European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday july 20, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 study shows drunks injured More in accidents Milford Mich. Up Many scientists and doctors have Long held the be Lief that Drunken Drivers and passengers Are less Likely to sustain serious injuries in an Auto Accident because they Are so relaxed. Now workers at the general motors safety research & development Laboratory Are finding out that nothing could be further from the truth. Researchers have compiled data on what happens in actual car crashes in addition to their exhaustive evaluations using dummies in simulated crashes. But it s Tough to simulate an inebriated Dummy. Something sobering happened to that myth As our collection of data about what happens to real people in real Acci dents began to grow or. Christopher Green head of pm s biomedical science department said during this month Sam safety Center s Celebration of its 20th year of vehicle safety research. Studies in our Jab and also supported by the University of North Carolina Highway research Center indicated that the occurrence of serious to fatal injury insignificantly higher among intoxicated people than it is among those who Are sober Green said. The reason is that alcohol interferes wit the ability to pump blood effectively after an Impact and that toxic products or Poi sons quickly accumulate in traumatized tissue minutes after a collision. Nerve tissue function and especially the recovery of nerve tissue function Are both affected much More than previously thought he said. Such findings have largely been due to exploring what happens during the third collision which occurs in every Accident. The first collision involves the vehicle and the object it hits Green explained. The second is Between the occupant and the Interior of the vehicle. The third one occurs As the body or Gans deform or crush against the skeletal structures which often results in severe internal injuries or concussions. Pm had previously been occupied with understanding and solving the prob lems associated with the first and second collisions Green said. Only now have we begun to explore the third collision.1 to do this pm has developed a new set of measurements to determine the severity of such injuries at various speeds. Called viscous criterion these measurements Are read from sensitive electronic devices which Are housed inthe chests of a test Dummy. Green acknowledged that such pro Grams involve Long term research with no immediate results expected. But pre Vious research and application to new cars by pm and other automakers have already contributed to lowering the High Way death rate per 100 million vehicle Miles from 15 in the late 1930s to a re Cord Low of 2.4 last year. Drought severity Short term crop soil moisture Index As of june 25 h extremely to severely dry excessively to abnormally dry slightly dry to abnormally moist precipitation Outlook through july 31 u below Normal Normal above Normal Chicago Tribune graphic by David Jahntz sources Noaa us a joint agricultural weather facility and National weather service High pressure mass keeps the heat on Northern . New York not almost the entire country from California to Cape cod is roasting in scorching heat because of an unusual set of meteorological conditions brought on by the spread of a vast vortex of High pressure air. This has expanded from the Middle West wherein has persisted for a sweltering month All across the Northern United states. Government meteorologists said monday that the dense air in the upper atmosphere has grown into an unusual elongated pattern from coast to coast. The said it was highly unusual for the nation s weather to be influenced so uniformly by one such pervasive condition. Scientists who specialize in climate trends said the current weather patterns May be occurring without any increased Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere adding to the so called global greenhouse effect whereby heat is trapped in the atmosphere by polluting gases. But they said the Rise in such gases could Lead Tomore hotter than average Summers in the future. Or. James Firor a climatologist at the National enter for atmospheric research in Boulder colo., said if the Levels of greenhouse gases continue to increase and they seem to be going up then the probability of heat Waves could go up. The weather will continue to fluctuate but even a slight Rise in the average global temperature could mean the hot Summers will be hotter and probably More frequent and the Low temperatures won t get quite As  and even stringent measures to reduce the air pollution responsible for the greenhouse effect can Only buy time to adjust to a warmer world Man scientists around the world now agree. These were some of the weather highs reported monday Sacramento calif., 107 degrees Dallas fort Worth 102 Las vegas nev., 108 Shreveport,la., 100 Washington 93, and new York City 92. At the National weather service s climate Analy Sis Center in Suitland md., meteorologists said unusually High pressures in the upper atmosphere began heating up much of the country in Early june. The Jet Stream a Strong West East current in the upper atmosphere had remained farther North than usual preventing the flow of cooler air from Canada. These Are Chicken and egg situations said Edward o Lenic a meteorologist at the climate Analy Sis Center. It s hard to say which came first the High pressure Center or the Strong Jet Stream. But the High pressures became very persistent and have setup the conditions for the current heat  10,000 sign letter to Captain and Crew of Vincennes san Diego a a letter of sup port signed by nearly 10,000 san Diego residents is on its Way to the Captain and Crew of the ship that shot downed an iranian Airliner. The 570-foot letter is four feet longer than the guided missile Cruiser Vin Cennes according to state rep. Bill Low Ery a san Diego who organized the Sig nature drive. The letter was put aboard a Commer ical Airliner monday and is expected to arrive in Bahrain wednesday for delivery to the Crew and officers aboard Thesan Diego based ship which has continued patrolling the persian Gulf since the Iran air Airbus a300 was shot Down on july 3, killing All 290aboard. Officials said it was a Case of mistaken identity. The letter was painted on a poster approximately 12 feet Square and the Sig natures Many accompanied by personal messages were written on Rolls of 3-foot-wide Butcher paper. The letter said to capt. Will Rogers Iii and the Crew of the  Vincennes the Citi Zens of our Home port san Diego show our Strong support to you As you strive to do your duty to god and country in troubled Waters far fro Home. You have our Best wishes Dur ing a difficult time and we Pray Forfar winds and following seas in the future. Good Luck and  Lowery said the signature Campaign was conducted Over the weekend in various spots around san Diego. I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of support he said. In one weekend almost 10,000 people too the time to stand up and be counted for the  the Vincennes is expected to edits six month deployment and return to san Diego in october. Celebration notes anniversary of alien invasion West Windsor . A the 50th anniversary Celebration of the War of the worlds broadcast Orson Welles radio play about an alien invasion that terrified America was launched Here monday with Martian punch and a song. Welles and his Mercury theater Cre ated a sensation the night of oct. 30, 1938, with their broadcast based on . Wells tale of a Martian invasion of Earth. Despite disclaimers that it was fictitious the realistic sounding Broad cast on lbs created a nationwide panic. The invasion began at grovers Mill nj., chosen at random by scriptwriter Howard Koch and residents of the Ham let in West Windsor township near Princeton have been reminded annually of its place in radio history. In the coming months the group organizing the anniversary Celebration Hopes to remind the world of the Broad cast heard by an estimated 6 million people and the role it played in redefining radio s Power. The fiftieth anniversary commemorative committee for War of the worlds inc. Began the festivities with the debut of Over the airwaves the Ballad of grovers  the song written locally opens with a Brief excerpt from the halloween Broad cast then relates the blurring of the line Between reality and fantasy that brought panic in the  on the other Side of grovers Mill there s a Pond where the water glows. What landed on that Jersey site i m sure nobody knows four women in leotards Sang As reporters listened. The song is to be released to radio stations around the country this week and will be the subject of a music video according to the committee. Participants were offered Martian punch a Green concoction of Vodka fruit juices and liqueur with Melon balls Bobbing in it. Committee chairman Douglas Forres Ter who was born 15 years after the broadcast said he used to hear Only Sec Ond hand accounts of the terror the show evoked but says people Are finally admitting being scared As word of his group s work gets out. I think one of the acid tests of our credibility is we Are finally getting first person accounts from people who had the be Jab Bers scared out of them said Forrester director of pensions for new Jersey and former mayor of West Windsor. According to news accounts at the time thousands of people headed for the Hills causing massive traffic jams an panicked listeners jammed phone lines to police. In grovers Mill Farmers unfamiliar with local landmark. Fired Buckshot into a water Tower believing twas a giant Martian War machine. Forrester said a Man who was on Hunting trip in upstate new York when War of the worlds was broadcast said some members of his Hunting party grabbed their guns and headed Home tonight the martians. Others deciding it was too late to save their families headed for the Canadian Border