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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, October 26, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 26, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 1 dead 10 Hurt in . Building collapse new York api a Sis Story building in Manhattan s garment District collapsed monday killing one Man and injuring at least 10 people including a woman who was trapped for More than eight hours in the nibble the collapse caused a major disrupt lion of rail and subway service and Street traffic just before Ruih hour. About eight hours later a body was pulled from he rubble and tentatively identified As the building s owner Frank Csantos. Who had been last seen on the roof police chief Robert Johnson said. Johnson identified the injured woman pulled from the rubble As Robin Fischer. She was conscious and talking when res cued and was taken to Bill clue Hospital. Fischer was in critical but stable condition in the emergency room Early tuesday Al Midnight officials believed every one had been accounted for including two earlier thought missing a fire department spokesman said. Rescuers continued Clearing the rubble with machines. Nine people suffered what were de scribed As minor injuries when the build ing s West Wall and the Interior Structure collapsed. Fire commissioner Joseph drunk said. Six of the injured were taken to Belle vue Hospital and i tree to St. Vincent s. All were reported in stable condition. Jeff Burgos who watched Llic collapse from his store across the Street said it made a sound like a swoosh. I watched the lop Loots crumble. As they fell men were ail ally coming out of the Side of the Walls climbing Dawn the de Bris. Ii looked l pc they did t have a  the cause of the collapse was not immediately known but a fire department spokesman said a Trench had been dug along one Wall of the building where it adjoined a parking lot. He said the Wall had been propped up Wilh 2-b -1 boards. City buildings commissioner Charles m. Smith said there was some sort of work being done on the building Mon Day but he did t know the nature of it. He said no permits had been issued however and no plans had been filed for Goodwill Calls bring bad will to recipients Charleston. . A a spiritual Telephone recording that won t let listeners hang up in t spreading Good will to some of those receiving the five minute automated Calls. Art Hage. Pastor of the Hurricane Bible Church brushes aside any objections to his messages which ask recipients to join him in Prater. There s always irate people he said. Asked to comment further Hage declined said thank you and hangup. Jul the recipients of hag s re corded Telephone Calls can t do the same. The message lasts five min utes and even in recipients hang up they can t get a dial tone until the tape is done. If the other party refuses to let go of your line when Vou hang up that s  said Hilly Jack Gregg consumer advocate director at the state Public sen ice commission. Melyshi Blair the commission s consumer regulation director said she has received Jusi one Willen complaint about the Cills. Interior hours tumbled to the urn und h Hen a building collapsed in new York dry. Work at the building. The building on West 3lsl Street housed a handbag manufacturing com Pany and other fashion related businesses. The fire department spokesman said 13 people were believed to have been in the building when it collapsed Ghoul 3 . The collapse apparently occurred when the Wall of the building fell away and the Interior floors tumbled to the ground. What remained was a partial Shell of the building leading authorities to worry that the remaining Walls might collapse. A Crane was brought in just before 8 . To pull Down the unstable Brick facade of the building so Rescue workers could safely continue to search for the missing people. It s an immediate danger and a con slant threat to Rescue workers said Smith. Only air and memory is holding he from of the building up. He said it would Lake from 24 to 48 hours to finish going through the rubble. Service on most West Side subway lines the Long Island rail Road and the port authority s trans Hudson lines was halted for More than an hour in response to fire department concerns about vibrations and noise. Service was temporarily halted on All subway lines running near the building which is Between Broadway and fifth Avenue to reduce underground vibrations that could cause further collapse and noise that could hamper searchers. In addition streets around the site were closed clogging traffic Al the Start of the evening Rush. A Little More than an hour after trains were slopped transit agencies were told they could begin resuming service As Long As trains did not exceed 10 Mph. The transit authority estimated the disruption was affecting 125,000 people per hour. It s a major major disruption a spokesman said. It s being to be a very Long Rush  although Desantos was tentatively identified Al the scene As the building s owner tax records show the owner to be a Manhattan company named 63 associates. It is listed in the Telephone Book under a different address but its Tele phone service was disconnected. Judge rules Hospital can collect fees still owed for Dewillers transplants Miami a children s Hospital of Pittsburgh can collect $235,000 in medical fees still owed by Maria Dewillers for her late son s liver transplants a judge ruled monday in a hearing marked by the Mother s ejection after an outburst. Overruling objections by do Sillery attorneys. Dade circuit judge Francis Christie approved a settlement Between the Hospital and Karen Gic Vars a court appointed curator of Onnic desist cars estate. Dewillers was later thrown out of the courtroom in the second phase of the hearing which dealt with a $31,000 Bill from the  slate said it would drop the Bill if the balance of the estate were turned Over to the governor s transplant life line for children set up to help children in Ronnie s circumstances. Gievers agreed and the judge is considering whether to approve the agreement. During state testimony about the tic program Dewillers slammed her band Down on a notebook and blurted this is unbelievable and complained that tic turned her Down when she risked for help for  judge cautioned her. No More outbursts. Do you understand in a voice heavy with emotion she replied no sir. 1 Don to because they did not help me Wilh my  her out of Here the judge told Maria de Sillert his Bailiff. Get her Oul of  Dewillers was escorted Oul of the room and the judge approved the Deal. During earlier testimony on the Chil Dren s Hospital Bill Dewillers attorneys charged that Giercis had not properly investigated their client s charges that the Hospital was negligent in Iti treat ment of Ronnie who died in april 1987 after a third transplant. The payment will leave Ronnie s estate with $25,000 to $30.000. Donations of More than 5670,000 poured in from around the country while the 7-year-old struggled through the futile operations. Dewillers who paid $162,000 on the original Bill of $424,000, baited on pay ing the balance last year and launched a suit accusing the Hospital of malpractice. But givers said monday the Mother never furnished specific information about what services she believed were improperly  could spend lots of Money going through the Bill but without Complete information from your client that would be an expensive academic exercise she told Frank Johnson who represents do Sillers in her Battle Over Ronnie s estate. Roy Black Dewillers attorney in a pending investigation by the stale attorney s office said he had advised his Cli ent not to reveal the information to the curator because in could Compromise de Sillers guarantees against self incr Mina  k. Zuchman jr., president of children s Hospital said the recommendations of the curator and the judge s decision fully vindicate our  he said the Hospital was hopeful that the Cloud which had fallen Over fund raising efforts on behalf of children in need of transplant surgery will now be   
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