European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 stateside the stars and stripes wednesday August 5, 19b7 Melee Breaks out among Oyster lease applicants new Orleans Ufi a shoving Melee broke out monday among 600 people vying Tor Oyster har vesting rights and one Man Hod a heart attack when Beloit his place in line id Al a lease Tor the slate s prime Oyster Beds. The free for All on inc Steps of the stale wildlife and fisheries building broke out when half he crowd Many of whom had waited in line since july 17 for one of the belter leases was displaced by newly arrived applicants who shoved their Way to Hie from As soon As the doors opened monday morning. Joseph Bondi of Empire suffered a heart attack upon learning thai he had lost his place in line for inc Oyster lease which arc issued on a first come first served basis. He was taken to Charity Hospital and was listed in guarded condition. Florida tourism Industry heading for Banner year Tallahassee Fla. Up Florida hos cd  visitors during the first five months of 1987 and the tourism Industry May be headed for another Banner year state Commerce Secretary Job Bush said monday. The tourism influx included 7.2 million arriving by car and 8.3 million coming in by plane. Motor vehicle tourism is up 7,5 percent Over the first five months of j986. However year to year comparisons for air tourism and total tourism Are not pos sible because the department of Commerce has changed the Way it counts tourists flying into the state. During May Florida hosted 1.4 million tourists arriving by car and 1.3 million coming in by air. The number of Auto travellers was up 12.6 percent Over May oblast year Park searchers find body of skier missing 6 months Lodgepole Calif a the body of a skier who had been missing since february was found Mon Day by . Forest service searchers. The body of Robert Simmons 32, of rec Ley was found in an unnamed Lake in Sequoia National Park about eight Miles cast of Lodgepole said Marv Jensen. Spokesman for the Sequoia Kings Canyon National Parks. Three hikers reported sunday they had found hiking and ski gear near big Bird Lake just North of Fth Lake where Simmons body was found. Simmons was on a Solo Cross country skiing trip when he apparently became trapped in a heavy Snow storm. A we Klong search in february failed to turn up any Sig i of him. Volunteers Are sought for tests of 2 aids drugs Baltimore a Johns Hopkins researchers arc looking for volunteers for studies on the effective Ness of Livo aids drugs including at a Hospital spokeswoman said monday Johns Hopkins is one of 19 centers in the nation that will share si37.5 million from the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases to find ways to Battle in disease said Marion Click. Right now we Don t have anything to cure the disease Click said. We Only have anal drugs thai inhibit  researchers need volunteers who display various stages of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Volunteers must be Over 18, and the studies Are expected to last six months to three years. 200 moving 1 million books to new University Library Knoxville. Tenn. A As Many As 2do Stu dents and volunteers Are working up to 16 hours a Day to move 1 million books from two University of ten Nessee libraries to the renovated Hodges Library inline for fail classes. We Hope that most of the new books Are in the new building by the firs week of september said Pauline Bayne relocation director. The j28 million Hodges Library has a computerized card Catalon with 40 terminals and a study area open around the clock. It also will House projects on the presidential papers of Andrew Johnson Andrew Jack son and James k. Polk. Missile partners defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger right hands German defense minister Manfred Ocmer a document o sign after he two reached final to rement in Washington for the cooperative production at the rolling Airframe missile system which has in developed jointly by the us. And German inthe ram is designed to counter the i real of anal Carlst missiles. Dishes from italian pottery line recalled because of Lead Content los Angeles up Federal authorities have recalled dishes from a popular line of Ivalinn pottery sold nationwide for More than 20 years because of possible Lead poisoning that could cause nerve damage. The food and drug administration has asked that some Giovanni do Simon dishes be recalled because they contain enough Lead to damage the Central Ner Vous systems of children. Samples have shown Levels of Lead leaching into foods at so or More times the Agency s safely Levels the daily Breeze of Torrance reported sunday. The newspaper said four companies Are involved in the recall including Seagull imports of Torrance. Other importers taking Steps to retrieve the pol cry Are Nordstrom department Siors country floors of new Vork and Gumps of san Francisco the Agency said. Food served or worse stored in some of these Navy doctor in has first bid for Washington apr pm or. Donai Buji the Navy surgeon convicted of involuntary manslaughter and negligence in the deaths of three patients has been rebuffed in his first bid for Park and Muil remain behind bars for at least another year. Billig former chief heart surgeon at Bolh Coda naval hop ill was sentenced on March 3, 1 986, to four years in prison after a lengthy court martial. He is confined at the military prison at fort Leavenworth jct i. According to a Brief Navy statement released monday Billig s Case was reviewed on july 9 by the naval clemency and parole Board which voted 4 1 against parole. The recommendation was subsequently forwarded to Chase Untermeyer the Navy s assistant Secretary for Man Power and Reserve affairs who had been delegated responsibility for reviewing the Nutter by Navy Secretary Jam . On july 27, assistant Secretary Nulf pm Civ act Cpl cd the Board suggestion and denied Park the Navy mid dishes could develop Levels of Lead that could irreversibly damage the Central nervous systems of children causing learning impairment or behavioural problems Fra commissioner Frank voting said. Some pieces also showed excessive leaching of an other Metal cadmium which could damage the kid Neys Young added. I c Simone s handmade dishes include the designer s distinctive fish shaped plates and colourful Stone wan with italian Folk Moi Ift. Officials said the recall applies Only to items that can be used in eating and drinking. A spokesman for do Simone told the daily Breeze that most of its wares especially the Large one of a kind pieces that sell Tor More than $1,000 each Are used Only for Deco ration and present no danger. Negligence Case parole rejected it was the second Rebuff to Billig this year. He had earlier filed a request for clemency but that motion was denied by the Pantok Board and by ume Meyer in Lale Panl. Billig automatically became eligible for parole consideration july 2 after completing one third of his sentence. He will be eligible for consideration again nest year according to the Navy should he fail to win parole the earliest bilt Igean regain his Freedom is March 31, 1989, counting credit for Good conduct the 56-year-old by Jig sorted As a surgeon at Bethesda in 1983 and 1984,3 period during which Bethesda s heart surgery mortality rate increased above National Notts be cause of what prosecutors charged was his Gross incompetence. The Proi caution in h is court Mart demanded a prison term describing Billig As an egocentric Man nearly Blind i one Eye who hid his visual Handicap and continued per fanning complot heart operations despite numerous complaints that he was killing patients