European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday december 8, 1986 the stars and stripes Paga 5 dead Man revived after hour in icy Creek Iowa City Iowa up1 a victim of a traffic Wdell who spent an hour in an icy Creek was Brouth Back to life by doctors who withdrew his mood warmed it and then pumped it Back into his body officials said saturday. Douglas Rad offs Beart had stopped his body temperature had dropped to 75 degrees and his eyes were hied and related when firefighters pulled him from the Creek in nearby Well Liberty on Friday morning. For All intents and purposes he was dead Al that Point said or. Douglas Beh remit one or the Doc Ion who worked to revive him. Radloff 41, of Davenport was a passenger in a or that skidded into the Creek. He was pulled from the water about an hour later and taken by helicopter to University Hospital in Iowa City. The next 48 to 72 hours Are very critical for his survival Behrendt said Early saturday Rad lilt experienced two seizure saturday mom ing which could indicate big brain May be functioning a Hospital to Keiman said. No immediate signs of brain damage were found and doctor were most concerned about his lungs right now he is stable but he is still critical. He still has t awakened. His Beart. Which you know had stopped for some time is functioning very Well right now the spokesman said. Rad loft spent most of the hour in the Creek with his body submerged and part of the time his head also was under water officials said Behrendt said is lofts blood was withdrawn and slowly warmed As it flowed through a heart lung machine which in used to circulate a patient s blood during open heart surgery. The blood was then pumped Back into his body. Some 3 hours and 20 minutes after he was pulled from the water Rad lofts body temperature had risen to 92 decrees and a faint heartbeat was detected Behrendt said. Paramedics had performed resuscitation during the 30-Minuie flight to the Hospital but were name to gel his heart started. He Wai a passenger in a car driven by Russell Stags 31, of West Liberty police said. The two were resuming from a Hunting trip when the car skidded out of control and went into the Creek. Stags who was hospitalized in Good condition suffering from exposure was charged with Drunken driving police said. Randy Ford who worked at a nearby machine shop saw the car plunge into the Creek and summoned co workers for help police said. The workers who were unable to pull Radloff and Sugg from the Creek because of Slipoy conditions Heldon to them until firefighters arrived. Out of Gas Pilot ditches $90 million in cocaine Yuma. Ariz. Up a mysterious Pilot found asleep in his plane on an army Airstrip told soldiers that he Hadron out of fuel but after obtaining More fuel he led behind 1,400 pounds of co Caine Worth about j90 million i Bushes near inc runway. Nobody thought much about the nov. 26 Landing of the private aircraft until the cocaine parked in 17 Duffel bags was discovered thursday about 100 feet off the runway hidden under some Brush Al Laguna army Airfield. The Pilot had dragged them off the runway and camouflaged them under some creosote Ben Duffy pub Lic affairs officer for the army s Yum proving grounds said saturday. Because in was after thanksgiving we did not have As Many people around the Airfield As usual he said a Marine helicopter Pilot flying Over the area was the first to see them. Herb Hawkins special agent in charge of the Phoenix Fri office estimated the wholesale value of the cocaine at $ 19.5million and said in would have a Street value of $90 million. The drug was sent to a Laboratory in san Diego for analysis. The twin engine Aero commander 300 is believed to have dumped the co Caine Here while on a trip from sout America to California. The plane was found in san Diego county calif., authorities said. They Stilt were trying o identify the Pilot. Duffy said the plane landed Between 3 30 . Nov. 25 and 7 . Nov. 26. The Airstrip s Tower is unmanned during those hours. The aircraft was not discovered until about 6 30 the next morning when one of four people from the Airfield saw i standing there walked up to the Pilot and asked what arc you doing Here " Duffy said. The Pilot said he had landed there because he was running Low on fuel and had mistaken our Laguna Airstrip for a civilian Airport. The Pilot said he was going fishing and he had fishing equip ment in the Duffy said the military could not sell fuel to the Pilot so he contacted Yuma International Airport and bought about 20 Gallons there. He paid for in thanked us and look off Duffy said. Terry Burke of the Phoenix office of the Federal drug enforcement administration said the cocaine was being run by a California Bawd organization with considerable ties to South America which has been under investigation for Burke theorized the cocaine was obtained in South America and that the Pilot had stopped in Belize Guatemala or Southern Mexico for refuelling. Duffy said the Laguna Airstrip is a restricted area for military use and authorities have not determined How the plane entered the airspace without being tic lec cd. Oklahoma town owes Parade to unusual boy Picher okla. A marching bands and flans Drew a crowd to main Street on saturday for Picher s Firel Christmas Parade in memory thanks to the efforts of a Veteran Community organizer 14-year-old Jerry coach or. Jerry s just a very unusual boy. He s just a hard worker said , Bauman president of the first stale Bank of Sorne people say that can l be done and he just gets out there and does Jeny described himself modestly As coordinator of the he invited color guards from As far away As Wichita Kjin. And asked firefighters notice officers bands and floats to join the Parade in this former mining Community in the northeastern Corner of the slate. His efforts paid off with 40 to to units following the five 10 six Block Parade Roule said assistant fire chief Bob Hay Worth. He was on duty and could see Only one intersection but said there was quite a Jerry thought up the Christmas Parade a few weeks ago he solicited s25donations from store owners to pay for prizes for Parade entries and the first City decorations on main Street in years. No one else just wanted to take responsibility for in Jerry said Friday. He and his friends spent nine hours nov. 29 decorating the downtown. I got Garland tinsel and put it around a Bunch of Telephone poles downtown he said. The fire department put my tree up for the 15-foot tree donated by a Farmer was Strung with is 10 Worth of lights plus ornaments made by elementary school children. I m still hanging stuff on it Jerry said. We be never had decorations in town. I m overwhelmed almost at the Community support. Jerry started it and got it All rolling Bauman said. Until saturday the Miner s reunion each August had been Picher s biggest event in the 1920s, Lead and Zinc mines swelled the population to 16,000. The mines closed in 1977 and now about 2,200 people live in the town surrounded by slag heaps and Ore Mill ruins. The Christmas Parade was t Jerry first Community project. He recently was honoured by the mus Cular dystrophy association for raising $1,739 during an August fund drive. He got most of the Money by standing in the Middle of main Street and asking motorists for donations. He also organized six fund raising dances at the fireman s Hall where his father a county employee is a Volunteer firefighter. His Mother works Al a store in nearby Miami. Three Yean ago Jerry started playing Santa Claus. This year he plans to fit his 150-Pound, s-fool-6 Frame into a Santa Claus costume and visit a nursing Home to deliver donated baskets of fruit and Candy to the elderly residents. The businessmen Are going to Start Locking their doors when they see me said Jerry a ninth grader at Richer car a zip a Dee Doo Dah Christmas Din Junior High. I think he just loves this town Bau Man said. I Don t think anybody Ever even thanks Jerry does t seem to mind. He said his parents arc proud of him. His grandmother drives h in around to arrange the events he gets involved in. He said his Teachen and classmates Are just glad i do in Nils o turn in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec 8.1946 John l Lewis Leader of the United mine workers temporarily called off the soft Coal strike so thai the . Supreme court could act free from Public pressure super induced bythe hysteria and frenzy or economic Cri 30 years ago today. Dec. 8, 1956 Hungary s Budapest workers Council threatened that if the communist government of Janos radar continued to harass Union members the end would be a general strike blood shed and a new National 20 years ago today. Dec. 8, 1966 syrian presiden Noureddin Atassi offered weapons to thousands of jordanian revolutionaries demonstrating in Damascus and urged them to continue their struggle to Over throw King Hussein. 0 years ago today. Dec 8, 1976 a mistrial was declared in Baltimore in the political car auction trial of Maryland nov. Marvin Mandel. The court ruled hat publicity about alleged jury tampering had inter Fred with the sequestered jurors. La
