European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday apfi110, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 6 die in South Bronx grocery store blast new Vork a an pm Ion fss.". & Jim Mem a 4 " could t even believe it became  a grocery Giorc and a neighbor j�s�5 it a Mij Jimi minute the Giorc Obj there and the nex new Yor an Cpl Ion holler a grocery Sior an a neighbor ing three Story tenement wednesday inthe South Bronx killing tin persons and injuring at least 29 others. A survivor trapped under the rubble or six Houn before being freed spoke with rescuers As hundreds of workers dug through a Mountain of debris with picks Chain saws and Iligir Bare hands. Cranes were brought in to Clear the wreckage and dog were called in to help with the search. Banks of spotlights we reset up As darkness fell. Authorities late wednesday said the believed they had recovered All the Bod ies and living victims from the wreckage which had been Sif cd Brick by Brick four people were pulled alive from the rubble immediately after the collapse. Officials believe the 3 45 . Explosion occurred in the grocery store or Bodega and triggered the collapse of the adjacent Brick tenement which was vacant except Tor one occupant. A Utility company spokeswoman said a Gas teak was reported at the Bodega 20 minutes before the Blat. The trapped Man talking to rescuers said he had called the Utility company to report a Gas leak at the Bodega minutes before the collapse. Firefighter Nicholas Giordano crawled 2s fed through the rubble to Fin the victim identified As Noberto Luna a resident of Rosella no. He was buried in rubble and in a great Deal of pain Giorda no said. But his spirits were Good and they made Small talk about the Man s upcoming marriage children. God anything you want to talk about one person on the Street was  rest of the victims had been in the Appolo rescuers carry victim of a new York blast thai levelled two South Bronx buildings. Bodega official said. The first victim was recovered about two hours after the explosion a third person was crushed and died at Lincoln Hospital three others were crushed to death said lire department spokesman John Mulligan and Joseph Apuzzo Advance life support coordinator for the Bron emergency medical service. Police and firefighters removed thereof of the Bodega then tunnelled into the wreckage of the to yemeni at Nisi Street and third Avenue a mile South East of Yankee stadium i could Beau minute the store Obj in arc and the next minute it was gone said Nicole Joseph who witnessed inc explosion canned goods and foodstuffs littered the Street along with chunks of Granite and  officer Timothy Burke said that immediately you picked a spot an stalled to dig. There was t a sound you just started  there was an . And then we found a Man. And under him was a woman and  the child was treated at Lincoln Hospital and released. Police said 17 people were injure during inc collapse and 12 uniformed personnel including two firefighters and10 police were Hurt during the search. Can de spokeswoman Rosalie Zucker Man said the company dispatched a Crew to the scene after receiving the report of he Gas leak. There s a lot of rubble and debris Althe scene and it s impossible to Tell whether it was a Gas explosion or whether the building had collapsed and too Down the Gas pipes Wilh it she said. Mayor Edward i. Koch said rescuer were doing their Best to find the victims. Regrettably when you have people trapped in a building it s got to be done very painstakingly otherwise you can kill them while you re searching Tor themis you Don t lift the debris carefully and that s what they re doing Koch  people were taken to Lincoln Hospital and four were admitted in stable condition with trauma including head in juries said spokesman Mons Serale  least six were taken to Harlem hos Pital including four police officers said spokesman Nevil Denton. Illinois poll watchers spend to hum Day on Job Galesburg lit. A what Doe a poll watcher watch when no one shows up to vote election judge Mary Grawey says she and her Woco leagues chatted ate lunch and looked at a lot of magazines when no one turned out to vote tues Day in their Galesburg precinct Twenty six people were eligible to cast ballots inthe precinct just outside Galesburg in West Central Illinois Bui no one voted on whether the Knoxville fire Protection District s trustees should be elected or continue to be appointed. I thought perhaps some of those people would be interested in that question bul obviously nobody was Knox county clerk Yvonne Tabb said wednesday. Someone Here this morning said Well we found out what happens when they Haven election and no one shows up nothing.1" Grawey who waited patiently from 6 . Until 7p.m. At the township Hall for someone to come in and ask to vote said she wiled away the time visit ing Wilh fellow judges Virginia Runbom and con cel Laclay. It Cost county taxpayers Sijo to pay the judge Sand rent the Hall for me Day said Tabb. An addition Al $50 went for ballots and other supplies. The West Central Knox county District Defeated the proposal to have trustees elected instead of appointed 655-307, the clerk said. The precinct s results however were listed for the record she said "000 to 000." Man gets life for hiring pair to fc/7/ his wife West Palm Beach. Fla. A Aman who hired two men through an and in Soldier of Fortune Magazine to Kilt his wife is a monster whose bestiality is utterly revolting in a Law abiding Socie  a judge said in passing  Beach circuit judge Carl Harper on tuesday sentenced Robert Spearman,57, to life in prison plus 20 years for first degree murder. The judge said he reluctantly followed jury s sentencing recommendation in the bludgeoning death of Anila Spear Man a former West Palm Beach assist ant City manager on nov. 16,198 5. Harper added 20 years for conspiracy and solicitation to commit murder to ensure Spearman will never be Able to Walkine streets again As a free  prosecutors charged that Spearman Amarine contractor paid 520,000 to bar manager Richard Savage 39, of Knoxville term to kill mrs. Spearman to avoid a costly divorce settlement. Authorities contend Savage then sen scan Doutre 21, a bouncer at his bar to kill the woman. Doire is awaiting sentencing on a first degree murder conviction Bradley water training suspended fort Benning a. A the army announced it will suspend training in water with the new Bradley fighting vehicle Al fort Benning until an investigation is completed into the sinking of Bradley this week. Since other bases use the Bradley Only infrequently in water the army restricted the order to fort Benning said army spokesman it. Col. Craig Mac Nab. All bases Are free to use the vehicle on land. It was inc first suspension of Bradley operations at fort Benning since such training began in 1983, said fort spokes Man Bill Walton. Fort Benning has 124of the vehicles he said. Seven soldiers were uninjured Mon Day when inc 24-Lon Bradley in which they were Riding Sank in 17 feet of water in a Pond. Cot. William h. Gavan commander of the 29th inf regt at the fort said in soldiers told him they heard a loud noise before a Canvas water Barrier which helps keep the vehicle afloat partially collapsed and the vehicle Sank. Army officials from fort Rucker ala.,arrived at fort Benning Laic monday to begin an investigation into the Accident Wallon said. Fac corp., the main con tractor for the Bradley also sent a Tea of investigators from California the Accident was inc second sinking of a si.4 million Bradley vehicle during an amphibious training exercise at for Benning and the sixth the army has re ported since 1980. Mac Nab said in Telephone interview from Washington. Most of the sinking have had to do with operator error but i Don t know about the most recent one Al Benning he said. Those things Wilt happen in training operations. Fort Binning has done 3,000 swimming operations with the vehicle and the incidence of sinking has been very Low the army which owns 3,000 Bradley fighting vehicles plans to buy a total of 6,882, Mac Nab said. The vehicles de signed to Cross some bodies of water Al up to 4 Mph were developed to transport soldiers to the Battlefield and move them during conflict he said although the vehicles Are designed to Cross Ponds Rivers and streams they need a sloping Bank to enter and exit i Heater and cannot Cross bodies of water Wilh Large Waves or fast currents Macnab said. Acid rain is not an emergency Byrd says Washington not Senate majority Leader Robert c. Byrd said wednesday Hal acid rain is not a emergency and denounced legislation proposed to control the sources of the pollution thai causes it. Byrd said on the Senate door thai he applauded president Reagan s statement in Ottawa on monday that he would con Sider a proposal by prime minister  that Canada und inc United slates negotiate a bilateral Accord con trolling acid rain. Scientists say acid rain is destroying lakes fish and forests in Canada and the North Eastern United Stales. But Byrd Assisi Plhal inc United Stales is already doing More to Deal Wilh inc problem than Canada. Canada would like us to require Amajor sacrifice in the livelihoods of Mil Lions of our citizens to improve Environ mental Quality for Canada he said. Byrd represents West Virginia a co i producing stale Hal would be strongly a fleeced by efforts to control pollution from Coal burning Power stations a major source of acid rain