European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages the stars and stripes monday november 21. 19b8 Squir reling away Winter s meals a Squirrel in search of weds finds Inex front halloween festivities in West into the gourmet Gourd left on a neigh rodent busily Stuhn Cheeks to forage the peeled Providence in a pumpkin left Over Springfield mass. Burrowing its Way both cd Home s Steps the Bushy tailed provisions needed for the Long Winter. Santa catches a train to bring gifts to appalachian children St. Paul a. A appalachian children scrambled Over rocks and oily Cross ties saturday to claim some of the 11 tons of gifts and Candy tossed from a Irain during inc 46th annual run of the Santa Curns Christmas begins this Way for us every year no doubt about it said Lloyd d. Lewis spokesman for Cox transportation co., which supplied the train. As in years past Santa Claus was seated on the rear platform tossing gifts As the train slowly passed crowds of children along the Roule through the Coal Fields of pans of Kentucky and Virginia into Tennes see. "1 have people Tell me they came As a child and now Are bringing their grandchildren said Frank Brogden who has been Santa for four years. It s a great Trade Cox transportation and Kingsport tcnn., business officials put a trailer Load of presents aboard the train before it left Kingsport on Friday afternoon to get into position for the run the four car train left the Shelbiana train Yard in Eastern Kentucky shortly after Sunrise loaded Down with donated Candy and gifts including 3,000 digital watches 50,000 cassette tapes of children s stories 5,000 toy cars 10,000 comic books and 1,000 fris becs. -.-. .-.-. The Santa train s route look it from Shelbiana through to communities in Eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia before arriving in Kingsport for a Christmas Parade saturday afternoon. The train takes Tai hours to pass through 110 Melcs of Remote Gorges and valleys rumbling through 32 tunnels on a rail line normally used by the huge trains that bring Coal Down from the mountains. For 110 Miles there s not a stretch of this Railroad where you re not looking at a kid Lewis said. Georgia Farrand of East Carters Valley va., brought her grandson to see the train when it stopped in St. Paul a. She said the train has become an important Christmas tradition for appalachian Young sleds. Children get a lot of Joy out of it and they really look Forward to it from year to year she said. Santa has been bringing the Early Christmas pre sents to appalachian children since 1943, when the. Line Between Shelbiana and Kingsport was part of like Clinchfield Railroad Lewis started that year with a Small group of Kingston merchants Bureau members Riding on a car at the rear of a regularly scheduled passenger train from Elk Hom City ky., to Kingsport he said. Passenger service was discontinued in 1954, and from then until 1967,-Santa and his helpers Rode Pas Senger cars attached to freight trains. Since 196b, Santa Claus has had his own special train Lewis said. The train makes Brief stops in Elkhorn City free Mont a. Dante station a. St. Paul Dungannon a. Specs ferry a. And Avay Cross a. Before arriving in Kingsport on the Tennessee Virginia slate line. " 4 people asphyxiated in mired truck Upton mass a t two men and two Young women whose bodies were found saturday morning in a truck with its engine nning in the Woods died of Carbon monoxide poisoning an autopsy showed. R it s just a sad and very unfortunate Accident said District attorney John Conte. The four victims were in a four whee write truck that was climbing a dirt Hill and became stuck said state trooper Robert c. Meier. Meier said the exhaust pipe was clogged Wii mud. Which could have caused the fumes to fill the truck and cause asphyxiation. Speculation is that they tried to get out of the mud and decided to wait until morning. The right rear lire had blown conic said. He added that he doubled a Coho was involved. Or. John Krolikowski completed autopsies at the University of Massachusetts medical Center about 5 30 . Saturday conic said. The victims were identified As Kimberly Mcneill 18, of Upton Darlene Whitney j 7, of Grafton Doug Las Scobie 2s, of Hopkinton and Hans Rosenberg or 24,, conic said a Hunter discovered the victims bodies about 7 45 . Saturday in Upton state Forest. Stateside teen trapped in dryer Dies murder suspected Huntington Park Calif. Apr a teen Ager found locked inside a giant Commer Cial clothes dryer died after being tumbled and battered in the machine for about 10 minutes police said saturday. Rafael bunt Liz 18, of Huntington Park died Friday about four hours after arriving unconscious at los Angeles county us medi Ca it. Dan Uili. The cause or death was apparently Blunt Force trauma he said adding that the death was t accidental. He was trapped inside. It had to be latched from the outside he added that the Case is being investigated As a possible murder -. The unconscious youth was found inside the 10-Fbol-Lall front loading dryer by a fellow pm Toyce at american textile conditioner a com Mercial. Dry cleaning company investigator said. ,. The heat was on but they Don t think it bad anything to do with the cause of death. He died from being bounced around inside said he Inez Benito a was repeatedly struck in the head by the giant baffles inside the dryer s circular drum. Alabama a act Leader gets 4-year prison term Montgomery Ala. " apr Alabama a act president Thomas Reed has been sentenced to four years in Federal prison for taking a �10,000 bribe a ruling that instantly removes him from the state legislature. Reed was convicted of taking Cash in Exchange for trying to help a murderer win Early release. The victim of crimes in this Case is the pub Lic . District judge Joel Dubina told Reed the judge said Reed 60, had developed a Trust with the Public during his five terms in office Bui he gave away that Trust for a Small amount of you used your Power to line your pock Dubina told Reed. Reed who in 1970 became one of the first two Blacks elected to the Alabama legislature said judge i know i m not
