European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 26, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 Montana train crash linked to argument Helena. Mont. A a squabble Between two Railroad engineers Over who was in charge preceded the derailment and explosion of a runaway freight train in Montana s capital a Federal Board of inquiry was told wednesday. The feb. 2 explosion severed Power lines and blacked out Helena while the temperature hovered Al 27 degrees below Zero and the wind chill temperature was calculated at 70 degrees below Zero. About 3,500 people lied to emergency shelters and damage has been estimated at $10 million. Testimony by the two engineers be fore a National transportation safety Board inquiry indicated both men believed they were in charge of the West bound Montana Kail link train As i began its Steep climb up the Continental Divide. Robert Estes was Engineer of the three Helper engines pulling the train Over the Mountain pass. Jody Mccloud was Engineer of the train itself. When the Lead locomotive lost Power and its cab Heater failed. Estes said he wanted to Stop the train and move an other locomotive in front. Mccloud said he was willing to operate the train from the cold dead locomotive but Estes rejected the idea. Estes said he told Mccloud it s the principle of the thing. If anyone will operate this train from this locomotive it will be  realigning the locomotives meant Dis connecting the engines from the -49 freight cars which rolled away and glided 11 Miles Down from the Continental Divide into Helena where they collided with other locomotives. An explosion involving Lank cars con Taining isopropyl alcohol and Hydrogen peroxide shattered windows for Miles severed Power lines into the City and forced the evacuation of people living near the derailment site. Only 15 minor injuries were reported. In his testimony Mccloud said he opposed  plan to Slop the train and switch locomotives. I just said i la run the train the rest of he Way and you can go Back and ride in the warm unit " Estes said he refused to let Mccloud run the train because "1 did t think any one should operate from the Lead Loco  he seemed to be making a stand Mccloud testified. I did t have what it co defendants John camellia left photo and Iene Gotti brother of reputed Kamolini mob Boss John Golli. Drug convictions walk pass reporters and cameramen As they leave Brooklyn Federal court on tuesday. Both men were found guilty of a null million Dollar heroin a maj i sch of them faces up to 50 years in prison. Takes to argue with  he said Estes experience As a train master in Helena convinced him to go along with the decision to detach the locomotives. Estes testified he had not been aware of Mccloud s objection. However an Nosb preliminary report issued May isolated that Eslos position was one of  Estes testified that he considered him self in charge of the train since his Loco motives were in the Lead. While no Rule specifics who is responsible for a train when two engineers arc on Board Eslos said there is an Assumption that the Engineer in the Lead locomotive is in charge. A final Nosb report on the Accident is not expected until late this year he said. To exams born on same Day die same Day Floresville Texas a two people born hours apart died within 4 a hours of each other in traffic accidents 270 Miles apart. Jacqueline Johns Wiatrek and Bill Wayne Mulz were born oct. 7, 1966, in a san Antonio Hospital. Their mothers shared a room and the same doctor handled the deliveries. Nineteen years later they graduated Tope Lher from Floresville High school. Last weekend they died. I alack 22, and her 29-year-old Hus band Richard were killed instantly in a head on collision saturday night in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite. Mutz died in a crash 4vi hours later when he lost control of his pickup on curving farm Road near Floresville Southeast of san Antonio. "1 was taking it so hard but when i found out that Jacqueline had died Loo it struck me As a sign from god Elizabeth Mutz said tuesday after her son was buried in St. Ann s cemetery in Kosciusko. Funeral services for the via tracks were held wednesday in Elmendorf. I alack s Mother Rosie Johns said she did t hear about Mulz s death until monday. We went to the funeral Home to make arrangements and saw some of the Mutz family there she said. I asked who did you lose and they said it was Billy Wayne said Johns. "1 said of my gosh and went to hug his  fire in los Angeles destroys auditorium los Angeles a a fire destroyed the vacant pan Pacific auditorium wednesday night in a spectacular Sunset Blaze that sent a column of Black smoke More than 1.000 feel into the air thai was visible at least 35 Miles away. Fire officials said the fire might have been sparked by transients at the huge Art Deco Stylc sports Arena and exhibition Hall five Miles West of downtown. Flames burned through the roof of the building which was Buill during the depression by the works project administration and provided a stage for such performers As Sonja Ellenie and Elvis Presley. There s nol Gonna be much left if they Ever put it out said Elsie Cutler who watched As Iso firefighters battled the Blaze. Flames shot More than 100 feel into the air and the smoke was visible in Malibu 35 Miles West of downtown witnesses said. Firefighters dumped water on the Blaze from Oliree Story High elevated cranes. The roof is pretty much gone said Deputy fire chief Greg Drummond Drummond said the fire appeared to have broken out in the Southwest Corner of the 1 50-foot-by.300-foot build ing and quickly spread through the Structure. Assistant fire chief Tony Ennis said he doubted the building could be salvaged. "1 think it could be arson Ennis said. Hut it will be several Davs before we determine  us at Berkeley plans to revise admission racial guidelines Berkeley Calif. A the University of Cali fornia at Berkeley sch for years has tried i come up with an Etli Nica in fair admissions formula. N wednesday announced a proposal for a Standard based on High academic performance  of race. The proposal represents a move Back to admissions Basi d on academic  and away from Pic or anti Al treatment based on ethnic background and considerations said Kobert a bail a a member of the academic committee that drafted the proposals. The changes would restore special considerations for students eligible for the University of California Andare from poor or uneducated families a category eliminated in 198-4, said sociology professor Jerome Kara Bel the committee s chairman. The number of Berkeley applicants has increased dramatically since 1981, creating ferocious Competition and giving the Campus a Chance to attract a student body thai is both stronger academically and diverse socially and economically than Ever before Karabel said. The number of applicants for approximately 7,700 of fers of admission Al Berkeley increased from 9,006 in 1981 to 22,439 in 1988, according to University figures. Only about 3,400 slide nos actually enrol. The rest go on to other universities where they also applied. The changes to Lake place by the fall of 1991 if approved were made in part because of complaints that policies discriminate against asian american applicants. Current Poh changes in 1983-84 withdrew automatic admission for All eligible students who were also poor a program that benefited a Large percentage of asian students Karabel said. Thursday s report was issued in the Wake of a bitter controversy on the Berkeley Campus Over allegations of discrimination against asian americans who comprise about 26 percent of undergraduates Karabel said. Berkeley Chancellor Ira Michael Heyman and the asian american task Force on University of California admissions issued a joint statement in March that said policies adopted in 1983-84 were unfair. Under the new proposal which must still be approved by the administration the proportion of freshmen admitted on the basis of outstanding academic records alone would be increased from 40 percent to 50 Pyrc Cal. This will ensure that All slide nos with Good enough High school records to place them in the top half of Berkeley s entering class will be accepted the committee said