European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday october 5, 1988 3 haitian soldiers jailed in n.y., accused of air piracy new York up three haitian soldiers who left their Airport Security posts in port a Prince Haiti and forced their Way onto a new York bound american airlines Jet last weekend apparently seeking political Asylum have been charged with air piracy and ordered held without bail in new York. The soldiers Nicolas Norm it 23 Jean Charleston Bienaime 23 and Edo inc Noel 24, pleaded innocent monday before . Magistrate Allyn Ross in . District court in Brooklyn. If convicted of air piracy they each face 20 years to life in prison. The three wearing Tan prison arb were ordered held without bait pending a detention hearing scheduled for Friday. They spoke Creole during their arraignment and communicated with their court appointed lawyers with the help of a court interpreter. The three soldiers were armed with loaded automatic assault rifles when they boarded the a-300 Airbus a port a Prince Al about 4 20 . Saturday just before its scheduled flight to new York. The three took positions in the coach Section of the aircraft with one standing in the rear one in the mid dle and one in the front effectively controlling the 224 passengers and Crew of nine according to court papers. An american airlines employee who spoke Creole was brought aboard the plane to negotiate. He in formed the Captain the haitians wanted to Fly to the United Stales. During the negotiations. Norm it pointed his weapon at the Captain and at the senior flight attendant the court papers stale. After a Creole speaking passenger a retired haitian army colonel entered the talks the three agreed to surrender their weapons once the plane look off. When the plane landed at Kennedy Airport the three haitians were arrested by the Fri and they immediately asked for political Asylum. Asked Why they were being charged with air piracy and were not granted Asylum automatically. Assistant . Attorney Valeric Capri i said because they used Foree. They used automatic weapons. They seized the  worker depress on costs firms $24 billion a year expert says Pittsburgh up worker depression costs american business about s24.15 billion a year but even that figure does t begin to take into account the human suffering involved an expert said monday. Depression s direct expenses medical treatment counselling or Hospital Ilion for afflicted persons Cost the nation s businesses about 13.76 billion a year said Mark Kalcl a Carnegie Mellon University associate professor in Pittsburgh. Kim let is also a Consul Tant to companies and mental health organizations. But those costs Are dwarfed by about si4.4 billion in annual costs from workers being out sick Kimlel said. Finally business loses about j5.99 billion yearly in terms of costs of replacing and training workers lore place people who can t work because they killed themselves because they were depressed he said. But those figures do not include lowered productivity of workers who do not get help for such an illness or reduced workplace morale caused by one employee s depression Kamlet  can do something about such costs. For example Bosses May want to Monitor workers for signs of depression such As extreme Tisl Tessness and get them to seek help a Init  is incredibly Irea Lable he said. If you catch it Early it s cheap not Only to the company but in terms of suffering by the person  workers often do not seek help them selves. Kamlet said. For one thing a depressed person loses interest in Many things and May not even recognize the depression or have enough Energy to do something about it he , Many health plans make employees pick up costs for the first several visits then subsequent visits Are completely paid for. He  approach is backward Kamlet said citing studies that show most workers need Only a Media number of two visits to a psychiatrist or mental health worker before they begin getting  suggested companies May want to rewrite insure the worst jobs out of 250 jobs rated on salary stress. Work environment Outlook Security and physical demands migrant farm worker Fisherman nurse s aide garbage collector Chicago Tribune graphic source the jobs rated almanac Ance co payment plans so that workers pay slightly More after Many visits rather than discouraging some one who May Only need a few sessions Roget Back up to Speed. If you catch depression Early by encouraging peo pie to seek appropriate care you la save yourself a ton of Money he said. Stateside Media group Knight Ridder to sell its television stations Miami Dpi Knight Ridder inc., a major Media conglomerate has announced plans to sell is eight television stations and concentrate on newspapers Cable television and business and electronic information  proposed Sale announced monday would end Knight Ridder s 10 years As a television group owner which involved s291 million in four separate purchases in the past decade. President James Batten said Sale of the Sta the stations As assets ofs363.2 million. Financial trouble forces Maine fish auction to close Portland Maine up the Portland fish Exchange the nation s first publicly owned open display fish auction is closing for financial  president Sam Davidson said monday that the Exchange fell victim to a general decline inthe new England fishing Industry and was not ban  to meet its Cash flow need. _ the City owned Exchange held its first auction in May 1986 and allowed fishing boat owners to negotiate directly with fish buyers Over each boat s catch. Employees of walkout at Chicago Sun times Chicago up reporters photog a. Phars and other Chicago newspaper Guild Cov ered employees at the Chicago Sun times voted overwhelmingly monday night to authorize a strike in their bid for a new  strike authorization vote comes with management Al the daily tabloid asking editorial employees to take cuts in pay. The paper s latest offer includes pay Cut Sofland s percent the first two years with a Restora Tion to original salary Levels the final year of a three year contract. Union members have called inc proposal insulting and voted 145-4 to give the Guild s bar gaining committee authority to Call a strike. No strike Dale has been set. Scarlett o Hara helps launch new to Channel Atlanta a Scarlett o Hara helped Ted Turner launch his Turner network television monday  a Brief on camera appearance at s ., Turner welcomed viewers to his new 24-hour television Channel which will feature a hybrid of Cable and network  came a rendition of the National Anthem the same film clip used to launch Turner s Cable news network in june 1980 followed by Cone with the wind the classic film Star ring Vivien Leigh As Scarlett o Hara. The mom movie is the Cornerstone of turn or s collection of movies. Three allege untested helicopter parts used Houston a untested pans from a wrecked Huey helicopter arc being used to keep to Rescue helicopters in operation at the Navy s Corpus Christ base three people allege. Potty officer Bryan Sims of Houston and a former Petty officer who did not want to be identified told the Houston chronicle that they have been punished for objecting to the practice of installing unproven parts from the Huey that crashed in 1985, killing three crewmen. A former co worker a Mechanic also asked not to be identified the chronicle said. The former Petty officer received an honorable discharge this year. Sims 21,faces a court martial. Both maintain that accusations against them including Alco hol abuse arc false. Sims a helicopter Mechanic Stilt As signed to the Corpus Christi naval air station said gauges Hydraulic equip ment and flight control rods were switched from the wrecked helicopter to the two choppers still in service. A base spokesman said the Rucys have been tested and Are Safe. But he would not immediately discuss How spare parts Are obtained. It. Barbara Kent a spokeswoman a Navy Headquarters in Washington said the Navy does not routinely use parts from wrecked equipment. She said any part that is recovered from a damaged aircraft must be prop Erly tested Ana certified ready for Issue any naval aircraft which has had maintenance performed on a part of the flight control system engine or any other safely of flight related component or sys tem is flight tested before final clearance for Normal operations Kent added. The three who talked to the chronicle said that orders to Transfer the parts were issued by chief Petty officers and that the parts were not examined or tested before being installed. The Mechanic said the helicopters could crash if the control rods malfunctioned. Sims and the other men acknowledged that they have no proof that the Recycle parts have malfunctioned during flight. The Rucys Are used primarily to res Cue fliers from trouble during training flights from bases in Corpus Christi Bec Rifle and Kingsville. They also Back up the coast guard during any rescues of civilians in the Gulf of Mexico. Base spokesman la Robert Stevens said the Rucys Are being inspected by an army maintenance team and Are Sale. The inspections Are not in response to objection from Scricc members he said. Base commander capt. . Reynolds said the Navy is not attempting Loha Rass or discriminate against1 Sims. Personnel records supplied by Sim contain several positive assessments. But Sims said he started receiving negative ratings in 1986 after he refused an order to Transfer a Central Arm from the wrecked helicopter which was stored Muldoon to a working one. One 1988 evaluation said Sims should not remain in the service because he a self serving and self seeking and has a sullen arrogant and condescending Alti