European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday. March 26,19b9 Tot Falls to his death in mine Shaft Central City Colo. A a 2 year old Bay wandered away from his Home in this historic Silver mining town and fell to his Dalh in a nearby abandoned mine Shaft authorities said. Gilpin county Coroner Dick Allen said the child identified As Michael Mills apparently died instantly of head injuries. John Ril Tonhouse search coordinator for the Gilpin county search and Roscitt team said the body was found Friday night about 150 to 200 fed Down the Shaft lodged among timbers and rocks. He said the Shaft went far below that Point. Central City in the Foothills of the Rocky mountains about 30 Miles West of Denver was a Silver mining Boom Lown from i humid Soos until the turn of the Century. Authorities said Here arc probably 5,000 abandoned mine shafts in the area Many of them uncovered. The boy had been playing in his Yard with his older sister whom Rittenhous described As being in her 2.0s. There was a phone Call and when she came Back out he was gone. We were called out about 2 45 . We Fol Lowed his tracks up to an abandoned mine Shaft that s maybe 100 Yards be Hind his House and found an area that something apparently had Slid Down into the mine Shaft Rittenhouse said. The mine Rescue unit was called out and an Access Road had to be bulldozed about 100 Yards up a Hill to the Shaft site he said. A special Boom truck rigged with a Cable Winch and an enclosed Cage was brought to the Mouth of the Shaft. Two men were lowered in the Cage about i0p-m. We got Down about 50 feet with the Cage and the shall narrowed to the Point the Cage would t go any further kit Henhouse said. At that Point we pulled it up and hooked a smaller Ore bucket Lour Boom truck and lowered it Down with two men in it. We were Able to get Down to the boy s body was found about 10 40 ., Rittenhouse 30 rescuers participated in the search in mild weather under the Glare of floodlights. Scores arrested during protest at nuke test site Mercury nov. Up1 ninety anti nuclear activists were arrested Friday and cited for trespassing Al the top secret Nevada test site As part of an annual religious demonstration in Observance of Lenl and Good Friday authorities said. . Department of Energy spokesman Jim Boyar said inc demonstration was peaceful for the most part As about us protesters marched carried signs and committed acts of civil disobedience by crossing onto the top secret government installation. Boyer said Only one demonstrator had to be carried to a holding area to await the citation rest went voluntarily to the holding area to receive their Cila Linsi he said. A Lac activists were Hen released from custody. ". After the initial arrests seven people including the Rev. Louis Villac a roman Catholic priest of the franciscan religious order staged a sit Down protest at the lest site Security Gate. They sat Down at the Gate to bloc the path of a truck trying to enter the facility. Boyar said the seven were rearrested. Issued Mise Meanor citations for blocking traffic and released. The demonstrations at the site arc sponsored by the Nevada desert experience As part of she eighth annual i Mien desert experience. Tic organization began the lenten demonstrations on feb. 8 or Ash wednesday the beginning of the Christian. Lenten season a 40-Day period of penance and reflection that ends with hasten daily acl ties were held last week to Mark holy week activities conclude on easter sunday. Since March 17, about 300 protesters have been cited for trespassing in a series of escalating protests leading up to the easter demonstration. The Mercury Entrance to the Nevada test site is about 65 Miles Northwest of Las vegas. The test site Isth Center for. The ration s nuclear weapons testing program and 690 announced tests. Have been con ducted there since the installation became operational in. The Early 1950s. .tis--fvv.".-,i 1 of \ of Csc a. 1 a a Chow time first de Millie s hungry new charges feed away Friday at the White House. First lady Barbara Bush an old hand at child rearing gives Millie some encouragement before leaving fur easter weekend at Camp David Mil. Millie s six pups were Horn on St. Patrick s Day. Canadian illegally entering . Killed offer brandishing face gun Eureka Mont. A a 17-year-old Canadian was fatally shot by a . Border patrol agent after he illegally entered the United states and brandished what appeared to be a revolver authorities said Fri Day. The gun that Jason Haring pointed Al the patrol agent thursday night was actually a fake they said. Border patrolman Dale a. Rude shot Baring about 400 jard1 cast of the Border station run by the . Customs service in Rossville in Northwest Montana authorities said. A detective lieutenant Don Bernall of the Lincol Counti Serin s office said the shooting occurred about 7 . After Haring had crossed into the United states. Haring of Kanala Ontario walked away from a youth detention Center in Ontario on March 11, authorities said. A trucker alerted officers at the station that Haring had been hitchhiking and officers saw the youth gel out of a car on the Canadian Side of the Border walk North along the Highway and then Cut to the Casl said Deputy Lincoln county attorney Scoll Spencer. Rude went up a Hill to a Vantage Binl often used by officers Spencer said. Rude spotted Haring through binoculars then confronted him about so feel Over the order and told him to Slop he said. Spencer said rude told him that Hanne then turned pulled what appeared 1o be a pistol and pointed it at him. Rude said he fired one shot from his 12 gauge Shotgun at the youth from a diva acc of 12 to 15 of Tel. Spencer died at the scene shot in the Nghil shoulder and Chest officials county attorney Susan Loehn said Friday afternoon that the fake gun hang brandished looked surprisingly real i has so much detail that it s not what i think of As a toy gun she said. The county is still investigating the shooting and will decide alter a Coroner s inquest whether to pros a Csc rude she said. Stateside fall from Balcony kills Man trying to catch Frisbee Daytona Beach a. A an Illinois Man died after tailing from the fourth floor Balcony of a Beach front Motel the first such fatality during this year s Spring break season police said. Christopher Kosinski. 22, of Burbank. 111., was pronounced dead at Halifax medical Center police said. Kosinski apparently lunged Over the Waist High rail ing attempting to catch a Frise cd tossed from the Pool deck below and fell about 40 feet flipping once before striking his head and Back on the Concrete deck a police report said. O Hare regains its place As world s busiest Airport Chicago a o Hare International has re claimed its distinction As the world s busiest Airport statistics Hare served 58.9 million passengers in 1988, while Atlanta s Hartsfield International handled 45.9 million according to the Chicago department of aviation. The Chicago Airport also logged a record 803,453 departures and landings compared with the Atlanta Airport s 778,779, it said. In 1987, Atlanta had 796,600 departures and Arri Vals about 4,000 More than Oil arc although the Chicago Airport handled More passengers 58.8 million compared with 47.s million. John Braden a Hartsfield spokesman said a major reason for the drop in traffic there was a decline in discounted fares and service cuts by Eastern airlines production of eggs Down 6 percent from last year Washington a egg production is Down about 6 percent from a year ago. Mostly reflecting a. Sharp cutback by producers the agriculture depart ment has production during the first three months of the marketing year that began dec. I was estimated at 16.7 billion eggs Down from 17.7 billion a year earlier the department of March i laying hens totalled 271 million Down from 282 million a year ago the March i Nock included about 232 million hens producing eggs for consumer useand3s.9 million producers offal Chang Type eggs. The department s economic research service says 1989 egg production is expected to be Down about 2 percent fro last reduction in laying hens. Producers Cut Back flocks in response to the lowest net returns since the Agency began estimating those figures in 1972, the Agency said. Police say Mother used son 3, in burglaries mount Holly no. A a Oung Mother used her 3-year-old son to help burglarized Homes authorities Dan scr 20, of Browns Mills has been charged with burglary theft and endangering the Wel. Fare of a child. She was arraigned in Superior Courland was jailed under $ 10,000 Bond authorities said police said Danser who was unemployed lifted her toddler into the windows of at least four of the eight houses she burglarized to open a door for her. Sometimes she would let him play in the Yard while she was burglar izing the House said Pemberto township police it. Paul Tuliano. He did t know what was going the state s division and family services gave custody of the boy to his maternal grandparents
