European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 6, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 Busey suffers brain injuries in Cycle crash los Angeles a Gary Busty whose portrayal or buddy Holly earned him an Oscar nomination suffered severe brain injuries sunday when he los control of his motorcycle and was thrown headfirst into a curb. He was not wearing a helmet authorities said. Neurosurgeons at Cedars Sinai med ical Center completed a two hour operation but there were no details about the extent of the 44-year-old actor s in juries. He s still in critical condition. He has extensive head trauma Hospital spokesman Ron Wise said after the sur Gery. Busey was Riding alone when he lost control of his motorcycle at an inner Sec lion in Culver City about 10 mites West of downtown lost Angeles said Culver cily police sol. Karin Reagan he hit the curb with his Bead and was t wearing a helmet at the time of the crash she said. There were no obstructions in the Road and no other vehicles were involved in the crash which occurred shortly before noon on a sunny Day police said. The actor who lives in Malibu with his wife Judy and 17-year-old son Jake is one of a growing number of celebrities involved in the latest Hollywood trend of hog cruising. Busty s neighbor actor Sylvester Stal Lone and Arnold Schwarzenegger Jay Lena Ray Sharkey Ken wan and Mickey Rourke also own hogs the Nam Given Large Harley Davidson motorcycles. Busey earned the Academy award nomination with his first feature film in which he portrayed the 1950s Rock v Roll Star in the 1978 movie the buddy Holly  Busty a one time Rock musician him self and like Holly a native of Texas performed his own renditions of Holly s hit songs in the film. Busey1 other film credits include big wednesday lethal weapon a Star is born carny and  he also starred in the 1974-75 Gary by Abc to comedy series the Texas wheelers and in a dangerous life an Hob Cable to ministries broadcast last week Busey who played a surfer in big wednesday is an avid surfer himself. He won a 1987 Ace award for Cable television As Best actor in a drama series for an episode of Hob the  Busty grew up in Goose Creek Texas and attended College in Kansas and Oklahoma. He overcame will Public cd drug and eating addictions that temporarily soiled his career. In an interview 2 to years ago he said said he became a heavy drug user after his. Success with the buddy Holly  "1 was up for an Academy award my first time out of the Chute,".he said. That Breeds insecurity. How was i to come up to those expectations again i was wondering if i was a Flash in the  up he said after he quit using cocaine and other stimulants he lost 55 pounds. Discovery May provide key to dinosaurs demise san Francisco up sediment from a Dino Saur graveyard in India has yielded a key piece in the Puzzle of Why the giant reptiles disappeared from Earth some 66 million Yean ago a researcher said sunday. The findings pinpoint the site of an apparent meteorite crash that May have led to the massive extinction and present the first evidence linking several theories of How dinosaurs met their end. Although providing no final answers the study May douse some of the sizzling controversy among Earth scientists about what caused the dinosaurs demise said Asistio Basu professor of geological sciences Al the University of Rochester in new York there Are nearly As Many theories As researchers placing blame on a variety of things including Over population and starvation surges of cosmic rays asteroids meteors a mysterious death Star Volca noes and gradual climate changes. Basil s discovery Points to a link Between the school of thought that paints a scenario of sudden catastrophe and the one that espouses slow cumulative change. By analysing Sandstone from or Talpur in Centra Lindia Basu uncovered the first physical evidence that a meteorite May have struck a  what is now matted the deccan trap a 400,000-Squarc-Milebasalt plateau created by volcanic lava flows. I believe the Impact of the meteorite triggered extensive volcanic activity Al he time of the mass extinction Basu said in an interview. I think we have found a key clue that implicate the Impact and the volcanic activity which took place Over thousands of years. The volcanic activity must have produced some climate changes which also could account for the  Basu studied sediment from a site where the lava layers Blanket a Gigantic graveyard of ancient life including  Sandstone came from the so called it Boundary layer that Marks the end of the cretaceous and beginning of the tertiary geologic periods Alime 6 million to 67 million years ago when life on Earth underwent an overhaul. The Sci mini Cpl Alicd shocked Quartz which is split along certain  far As we know such fractured Quartz can be found Only in meteorite Impact craters in lab experiments where scientists Shock the Crystal artificially and at Sites of underground nuclear explosions Basu said. We found the quart immediately beneath the lowermost solidified layer of lava indicating a mete or struck the site just before the volcanic  recent studies published in the British journal nature suggest volcanic activity at deccan trap occurred suddenly and rapidly geologically speaking forming the entire lava plateau in less than i million years. The combination of the shocked Quartz and Sud Den volcanic activity leads me to believe the Impact of a meteor spurred the volcanic activity said Basu who will present Iii findings wednesday at a meet ing of the american geophysical Union. Lincoln s Home major attraction Springfield 111, a tourism has increased so much at Abraham Lin Coln s Home since it reopened after a $2.2 million renovation that some visitors have been turned away and legislators arc seek ing Money for More tour guides. We be had a terrible situation where we be actually had to turn away school kids who came to see the Lincoln Home said rep Richard Durbin ill., who represents the District where the Home is  and sen. Paul Simon ill., arc seeking an additional $67,000 forbore guides during the Busy Spring an summer months next year. This is a National treasure and it ought to be preserved Simon said. We ought to make it As accessible to the pub Lic As  ,.- the Home which was bought by Lin Coln in 1844, was closed in May 1987 for the restoration to ensure its stability. The project also included Interior decorating and a new paint Job in its historical hues. The Home reopened in june. Simon who has written a Book about Lincoln said he was impressed by the Job and could understand the dramatic increase in the number of visitors. The National Park service which runs the site reported that nearly 1,600 Visi tors were turned away Between sept.-.4 and oct. 8. From june through septem Ber,419,000 people poured the borne an 85 percent increase Over the same periodic 1986. The number of visitors for Alt of 1986 was 440,775 probes firm Mac no 2 part i  a  i Kent Wash. A a Seattle Sheet Metal company currently building a Small piece of the air Force s 2 stealth bomber is the subject of a defense department investigation -.-. Exotic metals forming co is being questioned for the Cost of some of the work it has charged general electric co., which makes the engines for the new top secret bomber Don Lindsay presi Dent and founder of exotic metals says a government auditor has been at his Plant in this Seattle suburb for. Four. Months the auditor s final report is due by the end of the year and air Force investigators won t comment officially on what they found. But one officer who spoke on Condi Tion. His name not be used told the Seattle times that the government would like to Sec Lindsey step Down As presi Dent and turn the company Over to a. Better manager Short of that the officer said Lindsey will be told to bring his accounting sys tem up to government standards and to put More emphasis on Quality control. Be officials refuse to comment on the investigation. Be spokesman Rick Ken Nedy said air Force Security restraints on the bomber s three major contractors be Northrop corp. And the Boeing co., arc so strict that be has not been allowed to release the names of its sub contractors on the project Lindsey in t under the same Security requirements. We were admonished not to talk about the program not to take pictures of the hardware he said but the pro Gram is not classified from our Point of View. We have no Security clearances Here no secure  about six years ago Lindsay said a approached exotic metals about build. Ing what seemed to be a portion of an exhaust system designed to disperse heat. His employees nicknamed the project jaws because of the jagged Teeth like edges on the part v v. A the 2 is a giant flying Wing built to be difficult for enemy radar to spot. The plane also is designed to mask the heat from its engine exhausts to Lessen its vulnerability to heat seeking missiles. Because of the project s secret nature Lindsay said be would t Tell him exactly what he was being asked to build. In fact he said the project was so secret thai at first be would t even Tell him where to Send the   exotic metals is building the port under an $8 million contract. The project employs 26 people but when exotic s Bill reached be which was already in trouble Over de sense department allegations of subcontractor overcharges be questioned the Bill causing a rift Between be and Lind soya. --.c. I won t deny at times the discussions have gotten heated Lindsay said. Lindsey said he s worried his company s reputation has been tarnished by its attempt to build an item he told be height not be Able to  said the Cost of the part has remained High because the design keeps changing and because it is so difficult to build one former employee of exotic metals estimated it lakes about 6,000 Man hours to Moke. Car Ess couple Marks anniversary with trolley party Pittsburgh a Angelo and Nina Pilsner never owned a car always preferring to Lake a bus trolley or train. So the suburban Mckeesport couple celebrated their 60th anniversary sunday aboard a trolley car. Champagne bottles were uncorked As the couple with 45 family members toasted their love affair with Public transportation on the chartered car. People think we might be Rich be cause of All the Money we be saved by not owning a car said Nina Pinner 78. Her husband 83, was a Railroad Engi Neer for us corp s National works in Mckeesport for 25 years. I just never bad any desire to own a car he said. The Pitt cars have taken bus trips 10 Florida and train trips to Yellowstone National Park and across Canada