European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday May 31,1989 ground level War on drugs real estate Developer Donald Trump who has won a bankruptcy judge s approval to take Over easter airline s Northeast shuttle holds a rap session with recovering drug addicts at a treatment Center in . The patients presented Trump an Active participant in the fight against drug abuse with an air plane Model and a drawing of their concept of a shuttle Craft. Woman who spent record Days in Cave undergoing series of tests Houston a a 27-year-old woman who spent a record 130 Days isolated in a new Mexico Cave began undergoing a we Klong series of tests monday that could yield clues about the medical effects of Long irm space indications arc that Stifania Follini an Interi or decorator from Ancona. Italy who volunteered forthe Experiment is faring Well despite losing 17 pounds and showing signs of lethargy and inattentiveness Dur ing her latter Days in the underground plexiglass Home. At this Point All of the results have been is nothing strange that we have noticed not even simple anaemia said or. Andrea Galvagno. On of two italian researchers in Houston who have monitored her is nothing at this Point that would make me feel nervous about her health he said adding that itis still too Early to Tell what specific effects the Long term isolation had on her immune . Jon Defrance who is assisting in the research said previous isolation studies have shown a change in the immune function whereby a person might be come susceptible to certain types of of course this has rather profound implication for a space said Defrance an associate professor at Texas medical school in this week also will include a skin sensitivity test at the Johnson space Center and a Bone density examination at the Baylor College of Medicine re searchers said. Follini. Whose sense of time became so disoriented during isolation that she emerged May 23 thinking the Date was March 14, said she is still Havinga hard time adjusting again to a 24-hour Day. She glanced constantly at her watch during an afternoon press conference at Cha Gulf i incs Hospital. I keep looking at it because i still Haven t found areal use for she said through an interpreter when questioned about her frequent glances at the timepiece. I can also Tell you that every Lime 1 look at the watch i m surprised at How quickly time goes stateside legalized Gator Hunting lures applicants in Florida West Palm Beach Fla. A the first stat Alligator Hunt in 26 years last september whetted the appetites of thousands of would be Gator Hunters who can apply starting thursday for a spot in a larger Hunt this year. The Hunts help control the state s growing Alligator population. More than a million of the reptiles arc believed to Range through state Waters. The Florida game and fresh water fish commis Sion which will take permit applications from thurs Day through june is plans to raise the number of Hunters to Between 250 and 260. Last year 230 Hunters bagged 2,960 alligators. The limit per Hunter will be kept the same As last year at 15. Anti aids campaigner Dies of disease at 34 new York a Barry d. Gingell a doctor who campaigned to Speed up the testing of experimental drugs for aids and to increase Access to them has died of the disease. He was 34. Gingell a Manhattan resident died monday at s Hospital. For nearly two years Gingell was the top medical expert for the Gay men s health crisis a new York City service and education organization seeking to combat the disease. Gingell an internist and nutritionist served on the National Academy of sciences the society of infectious diseases the Community research initiative and the aids resource Center. Gingell had been hospitalized for the last three months. He was stricken by acquired immune deficiency syndrome four years ago. Memorial Day weekend kills 415 in traffic accidents Chicago a traffic accidents Over the Lon memorial Day weekend killed More than 400 people according to unofficial reports tuesday from police throughout the nation. The National safety Council had estimated that be tween 370 and 470 people would be killed on the nation s streets and highways Over the three Day week Holiday travel period began officially at 6 . Local Lime Friday and ended at Midnight monday. During that period 415 people were reported killed in traffic accidents. The highest state toll was reported in California where 44 people died. Another 30 fatalities were re ported in Florida followed by 29 in Ohio and 25 in states reported no fatalities. They were Alaska Delaware Maine North Dakota and South Dakota. Last year there were 404 traffic fatalities during the memorial Day weekend. The memorial Day record was set in 1968 when 629people were killed Over a four Day weekend. The three Day record of 597 was set in 1969. 2 survive 1,000-foof wind ride Down Mountain Anchorage Alaska Dpi a powerful gust of wind lifted two climbers already bedded Down in their Well anchored tent off mount Mckinley and took them Aboul 1,000 feet Down the Mountain bul both survived the National Park service said monday. It was a hopeless feeling. You know you re going Down but you can l get out Howard Tuthill 31, said from his Hospital bed in Anchorage. The wind picked us up and sailed us and then bounced us Jim Johnson 41, said also from his Hospital bed. I am probably one of the Luckiest people alive. You can t fall Between 900 and 1,200 feet and walk away both men were suffering from frostbite on their Fin Gers and docs bul land a Good Chance of keeping them and Johnson suffered a broken Vertebra. The Accident happened late saturday night and the climbers were rescued by helicopter sunday afternoon. They took a Heck of a ride Down 1,000 feet said Roger Robinson a mountaineering Ranger North of Anchorage where climbers catch planes to the base of the Mountain. It s very bizarre i be never heard of such a the men were part of a guided expedition trying to scale the 20,320-fool Mountain inc tallest in North America but Robinson said the Freak gust ignored the other climbers and look Only one ten Toul. The group was camped at the 16,400-fool level waiting out High winds before trying to reach the sum Mit and the next thing inc iwo men knew they were lying in the Snow Wilh no tent no sleeping bags no gear and no Clear idea of what happened. We were just getting ready for bed Johnson re called. The wind had been blowing All Day. It seemed like it was gelling both men claimed the Lenl was Well anchored. It was As secure As you could have made it Johnson said. Suddenly Johnson recalled had a bad feeling about what was going to happen. He said he told a third Man in the Lenl to Lurn off the stove and no sooner did return off the stove than the Lent uplifted just As inc third Man managed to get out. The wind took hold of the tent with 180-Pound Johnson 210-Pound Tuthill and three 75-Pound packs As the two desperately gripped the tent fabric. I look my Swiss army knife said Johnson farthest from the tent door and tried to Cut a Hole. Whether i accomplished that Mission or not 1 Don t both men blacked out and when they regained consciousness at about the 15,500-fool level they were lying on a Snow ledge near another drop off with Noah ing but what they were wearing Long underwear and socks. I was crawling on my hands and Knees and i ran into Howard and he asked me who i was Johnson said. Tuthill soon came around and two shivered on the Edge of a Crevasse awaiting Rescue. We were All frosted Over Tuthill said. In seemed like an eternity until somebody got there Johnson said. Other climbers reached them bringing a tent an hot liquids. They were stabilized until a Rescue helicopter made a difficult Landing on the Crevasse Edge Sun Day and took them off the Mountain Robinson said. Tuthill who has a wife and two children manages grocery store in southwestern Colorado and was climb ing his first big Peak after smaller climbs in the Rock ies. Johnson an army major assigned 19 fort Richard son As a health care administrator lives in Wasilla North of Anchorage with his wife and five children
