European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. March 8, 19bb the stars and stripes Page s Boston landmark goes Down with a bang Boston a the first Posl de prussion skyscraper in downtown Boston was levelled sunday in a spectacular implosion that rallied modern Lowers in the City s financial i Ulrici and cloaked streets in a dense Cloud of Ash and soot. It look two years to build the travel ers insurance co. Building and about 10 seconds following six months of preparation to demolish the 16-Story Structure which overlooked the City s Central artery and was known for its Blue and White panels. Explosives placed at 600 locations throughout the building sliced through its steel Frame collapsing the Tower and spewing a thick Cloud that sent Demoli Tion workers police and spectators run Ning Tor cover. When the Cloud cleared several minutes later All that remained of the building was a two Story High pile of steel Concrete bricks Din ar-3 tiles. Sool covered build in and cars several blocks away. Following the 9 . Implosion demolition workers tried to keep the crowd from scaling a dirt embankment Buill around the travellers lol the planned Home of a s450 million retail and office Complex featuring Lowers 30 floors and 21 floors tall. Thousands of people who had watched from outside the demolition zone swarmed in for a closer look scrambling for souvenirs and camera an. Blocs. Tiles were the most coveted Memorabilia. Some settled for tattered insurance claim forms and envelopes or twisted pieces of Sheet Metal and pipes. It was wild said 13-year-old Danny Condon of Weymouth mass., who watched the implosion from a nearby of fice Tower you could feel the building we were in shaking and you could Sec the names come flying out of the windows. Then there was Glass everywhere. And then the behind Danny a Fralc from the build ing s Healing system was driven into a the travellers Dull Long in downtown Banian shudders Fram the explosion left before Rul lapsing in a Hup. Plywood Barrier built to protect an office building across the Street. Several other pieces of steel were stuck in the Wood As Well. A half Doran windows in nearly buildings were shattered. Mark Meaney 14, Shook his head at the spectacle. This is the first Lime i be seen any thing like this he said. It s going to take a while to clean it 1 Clicc had closed surrounding streets and halted traffic on the Central artery for two hours. When the crowd began to dissipate workers and heavy equipment moved in to began removing the debris and sweep the streets. When the lol is Clear construction will begin on the new Complex slated for completion in 1991, the new development will join a sky line dramatically different from the one the travellers building first graced in 1959, when in was hailed As n sign of Boston s Post depression re Villi Ilion. Jusi across the Street from the travel ers site Sils International place a 4s Story Modem office Tower opened last year. The travellers implosion was con ducted by controlled demolition inc., a Maryland company thai has used the technique More than 5,500 times world wide wife passes bar exam for husband who Fai de los Angeles apr when the pregnant woman already licensed to practice Law loot the bar exam a second time in 1985 she was t herself she was her Salant 31, admitted the impersonated her husband Morgan Lamb because he could t pass the grueling three Day test. Lamb 34, had finished in the Bottom 20 percent when he look the earn him couple Boih 1983 Urcla Law school graduates who met and married while in school Nave since divorced and bluing each other for the scheme. Both have pleaded guilty to false pers nation. This is a Case of Yuppie greed gone amok said Deputy District attorney Kirk Newkirk who prosecuted the Case. Salant a former Federal prosecutor with the securities and Exchange commission was sentenced to three years probation fined s2.500 and ordered to perform 2.000 hours of Community service. The stale supreme court will decide if she is to be Dis , who is to be sentenced on March 24, could get up to four year in prison. Two months before the exam Saiant had an identification picture taken with her hair pulled tightly Back behind her cars and thick mannish eyebrows pencilled on her forehead. She dressed for the photo in an open Button Down Man s dress , when she showed up for the lest she was seven months pregnant and chose not to dress like a Man. Despite painful pregnancy complications thai caused her hospitalization As soon As the Lesl Wai Over. Salant scored third among 7.683 taking the exam. Ten Days later her daughter was born. An Anonymous caller lipped off state bar of Akiau As the test scores were being tallied. However a Monitor had become suspicious of the pregnant applicant wearing a Man s identification picture and had already filed a report. Investigators later dusted the exam Book for fingerprints and found two of hers but none of his. Bar officials said the Dramn Lic improvement in Lamb s lest scores also would have sparked an investigation. Salant told court officials she took the lest on her husband s orders to save her marriage. She said he was suicidal and abusive. Lamb said it was her idea. 17th easter Seal telethon raises record $35 million los Angeles a the 17th an Nual National easter Seal society telethon with entertainer Hal Boone and actress Mary Frann As hosts raised a record 135,189.425 during the 20 hours the event was televised from coast to coast. Once again the american Public has proved it is a very generous and caring Public said John r. Garrison easter Seal s chief executive officer. The telethon which began saturday night and ended sunday afternoon reached 1 to cities. Garrison said to originated from the aquarius theater in Hollywood. The unique thing about our telethon is thai 92 percent of the Money raised stays right in the areas where in was Garrison said. The Money will be put to use in the local Frann who was co Host of the daytime portion of the telethon with bronc. Plays Joanna. Loudon on the lbs show new the Nihl co Host with Limonc was disabled actress Nancy Becker Kennedy who makes regular appearances on Ine Abc soap opera general performers appearing in the telethon included Ray Charles. Ben Vercen Suzanne Sommers Rich Lillic Gloria Lor ing Lucy Amai and country music stars Crystal Gale and Larry Gatlin and the Gallin Brothers. The easier Seal society provides serv ices to children and adults with handicaps. Last year s telethon raised More than $ j3.2 million. Garrison said. Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today., March 8. 1948 Gen. Charles do Gaulle called for . Military Aid to support a Union of Western european states including West Germany to counter the soviet Union s bid for domination 30 years ago 8, 1958 Navy officials said they expect to have a nuclear powered seaplane in operation by 1965. 20 years ago today. March 8. Ims democratic presidential hopeful sen. Eugene Mccarthy claimed a major Victory Over president Johnson in the Minnesota caucuses in his bid for delegates to the democratic National convention. To years ago today. March 8. 1978 president Carter hailed president Tito of Yugoslavia As a Symbol of the hunger for Liberty in Eastern Europe and pledged support for Yugo Slavia s status As a nonaligned communist state
