. Wilbert who had a history of asthma an was on medication for inc ailment went to Sheboygan memorial Hospital Early tuesday morning complaining he had Chest pains and was having difficulty breathing said Sheboygan police inspector Clarence Kolb. He was discharged but complained to a companion that he was Stilt having the symptoms and the Friend look him Backo the Hospital for a second examination. Kolb said the Hospital treated Wilbert for asthma and sent him Home where he arrived about 2 . The Hospital was investigating the incident and had no immediate comment said spokesman Jim Wil Liams. Kolb said Witten s body was found by a police officer about 4 16 . On a City Street about half a Block from his Home Wilbert had complained to his wife that he was still having pains and trouble breathing and said he was going for a walk Kolb said. He said an autopsy revealed Wilbert died of a hear attack. Stateside forbidden raffle ticket wins couple condominium Wemouth mass. A a shipyard worker Laid off from his Job six non is ago hid a $100 raffle ticket from his wife because she said they could t afford it. It won them a 1130,000 condominium. I could t let my wife know i d Bei s100 or the d kill  Michael a Farrell 37, of Weymouth said tuesday. Farrell a former ship filter at general dynamics corp s Quincy shipyard division bought the ticket in Boston s Carney Hospital raffle. Tanker truck Accident causes 21-mile traffic Jam by the los Angeles time los Angeles tent of thousands of con Nuten were caught in 21-mile-Long traffic Jam an estimated 000 residents were evacuated and 10 people Wen healed for breathing difficulties Early tuesday after Tanker truck broke apart on a los Angeles freeway. The truck spewed 25 tons of hot molten Fulfur that set off a series of Small fires and sent an evil smell no Cloud of fumes into the air 2 men playing army at Home end up in jail Tacoma Wash. Up police arrested two men for playing army in a living room shooting spree hit Cut a gaping Hole through the floor and left Telephone books and a stuffed toy animal riddled with Bun Eta. John a. Olsen 32, of Tacoma and Michael Francis Gibson 30, of Seattle were taken into custody Early tuesday after neighbors were awakened by the gunfire and called police. Officers according to he arrest report found seven rifles and handguns As Well As various magazines and two phone books full of holes. Olson told officers he had always wanted to indoor target Range and that he and Gibson were just playing army the report stated. Prankster s 5-year term surprises even prosecutor Scranton. A. Up a judge set a Heck of a precedent by ordering a five year prison term for a prankster who started a tampering scare that prompted supermarket to remove jell a products from its shelves a prosecutor said. Norman Mark Allen. 21, of Honesdale received the prison sentence tuesday from . District judge Edwin Kosik who said he hoped it would deter others from Mak ing product tampering threats. It s a Heck of a sentence and it sets a Heck of a precedent assistant . Attorney Albert Murray or. Said. The judge is saying if you make a threat the Bottom line is five years if thai does t Send a signal i Don t know what  Allen a twice convicted burglar pleaded guilty july 29 to two counts of communicating false information regarding consumer product tampering. He is the first person in the nation prosecuted for the crime. Federal authorities accused Allen of Call ing Acme supermarket in hons Dale in northeastern Pennsylvania july it and 12during a nationwide wave of tampering scares and saying that the store s jello Brand products had been poisoned with cyanide. The Market pulled the products from its shelves but no evidence of tampering was found. Kosik sentenced Allen to the maximum of five years in a Federal prison on each of the two counts but said the sentences would run concurrently. He also ordered Allen to pay $ 100 o the crime victims fund. The judge said thai although the Call apparently were intended As a prank jokes and empty threats can injure peo ple and the Public at  court orders Man to pay Cost of emergency Landing Jacksonville Fla. A a Man whose telephoned bomb threat forced a jetliner carrying his wife to make an emergency Landing has been placed on five years probation and ordered to pay the $9,727 Cost of the Landing. Steve John Mitchell who said he had been distraught after an argument with his wife and was afraid she might not return from visiting her father pleaded guilty tuesday to a felony change of conveying false information. It s amazing to me that the govern ment Lei you get off this lightly . District judge John h. Moore ii told Mitchell 27, of Jacksonville. Moore accepted a plea agreement including pro Bation and allowing the judge to set the Cost to Delta air lines of the emergency Landing. Moon said the bomb threat not Only Cost Delta Money but could have endangered the lives of the 270 passengers aboard flight 146 by forcing the plane to return quickly to Jacksonville after it had taken off. The scheduled destination for the june 22,1984, flight was Atlanta. No bomb was found and ins plane resumed in flight. Looking toward a brighter future Harriet Montgomery 68, Tost her Job As concessionaire it the Federal build ing in Fay of n.d., when she regained her Rison alter t Lens transplant. By Law Concession contracts Mut go to the i Molly handicapped. Althou Rii Montgomery will Meta her Job in id futo me it s t Good Tondt on