European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 17. 1989 the stars and stripes Arrow air settling suits out of cd Tiff fort Campbell . A a growing number of lawsuits stemming from last year s plane crash that kilted 248 fort Campbell soldiers Are being settled out of court an insurance executive says. John Papageorge vice president of associated aviation underwriter in new York said the first round of Lalko was very successful. One Law firm had 50 cases. Half Are already settled and the rest will be disposed of by next week Sai Papageorge whose company represents Arrow air of Miami. Arrow air owned the do it Jet that crashed and he has often attended negotiations. Talks with victims families represented by attorney Lee Kreindler Start next week Papagorge said. A Howell Hopson. An attorney working with Law yer Melvin Belli said settlement talks for his clients will begin monday. The lawsuits were tiled within Days after the dec. 12 29 charged in gun running on Rio Grande Laredo Texas up1 Treasury agents wednes Day launched their second crackdown in two months on gun smuggling along the Rio Grande saying most of the weapons involved were destined for narcotics traffickers m Mexico. Phil Cho Jeracki Agnlin charge of the alcohol to Bacco and firearms division s Houston District said 29 of 38 suspects named in scaled indictments had been arrested by wednesday afternoon and officials believed some of the remaining suspects May be in Mexico. Chojnacki said names would nol be released until the suspects were arraigned but that seven registered firearms dealers in the Laredo area were among those arrested. On aug. 7, Chojnacki s agents also arrested 34 including 3d with past narcotics convictions on weapons violations in the Brownsville area 180 Miles downriver from Laredo. Chojnacki said the crackdown on gun smuggling along the Border is part of operation Alliance the Reagan administration s $400 million stepped up War against drug smuggling on the Southern Border. It in clude an internal Revenue service crackdown on Money laundering along the Border. The at official has said investigation and court testimony have shown an alarming increase in the number of weapons being illegally taken into Mexico across the Rio Grande since 1984. In fiscal 1984, the at documented 1,480 weapons purchased by smugglers while the number jumped to 5.638 in fiscal 1985 Chojnacki said. Sat ills of Lime in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 17, 1946 former Reich marshal Hermann Goering cheated the Gallows by committing suicide in his Nuernberg prison cell a Short time before the 1c Oiher nazis convicted of War crimes were hanged de spite tight Security. Goering managed to Swallow a vial of cyanide. 30 years ago today. Oct 17 1956 new York Yankee Pitcher White Ford who owns the highest lifetime winning percent the in major league baseball has captured the Ameri can league s earned Ron average championship 20 years ago today. Oct. 17, 1966 Nasa disclosed plans to put two bum keys into orbit for at Long at a year to learn More about the effects of weightlessness to years ago today. Oct 7.1976 the Tass. News Agency in Moscow Tate to soviet cosmonauts Cut their Russion shorted to return to Earth after failing to Dock with an orbiting space lab. Crash in Gander Newfoundland that killed 248 sol Diers resuming from a peacekeeping Mission in the Middle East. Arrow air is the main defendant. About 100 lawsuits were consolidated before . District judge Edward h. Johnstone. At a pretrial hearing in his Paducah courtroom in september he set up an Agenda for plaintiffs and defendants to meet to discuss Oul of court settlements. The meetings Are running slightly behind schedule Papageorge said because Many lawyers had prior court commitment. But we expect to be reporting Back to judge Johns Lone by Early november he said. Survivors Are being asked to sign agreements that they will not reveal the amount of their settlements until january. Papagorge said the number of settlements reached is also being kept confidential. Plaintiffs who cannot reach Oul of court settlements will meet with attorneys before Johnstone later. He ii use the auspices of his office to Settle them i m sure Papagorge said. He was optimistic that most cases and perhaps All of them would nol end up being tried. George gloomy,.,_.  dispose of All of these cases. The last thing in the world i want to do is bring them to  so far in the settlement talks the Only Issue has been damages Papageorge said. No liability questions have been raised at  Arrow air has conceded that it will have to pay compensatory damages under the Warsaw Conven Tion a treaty governing International travel. A punitive damages trial still might  hop son said compensatory damages Are awarded to cover expenses punitive damages As a punishment. Huge Baboon carries camera a off Pasadena Calif. A a balloon bigger than a football Field carried a Telescope camera More than 22 Miles into the sky wednesday to study Gamma rays from stars Black holes and other objects in space. The Gamma Ray instrument built by scientists at the California Institute of technology Here was launched beneath the 500-foot-tall, helium filled balloon from Hie National scientific balloon facility in Palestine Texas said Cal tech physicist Thomas a. Prince. It floated to a maximum of 119,000 feet or about 22 h Miles High and was to float for at least 20 hours until engineers trigger an explosive device so the Telescope camera will detach from the onion shaped balloon and float to the ground using a Parachute Prince said. Just As optical Telescope camera combinations make pictures of Siars and other objects using visible  device launched in Texas can make pictures using Gamma rays. Gamma rays Are among the highest Energy emissions from astronomical objects with wavelengths somewhat Shorter than a rays. $3 million lottery pot unclaimed Springfield Iii. Dpi the state of Illinois wants to give away nearly $3 million but no one is claiming the Fortune. A winning Illinois lotto ticket Worth nearly j3 million was bought nearly a year ago. It will expire on nov. 9 if the Winner has not come Forward state officials said wednesday. We want the Winner to have the Money Illinois state lottery spokesman Dale Arvidson said. We do everything we can to help find he Winner. We can pin it Down to where the ticket was bought. We plead with people to please Check their  the ticket was sold at Edmar food store in Chicago and is Worth $2,993,684.50. The Winner would receive 20 annual instalments of about $ 149,500 each. De Olczyk one of he store s owners said he believes no one will claim the prize and he is doing Noth ing special to get his customers to Check around for the  buy tickets and Don t even look at them some times. Someone probably bought the ticket and forgot about it Olczyk said. If the stale puts it Back int education that probably puts it to an even belter  winners have one year to claim their prizes. After thai the Money goes into the common school fund to pay for education. The winning numbers for he nov. 9 drawing were 4-14-16-29-37-41. Crippled Jet lands safely in Alaska Anchorage. Alaska up1 a Jet chartered by Arco Alaska made a Safe emergency Landing wednes Day on a foamed runway after its nose Landing gear stuck. No one was injured. We were ready for them said Guy Russo manager of Anchorage International Airport we had firetrucks out there and we foamed the runway  Russo said fire Crews spread foam Over 2,500 feet of runway before the leased 727 landed at 1 3s . The plane was returning from Arco s Kupa Ruk Oil Field on Alaska s North slope. The plane leased from Alaska airlines carried 109 Oil Field workers and a Crew of six. The main Landing gear operated properly but the nose gear stuck and the Crew alerted Airport officials. The plane circled the Airport while emergency Crews prepared the runway and waited for the Landing. Upon Landing the nose gear collapsed completely but the main gear held an Airport spokesman said. The Pilot was Patrick Lee Bowen of Anchorage. Another Cerritos averted Pilot says los Angeles a there have been 17 near collisions Over Southern California since the aug. 31 Aero Mexico disaster that killed 82 people in suburban Cerritos aviation officials say. The latest near collision occurred sunday when a Southwest airlines Boeing 737 carrying 122 people passed within just a few Hundred feet of a single engine private plane 10,500 feet above the Palos Verdes pen insula said Federal aviation administration spokes Man Russell Park. It could have been another cd Roilos said United airlines capt. Dick Russell los Angeles area safely coordinator for the air line pilots association. However Park said be 17 near collisions since aug. 31 were in line with past experience and not a dramatic increase Over what Bat been Normal conditions to los Angeles crowded skies. He said the Faa has warned pilots of email planet to steer Clear of the to Angeles terminal control area after the aug. 31 collision Between the Aero Mexico dc-9 and a Small plane. Flo. District halts student lie Detector tests Bartow Fla. A the Polk county school Board has decided to Stop using lie Detector tests on students in Hopes of settling a $3.6 million Federal court lawsuit against the practice. The Board voted 4-1 tuesday in favor of rescinding the five year practice leaving Duval county the Only school District in Honda using polygraphs on students attorneys for the school Board and the american civil liberties Union met last week to discuss detail of the $1.6 million class action suit filed aug. 1 by the Acle and two student. The Board s action was a decision against pursuing lengthy Legal Battle and not an admission of guilt said. School Board attorney Ca. Bubba Boswau. He said then would be no court injunction but Acle attorney Jim dark disagreed. School officials maintained the voluntary tests Given to students in grades seven through 12 with parental consent As a Way to Cio Eraie themselves when acct. De of violating conduct code violations. The tests had been administered.350 times in the 60,000-Studem District