European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday july 4. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 Faa orders lever guards on Boeing 767s new York int prompted by an incident on tuesday in which a Delia air lines Captain mistakenly shut Down both engines of his Boeing 767 jul the Federal aviation administration has issued an Emer gency order requiring a safety guard Between switches to prevent a recurrence. The Delia jetliner s Power failed Over the Pacific Ocean shortly Afler Takeoff from los Angeles at in Alli Ludo of 1,200 to 1.600 feet. The plane carrying 204 people dropped 1o about 500 feel above the Waitr before the engines were restarted. According to the emergency order of the aviation Agency and the accounts of government and Industry spokesmen this was How the trouble developed As inc plane was climbing out Over the Ocean a television like display informed the pilots of a Mal Fla. Task Force Aims to cure medical crisis Tallahassee. Fla. A a 12-Membcr ask Force has been formed to find a solution to Florida s medical malpractice crisis gov. Bob Martinez announced. Creation of the panel comes after soaring malpractice insurance premiums and announcements by the stale s two biggest malpractice insurers Hal they plan to pull Oul of the state mis year. Doctors in Broward and Dade counties protesting the nation s highest malpractice insurance rates cur tailed emergency services in South Florida last Mon Day and Are threaten ing to Slop treating patients. As a result of All mat i Don t think we have any difficulty describing it As a problem. The difficulty is arriving at the solution said Martinez. The focus has to be on inc patient. And t think what the solution is must Lead to More availability in medical services without threat of lawsuit Al a reason Able Cost. Thai needs to be the ultimate in the past decade a series of Blue ribbon task forces and study groups have been formed to recommend solutions to the malpractice problem but their reports have been largely ignored. Martinez said the difference is that inc new group will be in charge of actually developing legislation fora special session that the governor wants to Call in sep tember. Martinez said House speaker Jon Mills and Senate president John Vogt agreed Wilh inc idea. Each will appoint four people. In Broward county where most of the 19 major hospitals Are refusing to accept trauma patients inc Silva lion remained Calm. Officials feared however that the Holiday weekend would Strain inc system. Function in inc electronic system that was controlling inc engines automatically. The Captain decided to revert 10 manual control and reached Down to a panel of controls Between the seats of he iwo pilots intending to push the two buttons thai urn off the electronic devices. Instead he pulled two fuel levers just above the engine control buttons culling off fuel to the engines. The plane began descending and the Crew quickly initiated the procedures to restart the engines. The government order said that in was the second incident involving a Boeing 767 in which both engines had been briefly shut Down at Low All Irude while the Crew was evidently seeking to switch the buttons for electronic or manual engine control after the previous incident in March 1986, an operations bulletin was issued reinforcing Crew training. The latest government order called for installing pay a dancer in the chorus who went on to a Cotie a Success Ful choreographer director and producer associated with such i shows As promises promises com Pany follies dream girls and of course a chorus it was Bennett s experience in the chorus that gave him inc idea fur a Churus line which won nine Tony awards and the 1976 pull a Prie for drama and is still running at Broadway s Shuben healer. I opened there on Juk 2i, 197s. The musical grew Oul of a Marathon talk session Bencil held in january 1974 with a group of dancers. They talked candidly about lifestyles and childhoods. Oul of some 30 hours of tape recorded discussions a chorus line was born. Marvin Ham Lisch was hired to Wiric the music Edward Kliban wrote the lyrics and James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante reworked the script. Joseph Papp head of the new York Shakespeare festival offered his theater facilities for a workshop and the show opened May 21, 1975. Al a tiny 29 a Seal theater before moving on to us huge Broadway Suc Cess bin Natl made his debut As a choreographer in 1966 Wilh a Joyful while the. Show Sel against a background of country Western music was not a hit. His dances were praised by the critics. So was his nest Job As choreographer for another Short running musical Henry Succi Henry based on the Peter sell ers film. The world of Henry in 1968 Penneti scored his first Broadway Success with the dances for promises promises the Burt Bacharach Hal David musical based on he Mone the Apan mini " in late 1976, Bennell married Donna Mckechnie one of inc original cast members of a chorus he had worked Wilh her previously in a Joyful noise i rom i promises and the a mane foundered quickly and the couple was quietly divorced. Bennell is survived by his Mother Helen Difiglia and by his Broiher. Frank. Breglio a Long Lime Friend of Bennett s As Well As his attorney said a memorial service was being planned. Plaque from vets winds up in trash Albany . A Vietnam veterans presented a plaque to Singer Kris Kristofferson to Hank him far holding a Benefit concert but it was found in the Irish Afler the performance. The Singer performed tuesday Al the coliseum the Aler in a Benefit for the Albany Vietnam veterans me Morial committee. He was Given a plaque in Ruc Ogni lion of his unselfish support of plans to erect a Vietnam Vel rans memorial Here i Philip Cohen an owner of he theater said a worker cleaning up the Singer s dressing room wednesday found the plaque in a Pilelo Irish. He s saying i support the Vietnam Scirri Iii in the Public because it s the in thing to do and then we go Nul inc Hack door and find Cohen said adding Ilia Kristol term was paid for the show. However a spokeswoman for the performer said the plaque ended up in the garbage accidentally probably knocked there by cleaning Crews. They re making every i Effort to gel the plaque sent i us she said. Kris is very committed to the Viet Nam Viii was Iii a silly the veterans group is holding of her fund raising act mics to pay for the Monument. Kristofferson was one of several entertainers scheduled to appear saturday Al a fourth of july concert in Landover my. The event known As Welcome Home weekend is a Salute to Vietnam veterans
