European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday january 31,1989 senior . Judges who carry Low caseload in line for raise stateside Washington a a fifth of All senior Federal judges including former chief Justice Warren e. Burger stand to collect their largest raises in a decade even though they no longer handle court cases the associated press has Learned. This Windfall increasing Burger s salary by $60,000 to $175,000 a year stems from a retirement system that allows Federal judges to reduce their caseloads sharply while still qualifying for Active duty pay in creases. In stepping Down from full time duty they accept a title of senior  aside from Burger the 305 other senior judges also stand to see their salaries Rise by about 50 percent unless Congress disapproves the raises for top Federal officials on feb. 8. Judges who retire through resignation the other option provided by Congress keep for life the same salary they received on their last Day of work. In Burger s Case it would have been $ 108,400. Senior status is the vastly More popular option. Bur Ger for example already received one raise in 1987 that made his pay $ 115,000. No time for cold feet Darrell Klompmaker and Cheryl Curry provide the finishing touches on their wedding cake made of tiers of Snow As part of the new icebreaker Winter festival in Milwaukee. The couple s big event saturday Drew a crowd of Well wishers. Administrative records indicate that roughly one in five of the nation s senior judges does no judicial work whatsoever. They get the raises but Are As hard to find on the Bench As the 13 former judges who chose full retirement. It does t seem fair said rep. Carlos mo9rhead, a member of a House subcommittee overseeing the Federal judiciary. The California Republican whose scepticism last year sidetracked a Bill to lower the eligibility age for senior status said Congress May want to consider establishing some minimum work to qualify for the  As the Law stands now a senior judge May turn Down any work he does t want. A Federal judge can not be forced to resign since the Constitution says a judicial appointment is for life. Burger left the supreme court in september 1986 to serve As the full time but unpaid chairman of the com Mission celebrating the Constitution s Bicentennial. Burger who has spent much of his career campaigning for higher judicial salaries declined to answer questions about his impending pay increase. Quake shakes 3-Sfafe area Salt Lake City a an earthquake Shook most of Utah and parts of Western Colorado and Wyoming on sunday night rattling Homes and Knock ing objects off Walls. But no major damage or injuries were reported authorities said. The quake was entered about 140 Miles South of Salt Lake City 16 Miles Southeast of the Central Utah Community of Salina and had a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale said Russ Needham a geophysicist with the . Geological Survey s National earthquake information service in Golden Colo. It was pretty Strong. It was knocking stuff off the Walls said Utah Highway patrol dispatcher Marty Estrada in Price about 70 Miles Southwest of the epicentre. We be got people checking for damages right now but we Haven t heard any actual reports of  the quake which occurred at 9 06 . Was Felt by residents from Salt Lake City South to Moab and As far East As grand Junction Colo., and Rock Springs wyp., said sue Nava senior staff seismologist at the University of Utah Seismograph stations in Salt Lake City. The quake also was Felt in Northern Arizona said the information service in Golden which characterized the quake As  the most recent quake of significant size in Utah was a temblor of magnitude 5.3 that occurred aug. 14 and was entered 48 Miles Southwest of sunday s quake Nava said. Seismograph stations director Walter Arabasz said Utah ans could feel some aftershocks in the ensuing hours. From historical experience. There s about a 2 percent Chance that an earthquake of this size would be followed by a larger earthquake he said. An earthquake of 3.5 on the Richter scale can cause slight damage in the local area 4 moderate damage 5 considerable damage and 6 severe damage. A 7 Reading is a major earthquake capable of widespread heavy dam age 8 is a great quake capable of tremendous damage. Shark blamed for woman s death Oxnard Calif. A a Young woman whose battered body was found floating in the Pacific off Channel Island Harbor probably was killed by a shark authorities said. The body of the unidentified woman 18 to 26 years old was spotted saturday by the Crew of a Sailboat six Miles from the Island. She apparently had been dead one to two Days said or. F. Warren Lovell Ventura county Coroner. A 13-Inch piece of flesh was missing from the Wom an s left thigh said Lovell who described the wound As a classic shark  there were a number of other shark bites. There was a fresh Bruise on the Back of her right hand he said sunday. Lovell said the Bruise appeared to have been caused when the woman tried to fight off the shark. Lovell said her lungs did not show the classic find Ings associated with drowning but the bites apparently occurred before the woman died. Authorities said the woman May have been wind surfing in the area 50 Miles Northwest of los Angeles. A Check of Law enforcement agencies showed no missing person report Matching the woman s description said Lovell. The last known fatal shark attack off California was in september 1984, when a diver searching for Aba Lones was mauled 40 Miles South of san Francisco. John Mccosker a shark expert and director of the Steinhart aquarium in san Francisco said the latest attack May have been by a great White shark a Type that sometimes exceeds 20 feet in length and weighs More than 7,000 pounds. If this was in fact a great White attack it would be the first that we know of to have occurred South of Santa Barbara Mccosker said. Skid Row denizens Rob 3 Accident victims los Angeles a skid r9\v denizens snatched a purse a Wallet and two jackets from three Accident victims including an off duty police officer As the victims awaited help after a collision at a downtown intersection. The homeless people descended on them like vultures going to a piece of meat police it. Dan Hills said sunday. Two of the victims trapped in an overturned truck were hanging upside Down by their seat belts the officer was briefly unconscious Hills said. The victims whose names were withheld were slightly injured. Hills said the pickup truck ran a red Light and smashed into the officer s car before Midnight saturday. As she s coming to what she remembers is a door opening and somebody asking Are you of baby and she sees her handbag being re moved he said. The bag contained her police revolver badge and other personal belongings. Mayflower ii Back Home following refurbishing Plymouth mass. A after a month of refurbishing by ship workers with pilgrims Pride the Mayflower ii is shipshape and Back in its berth. It looks absolutely gorgeous Climoth plan tation spokeswoman Troy Creane said. The ship visited by about 300,000 people a year undergoes major repairs about every two years and minor maintenance is nearly continuous. The repairs at the Gloucester Marine railway Cost about $25,000, Plantation spokesman Jeff Scotland said. He said the ship was repainted with non toxic paint to help prevent water contamination. Built in England the 106 a foot Long ship sailed to Plymouth in 1957 As a Symbol of Friendship to America. The original ship sailed to North America in 1620 with 102 passengers and was dismantled in 1622. Vaccine found to protect mice from Mustard Gas san Antonio up two san Antonio researchers have developed a vaccine that protects mice from Mustard Gas the san Antonio Light has reported. Although untested on humans the vaccine protected mice from up to four times a lethal doze of Mustard Gas said Tran c. Chanh a scientist at the Southwest foundation for biomedical research. In two years of study foundation researchers have developed a vaccine that Chanh said could be Given to soldiers or civilians to protect them from the poisonous Gas. Mustard Gas penetrates cells in the lungs and skin causing them to Blister away inducing a slow death. Chanh s vaccine based on anti Idi Type anti bodies causes the body to produce a second set of antibodies which keep the Poison from at Taching itself to cells thereby making the Gas harmless Chanh said. Veteran photographer on White House staff Dies Washington a Robert Leroy Knudsen whose photographs chronicled nearly three decades of major White House events be fore retiring has died at Bethesda naval Hospi Tal in Maryland after a heart attack. Knudsen 61, joined the White House photographers staff in 1946. He was detailed there from the Navy Secretary s office after graduating from the naval photographic school in Pensacola Fla. As a photographer Knudsen covered such events As the 1948 and 1952 elections of presi dents Truman and Eisenhower the historic 1959 meeting of Eisenhower and soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev the autopsy of slain president Ken Nedy in 1963 president Nixon s 1972 trips to China and the soviet Union Nixon s 1974 fare Well in the Wake of the watergate scandal and the White House weddings of Linda and Luci Johnson and Tricia Nixon