European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday August 8,1988 the stars and stripes Page . Blackout leaves thousands in dark new York not an electrical blackout that began late Friday night left thousands of people in Harlem and on the upper West Side of Manhattan without Power saturday. Power was restored to most customers by 8 06 p.m., but electric Utility officials said they could not Rule out the possibility of further disruptions. Things look pretty Good said a spokeswoman for the consolidated Edi son co. There May be an isolated pocket of customers who have no service but for All intents and purposes everyone has been restored to for the 22 hours of the blackout elevators were halted traffic lights dark ened water supplies that depended on basement pumps were Cut off and appliances became useless in most of an area bounded by 110th Street 153rd Street Amsterdam Avenue and the Hudson River. Another con Edison spokeswoman said the blackout to 5,000 customers meaning tens of thousands of people was caused by faults in five of the 19 feeder lines that transmit Power into the neighbourhood. She said the cause of the problems had not been determined but that the recent heat and surging demand for Power had certainly played a role. The company said it had dispatched More than 200 workers who gradually disconnected Power to buildings in a slow process that it said was necessary to repair faults in the lines. Power was restored when workers succeeded in repairing three of the five affected feeder cables con Edison officials said. Repair work was to continue through the night on the remaining two cables they said. The police said saturday evening that there had been no looting or other crimes related to the blackout. Nonetheless they said 1,000 officers were assigned to the neighbourhood saturday night besides the roughly 300 officers who would nor Mally be patrolling the area. Lighting equipment powered by por table gasoline powered generators was also deployed to the blackout area the police said. The equipment included six newly acquired Light cars equipped with powerful search lights on Long electronically controlled arms. Boy expected to recover after Rod pierces brain Harrisburg a. A an 11-year-old boy is expected to recover fully from an Accident in a which ? Rod pierced his Skull just below his right Eye and punched through his brain and up against the Back of his Skull. Brian Swartz was bicycle Riding with his brother along a country Road near the Cumberland county town of Newville last week when his Bike struck a Hay Rake along the Road puncturing a tire and pitching him Forward onto the Rod. While his brother Jerry 15, rushed to a nearby House for help Brian lifted himself from the Rod and feeling dizzy Lay Down on the ground. It was just scary Brian said. I pulled myself off i guess i did t realize what i was i was scared i was going to die Brian said. It was the boy s father Jerry soon arrived and he and his wife Deborah placed ice towels and a Damp cloth Over the wound and took Brian to Carlisle Hospital about 10.miles away. Brian was treated in the Emer gency room and transferred to polyclinic medical Cen Ter in Harrisburg. It s unbelievable said or. Hugh Knight who treated Brian at Carlisle. It s very uncommon some one would survive. It just seemed to hit the right Brian is expected to recover said or. Howard Stein senior resident in the joint paediatric program of poly clinic and Hershey medical Center. The injury is something we see occasionally he said. That he came through without anything wrong is remarkable. I be never seen anything like Brian was transferred out of intensive care the Day after the Accident tuesday and into the paediatric unit. I Only have a headache and a big bump on the Back of my head Brian said. Swartz who passed out when he first Learned details of his son s injury from doctors said Brian s survival was a Miracle. This is one in a million he said. It s hard to believe anything like this could happen and he would not have brain damage or a physical i really feel strongly that there was Only one Way this boy survived god was looking Over him Swartz Swartz with his Mother Deborah left has Only a Small scar under his Eye where a Rod viewed by his father Jerry right penetrated his brain without inflicting permanent damage. The boy is expected to recover. Garbage Man cleared of showing photo he found Birmingham Ala. A a Gar Bageman who found a picture of a partially dressed woman while collecting trash did not violate her constitutional rights by showing the photo to friends and owes no damages a Federal judge ruled. The court premised its decision in part on the basis that people should expect their trash to be searched by trash collectors . District judge Sam c. Pointer wrote. Pointer said his july 25 opinion was based partly on a May supreme court Deci Sion that gave police the right to use Evi Dence rooted out of the trash in criminal cases. The trash collector s display of the photograph showing the woman in her underwear was clearly for his own amusement but violated no Federal Law or constitutional rights the judge said. The woman s attorney Craig Izard said the photograph was taken As a prank by her daughter while the woman dressed last december. The photo was not in any Way suggestive but the woman found it embarrassing he said. The lawsuit was filed May 10 by the woman and her husband. It named the City of Oneonta and the trash collector identified As Richard Eakes As defendants. Izard asked that the name of his client not be used. She lives in a very Small town and it would be embarrassing to her he said. According to the suit the Man was showing off the photograph at a Christmas family gathering when one of the woman s friends or relatives realized who it was. The Man s publication of a photo of a partly Clad woman May have caused embarrassment to her and her husband Pointer wrote. This does not however infringe upon any constitutionally protected Liberty the couple is considering an Appeal or possibly a state lawsuit Izard said. 2 Florida boys turn in parents for growing pot Titusville Fla. A two Brothers who told police marijuana plants were growing behind their House said they turned in their parents because they did t want their 15-month-old sister to grow up with that in the House. I just told police we had witnessed marijuana plants growing in a shed said Timothy Gustafs 11. We were a Little scared because t know what was going to happen added his brother Christopher 9. Their Mother Cathleen Joyce Smith 28, and Stepfather Leo David Smith 29, were charged with Possession and cultivation of marijuana said it. Don Nettles head of the Titusville police department s narcotics division. Timothy said he and his brother Learned what marijuana smells and looks like in science class. When they saw about 15 plants in the shed thursday the boys picked some leaves and put them in an empty bread bag to show police. Their parents were at work. The boys and a 13-year-old Friend Rode their Bicy cles to a nearby grocery store and called police. The boys told officers they had seen their Mother and Stepfather smoking marijuana twice and often could smell the smoke in the House Nettles said. Police took the children s statements at the station then drove the kids Back to their neighbourhood. One of the boys told the baby Sitter what had happened Nettles said and she called their Mother at work. Officers obtained a search warrant and confiscated the plants some of which were 4 feet tall
