European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday january 21,1988  Boeing gets Sas order for up to 24 new planes Seattle api Boeing co. Announced tuesday that it has received an order fur up to 24 aircraft valued at 11,8 billion from scandinavian  spokesman John Wheeler said Stockholm based Sas Lias placed an order for nine 767 air planes win of lion for 15 More of the twin engine wide body Craft. The first of Floc planes Are to be delivered in March 1989.  Forth aircraft have Noi yet Iran selected Jan girl on Sas president and chief executive officer Saij his company wanted an aircraft to augment its flee i of Mcdonnell Douglas do a jumbo jets in the l9tos. He said Sas plans to use the 767s for trans Atlantic flights from cities in Norway Denmark and Sweden. The Deal is Pic first major order in 198 for Boeing which has had three years or record commercial air ran orders jul year orders totalled just below s20 billion. Runaway commuter bus kills 3 in san Francisco san Francisco a a runaway commuter bus slowed into a group of pedestrians downtown Dur ing the afternoon Rush hour tuesday killing three peo ple and injuring 14 others police said. The Accident occurred when a bus coming out of Floc trans Hay transit terminal at he rive of inc City  rid slammed into a sports car and continued speeding out of control knocking Down people crowing Al tic inti of  bus then careened Down the Side of tic Street for hair a Block before ramming a Ricc on the curb  persons were taken to hospitals and one a in year old woman was reported in critical condition. The names of those who died were nol immediately  cause of the Accident appeared to be either a mechanical failure or inc failure of the Driver to prop Erly handle tic Gas pedal. Jordan said. Police ruled out drinking and drugs airline tightens Belt corking free booze Dalies a Southwest airlines co. Has made its but Call for free alcoholic drinks ending an Era fora earner once known As one of Floc by sics bartenders in Texas. Southwest earlier this month corked inc free booze on weekday flights during Peak hours in a Belt tightening move airline spokeswoman Charlotte Goddard said his  Dallas based company some Lime ago stopped serv ing free alcoholic drinks on off hour and weekend nights. Goddard said she cancelled some Adverse reaction but nol much. Frequent business travellers the original targets of inc drinks program will be offered some drinks either discounted or on the House. We think our customers will understand thai this was a business decision to maintain competitive rates ill said. She also said soul Hacsi s prices j2 ror cocktails and i for Beer and wine arc similar to other airlines prices and a  it s a far cry from the Days when free flowing alcohol was As much a part of the airline s image As stewardesses Clad in hot pants. Army was overcharged by railroads report says Washington a two Railroad companies overcharged the army millions of dollars for shipping tanks and equipment a practice thai went Annot ice for years because of Sloppy auditing procedure according to a published report wednesday. The Washington Post reported that inc army has found Al least 55 million in Railroad Tec overcharges dating Back to 1982, for moving military equipment to the National training Center at fort Irwin Calif. We re still finding overcharges. That s not the Railroad s Money it s the taxpayers said Barry mor Ris spokesman for . Forces command at fort Mcpherson a officials told the newspaper that the overcharges involving shipments to the training Center have ranged from a few thousand dollars per trip to j405.458 in one  representing the two Railroad companies involved the Union Pacific Railroad and the Alcini son Topeka & Santa be railway blamed account ing mistakes by both the railroads and the army. Fort Irwin auditors reported that Railroad Compa Nies were charging the army round Tnp rates for one Way service in some cases and routinely charged the military for dozens More rail cars than were ordered for inc exercises. Army documents also blame some of the Over charges on Sloppy record keeping by army officials responsible for drafting and monitoring Bills for the Railroad shipments which can involve 400 to 500 rail cars on some of inc larger training exercises. Army transportation officials frequently signed the Bills for the higher amounts without comparing Hern to requested orders Morris said. The army last year spent s46 million to transport equipment to and from fort Irwin officials said. The unidentified fort Irwin auditor who first Dis covered inc problem told the newspaper he was har Assed out of his Job after he reported the overcharges a charge army officials denied the Posl said however the newspaper said an investigation is under Way by the Merit systems Protection Board. A curb service Start Mike kit Nast Cwi cd � helping Hind in jump suit ing he cur when my cliche Nightingale Voltl tired curb Sld service providing on electrical boost from the Battery on her wheelchair. Unerring Eold a Nib or in the Green title a ire helped to to Hiibel the charge in Al Toast j Battery. 165 Danes file radiation illness claims against of Washington uple damage claims on behalf of 165 danish workers were filed against the air Force tuesday charging they arc suffering radiation ill Nesses stemming from the 1968 crash of a b-52 nuclear bomber. We re seeking medical and biological monitoring of these workers and specific compensation for those workers who arc suffering diseases said Washington at Torney Richard Lewis who filed the. Administrative claim. Lewis said inc claim alleges that the workers suffered damage when they were working four Miles any from the site of the Jan. 31,1 %8, crash in Thule. Greenland of she b-i2 tarrying four Hydrogen bombs. Many of the workers who were employed by a danish construction firm helped in the cleanup of the debris from the crash Lewis said. He did not know it the construction firm was under contract to the air Force. The lawyer said he in peels there will i claims from other danish workers. He could give no total claim amount the lawyer said because there Are the "1 65 individual claims each seeking damages. No immediate comment could be of trained from the air fora. But a spokesman confirmed that the claims had been filed. The radiation emanated from such mate rials As uranium plus mum tritium and hydrocarbons and has resulted 20 years later in the workers suffering higher Rales of cancer nerve disorders and sterility Lewis said. Those arc some of the symptoms they arc starting to experience and these Are associated with those Type of radiation exposures said Lewis an attorney with a Washington Law firm. Telephone interview. He said there really is a serious need for More biological and medical monitoring of the work fore to get the full picture on what health disorders they Are  Lewis said he is nol representing any organization hut a group of individuals thai have sought our representation in the  the claim was filed with the claim and court litigation office of the air Force judge advocate general he said. The attorney stressed that the claim is an administrative action against inc air Force As opposed to a Legal action in a court a flow. Said the b-52 Crew parachuted to safety. The claims could potentially open the air Force to a situation similar to the one a experienced in the Early 1980s when250,000 veterans and their do pendent claimed they had suffered injuries from the agent Orange herbicide used to defoliate Jungles in Viet Nam. The air Force said Early last year a Tatalis. Tical Survey showed no evidence that the Aff Force pc Onnel who handled and sprayed inc Jungle Clearing Spray had a rougher death rate than the general population and it de Nied any claims. However about 1215 million in claims was paid from a special fund created by seven manufacturers in an Oul of court elem Cut of a court action filed by to ooh veterans and their dependents. A retired air Force officer familiar with the 1968 crash said there had bran very Little radiation because when the bo2 twaitxujuui., Gnu had. Ii melted its Way through a thick a october leveral members of Gondret layer of ice which promptly Fioz Over. A so introduced legislation thai would Fate because of the freeze Over Ibe air Force danish cancer registry study and a danish had difficulty in recovering the plane and clinical medical study Lewis said in a the bombs which broke up on Impact. He in the claims we cite preliminary data from two danish medical studies a Alx Imlau Okcu of claw mum it the government to provide disability Bene fits to those suffering illnesses from the herbicide