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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, September 5, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday septembers 1966 the stars and stripes Pago 7 Landis caused 3 film deaths says lawyer los Angeles up television Star Vic Morrow and two vietnamese children died on the Twilight zone movie set because director John Landis wanted to make the film All too tragically and painfully real prosecutors said wednesday defense attorneys insisted however that Landis and four associates charged with involuntary manslaughter were innocent of any wrongdoing because the helicopter crash that killed the three actors july 23, 1982. Was caused by Munfor Scable and even bizarre circumstances those circumstances were largely the result of blunders by special effects technician Jim Cam Omile who set o t the explosion that caused the helicopter id crash Onlo Morrow and the Chil Dren said defense lawyer James Cal the helicopter plummeted onto the movie set in Rural los Angeles county during the Early morning filming or a spectacular Vietnam War scene depicting a . Air attack on a Vietnam Ese Village. The copier crashed after Landis ordered it to come Over Over Over towards the explosives prosecutor Lea Purwin d Agoslino said. Then the words lower lower  she said Landis filmed the scene with Morrow and two Liny children although the same effect could have been created without the explosives or the helicopter or the human beings to  soft Caribbean Coral May produce painkiller by the los Angeles tiny s san Diego a new group of potential painkillers More powerful than morphine but apparently non tonic and non addictive May be hidden be Neath the surface of the Caribbean according to re search by two University of California scientists. They said the sea whip a sort Coral thai lives inward Waters yields analgesic compounds that May play a role in the treatment of arthritis and other de generative diseases the researchers William Finical and Robert Jacobs said the compounds called  Are derived from the Coral s chemical defense system. In limited experiments involving mice Fenical said the compounds seem to work by restricting he release of Prosta Glandino powerful hormones thai can trigger pain inflammation and fever. The compounds have two responses they reduce inflammation and they eliminate pain he said. Westill Don t know exactly How they act we re still working on that but we do know that they re quite unique and  a major difference Between  another powerful painkillers is that the new compounds do not appear 10 be narcotic or addictive despite their powerful analgesic and Ami inflammatory properties. They re surprisingly non ionic considering the powerful biological reactions they cause said Fenical who is an organic chemist with he University s Scripps Institute of oceanography. Nudist seeks Equality in Camp los Angeles up a devoted nudist filed suit wednesday against Elysium Fields a clothing optional Camp arguing thai men who like to cavort in the butt must pay a steeper Price for in Nan women. Alejandro Crespi 36, a Law Book Salesman from Pasadena said in his Superior court suit that by charging men More than women for membership inc Topanga Canyon nudist Camp violates the slate civil rights act which forbids discrimination in business establishments. This Case is about equal rights far men and women not whether nudity is right or  said Ca spi lawyer Gloria at Rcd. Crespi said the Camp charges women s125 and men 1175 Lor annual membership. Elysium s Catalon attached to the lawsuit also says men must pay higher fees to participate in some workshops including Elysium Massage experience 110 women $15 men and the Art of car Shive touch $12 men s9women. Crespi seeks a court order forcing the Camp to charge men and women the same Price. Stephen Rohde the Camp s lawyer defended in legality of the two tiered pricing policy saying it was designed to give women easier Access to Elysium be cause historically they have earned less than men i m satisfied ii is not in violation of any Laws Rohac said the California supreme court has held thai not even Sei based or age based Price differential is illegal. Where there is a compelling social policy being served by difference in rates the Price Structure maybe  Crespi who has attended workshops at Elysium forthe last 11 years said Camp officials told him the sex based pricing Wasi designed to encourage a gender balance by getting More women to join. Survey says grocery shoppers records Trace like clean stores Friendly clerks philippine funds new York a what drives grocery shoppers crazy leaking packages broken potato chips and surly checkout clerks. Forget Aboul innovations like toothpaste in a pump and liquid soap instead of old fashioned bars. Consumers Are More interested in crush proof snack boxes meal containers that won t drip on other Groce Ries and friendlier clerks according to a Survey of 300supermarket shoppers nationwide. The Survey conducted by Demi corp. Of Green wich conn., a marketing and design company found the most important consideration in choosing a supermarket is cleanliness followed by courteous clerks convenient location reasonable prices and speedy checkout service. Less important were attractive displays availability of baggers and weekly specials and store coupons. Shoppers spend More Lime Reading product ingredients today than they did five years ago. National brands and private Label or House brands Are seen As about equal in Quality although generic or no name brands were perceived As being lower in qual Ity Ihan the others. Shoppers prefer supermarkets with extended hours so they could drop in before or after work but did t hink 24-hour supermarkets arc necessary. Shoppers want a medium checkout Lane to ill the Gap Between express lanes and regular lanes. Bui the ultimate in speedy service phone orders and Home delivery sparked Little interest. The Survey also asked about some new packages. Consumers prefer bar soap to liquid plastic bottles to Glass and shampoo bottles with snap tight easy pour lids. They also like mouthwash is and laundry deter gents with measuring devices in their Caps. Shoppers Are interested in improved resealable bags and wanted packages that protect snacks from being crushed and meat packages that Don t leak. Bogus sos brings 1-year sentence Boston a an 18-Ycar-Oid Man was sentenced wednesday to a year in prison for broadcasting a bogus distress signal that triggered a sea and air search for a sinking yacht with 10 people aboard. Norman Miller of Chelsea mass., who had pleaded guilty also was ordered to submit to psychological counselling and pay the coast guard pan of the j77,900 estimated Cost of the 20-hour search. You know what bothered me Aboul this Case asked . District judge John j. Mcnaught. We used the word prank. This is a terribly dangerous thing. I Hope other people understand  defense attorney Owen Walker agreed thai his Cli ent should go to jail saying an event like the ii can t go  but he sought a Shorter sentence. He s not the brightest Young Man in the world and he did not think of the consequences Walker said. Hell get the Point when the cell door shuts that this is a very serious  three coast guard patrol boats a Jet a helicopter and a tugboat searched a 9,100-Square-Miie area on March 20 after receiving a Roa Day Call from the lady Blue. The 3 . Call said we re losing Power to the ship. The radio is going Down with it. I am now leaving the  a second Call allegedly from a fishing boat identify ing itself As the Spenser reported seeing a flare. Authorities declared the Calls were probably a hoax when they could find no boats with Hose names and found no Trace of the yacht. Miller and Douglas p. Valcris 20, also of Chelsea were arrested a week after the incident when a Friend of Miller who Learned of the Calls contacted authorities said assistant . Attorney Ralph Gail a. Gantz said two stolen Shon wave transmitters were found in their Possession. Mcnaught sentenced Miller to serve one year for placing a false distress Call one year suspended sentences for making a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the United states and to three years Proba Tion. No trial Date has been set for Vaters. Trenton . A records found in the pal Ace of Ferdinand Marcos after he fled Manila show philippine government Money was spent to maintain new Jersey properties used by his children according to court papers. An attorney for the nation s new government said the records Are the most detailed to be presented in a . Court showing Public philippine funds were used to acquire and maintain the deposed president s hold Ings in this country. The papers were filed by representatives of the government of president Corazon c. Aquino who say they offer Concrete evidence of the laundering of millions of dollars allegedly purloined by Marcos and his associates from their nation s Treasury to buy and keep up several new Jersey properties. The documents filed tuesday with Superior court judge Paul a Levy Trace the Transfer of Public funds from the philippine National Bank to accounts of High ranking government officials in new York and ultimately to pay Bills in new Jersey. The a pen also show thai funds used of maintain the new Jersey properties were taken from accounts used to maintain official philippine government build Ings including the official residence of the Philippines Consul in new York City. Why would they have to get into this byzantine web if it was their own personal funds because they wanted to mask it and hide it because in was govern ment Money dive Cummis an attorney for the Aquino government said wednesday. The attorneys Are seeking recovery of a 13vi-acre estate in Lawrence township used by Marcos Daugh Ter ice when she attended Princeton University in the 1970s, the contents of the pre revolutionary War mansion and about $480,000 in several Bank accounts held by Marcos associates in new Jersey. The Lawrence township properly put up for Sale last year for $825,000 and then taken off the Market is estimated to be Worth More than $1 million. Included in the Bank accounts arc the proceeds from the Sale last year of a Cherry Hill property used by the Security guards for Marcos son Ferdinand jr., when he attended the University of Pennsylvania  
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