European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes saturday May 30,1987failure to Cut airline flights straining system Board says stateside Washington up the Federal aviation administration is pushing America s air travel system to the limit by refusing to order a Cut in the number of airline flights this summer a government safety offi Cial warns. Jim Burnett chairman of the Independent National transportation safely Board us lifted before a Senate aviation subcommittee thursday that major safety indicators such As near collisions of planes and air traffic controller errors have significantly increased. It concerns us thai we have seen an increase in the number of air Carrier near mid air collisions cram 240 nationwide in 1985 to 340 in 1986, an increase of about 42 percent Burnett said. And so far this year at current  is estimated 1o be 32 percent  Burnett said controller errors have increased 20.9 percent during the first three months of this year. The Faa is trying to run the system to the red line burned said by not ordering a Cut in Commer Cial air travel where the air traffic control system is Faa proposes jets install equipment to spot wind Shear Washington up in a move to Avert deadly plane crashes also government proposed Friday a regu lation that would require Large Jet airliners to install equipment capable of detecting wind Shear and telling pilots How to avoid it. Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole said that under the proposed Federal aviation administration regulation airline flight Crews a out receive training in wind sheaf recognition and recovery procedures using the new equipment. Wind Shear is a sudden change in wind Speed and direction that poses a deadly Hazard especially when planes encounter it at Low Altitude. It has been implicated in five accidents in the last 10 years in which 536 people were killed including the crash near Dallas thai killed 137 people on aug. 2,198$. The proposed regulation was published in Friday s Federal Register. The Boeing co., manufacturer of jetliners recently developed a wind Shear training program under an Faa contract. Wind Shear warning and flight guidance systems Are available now that will constantly Monitor Vita flight data Sulci As airspeed and aircraft Altitude and Alert the Crew to a wind Shear encounter Dole did in a statement. These systems also advise the pilots on he proper recovery  Faa administrator Donald Engen said his Agency is working with the National aeronautics and space administration in a five year research program to develop standards for More advanced predictive systems that spot wind Shear in time for pilots to avoid it. Overburdened. The Board in an unprecedented move issued an urgent recommendation this month let traffic in and out of a number of Busy airports be restricted to reduce iht1 likelihood of a catastrophic  Faa administrator Donald Wertgen of ii Commil acc earlier thursday safely statistics have been improving in recent months and declared i will not let this system go  Engin said tie Faa is prepared to restrict traffic where necessary and already has been doing this through flow control telling planes to stay on the ground until the flights can be handled. We will restrict the flow of traffic this summer Engin said. Engen who is leaving the Faa in july acknowledged the Agency has plenty of work ahead of us in training controllers upgrading inc air traffic control equipment and reducing operational errors and near mid air  byte size eyes a worker it mat Basic four computer facility in Muslin Calif Peers out through holes in com Puter circuit Board. The circuit Board is used in one of the company s super microcomputers. Nelson crash probably caused by faulty Cabin Heater or wiring Washington a the 19b5 plane crash that killed Singer Rick Nelson and six others most Likely was caused by a faulty Cabin Heater or an electrical Short near the Heater not drug use Federal investigators say. The National transportation safety Board said thursday it could find no conclusive evidence pin pointing the exact source of inc fire although there is no doubt it. Did originate in the area of he  the safety Board s final report on the fire and crash of the privately owned dc-3, which was carrying Nel son his Fiancee and five members of his band said the seven passengers died from flames and smoke and not the crash Impact. The Pilot and co Pik i escaped through a Cabin window after the crash. Shortly after the new year s eve Accident there was speculation that the ire Mitt have been caused by passengers free Basing cocaine. The Nosb report however made no such conclusion and according to a source familiar with the probe investigators ruled out drug use As being involved in the Accident. Several of the band members and Nelson had measurable amount of cocaine in their systems tests showed but the source who spoke on condition he not be named said there was no evidence indicating drug use during the flight and no drug related paraphernalia was found in the wreckage. Free Basing is a method of taking cocaine thai re quires an open flame. In it the drug is mixed with flammable Ether or ammonia. The plane crashed in a wooded area near de Kalb Texas during a flight from Gunter Svihel ala., to dal Las where Nelson was scheduled to appear at a new year s eve performance. Killed in the crash in addition la inc 45-year-old Nelson were his Fiana a Helen Blair and band Mem Bers Andy Chapin Rick in veld Bobby Neal. Clark Russell and Patrick Woodward. The Nosb criticized the flight Crew s response 10 the fire and said the Pilot Bradley rank 34, failed to follow proper procedures in controlling the situation. Vet school has fund to find alternatives to vivisection Davis Calif. A a fund to discover alternatives to the use of animals in research has been established in the school of veterinary Medicine at the University of California the school has announced. The school Itas been the Large of demonstrations by animal rights activists. A building under construction was set on fire recently and authorities have blame the activists but no arrests have been made. Or. Cunie Osburn associate Dean for research of the veterinary school said advances in such areas As molecular biology and genetics have made it possible to conduct More research using Coli lines and tissue culture. The new fund will be used to generate research techniques and testing protocols that do not require use of animals he said. Emphasis also will be placed upon devel Oping substitutes for animals in instructional laboratories. Rocky Mountain Peak honors challenger Crew Denver up a previously unnamed 14,081-fool Peak in the Southern Colorado Rockies has been named challenger Point in Honor of the seven astronauts who died in the space shuttle disaster Jan. 28, 1 986. Interior Secretary Donald Hodyl approved the name for the Peak one of inc summits of 1 4, 165-foot kit car son Mountain in Saguache county the Agency said. Challenger h,.nt will continually remind Ameri cans of the challenger astronauts and the ultimate Sac Rifice they made to further the human Conquest of space Hodyl said in approving the april recommend Dation Tio by inc . Board on geographic names. Mercedes owner victim of thief s Accident scam North Lawrence . A a Man in a Van might have worked a rare scam by Hilling a 1986mercedes Benz from behind luring the Driver out for an argument then hopping in inc Mercedes and driving it away police said we be heard of this sort of thing before but it s not like there s a rash of it said la. Gary eng is of the Nassau county police department. He said the department was investigating. Police spokesman Frank Missana said the Mercer driven by Dale Frost 40, was hit in the rear by a Van and Frost got out to argue the Van s Driver got into the Mercedes and drove away and two other people in the Van drove inc Van away leaving Frost standing beside inc Highway contract signed to build . Park featuring China new York a a s 1 7 million contract has been signed in Beijing to build a chinese theme Park 60 Miles North of he re featuring a great Wall replica a Mongolia Rodeo and a mythical Monkey King a Developer says. The Park would be build at Stewart International air port near Newburgh and would include amusement rides and displays. Dean l. Gilter announced tuesday. Fourteen Sites around an artificial Lake in the shape of China would represent chinese cities and provinces Fea Turing architectural and cultural aspects of the regions Aswell As their food and entertainment Gitter said the Monkey King a mythical figure who travelled with a companion throughout China would link the sections of the Loq on Park and become identified with it As m Ickey mouse is with Disney s amusement Parks. He said the Park could open As soon As the Spring of 1�90. Woman allegedly orders pit Bull terrier to bite cops Kalamazoo Mich. A a woman who All y ordered her Pil Bull terrier to attack two police officers was arrested and charged with assault police said thurs Day. One officer suffered hand injuries in the attack and the dog was shot dead Kalamazoo Public safely it. Dennis a Nenia said Robin m. Morgan 3 1of Kalamazoo was arrested an charged with two counts of felonious assault two of resist ing and obstructing police and one of illegal entry. District judge Ann l. Hannon set Bond at 12,000 and a preliminary examination for june 4. Morgan remained in the Kalamazoo county jail thursday. Officers Jay Boche and Ron Jennings had responded tuesday to an illegal entry report found Morgan in the Home and told hers lie was under arrest Venecia said. She then told the dog to attack the officers he said. The Pil Bull bit Jenning s left hand Venema said