European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 6 stateside Secretary Lujan s brother has heart attack in Colo. Albuquerque. . A Edward Lujan a stale Republican party Leader and brother of . Secretary of Interior Manuel Lujanjr. Has suffered Aheart attack an aide to the Secretary said. Edward Lujan an Albuquerque insurance executive was in stable but guarded condition at Valley View Hospital in Glen word Springs Colo. Steve Goldstein said from his office in Washington. Lujan and his wife Virginia were on vacation at a Colorado recreational vehicle Park Goldstein said. Lujan was unhooking hoses to the re when he complained of pain. Mrs. Lujan drove her husband to the Hospital. Edward Lujan is a former chairman of new mexi co s Republican party and was unsuccessful in his bid last year for the Republican nomination for the . Mouse seat which was left vacant when Manuel Lujan retired after 10 terms. Goldstein said Secretary Lujan was in Albuquerque and would go to Colorado. The Secretary also suffered a heart attack in 1986 and had triple bypass surgery. Goldstein said he has fully recovered. Florida Power surge Fries Home appliances Royal Palm Beach Fla. A Vars started smoking Light bulbs exploded and ceiling fans raced As if they were going into orbit when the Power company mistakenly doubled the Normal amount of electricity in 30 Homes. It s a $60.000 foul up 30 houses suffered As much As $2.000 in damages said Florida Power Light customer service manager Vic Arena who prom ised that the Utility would pay to replace All the burned out appliances. Helen Johns was feeding her 6-Ycar-old son and three infants when the Power surge hit her House snuffing out the air conditioner television stereo Tele phone answering machine can opener clock radio and every other appliance she had plugged in. My son started screaming  the Vars on fire Johns said. I grabbed the three lilt a ones and my son and threw them  the Utility blamed a work Crew for the mistake saying Crew members missed a Section of line when they were converting transformers in the neighbourhood to a new voltage. Coca cola wants to pull plug on magic powder Chicago a coca cola co. Officials Don t want people buying Little bottles of mad scientist magic powder because it might just make them thin there s Coke cocaine " in their Coke. The magic powder is a powdered Bubble gum produced in Italy and distributed in this country by Alma Leo .a. Inc., of Northbrook a Chicago suburb. The company Sells it in tiny plastic bottles that coca cola officials say arc shaped like their old soda bottles. The soft drink giant has sued Alma Leo and briefs in the Case were heard by . District court judge James Moran. Coca cola maintains that the Bubble gum s pack aging May create a connection Between its product and cocaine. Cocaine use by mothers linked to defects in babies Atlanta a women who use cocaine Early in their pregnancies Are nearly five times More Likely to have children with urinary tract birth defects Federal health officials have reported. In a Survey of the mothers of 5,000 children bom wit birth defects in the Atlanta area the National centers for disease control found that the risk of urinary tract defects was 4.8 times higher in infants whose mothers re ported Early pregnancy cocaine use. Monday. August 14, 1989 fur trading Days live again As restored fort dedicated Buford. . A British nobility joined american cowboys and other descendants of Northern Plains Stales saturday to dedicate fort Union once the Frontier s fur trading Headquarters and to Mark two neighbouring states Centennial. The fort which played Host to visitors ranging from Prince Maximilian of Germany to naturalist James j. Audubon in the 1800s has been rebuilt to highlight the Centennial of North Dakota and neigh Boring Montana. An estimated 15.000 people were expected to attend the two Day dedication of the four year multimillion Dollar restoration project by the National Park sen ice. The National Park service and everyone else associated with it should be proud of their Effort said lord John Jacob Astor Viii a descendant of John Jacob Astor the founder of the powerful american fur co. That built fort Union in 1829. Located near the North Dakota Montana Border at the Confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers. Fort Union was a Headquarters for fur traders and indians in the mid-1800s. The area now is dominated by hulking Oil rigs farms and ranches. A few Buffalo also can be found Rem Nants of the herds that once roamed the Prairie. This is a piece of american history said Pete Abram a vacationer from Barric Ontario who was touring the fort with his wife Irma. It s hard not to think of the Hardy souls who built this originally the hardships they  fort Union dominated the Economy of the Northern Plains until the army dismantled it More than a Cen Tury ago when the american fur co. Went out of Busi Ness. The army used some of the doors windows and Wood from the civilian fort to build the army s fort Bluford just cast of the trading Post. Nothing was left of the original trading Post and reconstruction depended on diaries paintings and photographs for design and detail said Paul Hedron superintendent of the 430-Acrc Park. We be been faithful to the fort s original design As much As possible he Drin said. The fort you Sec today we feel is what fur traders on the Missouri saw in the mid-1800s." the Centrepiece of the fort is the colourful Bourgeois House. Finished in 1987, it now contains museum exhibits and administrative offices. The whitewashed Walls of the fort began going up this past Spring and were completed just in Lime for the dedication. Bastions housing cannons sit at two Cor ners of the facility. Modern Day Buck skinners dressed in clothing of the period saturday peddled Buffalo hides Beaver Pells and Bead work at a Lepic Encampment near the fort. Joining in the festivities was a contingent of Royal Canadian mounted police officers from Manitoba and Saskatchewan who appeared in the distinctive garb of their 1870s predecessors. I m a history nut a Buckskin nut. On Indian nut said Jim Bill Henderson of Jefferson City mo., who took part in living history activities at the fort sat urday. Henderson a Teddy Roosevelt look alike who is working this summer at mount Rush More in South Dakota attended the dedication in a replica of the uniform Roosevelt wore in the Spanish american War. Nearly $4 million has gone into the reconstruction of the fort. About $3.3 million came from the Federal government and about $500,000 was provided by local supporters called friends of fort Union safety without a seat Belt or her Kicky u Fri r rams a test ear into another vehicle at 50 Mph to demonstrate u is safer restraint system that Bonds a Driver final to the car Cut without the use of a seat Bell. The safety seat designed by Randy beam is of Arnold to has successfully undergone More than 300 test crashes so far. Rap band Singer 2 others accused of raping girl Minneapolis a a Singer and two Crew members with la Cool j s rap band were charged with raping a 15-year old girl who attended a party following the concert after she won a backstage pass in a radio contest. The girl told authorities that six to eight men taunted her during the assault and made comments such As when s it going to be our turn Singer David James Parker 26, and band technician Gary Chris Saunders 22, both of new York As Well As body guard Christopher Elias Tsipouras 26, of Union nj., were charged with first de Gree criminal sexual conduct said Kevin Johnson assistant Hennepin county at Torney. La Cool a whose real name is James Todd Smith was not involved in the incident after wednesday night s concert and did not meet the 15-year-old, police said. He and the rest of his group were continuing their three month National tour. The three charged were arrested Early thursday morning and were being held saturday at the Hennepin county jail under si00.000 bail each. They were scheduled for court appearances  Day Johnson said. The felony is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $35,000 Fine. We re going to try to find out who else was in the  Johnson said. If we can learn who they arc they could be charged too As accomplices. The girl and a 16-year-old female Friend received backstage passes along with tickets to wednesday s concert when one of them won a radio station s contest. They accompanied group Mem Bers in a limousine to the party at l hotel so Fitch in Bloomington