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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 26, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 her address on the streets1 of Manchester Manchester . Api social Security officials trying in find a woman but Larking a firm address addressed a idler to her this Way on the streets Man Chester  postal officials delivered the id Ler o new horizons a soup Kitchen and shelter for tin  woman is an occasional Visi Tor to inc soup Kitchen but has no been there for several weeks said Henrietta chd Resl executive director of the shelter. The letter shows How widespread homeless Ness has become and certainly gives you something to think about. Charest said. The letter was mailed in a govern ment envelope from the social Securi a administration in Baltimore. The Agency will investigate and try to gel an address for inc woman said Camil Breton District manager for inc Agency. Nasa pilots steer crippled Jet away from population Center los Alamitos army air Field Calif. Up shuttle Astro naut or Owsler Shaw and another Nasa Pilot i hair Jet afire and cockpit choked with smoke refused to bail out tuesday River a neighbourhood and steered the Craft to a Safe emergency Landing authorities said. Shaw 41. Veteran of two shuttle flights and Robert a. Rivers 35,8 nation i aeronautics and space administration Pilot based at the Johnson space Center in Houston climbed out of inc burning t-38 jul after touch Down and were taken to the Long Beach naval Hospital for observation. They later were released. There was a ire aboard. The cockpit tilled with smoke Jaid Nasa spokesman Brian Welch. They did lose one engine on the Way in and they were Able to Limp in on a second  he said the pilots decided not to bail owl because inc Jet was Over a residential area. Welch said Rivers was flying lire sleek twin engine two Seal Jet As it was Mak ing an approach to the los Alamis army air Field near los Angeles a about 4 . The aircraft was crossing the Pacific co ail at about 2,000 feet when in apparently caught fire due to an event of As yet unknown origin Welch said. The cockpit immediately filled with  he said it was possible the Jet was struck by lightning riven reported hearing a loud Boom just before the fire but Welch said in was too Early to determine what May have caused in. The Crew members shut off the electrical system and radioed for an Emer gency approach Welch said. They shut the right engine of the Jet Down after a fire warning Light appeared. A second warning Light signalled inc possibility of fire in inc left engine. The Crew members elected not los hut Down inc left engine and bail out. The aircraft was Over a residential area. They were Able to make the runway with the left engine operating no reduced Hrusti he said. Welch said Shaw and Rivers Ihnn climbed out of the burning aircraft which sustained substantial  he Piid Nasa is forming an investigation Board to look into he Accident. Shuttle astronaut routinely use attic Bluc and White t-3s jets for trips from Houston to various Agency Field Cente Sand contractor Sites. Al least three astronauts have los their lives in t-38 accidents Over the years. On feb. 23. 1966, astronauts Charles Bassill and Elliot Sec were killed when Thcirt-38 crashed in is. Louis Dur ing an approach to the Mcdonnell Doug Las aircraft corp. Plant. Astronaut Theo Dore Freeman was killed in a 1964 crash. Shaw served As co Pilot aboard the shuttle Columbia in november 1983 for the first spa Clab Mission. He was com Mander of the shuttle Atlantis for a mis Sion in november 1985 in which iwo other astronauts practice space station construction techniques. Never fought overseas protest compels Alaska senator to quit vow Washington up sen. Frank Murkowski of Alaska the ranking Republican on the veterans affairs committee resigned from a veterans group when it was discovered that tic never fought overseas while in he coast guard an aide said tuesday. The senator quit the veterans of foreign wars feb. 3 when group officials told him they had Learned he was ineligible for membership and his 1983 application should not have been approved a spokesman for Murkowski said. The vow bylaws which Are, Congress re quire that All members have served with the . Armed forces in combat or with an american army of occupation overseas though certain exceptions have been  Congress a vow official said. Murkowski served with the , coast guard off Alaska in 1955 and 1956, after the korean War had ended and never saw combat. He chaired the veterans affairs panel in 1985 and 1986. Victor Bartholomew a former Post commander in Kansas who co signed a protestor my Racowski s membership last fall said the senator should have known if he did t know what the congressionally  Laws stipulate especially As chairman of the Veteran affairs  a spokesman for Mur Kowsh said he joined the vow at inc j invitation of the Fairbanks Post commander and was unaware of the  vow the oldest veterans group in the United Stales is the second largest with 2.1 million  american legion is larger. Howard Vanderclute the vow adjutant general Murkowski said Murk Owsij s admission stemmed from Over Zoa loudness on the part of group officials at the Fairbanks. Alaska Dom  Murkowski was just not aware of the rules and had made an honest mistake in think ing he was eligible for membership. Mike Caron. A Vietnam Veteran from Kansas Dis covered the discrepancy last fall and organized a pro test of Murkowski s membership. He said the complain was motivated by some veterans objections to Murkowski a treatment of the prisoner of War Issue. Caron accused Murkowski of failing to adequately investigate the question of whether american prison ers of War Are alive in Southeast Asia. A spokesman for Murlowski said he cares deeply about the Issue but docs not feel the facts that have surfaced justify the claims of some veterans that americans Are being held captive in Asia. City permit needed to film Mountain coast guard Yreka City Calif a com Mercial photographers in this Scenic Mountain Community could be fined As much As ii,000 or jailed for up to Sis months for taking a picture of mount Shasta without a permit. Backers of the recently enacted Ordi Nance say it is intended to free photographers of red tape but some have criticized it As bureaucratic meddling. I m surprised they Don t come up with a Way to lax the air you breathe said photographer Robert Mckenzie i mean my god. This is not  since this City of 6,600 about 22 Miles South of inc Oregon Border adopted the ordinance on dec. 18, there have been no requests for permits no reports of violations and Little attention said City spokeswoman Melva Ashe. Sisk you county arid other cities in the county arc considering copying the ordinance which was suggested by the California film office to encourage on location filming by the movie Industry said Lee Ferrero president of the league of Sis Ciyou cities. About 10 Southern California cities have similar ordinances he said. It will help them m avoid surprises and to understand Alt the obligations atthe front end he said. Otherwise the Community and the film company can gel bogged Down later in  Lisa Rawlins director of the califor Nia film office said the permits spare film Crews the trouble of having to Deal separately with numerous government agencies. She said the ordinance also was in tended to apply to the kind of still photography used in Magazine and billboard advertising which often requires elaborate equipment and sets. Dealers irate Over Lemon club complaints Covington by a Auto dealers in three states Are complaining that the american Lemon club wants to put inc squeeze on them even though they try to keep customers Happy. The recently formed club made up of car owners soured on their problem vehicles is planning to lobby Auto manufacturers and Parade through dealerships in can bedecked with Lemons they need to get Dale Carnegie and learn How to win friends and influence people said Jack White sales manager of Campbell county Chevrolet in new port by. He said dealers from Kentucky Ohio and Indiana met recently and were upset about the National publicity generated by the club. Only one out of 1,000 people might be disgruntled to that extent bul they Are always the ones you hear about White said. There is a fantasy that the dealer is abusing the  White and others said they do their Best to please customers. We be had several people who had continual problems bul they traded their cars in on another car said Tom bins Tadt a Salesman a a Newport Dealership. Other dealers say they Don t like the idea of a Parade through their lots. "1 Don l think they should be permitted to Parade through a dealer s lot and i Don t think anyone with common sense would do it said Jack Feighry owner of Covington Dealership. Parida j. Trimble of Covington said she established the club along with Paul o Connell of Laconia because her car was no repaired to her satisfaction. "1 tried using common sense now i m using instincts 10 find everyone who Hasa Lemon she said. Makes pot haul of $28 million fort Lauderdale Fla. Up a coast guard Cutter on a Rescue Stum bled into the service s biggest marijuana seizure of die year a spokesman said tuesday. Petty officer Joe Dye of the Coa so guard said the Cutter Bramble reported it had picked up 70,000 pounds of Mari Juana and six prisoners. Dye said the incident began saturday when the motor vessel pal Cystal Sank 60 Miles West off Jamaica. The Crew took to a life raft and a coast guard Falcon Jet spotted in shortly after the vessel went Down. The Culler decisive was dispatched and pulled the men from the rail. Debris in the area included two Large containers which coast guardsmen recovered. They found them full of Bales of Mari Juana Worth an estimated $28 million. The rescued seamen four Ameri cans and iwo jamaicans were Arres cd and charged with smuggling drugs. The decisive brought the men and the contraband to grand Cayman Island where they were transferred to the Bram ble for inc trip to Florida  
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