European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes thursday november 26.19b7 stateside aids cases set record in los Angeles county los Angeles a a record 192 new aids cwt were reported in los Angeles court by in october bringing the number of confirmed cases in the county to 1.869, optic gals said. The october figure surpassed inc previous monthly record oflus new cases recorded in March. County supervisor de Edelman said Mon Day. In september 129 new cases were reported. The october eases included one child bringing the number of afflicted children in inc county to the county mortality rate stands Al 63 percent with 2,420 people having died from the disease. As of nov. 9, the Federal centers for disease control in Atlanta had received reports of 45,43t american Jin aids. 23,914 of whom had did. The cd estimates the disease will strike 270,000 american Sand kill 179,000by Lite end of 1991. Man apparently crushed to death in garbage truck Memphis Tenn. A a Raggedy dressed Pinn whose body was found at a waste dump was a., crushed 10 death Afier crawling into a trash Container 10 escape had weather a sheriffs investigator says inspector Buck Wood of the Shelby county sheriffs department said the body was found monday by a Bulldozer operator a i a dump where waste collected from trash bins is deposited. Trucks trial empty inc bins compact the trash before bringing to the dump he said. The dead Man s name was withheld until his family could be notified. Wood said and an autopsy was ordered North Dakota s Dorgan to seek re election Fargo . A rep. Byron Dorgan announced tuesday he will not Challenge sen. Quinlin Burdick for the democratic Nomi nation for the . Senate next year bul will seek re election Lotic House the wrench Fig. Difficult Challenge necessary to win the nomination could create wounds Loo deep to  Dorgan said. The Cost of my Victory could tear apart a party i helped to build. The announcement Al a hastily called news conference ended months of speculation As to whether Dorgan would seek the slate democratic non partisan league party s Senate endorse ment Burdick 79, officially announced earlier this month that he would seek re election. Two years ago Dorgan backed Down from challenging inc re election bid of then sen. Mark Andrews k-., who was eventually unsealed by Democrat Kent Conrad a Dorgan protege. Turret Tram a huge explosion engulf a Section of the Mobil Oil refinery in Torr Nncy Calif., on tuesday night. One injured in Calif refinery blast Torrance Calif a a spectacular explosion ripped through a Mobil Oil refinery tuesday eve Ning sending a billow of Orange flame hundreds of feel in the air and injuring at least one worker. It was a huge explosion.1 said Anne Peterson a nearby resident. We All thought in was an aftershock from an earthquake Fri officials were Al the refinery tuesday night to investigate a bomb threat said Torrance police sol. Ron Trabor the Call came after the explosion. Because it was made to the Tustin police department rather than to Torrance. Police doubted the credibility of the threat Traber said. Mobil officials reported the Plant had received no bomb threat Call before the blast. Fire officials reported that the Blaze was under control late tuesday and said it would most Likely be allowed to Burn ill lout. A refinery worker was thrown to the ground by the blast. He then jumped a Fence and ran to a nearby Home where he used a phone to report the Blaze said lire battalion chief Denny Haas. The worker Michael try no or. Of West Covina was taken to Little company of Mary Hospital where he was reported to be in Good condition. He was treated for smoke inhalation and blast injuries said Hospital spokeswoman Marie Riccardi. Haas said the explosion occurred in an area of the Plant where propane and butane gases Are cleaned. Tom Gregory safely manager for Mobil said about 50 people were in the Plant at the time of the blast. While the Plant processes 123,000 barrels a Day of crude Oil none of the crude was touched off by the Blaze he said. The fire was contained to Ane Section of the refinery in 90 minutes Gregory said. The refinery is surrounded by residential neighbor hoods bul Only a few Homes facing the refinery were evacuated. Residents were allowed to return Home when authorities determined the area was not in Dan Ger said Traber. Ron Edgley a resident 01 one of those Homes said he was in the Kitchen Wilh Hii wife fixing dinner when the blast shattered four windows. Another resident who lost windows Brian Vicerra said the blast was Only one of Many at the refinery Over the years but was by far the worst he had experienced. A Federal occupation.-, safety and. Health administration safely team arrived at the Plant shortly before 9 . Local Osha area director Leslie w. Michael said he could give no information on the Plant s safety re Cord because the Federal Osha office just look Over responsibility for the Plant from inc state this july. Cinderella 37, almost catches running man9 Hollywood a Arnold Schwarzenegger s running Man flexed its Box office muscle to stay atop the weekly turnstile Derby bul Disney s decades old animated Slipper Saga Cinderella was close on ils heels Cinderella the animated feature Marie in 1950, earned s5.i million in its first week of re release a close second behind 2-week-old running Man which took in 15.6 million to finish no 1 two was in a Row. Running Man is a Tri Siar movie featuring Schwarzenegger As an enemy of the stale who has to fight for his life on a televised game show in inc year 2 519, Richard Dawson is featured As the game show s twisted Host. Two new films opened strongly As the studios geared up for thanksgiving Holiday crowds. In third place was Flowers in inc  the new world film based on the Best Selling horror novel which sold is million in tickets in its first week. The Warner Bros movie  starring barbra Streisand was released last weekend on Only 536 screens placed fifth and took in $4 million for a per screen average of s8.s93. Running Man look in $3,341 per screen. Nuts is about an unbalanced prostitute charged with manslaughter and facing . Fatal attraction which was nudged out of first place last week by running Man after an eight week reign Al the top earned j4.9 million for fourth place and surpassed the $100 million Mark in Lota Gross hello again the Shelley Long comedy from Bucana Vista earned s2.6 million for inc no. 6 spot while Diane Kealon s baby Boom earned si.7 Mil lion for seventh. Tri Star s suspect sold More than s2 million in tickets to finish in ninth place. Two movies bumped from Ian week s top 10 by premieres reappeared this week. Dirty dancing was in eighth place with $1.4 Mil lion suspect was ninth with is .3 million and the Princess Bride followed in 10th with is. I million. Teen Wolf. Too starring Jason Bateman had a disappointing debut for Atlantic releasing corp., which refused to divulge Boi office figure a Poi Turc thai usually signifies a turnstile bomb. The bos office Gross is determined by the number of tickets a movie Sells during the weekend always a much stronger sales period than the rest of the week. Studios use the weekend to office to determine How Well a movie is doing. Here arc the top films for the weekend As tallied by exhibitor relations co., with distributor weekend Gross number of weeks in release and estimated production costs. Distributors Supply the Gross amount figures. Figures not available Are indicated by a a. In Uin. To Sli t Milan.  Kioto. Pm i f in Foft. N-4 z.  a verve Hiltl. 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