European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april �4, 1987 the stars and stripes Page s Bill collector gives $18.28 Back to boy Salem Ore. A a collection Agency that Garnish cd a 4 year old boy s Irussi fund 10 pay his father medical Bill has returned the child s $18.28. "1 could t believe it. Ii made me feel great scan Russell s a incr Floyd said. The Valley credit service or Salem look the Money last week to help pay a medical Bill incurred last year by the boy s father. A checking account and savings account belonging to Russell and his wife Fortunata was also seized by the Agency. They kept the rest of our Money but returned his which is Alt i wanted in the first place Russell said. He said that since word of his son s plight had become known nationwide Sean has received $451 in donations. Air traffic safety questioned after report of near collisions Washington a three near collisions involving commercial jetliners two in Texas and one in California occurred in about a two hour period at dusk sunday Federal officials disclosed wednesday. The incidents occurred amid increasing concern about air safely by some aviation experts and nine Days after pilots reported four similar incidents ail with in a Day in California Michigan new Jersey and Illinois. Faa spokesman Steven Hayes declined to characterize sunday s incidents As unusual but acknowledged last year there was in average of fewer than one near collision report involving a com Mercial aircraft per Day. Jim Burnett chairman of the National transportation safely Board charged in a speech wednesday in Chicago that the Faa is either underestimating these Riou Ness of the problem., or lacks the courage or capacity to Correct air traffic control shortcomings. Hayes said in two of the three sunday incidents air traffic controllers provided some warning of the potential for a Coin Sion by providing a traffic advisory to at least one of the pilots involved. The sunday incidents alluded to by Burnett without providing details were later confirmed by the Faa. They involved a United airlines Boeing 727 whose Pilot reported that a private Cessna 172 flew about 150 Teet directly under him near Santa Barbara Calif. The Altitude was not available. An american airlines Boeing 727 whose Pilot reported having to take Eva Sive action and pass Over an unknown Small aircraft at 10,000 feet seven Miles Southeast of Houston Tex. The Pilot re ported that he passed Over the plane by 300 to 500 fed. A Southwest airlines Boeing 737 descending near Midland Tex. The Pilot reported he had to suddenly climb to pass Over an unknown private plane Clearing the aircraft by 200 to 300 feel Hayes said no flight numbers or other details of the in Cidon is were available. Disclosure of the three incidents came Only hours after Faa administrator Donald Engin met with reporters in an attempt to Cool concerns Over the threat of Aerial collisions after the disclosure last week of the pour incidents that occurred within hours of each other on april 10. The Faa also has been faced with a Sharp increase in the number of so called operational errors by air traffic con trollers. Engin is ordering a special ask Force to examine controller errors. Last year there were 839 reports of near collisions including 353 that involved commercial jetliners commuters and air taxis. The Faa says Only 3 per cent were blamed on an air traffic con troller and 3 percent on pilots. . Knew Moscow embassy was being bugged Washington api . Of cats were fully aware As Long ago As 1979 that the soviet Kab was bugging the Moscow embassy during its construction but believed they had a strategy for finding the spy devices a lop state department official said wednesday. I think the supervisory people knew that the embassy was being bugged said Robert e. Lamb assistant Secretary for diplomatic Security. They contributed information to us about the bugs that were coming  Lamb Laid a hearing of a House for eign affairs subcommittee that . Personnel were placed on the embassy site to intercept listening devices. We had a strategy Tor finding it he said. Where this strategy was weak was in the sense that the soviets used pans of the Structure itself As the bugging. These Are the kinds of things that Are going to be difficult for us to  investigators have said some Large components of the building were fabricated away from the construction site by a soviet contractor. Lamb acknowledged that until the end of last Calendar year the state department had allowed engineering and construction firms without clearances to work on overseas . Missions. So the soviets could have the blueprints for everything that was being built for the United slates overseas for the last 10 Chicago thu Una map years rep. Larry Smith d-fla., asked. Yes sir. That s a possibility responded Lamb. Then i am going to Tell you that for one congressman i think that the slate department has acted with Gross negligence Gross ineptitude Gross stupidity thundered Smith. You Are playing with Peoples lives. These admissions Ore  bugs in structural parts of the Moscow embassy cannot now be remedied with out fundamentally damaging the build ing s soundness said rep. Doug Bercut or r-nch., a committee member. We be continued to underestimate the soviets advances in intelligence collecting technology Bercute said. Bar cuter said rather than tear Down he eight Story Brick office building which has Cost 123 million so far to build an unfinished Shell the state depart ment should consider building a separate Annex where All classified business could be conducted. The panel later held in hour Long closed door briefing to go Over classified information. One source said that subjects Dis cussed included an attempt to screen in formation from the subcommittee that would be embarrassing. The . Has filed u multimillion Dol Lar claim against the soviet Union Over construction problems at the embassy. . Bars chilean livestock shipments due to disease Sands of time Washington a Chile will be barred from shipping livestock to the United Stales until a new outbreak of fool and Mouth disease in the South american nation is eradicated the agriculture department said wednesday. The department said it will take at least a year for the outbreak to be cleared up. Until then Chile Wilt be barred from shipping cattle sheep ruminants Swine and fresh chilled or Frozen meats of such animals to the United Stales. The ban also applies to . Imports of Llamas and alpacas from Chile which had been proposed last january after foot and Mouth disease had been eradicated for the first time since 1983. The disease broke out again in Chile in 1984 but was cleared up. The us a recognized Chile As free of the disease in january which cleared the Way for imports of chilean meat and animals including Llamas and alpacas. The current outbreak of the disease which is called fed. Was confirmed an March 12, according to a report by the department s foreign agricultural service. Since then More than 5.000 animals have been slaughtered and the government is considering compensation 10 affected producers the report said. Due to the seriousness of the out break some imports of beef arc Lindy probably Boneless meal from Argentina the report said. Despite Tower prices from new zealand some opportunities also a isl for . Beef liver exports due to More frequent Ocean transportation Between the United states and Chile in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 24, 1947 seven Mare japanese soldiers finally convinced the War was Over surrendered yesterday on Pel Eliu. One of the West Caroline Kalunds and life returned to Normal for 32 american Navy families who in recent weeks have been on the Alert for a Banzai charge. 30 years ago today. April 24, 1957 Johnny Kellcy 128-Pound schoolteacher from Crayon. Mass., became the first american in 12 years to win the hos Lon Marat Ian in 2 hours. 20 to minutes beating out a Field of 141 contestants from the United states. Japan Korea Mexico Canada and Finland. 20 years ago today. April 24, 1967 the soviet Union launched its first manned spacecraft in 25 months a mysterious new Earth satellite called Soju one. Pur the first time in the soviet space program s history a Veteran cosmonaut was at the controls. 10 years ago  24, 1977 a California Superior court Juliff took away from Erin fluid ing 37-year-old manager and companion of group to Marx. The authority to handle the affairs of the ailing comedian