European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday november 17,1986 acid rain tester Jim Kellogg who is in Choice of Vermont s acid rain study tales water Sample train Osmore fond in Gro Lon. Kellogg and other officials say the study which began six years ago Ray provide crucial Eri Deuce linking emissions train midwestern factories to the Northeast s damaged ecosystem. Startle Sitf Nixon predicts Little cooperation Between Reagan democrats Washington a former president Richard Ninon says there will be no Post election honeymoon for president Reagan and the moderate democrats in Congress and anyone who thinks otherwise is smok ing crack it was reported saturday. Nixon also said in an election analysis memo circulated to political friends and associates last week that the republicans lost control of the Senate because the democrats had better candidates the gop had too much Money younger voters did not turn out and republicans were Hurt by democratic use of the social Security Issue the Washington Post reported. The former gop president s six Page assessment of the election also included his prediction that the 1988 presidential election will be one of the closest in the  he said it would be a Squeaker like 1960" unless the nation suffers a recession next year that propels the democratic candidate to easy Victory the newspaper said. Ninon said political analysts who predict renewed cooperation Between the White House and moderate congressional democrats Are smoking crack Accord ing to the Post s report on the memo. With a presidential election coming up the demo the president s almost invincible Armor of Public we  however he said Reagan would not be a lame Duck in his final two years in office because of his Public support and the shift of democratic winners from the left to the  Nixon also said the multimillion Dollar get out the vote Campaign conducted by the Republican National committee this month was a  younger voters stayed Home while the Over-60 electorate turned Oul in greater numbers he noted. Those voters were influenced by the very Clever democratic strategy of painting republicans As being anti social Security he said. Drunken Driver who killed 4 kids faces a must View an autopsy Auburn . Up a judge Friday ordered a Drunken Driver who killed four children to spend Toto six years in prison and to View an autopsy to see first hand the results of  judge Peter coming gave Jeffrey Bennett 22, of Martville four concurrent sentences of two to six years in prison on four counts of vehicular manslaughter in the deaths of four Martville area children killed in a sept. 27 , who said he was sorry and cried outside the courtroom also was Given a one to Lorec year sentence for vehicular assault for injuring a fifth child. Coming also said he wanted Bennett to realize the consequences of what he did so he ordered Bennett to View an unspecified autopsy before he went to prison. Coming said he wanted Bennett to View an autopsy to see first hand the results of death he said. After court. Corning said he had never Given a sen tence that included watching an autopsy but he would consider it again in the future. It just seems the nature of the consequence of his actions could be brought Home very vividly in that manner he said. Hopefully it will not Only do that but maybe going through this experience and being released from prison he might be a positive Force for the Dpi War instead of a negative  Bennett pleaded guilty last month in the deaths of Lori and Jamie Curtis of red Creek and their cousins Holly and Billie to Huntington of Martville. The girls Ages 2 to 14, were lulled when Bennett s pickup truck hit their car As it was parked outside the Curtis Home. A fifth girl Melinda Baldwin 8, of red Creek was hospitalized for several weeks. When he made his plea Bennett admitted he had been drinking during the night and had not slept be fore the 3 25 . Accident. Police said Bennett had 8blood alcohol level of .22, More than double the limit that constitutes Legal intoxication. Malfunction causes outage of phones in Western Montana Helena Mont. A Telephone customer i in Western Montana could not make or receive Long ots Tance Calls saturday apparently because of a malfunction it a microwave relay station a Mountain Bell spokesman said. The outage affected at least 160,000 customer in Helena great Falls Bulte Missoula and most other communities in the Western half of the slate said spokesman Russ Cravens. Cravens said the phone company Learned of the problem about 1 . He said the cause of the outage was undetermined but was thought to be an equipment problem at microwave site West of Helena. Taiwan flu outbreak reported in Florida Miami a the nation s first major outbreak of Type a Taiwan influenza he been confirmed among . Navy personnel in key West and May have spread to Miami Public health officials said. A half dozen isolated cases of the Taiwan flu had previously been reported in new York Texas and Hawaii but last week 40 Navy men Many of them pilots came Down with the Lrein in key West. The Strain is not believed to be particularly virulent said or. Noreen Hynes of the centers for disease con Trot in Atlanta but she recommended that people with High risk factors be vaccinated. Despite immunity judge won t testify on payoffs Chicago a a newly elected judge identified at a 1985 judicial corruption trial As having paid thou Sands of dollars to another judge hat refused to testify before a grand jury a newspaper reported saturday. Joseph e. Mcdermott elected a Cook county Cir Cuit court judge without opposition nov. 4, has told Federal authorities he will not testify before to panel investigating the alleged payoffs in spite of i rant of immunity the Chicago Tribune reported. He was subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury but he asserted his fifth amendment right against self incrimination the newspaper quoted unidentified sources As saying. Runaway plane hits Van Pilot slightly injured Philadelphia a a Pilot spun the propeller of his single engine plane and the aircraft rolled Way from him crashing through a Fence and into a Van carrying six people police said. None of the occupants of the Van was injured but the Pilot suffered minor injuries to his face and band when he tried to jump onto the Wing and fell to the pavement police said. Detective Gerald Whartenby said Ronald cd Rifle Pher 46, of Langhorne started the plane t Eaf Ute by spinning the propeller. The plane got away earn Tealy crashing through the Fence of Northeast Pouf Dophia Airport and striking a Utility pole he said the plane then crossed a Road and struck the Row of the Van Whartenby said. The plane stopped in the Middle of the Road and caught fire. . Police department s 1 St drug sniffing dog Dies los Angeles a Frog a pit Bull terrier that became the los Angeles police department s first narcotics detection dog has died an official said. The 10-year-old dog could sniff out heroin cocaine Ftp and marijuana said it. Dan Cooke adding that Frog had found More than 1160 million Worth of drugs during his career. He had a great nose Cooke said after the animal s death. The land adopted ill month old Frog from an Ani Mal shelter the Day before he was to be put to deep. Cooke said. Even after Frog was diagnosed As having live can cer and abdominal bleeding he continued to perform his duties Cooke said. Officer Don Laban handled Frog since 198ft