European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 10, 198b the stars and stripes Page 7 House fires kill Ohio poet 7 others by the associated press a prominent Ohio poet and two Mem Bers or his family were killed Friday when fire broke out in their Home and four Chil Dren and an adult died in an Alabama Blaze believed started by matches. In new York City about 200 people were left homeless when a fire raged through a Slaten Island apartment com Pic but there were no serious injuries firefighters said in Beachwood Ohio a suburb of Cleve land poet James Kilgore 58, his daughter Sheila 24, and her 9-Mornh-Ou son Julius died in the fire authorities said. Kil Gore s wife Alberta and son Steven were treated Tor smoke inhalation. Kilgore was the author of nine vol Umes of poetry and a teacher for 22 years at Cuya hoga Community College a col lege spokeswoman said. He won the Ohio poetry association s Ohio poet of the year award in 1982 with his last volume of poetry. African Violet poem fora Black  the cause of the fire was under investigation. In York ala., the Blaze that killed five Early Friday apparently began when youngsters in the Home played with matches. Survivors had to go two blocks to find a phone to Call firefighters. Firefighters reportedly had no Chance of saving anyone in the Wood Frame House which was reported ablaze about Midnight. It was burned about 75 percent when we got there and it was about 90 percent by the time they got it extinguished one official said. Two families shared the Home said fire chief Wayne simmers. He identified the dead As Brothers Harold Wayne and Michael Evans both 3, their 9-Ycar old sister Shameka the children s Uncle Nathaniel Evans 21, and his 3-year-old son Tony Chapman. A spokesman said three other children escaped and told investigators they bad been playing with matches. The nearest occupied House was about a half Block away the Coroner said but the children had to go two blocks before finding a Home with a Telephone to sum Dpi workshop urges alcohol tax increases Washington fat1 a workshop on Drunken driving convened by sur Geon general c. Everett Koop on Friday called for tax increases and advertising restrictions on alcohol in an Effort to Dis courage consumption. Koop told the panellists at the close of a three Day meeting thai his office has Little Money or Power to implement the recommendations but he promised to use his personal standing to give the Inch think packet of suggestions the widest possible publicity. At the same Lime he vowed to steer toward Middle ground. I intend to ignore Hose who would Lynch or execute a first offender in drunk driving just As i will ignore those who would say it has not yet been proven that alcohol is responsible for impaired driving Koop told the workshop which greeted his appearance with a standing ovation. I intend to pursue whatever leadership role i May have Between these two extremes As i have with other issues and to transmit to that leadership whatever Energy enthusiasm and credibility i have in this War against impaired  while stopping Short of urging an out right ban of Beer wine and liquor Adver Tising the panel said such ads should not be allowed on College campuses since a High proportion of audience reached is under the Legal drinking  it also called for elimination of alcohol advertising and promotion and sponsorship of pub Lic events where the majority of the Audi ence is under the Legal drinking age. Elimination of advertising that por trays activities that Are combined with alcohol use. Banning sponsorship of athletic events by he alcohol beverage Industry. Blocking the use of celebrities who have a Strong Appeal to Young people in alcohol advertising and promotion. Requiring that the warning labels Congress recently voted to require on alcoholic containers also be required to appear clearly and conspicuously in All alcohol ads. The Section on alcohol taxes did not recommend specific increases to con Gress and state legislators but said the Rales should be equalized among Beer wine and distilled spirits and that the excise axes should be set at a level High Marine Vietnam Veteran Heads North prosecution by the to Angeles times Washington a three Man team headed by a former Marine platoon Leader in Vietnam was named Friday to prosecute retired Marine i. Col. Oliver l. North on conspiracy and other charge related to secretly funding nicaraguan rebels with profits from the Sale of arms to  " " " Independent counsel Lawrence e. Walsh who gave up plans to try the first major Case himself after separate trials were ordered for North and three other defendants said the team commits three of our most experienced criminal lawyers to North s prosecution. The chief lawyer will be John w. Kicker 44, who like North was awarded the purple heart for wounds suffered in Vietnam. Kcf car was the founding part Ner of a san Francisco Law firm where he has specialized in criminal defense and commercial litigation. A graduate of Yale Law school and a Law clerk to the late chief Justice Earl Warren Keker headed the Cia team i Walsh s office which looked into the intelligence Agency s involvement in the Iran Contra Case. Serving with kicker will be Michael r. Bromwich 34, and David m. Zornow 33. Before joining Walsh s office in 1987, Bromwich headed the narcotics unit in the . Attorney s office in Man Hattan and Tomow wot an assistant . Attorney in Manhattan. Nixed Jet costs Grumman jobs Bethpage . A Grumman corp., rocked by a Pentagon decision to cancel a major attack bomber project announced Friday it would eliminate3,100 jobs making it the third consecutive year in which the defense contractor announced Job reductions before the year end holidays Grumman s Board of directors met and approved the layoffs thursday after getting the decision to kill funding for oooo oooo duo stores cd enough to catch up with inflation for the past 18 years. -. It said the resulting rates should then be indexed to the consumer Price Index so taxes would go up automatically along with inflation. The Section on advertising was among the most controversial in part because the National association of broadcasters and the advertising Industry had declined to participate in the workshop claiming it was stacked against Advertis ers interests. Grumman s a-6g attack bomber in the1990 Federal budget according to Grum Man spokesman Bob Harwood. In the last two years Prum Nian has lost out on three major military aircraft contracts. The cutbacks to include 1,800 layoffs in january will be completed by the end of 1989. Of the 3,100 jobs 2,500 Are from the company s Long Island operations. -.-. " rights lawyer dead of 65 by the new York times Wiley a. Branton the principal lawyer in the civil rights Case that started desegregation of the Public schools in 1957, died of a hear attack thursday at his Home in Washington he was 65. Branton a former Dean of How Ard University Law school also headed a voter registration drive among Blacks in the South in the 1960s.he devoted his entire life to fighting for his own people said Justice Thurgood Marshall of . Supreme court. The two worked together in Little Rock ark., when both were counsels tothe National association. For the advancement of coloured people in one of american history s most important civil rights cases the . Supreme court ruled for Branton and his colleagues that separate schools for Blacks Are inherently unequal and unconstitutional. -.". Resistance to desegregation led president Eisenhower to Call out Federal troops to Little Rock to enforce Brown is. Board of Educa lion three years after the ruling. Mon firefighters. Some 30 families were left homeless by the five alarm fire in the Staten Island apartment Complex. The Blaze apparently an accidental electrical fire began in a fourth floor apartment Laic thursday and spread to the roof of the seven Story Brick Structure causing the roof la partially collapse. A fire department spokesman mid the Blaze was Well advanced by Lime fire fighters arrived and was not under control until Early Friday we were hampered by wind cold and ice he said. About 100 people were slaying with relatives or friends and the rest were put up in motels said Mike Ziara executive assistant to Borough president Ralph Lamberti. Drug busts seize haul of cocaine by the associated press separate drug busts in Mcl Hun mass., and san Diego and Lake City calif., no led 1,900 pounds of cocaine and enough chemicals to make 2, 5qppounds of mesh amphetamine authorities said Friday. In Massachusetts Federal agents Fri Day seized 1 ,200 pounds of cocaine. Four colombian nationals were arrested after the noon raid which culminated a two year investigation into inter National drug trafficking. . Customs officials seized the co Caine at a Public storage facility in my Thun. The shipment was destined for the new York City area officials said. In California More than 4700 pounds of cocaine stashed in two pickup trucks were seized when authorities intercepted the alleged smugglers during a thursday night crossing Mlo the United stale from Mexico. Agents of the san Diego county Inte grated narcotics task Force slaked out the san Ysidro port of entry and waited for the vehicles to Cross. Eight boxes stuffed with hundreds of1-Pound packs of cocaine and 123,000 in Cash were found in the trucks. The men were booked for investigation of conspiracy to import cocaine and conspiracy to import a controlled sub stance., elsewhere in California authorities plan to Issue warrants for five people inthe discovery of a lab where agents found enough chemicals for 2,500 pounds of  or Speed. Modoc county sheriff Bruce mix said the lab and chemicals were discovered Early last week in a raid near Lake City 300 Miles Northeast of Sacramento near the California Nevada line brother accidentally shoots kills sister 9 central1a. Wash. A a 9 year old girl wrapping Christmas pre sents was killed when her younger brother picked up a Shotgun and the weapon accidentally discharged authorities said. Amorita 1. Arias was wrapping the presents on a bed at their Home about 5 30 . Thursday when her 7-yea/-old brother came into the room and picked up the 12-gauge Shotgun said Lewis county Coroner Terry Wilson. Whether he bumped it or actually pulled the trigger i Don t know Wilson  -.  blast from 3 to 5 feel away killed the girl instantly. All the investigation that we be Don proves that it was accidental Wilson said