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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday june 28,1987 aftermath of train derailment a Billii Teton Northern freight train lies mingled and crushed  jumped the trucks thursday in Cook Wmk near the site of another major derailment la month. A transient was injured in the wreck. Officials so 36 cars ran off the we Flora tracks with 16 of them Landing on High Way m. Ruling says some . Workers not exempt from overtime pay Washington a Federal workers cannot be presumed exempt from overtime provisions of the Fai labor standards act unless they hold executive professional or administrative jabs a Federal appeals court ruled Friday. The . Circuit court of appeals Here vacated a regulation promulgated by the office of personnel management that at employees above gs-11 shall be presumed to be exempt from overtime requirements. Ruling on a lawsuit filed by two Public employees unions the court said the regulation appears designed to make it difficult for the employee to rebut the pre sumption at least to the satisfaction of the employ ing  the ruling reversed a holding by . District judge Thomas Penfield Jackson. The regulation was adopted to implement the labor standards act which was amended in 974 to include Federal workers. The Law exempts Bona fide executive administrative or professional employees from the overtime requirement. The court noted the Case of a gs-11 technician who was denied overtime even though his Job was not Cov ered by the Law s exemption. The practical effect of this decision is that thou Sands of government workers in thousands of Job categories will now be Able to earn overtime pay which previously could have been denied or delayed by pm said Kenneth c. Blalock president of the american federation of government employees. The court upheld pm s new regulations that implemented layoffs by government agencies. The lawsuit was also brought by the National federation of Federal employees and the National Treasury employees Union. Church bus pocked with teens runs off Road j dead 29 Hurt blairsv1lle, a. A a Church bus filled with teen agers ran off a Road and plunged 50 fee Down a Mountainside Friday killing a 14-year-old girl and injuring 29 other people authorities said. The brakes on the bus gave out As it was coming Down a Steep incline about 3 . On the Richard Russell Scenic Highway a winding two Lane raid said Union county sheriff Tom Duncan. The bus was one of two carrying youngsters fro first Baptist Church of Winter Haven. Fla., after their we Klong slay at a youth Camp in the northeastern Georgia mountains. Some victims were trapped for As Long As two hours and worried parents gathered at the Church in the Hope of getting More information. It happened so fasl thai i did t really see what happened said 16-year-old Shell in Bruce of Winterhaven who suffered cuts and bruises. I looked out the window and i saw All these Trees  the Rev Frank Brooks who was driving the bus was thrown Clear of the wreckage. Brooks 36, a youth pastor at the Church was in critical condition at Ken Mcstone Hospital m suburban Atlanta said Hospital spokeswoman Dana Jackson. The dead Girt was identified As Angela Jones according to civil defense spokesman Ron Delong. The youngsters had attended a youth Bible Confer ence at the Georgia Baptist Assembly in nearby toc Coa. Those on the second bus did not see the acid pm but arrived seconds later to find their friends in tile crushed vehicle. Many of the injured had culs bruises and broke Bones and out girl suffered a broken neck said palsy Euid director of nursing at Union county Genera Hospital in Blairsville about 1j Miles away. Most of the injured initially were taken to Union county general but the most seriously injured later were transferred to other hospitals. Ten people were admitted to Union county and 18 were transferred and admitted to other hospitals Efird said. Only one of the victims was treated and released she said. A 15-year old Girt was being ire aled at Emory univer sity s Henrietta Egleston Hospital for critical injuries and some fractures said spokeswoman Andrea Misc. Three teen agers were admitted to scottish rile Hospital in suburban Atlanta two were in stable condition at Northeast Georgia medical Center in gains Ville and four others were in stable condition at towns county general Hospital in Hiawassee. Stateside Small tremor shakes area near san Bernardino Rialto Calif. A a Small earthquake rattled this san Bernardino county Community but police reported no injuries or damage from the late night temblor. The building i us Shook a Little said Barbara Dellinger. A dispatcher at the Rialto police department 60 Miles Cost of downtown los an Geles and Lour Miles South of san Bernardino. A spokesman for the seismology department at the California Institute of technology in Pas Udena said the quake at 11 23 . Friday measured 3.4 on the Richter scale. Its epicentre was about eight Miles West of san Bernardino said spokesman Robert finn. Rare Swan shortchanged ate coins instead of feed grand rapids Mich. A a rare trumpeter Swan that confused coins for food was resting easily Friday after a stomach specialist painstakingly removed 17 coins from the Money hungry Bird s Gizzard. The Swan s Anatomy is different but the technique is basically the same As with a human or. Michael Madura a Gastrock Crolo Gist at Blodget memorial medical Center said Friday after the operation at John Ball Park zoo. The i year old Swan dubbed Small change became ill earlier in the week. It was taken to an animal clinic where a rays revealed that the Swan had i Alen coins tossed by patrons into hello s watch Fow Pond. Marlboro Man depicted in end of world fold out Washington up discover the monthly science Magazine did t intend any editorial comment but its july Issue features Anionic design the Marlboro Man appears on the Back of an end of inc world fold out. The cover is Glossy ominous Black and in the Center Are tiny White letters describing the Lea Story the end of the universe How and  the inside of the fold out is a full color advertisement for cigarettes which Many scientists a c Felt unkindly toward for years now. I Don t think there was any editorial com ment intended said a spokesman for discover  
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