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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday december 7, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 Busey upgraded from critical to stable los Angeles a actor Gary Busey s condition was upgraded from critical to stable after he suffered severe head injuries in a motorcycle crash a Hospital spokesman said. He can talk. All in All he s doing ver Well said Ron Wise spokesman Force Dars Sinai medical Center where the actor underwent surgery to remove two blood clots from his brain after the Acci Dent sunday. ,._ he is out of the Woods Wise said. We arc becoming  Pali mistic that he will have n full  he predicted Busty would be in the hos Pitar a couple of  the 44-year-old actor was visited by his wife Judy and 17-year-old son Jake and hundreds of Well wishers called fro mail Over the country Wise said. Busey was not wearing a helmet at the Lime of the Accident shortly before noon sunday when his Cycle went out of control and he smashed his head on a curb. He is one of a group of celebrity motorcycle enthusiasts who have campaigned against mandatory helmet Laws. Backers of male legislation thai would require helmets for All motorcyclists said monday the crash could counter some of damage done by Busty and some other actors to the cause of mandatory safely measures. It saddens me for anybody to be injured or killed but this is another Opportunity to say Why nol helmets said or. Elizabeth Mcloughlin Noflie trauma foundation at san Francisco general Hospital. A helmet Law passed by the state legislature but vetoed , George Duck Majian lost session was reintroduced by assemblyman Richard Floyd on monday the first Day of the new legislative Tun Culver cry police spokesman la Ellis Smith said the one vehicle Accident in suburban Cul Veccity appeared to be. Busey s fault. She said Busty had picked up the Bike from a repair shop sunday doming accelerated up a Street and Lorti control Gary Busey making a turn about half a Block away. He fell hitting the Back of his head on a curb. It just seems to be Driver  Smith said adding it was unlikely charges would be filed. Big Street bikes Are All the rage with Many celebrities these Days. Busty s manager Herb. Nonas said Busey took regular sunday rides in the California Countryside with a Loose knit group that includes actors Sylvester Stal Lone Mickey Rourke Arnold Schwarzenegger Lorenzo lamas Ray Sharkey and Fred dryer the former pro football player who appears on the Hunter to series. Busty. A native of Goose Creek Texas has publicly spoken of overcoming a drug problem. His film credits include lethal weapon a slam is born carny and the bear.". He recently completed a movie hider in the House with Mimi Rogers. Discovery May provide be � to dinosaurs9 demise san Francisco up sediment from a Dino Saur Gravy arc in India has yielded a key piece in the Puzzle of Why the giant reptiles disappeared from Earth some 66 million years ago a researcher said sunday the findings pinpoint the site of an apparent meteorite crash that May have led to the mass rec extinction and present the first evidence linking several theories of How dinosaurs met their  providing no final answers the stud May douse some of the sizzling controversy among Earth scientists about what caused fhe Dinosaur demise said Amish Basu professor of geological sciences at the University of Rochester in new  Are nearly As Many that pics 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 Hanges. Basu s discovery Points to a link Between the school of thought thai paints a scenario of sudden catastrophe and the one that espouses slow cumulative change.  analysing Sandstone from Jabalpur in Central India Basu uncovered the first physical evidence that a meteorite May have struck a site Auy Vhal is now called the deccan trap a 40q,000-Squarein Ilc Basalt plateau created by volcanic lava flows. I believe the Impact of the meteorite triggered extensive volcanic activity at the time of the mass extinction Basu said in an  think we have found a key clue that implicates the Impact and the volcanic activity which too 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 hat Marks the end of Floc cretaceous and beginning of the tertiary geologic periods a Lime 65 million to 67 million years ago when life on Earth underwent an  sediment contained shocked quark which is split along certain planes As 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 Saidi we found the Quartz 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 satire lava plateau in less than i million years. The combination of the shocked Quartz and Sud ing of the american geophysical Union. Raleigh police end guard duty Raleigh . A Raleigh state of emergency was rescinded Mon Day and police were pulled off guard duty at Tornado ravaged neighbourhoods a week after killer twisters swept through Harca. _ we arc Back to Normal at this time said police . Williams. There Wilt not be any extra police or patrols in the areas.". "1 Don t think it would change the cleanup efforts said Marvin Heller of the. City s emergency communications Center. What it probably docs is end whatever Powers they police had As far As trespassing and  had warned they might use emergency Power to charge sightseer who got underfoot. Williams said he did t know of any one being charged under the emergency Powers but could t say whether the Dan Ger of tooting was Over from he Torna does last week that killed four people an caused millions of dollars in damage in Raleigh and nearby areas. Bumper to bumper traffic posed prob lems Over the weekend As motorists drove by the nibble with cameras. In Franklin county passers by were asked for donations one of dozens of ways disaster Relief funds were  and Federal officials met monday in Raleigh to coordinate the opening of disaster application centers which will pro vide temporary housing assistance Low in Lerest Loans and Grants agricultural Aid to people with uninsured tosses. Probes firm making b-2 part Kent Wash. A a Seattle Shact Metal company1 currently building a Small piece of the Alt Force s b-2 stealth bomber is the subject of a. Defense department investigation. Exotic metals forming  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 Lindsey. President an founder of exotic metals says a govern ment auditor has been at his Plant in this Seattle suburb for four months -.-. The auditor s final report Induc by the endow the year and air Force  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 see Lindsey step Down As presi Dent and turn the company Over to better manager.  of that the officer said Lindsey will be told to bring his accounting sys tem up to government standards and tout 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. Flan Descy in t under the 7samc Security we were admonished not to talk about the diagram not to take pictures of the hardware Tuie said. But the pro Granv is not classify from our Point of. View. We have no  clearances Here no secure documents about six years ago Lindsey a a. A approached exotic metals about bold ing what seemed to be a portion or from its engine exhausts to Lessen it vulnerability to heat seeking missiles. Because of the project s secret nature Lundsey said be would t Tell him exactly what he was being asked to build. In fact he said the project was so secret that at first be would t even Tell him where to Send the part.-. Exotic Mclaws is building the part under an j8 million contract the project employs 26 people. But when exotic s Bill reached be which was already in trouble Over defens department allegations of subcontractor overcharges be questioned the Bill Caus ing a rift Between be and Lindsey. I won t deny at times the discussion shave gotten heated Lindsey said. Lindsey said he s worried his Compa exhaust system designed to disperse heal a s reputation has been  its his employees nicknamed the project " jaws because of the jagged Teeth like edges on the. Part the b-2 is a giant flying Wing built 10be difficult for enemy radar to spot the plane also is designed to mask the heat attempt to build an item he told be height null be Able to make. The sails the Cost of the part has remained High ?bbu8c to the design keep changing and because it is so difficult to build. Democratic chairman Kirk will not seek new term Washington a democratic party chairman Paul g. Pm said Mon Day he will not seek a new term. His decision is expected to touch off a Lively struggle for succession. In a statement prepared for a new conference Kirk said that when he be came chairman in 1985, the time i Setfor myself was four years my purpose was to give something and to leave some thing better than existed before i was Given the Honor and the Opportunity  " Kirk so had been under pressure from some senior democrats to seek a new term. -. His decision not to do so leaves Sev eral potential successors vying for support.-. .1 the list includes Rick Wiener chair Man of the Michigan democratic party and Ronald Brown a longtime party activist who played a key Rote in Jesse Jack son s presidential Campaign As Well a former reps. Mike Barnes of Maryland Jim Jones of Oklahoma and Jim Stanton . ,  
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