European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 27, 19bb the stars and stripes drinking age Issue revived in Wyoming Cheyenne Wyo. A earlier this year Wyoming indignantly became the last state in inc nation to raise its Legal drinking age to 21. Next month the legislature will be asked to display tis rage by towering in Back to 19. The request comes barely six months after the higher age limit look effect Ana is seen Fay its sponsors As a Way to defend the . Constitution and to Rise up against Federal blackmail. It also comes in the Wake of a study showing that the single vehicle nighttime crash fatality Rale among Drivers Ages 19 and 20 declined 38 percent in Tennessee inthe 2b months after that stale raised its drinking age from 19 to 21. Wyoming raised its drinking age when faced with a Federal mandate that threatened the loss of millions of dollars in Highway funds. Slate reps. . Jensen and Dan Budd arc sponsors of legislation to repeal the 21-year-old limit. I think we disfranchised a segment of inc Popula Tion of the stale and i Don t think it s done that much Good in cutting Down the traffic fatalities said Jen san.  Budd "1 feel the Federal government Vio lated the Trust of the Constitution and 1 think it s Worth  Budd in 1987 killed an attempt to raise the drinking age by pocketing the proposed legislation when in reached inc House transportation committee which he chairs. Certainly they can withhold the Money Budd said. They blackmailed the stale of Wyoming. Bui i guess if you sell out if that s inc Only thing you re looking Al then the Constitution has no meaning. We Don t need a const Lulion Well base everything on  Highway department officials say ii could Cost Wyoming $12.3 million in Federal funding in fiscal 1990 if the legislature Lowers the age limit. In a study published in Friday s journal of the american medical association or. Michael Decker of Vanderbitt University school of Medicine said raising the drinking age to 2 f had a dramatic immediate and lasting effect on inc number of fatalities of 19 and 20 year Olds Tom fable Rofle Wyoming Highway department s safety Branch said that in 1987 the state had 53 Alco hol related accidents involving fatalities. Of those ii or nearly 21 percent involved motorists under age 21 who had been drinking. Eight of those 11 accidents involved 19 and 20-year-Olds, he said. In the first 10 months of 1983 there were 48 fatal accidents involving alcohol and 13 of those or 27 per cent involved motorists under age 21. Said Fantur of he 13, nine occurred after the higher drinking age took effect july 1 and seven involved 19-and 20-year-Olds. This shows me we still need enforcement he said Jensen said the Vanderbill study was like compar ing apples to oranges. That s interesting for Tennessee but i Don t think in has any bearing on Wyoming he said adding thai factors such As Law enforcement affect fatality rates. In Wyoming increasing the age limit did t accomplish inc purpose of keeping the alcohol from 19 and 20-year Olds if that s what they wanted 10 do said . Mike Sullivan initially opposed increasing the drinking age but is disappointed by the attempt to lower the limit. Thai s one of the silliest ideas i be heard in a Long Lime Sullivan said. In does t seem to me to he particularly constructive. We went through a Large Bat the to get where we arc. I said last year 1 did t think we should be an Island in the . On Hal and my mind has t changed  John Dzialowy with his lure children John Mary and Kristin. Chicago Mother of 3 Dies in burning Home Chicago a Susan Dzialowy never hesitated. Her husband and children never had the Chance to Tell her goodbye. The 27-year-old woman died sat urday Only a few hours after dashing Back into her burning Home to save her three youngsters unaware they had already escaped.". "1 went for groceries and was gone More than 20 minutes. But by the time 1 got Back the Only thing i saw was them pulling her out her face covered with soot John Dzialowy recalled sunday. We were facing a rough Christmas As it was. I was out of work and we could t afford much.  seemed to be going right and now this he added his voice cracking. Lord i Don t know where we go from  fire department spokesman Bill Crowley said officials believe the ice was caused by a space Heater in the family s Southwest Side apartment lie said a safety Glass panel that should have covered the front of the Heater was missing and flames apparently touched off some items nearby. Rams and smoke were shooting out windows when firefighters arrived Crowley  when they Learned the Mother who had escaped the fire had gone Back inside several firefighters went into search for  mrs. Dzialowy was found beneath a window in the rear bedroom and firefighters attempted cardio pulmonary. Resuscitation at the scene. She was taken to St. Anthony s Hospital. There Dzialowy 31, and his Chil Dren Mary 3, Kristin 7, and John jr., 5, maintained a Vigil mrs. Dzialowy s Mother Kathy Kosla said the children told their Mother Mommy get up. We want you to come Home and have Christmas with  she never regained consciousness u Hospital spokeswoman said. Eur Inui Uriahia Vnuck v �.1 Mill t Nuzum it us Naumu 111 i a Juu 11,41, i Gil m ohioan Given $110,000 for time spent in prison Columbus Ohio a a Man who in Louisiana confessed to 80 s spent More than i i years in prison for rapes he did not commit has been awarded$110,000 by the Ohio court of claims Bradley Cox 29, had sought More than13,5 million for the one year and 267 Days he served at the Lebanon correctional institution after he was convicted in 1980 into counties on three counts of rape five counts of aggravated robbery and three counts of aggravated burglary. The state claims court monday awarded co 149,500 for inc Lime he spent in jail �35,500 for lost wages Dur ing his imprisonment and $25,000 for attorney s ices. ,. Cox was serving a 77 to 275-year sen tence in december 1981 when Jon Simon is confessed to he crimes for which Cox had been convicted. Simonis a for Mer Ohio resident who was imprisoned i attacks in 12 Stales including the three for which con was convicted. Cox was released from prison in Jan uary 1982 after Ohio authorities inter viewed Simonis. Cox s Stepmother Johann Cox of Litho Polis loll the Columbus dispatch in i9s6 thai prison had scarred her Stepson. "1 in was pretty Good when he first of out. He had High Hopes but nothing seemed to work Oul for Brad. Prison made mincemeat out of him she said. In april 1987, Cox was arrested on charges of Auto theft and receiving stole property in inc Central Ohio Community of Lancaster. Last August Fairfield county common pleas judge Joseph Clark found Cox inno cent by reason Onn sanity and ordered him to undergo further psychiatric treatment. Report says Loose fuel Cap resulted in Fa-18 problems Washington a one Navy Fa-18 Hornet Jet fighter has crashed and four others have experienced in flight problems due to a Loose fuel filler Cap according to a report published Friday. The Navy news quoted documents obtained under inc Freedom of inform lion act involving a non fatal crash of Anfa-18  Palms calif., on feb. 7,1987. There have been four previous Fa-1bafires or potential fires resulting from fuel Caps being improperly locked to the Center Tine ump or due to iome other suspected malfunction of the fuel Cap according to a Navy Accident report quoted by Navy news. A Navy spokesman  cmdr. Craig Quigley confirmed that an improperly tight ened fuel Tiller Cap caused one pm ski or an a is but said that he had not seen Doc  other four incidents. We have not selected an inherent design flaw with that fuel filler Cap that would cause us to ground the aircraft or to Rcd sign the fuel filler Cap Quigley said.-. We know of one Case where a maintenance air crewman improperly secure the fuel filler Cap prior to the aircraft taking off Quigley said. The Cap was ingested by one of the engines and As you May suspect wiped out the engine and caused inc aircraft to  Tower to stress personnel costs Washington a president elect George Bush s Choice to Lead the defense department says an emphasis on weapons systems that depend on fewer people May help the. Pentagon meet its needs in a time of budgetary constraint. A the big Cost is not in the d-2 Bombe the a land the aircraft carriers former Texas sen. John Tower said Sun Day. The big Cost is not in the hardware the big Cost is in personnel Tower Bush s designated defense Secretary said one of Bis first priorities would be devising a strategy to achieve National objectives for defense. Then we have to look at the roles and missions of All our forces and see where they fit into that strategy he said on the lbs to program face the  programs that Don t fit Tower said gel Low priority and they get Cut. And hopefully by going to less manpower in Tensive systems we can make some econ  "., a Tower was Long rumoured As Bush Choice for defense Secretary but the announcement was delayed for several weeks As the Fri conducted an exhaustive background Check of the former sen Ator known for his pro defense positions while in the Congress