European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 03, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday june3,1989 mosquitoes put the bite on new .,.,.,. this time of year arc a Nightman Boston a hordes of mosquitoes Oul for blood have descended on new England this Spring zapping beaches and family barbecues and sending residents running for shelter. These mosquitoes arc especially aggressive Herbert Maxfield Field director for the Massachusetts Center for disease control said thursday. They come at you with full intent of getting your Arthur Doty chairman of the mos Quito control District for the Vermont towns of Brandon Leicester and Salisbury said mosquitoes were plaguing the Region in greater numbers than he d seen in 30 years. We be got an epidemic he said. Stung by the attack citizens in one Vermont town rallied for a remedy calling on state lawmakers to pay for Mosquito control. The onslaught is probably the result of heavier than Normal rainfall in april and May Maxfield said. It May have brought about the hatching of the eggs and now those adults arc on the Wing he said. I d say for this time of year it s a a bad As it s been in recent memory said David Struble an entomologist with Maine s department of conserva Tion and disease management. University of Vermont entomologist Gordon Nielsen also blamed the Sud Den eruption of Spring this year for the buzzing hordes. Temperatures went to 90, and it just had a telescoping effect he said. Because of the heat dozens of different biting insects emerged at the same time rather than in their usual sequence he situation in Vermont s Southern Addison and Northern Rutland coun ties is so severe that 150 demonstrators gathered wednesday in Brandon to protest the legislature s failure to fund Mosquito control. Residents said the biting insects constitute a disaster and one speaker suggested summoning the National guard. Brandon Leicester and Salisbury bordered on the West by 20,000 acres of swamp want the state legislature to fund a $200,000 study and larvae control program. Graham Walden who attended the demonstration said state officials must realize this is not a joke. This is a very serious economic some people have used the phrase a prisoner in your own Home because All of the things one normally enjoys at Thi e Nightmare to Complete Walden said who covers himself with insect repellent when he walks his dog. In Connecticut the state depart ment of health services chief Mosquito fighter surveyed sections of the state s coastline. Paul Capotosto said in one Landing bite test a person stood in a to Edca spot for five minutes and received More than five bites. And there s More bad news. Just As the current crop of mosquitoes begins to die off in two months another round of larvae is Likely to Hatch Given sufficient rainfall in Jun and july said Theodore Andryadis an entomologist at the Connecticut Agri cultural Experiment station in new Haven. The Outlook is fairly grim he said. Mom freed offer dad surrenders with leukemic son new York a a Man whose wife was jailed after he took their 4-Ycar old son from a Hospital where he was undergoing court ordered treatment for leukaemia surrendered with the boy thursday police said. Family court judge Leon ecu sch gave David Pagan a suspended 10-Day sentence released his wife Migdalia and returned their son to the custody of child welfare authorities. Deutsch gave the parents unlimited visitation rights at the Hospital but said they must be accompanied by a City or Hospital official to prevent them from removing Darian Pagan again. The 36-year-old father took his son from the memorial Sloan act luring hos Pital sometime last sunday police said. The boy was undergoing court ordered treatment for leukaemia. Darian was hospitalized last week under an order from Deutsch requested by the City s child welfare administration. Hospital officials said the boy was not getting the treatment he needed. The boy s Mother was jailed the last two nights on contempt of court charges for refusing to say where her husband and child were. The father walked into family court around noon thursday and he and his wife appeared before the judge. The child was in the courthouse but not in the courtroom. The couple s attorney Steven Manucl said the father had removed Darian from the Hospital and was taking him to the Anderson medical and tumor Institute which is affiliated with the University of Texas in Houston. He did not say How far the two had travelled or what prompted their return. Manucl said Hospital officials told City officials that Darian was in imminent danger if he did not receive a Radical form of radiation and chemotherapy. The parents were upset because no such treatment was administered be tween May 26, when the boy was admitted and May 28, when he was taken from the Hospital Manucl said. The pagans Are Jehovah s witnesses a religion that opposes blood transfusions. However Manucl said their religion did not play a part in the court Case. He said the child had received consid Erable medical care and treatment since his leukaemia was diagnosed at age 2. Headed for dreamland sleep is just around the Corner for three cuddly Bob cat cubs being pampered by a researcher at missis Sippi stale University in Starks Volle. The tiny Ani Mals born three weeks ago at he Unic Ralty arc undergoing tests to determine the nutrition and Energy requirements of wild bobcats. Stateside lofty protest is lodged about Aid to Al Salvador Boston a a woman who dangled from a rope for about an hour after rappelling from the eighth floor of the state transportation building says she did it to protest . Aid to Al a. Pierce 45, a self employed Carpenter was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct after she remained suspended 50 to 60 feet above the ground m the building s atrium said police spokesman Scott Gil Lis. She was released on her own recognizance. Pierce dropped leaflets urging . Sen. John Kerry a Democrat whose office is in the building to work toward hailing Aid to Al think i got the message out,1 she said. 1 Hope Kerry will seriously consider changing his vote and no keep sending Money to the death Pierce is a member of the Boston committee in Solidarity with the people of Al Salvador. Plane gets stuck in mud so passengers take bus Bismarck . A a Continental airlines Jet slipped off a taxiway on its Way to a runway and got stuck in mud and the passengers had to take a 100 mile bus ride Early thursday to reach their destination one was injured. Pickets protest killer s selection As prom King. In Tradii Cine non for Rwy Vine he faces sentencing after his june Lantana Fla. A parents and students picketed a High school to protest the selection for prom King of a senior who was convicted of killing a 15-year old girl when he sped his car into a crowd of schoolmates. My daughter was killed by a fellow classmate and someone in this school i condoning it said Sharon Hunter Mother of Accident victim Amber Hunter. I m making a Point that i m not going to put up with this. The school has an obligation of morals standards of ethics and they have shown nothing of that but school administrators said they knew nothing about Eric Norstrom s selection As prom King until his election by fellow students was announced on prom night May 20."it was strictly student instituted school spokeswoman Barbara Hugler said was the result of a secret student ballot run by the student government association and the principal was no aware of the outcome of the ballot until the night of the prom. It s a tragic situation for everyone at the prom Norstrom was awarded a plastic scepter and danced with the prom Queen after he was chosen by an Over whelming majority in a secret ballot said principal Vcra Garcia who crowned the King and Queen. Norstrom drove into a crowd of about 100 students May 25, 1988, killing Amber Hunter and injuring two others. He was convicted last month of vehicular homicide reckless driving and two counts of culpable negligence. H 7 graduation. The victim s Mother and eight other parents and students picketed Santa Lucas High school on wednesday. Demonstrators returned thursday and said they would continue their Vigil outside school Friday. This is for Amber said Maria Pierce 16, one of her close friends. I Don t like How the school s supporting Eric and they make it look like we re the bullies or bad Guys when we re support ing the
