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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, October 11, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday oct Barll 19s8 the stars and stripes Page 7 scolding saved girl from crash Shaf killed 5 friends Pulaski wis a a scolding probably saved 12-Ycar-old Emil 1 lilt s  seventh Grade classmates of lilt were struck and killed by a speeding car that jumped a curb just after lilt had been ordered Home by her Mother Pixie. Pixie lilt said her daughter was at the Home of 13-year-old Jessica me pc cry when she ordered her Home be cause she called her brother some thing like a  the other girls were just going out Side As i was leaving Emily said. When she got Home her Mother Lold her she. Was grounded and would have to spend the rest of Friday evening with her family. But she allowed Emily to return Jessica s bicycle and i got there five seconds after the car hit that tree Emily  car had already struck and killed Jessica and four other friends by the time it hit the tree and stopped. In addition to Jessica Brenda Hylok Laura Kara and Jodi Prokop All 13, and Nicole Watia 12, were killed. The girls were among the 52 students in the seventh Grade at Glenbrook elementary school. It s our smallest class and we just lost one tenth of it said principal James Brawner whose son Charles is in the class. There Are going to be Sev eral sad Days ahead of  fee Guilly thai she was not there that i was one of the Lucky parents Pixie Litt said sunday. I feel terrible for those  the five victims a fifth grader from the school Tina Kara 11, was a passenger in the car driven by her brother Scott c Karcz 17. Scott a diabetic was listed in Enelica condition at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay. Tina was listed in serious  old authorities the 1975 Cadillac was going about 70 Miles an hour when the Accident happened. Police chief Rcd Woodward said investigators were trying to determine Why the car was travelling so fast. He said the planned to look monday for possible mechanical problems with the Auto. Authorities also were reported to be investigating the possibility that Karc suffered a seizure before the crash. But Woodward said a diabetic seizure had been ruled  mustered parents and coun Selorus to help grieving students upon their return to Glenbrook elementary school monday for the first time since the Accident that stunned this Small Community Northwest of Green Bay we will meet with All of the Young sters in Small groups Brawner said. We will have people available to help grieving students. As Long As  officials said they also want to try to maintain some semblance of Rou Tine for  weekend sports events were cancelled but classes were scheduled for monday and tuesday despite tuesday evening s Community memorial service Tor the five girls at the High school gym  school districts and service centers in Green Bay offered their counselling staffs to help Pulaski a Rural Community of about 1,900, Deal with the tragedy. Parents volunteered their help As Well. Brawner said help would also be available for students at other schools in the District and at Pulaski High school where inc injured and three siblings of the dead pedestrians Are Stu  there s a Silver lining to this it s been very reassuring to see How the Community has reached out to help everyone and the schools said Brawner discovery of ring joints show no sign of damage Cape canaveral Fla. Up engineers Dis assembled the shuttle discovery s left Side Booster rocket sunday and dated Nasa officials said preliminary inspections showed the rocket s redesigned of eng joints showed no sign of damage. Everything looks real Good said Nasa spokes Man de medal. The rockets burned about 1.1 million pounds of fuel each during the two minutes they fired sept. 29 to lift the shuttle discovery off inc launch pad on the first american manned space night since the challenger disaster on Jan. 28,1986. And despite discovery s Safe Landing last monday Al Edwards fab calif., Nasa managers have been Wail ing for engineers to disassemble the shuttle s two coasters before calling the Mission a Complete Success. Shuttle boosters Are made up of four fuel segments bolted log Lucr at three 0-ring joints and it was the rupture Otano ring joint that doomed challenger. In the Wake of the challenger disaster the giant boosters were redesigned to prevent a repeat of the worst disaster in space history. Instead of two of rings discovery s boosters had 2 presumed drowned off Maine coast York Maine up three people were swept into the Ocean As the watched storm tossed seas along South Ern Maine s Rocky coast sunday and at least two of them were presumed drowned authorities  Man and his daughter were washed into the Ocean As they stood on rocks near a Motel in York about two hours after an 11-year-old boy was swept Awaya few Miles farther North officials said. Police in York said Terry Hundley 41, and his daughter Maris of ii were presumed drowned. A search for the boy was also called off Al Sunset but officials declined to Rule the incident a drowning and were not releasing the boy s name. Relatives of the Hundley were staying at the nearby Cliff House Motel when the Accident happened in York police said. The family was Down Here Al the Cliff House out standing by the rocks a wave came in and swept the girl and her father into the Ocean 1 said York police sgt. Gary  buoy was thrown into the Ocean immediately after the Hundley were swept into the water but witnesses said Waves were too rough for a  Waves pounded the coast All weekend following a storm saturday said Dan Morris a Marine safety patrol officer. Three along with improved insulation and a Metal Flange called a capture feature to lock joint members together thus preventing any leak paths. Discovery s boosters which parachuted into the at lactic Ocean after they burned out were recovered plugged pumped with air for buoyancy and towed into port canaveral on sept. 30. Ultimately they were Lowed to a special disassembly facility for a detailed internal  Agency statement released late sunday said the first sts-26 solid rocket motor segments were de mated disassembled sunday and Nasa officials said they looked exceptionally Good. The first segment Dis assembled and inspected was the one aft of the left hand  reported there was absolutely no evidence of Gas pressure to any of the of rings including the new capture feature of ring. Both of the other joints on the left motor were also do match sunday and initial vis Ual inspection of those also show no sign of any Gas reaching  said the disassembly procedure was running ahead of schedule and that discovery s right Side motor was expected to be taken apart monday. Man rides 7 Miles on roof after crash Pittsburgh a a Man Clung 10 the roof of a car As it rave led seven Miles on a Highway after striking his parked car leading to the arrest of a hit and run Driver police said. Michael Fitzgerald 20, said he was trying to prevent the car s Driver from leaving the scene of an Accident i bought the car two months ago and now it s wrecked and the Guy was getting away he said. Police said the Driver Brian Schmidter is was charged with Drunken driving reckless endanger mint reckless driving leaving the scene of an Accident hit and run d riving and underage drinking. Fitzgerald said the Accident occurred Early sunday As he was leaving a Friend Shouse. He told police he was walking to his car which was parked on the Street and another car hit it just As he reached it the Driver then began to pull away he said. Fitzgerald said he jumped onto the roof from the rear of the car and was lying with one hand on each Side of thereof As the car went Down several streets onto interstate 279, also known As the Parkway. Police who spotted Fitzgerald on the roof slopped the car. Ii must have been a sight for those people who passed us on the Parkway Fitzgerald said. Now that it s Over i can talk and laugh about  Deere & co. Workers of contract Moline 111. A Blue Collar workers Al Deere & co. Plants in fives tales overwhelmingly ratified a three year contract calling for their first Gener Al pay raise since 1981, United Auto workers and company officials announced sunday. The pact won 90 percent approval in Deere facilities in Illinois Iowa Atlanta Minneapolis and Denver Union Secre tary treasurer Bill Casstevens said. The agreement affecting 13,500 work ers lakes effect immediately. Obviously we re very pleased to have an agreement said Robert Combs a Deere spokesman. He said it addresses key areas of importance to both of us and added it s an agreement we can live Wilh and work  the contract gives workers an average pay raise of 44.3 cents an hour in the first year followed by Lump sum pay ments equal to 3 percent of their base salary in each of the second and third years. Union workers at Deere the nation s leading manufacturer of farm Machin Ery Are paid an average of si5.47 per  s Union work Force had not received a general pay raise since 1981.the company has Given Only Cost of Liv ing increases using a formula tied to the consumer Price Index. The contract also Calls for a three step increase in Early retirement benefits and guarantees jobs for All workers employed at the time the pact was ratified. Deere will be allowed to Lay off the remainder of its current employees Only in times of High inventories labor Dis Putes Plant closings Sale of a division of the company or an act of god. Company and Union representatives negotiated daily for nearly two months before a climactic 20-hour session that ended Wilh approval of the contract proposal Deere and Union officials had negotiated furiously to avoid a repeat of the bitter five month strike in 1986-87 that ended after 163 Days Wilh employee accepting a wage freeze and other conces Sions. The Union plans 10 soon resume con tract negotiations with Caterpillar inc. "iT1__ la Ltd la it i. Rrb tinn it Mph no a. Near St. Louis. Caterpillar the world s leading manufacturer of Earth moving equipment and the Union agreed to extend ill contract originally set to expire sept. 30. Until the Deere talks were completed. The Cater pillar contract affects 17,500 factory workers in five states  
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