European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 24. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 Accident panics visitors on Carrier Juk port . Fla. A a Hydraulic line on a giant elevator on the aircraft Carrier John h. Kennedy rup tured during an open House tuesday spraying oily fluid on visitors and setting off a panic thai caused do ens of injuries. The rupture caused the elevator one of four on the Carrier capable of hoisting planes to the flight deck to come to an immediate Stop. Cmdr. Shawn Etter a ship s officer said. The Jolt and Spray of Hydraulic fluid caused riders to panic and Stampede off the elevator he said. Panic seems to have been what caused most of the problems and injuries Etlor added. He said he had never before seen such a problem with the elevator ninth is designed to carry up to 61 ions. There were an estimated 60 people on the elevator platform and about 3d suffered some kind of injury said Dominic Lanza District supervisor of Limard county s emergency medical services. Two people were admitted to a Froward general medical Center. Dorothy Klaer. 61. Of port Lauder Dale complained of Chest pains and Francis Harrington. 61. Of Margate suffered a possible stroke Hospital spokes Man Craig Biles said. Both were listed in Lair condition tuesday night. The other injured were treated for minor bumps and bruises and had Hydraulic fluid flushed from their eyes in the ship s infirmary  said. It happened so quickly one min Ute we were Riding the elevator and the next it was a  said Tom Lin chm of fort Lauderdale. All of a sudden we heard this loud hissing noise and people Starlet running and pushing to get away from  said Karen not ski of fort Lauderdale. I did t see anyone seriously injured but we were All scared to  the Navy cancelled the rest of tues Day s open House activities and evacuated All civilians on Board. Officers did t say immediately whether the planned two Day open House would resume wednesday. The ship the world s largest conventional powered aircraft Carrier is the length of 3 i football Fields Ami has a Crow of about 3.000. Plus an air Wing of about 2,500. It docked monday at port Over Gladys near a Ort . . Police arrest parents for abusing 9 kids new York a nine children lived As virtual prisoners in a dark filthy apartment where they were sexually or physically assaulted by their parents authorities said tuesday there May have been three other children who did not survive their first month and were secretly buried. There were 11 people living in a darkened apart ment with Little Access to the outside world. They Only knew this Way of life. They were not born in a Hospital they were born in the apartment said Deputy police chief Joseph  appeared that the eldest girl 14, was the Only one who had Ever gone to school he  Mcmillan 42, and his wife Frances. 34. Were arrested monday after three months of question ing of the children disclosed a pattern of rape sodomy and beatings in three gloomy rooms from which the six boys and three girls never  children were taken from their parents three months  oldest children suffered most from the sexual abuse and the younger children from physical abuse Dmartino  dug up a slope where Mcmillan told police he had buried two infants. No bodies were found immedi  last of the missing children May have been stillborn Demartino said. Police and City welfare officials went to the Mcmillan s one bedroom apartment in the Bronx on May 25 in response to neighbors complaints that the children were being  officials immediately took the children boys of 16, 12. 10. 5 and 2 years and a 4-month-old. And girls of 14. 8 and 6  returned for the parents monday. They arrested the father on two counts of rape four of Sodo my 13 of felonious assault two of incest two of Reck less . Nine of endangering the welfare of a minor and one of sexual abuse. The Mother was charged with two assaults and nine endangering. Mcmillan originally from North Carolina did occasional work As a labourer and received $554 a month from social Security. Demartino said. His wife came from Connecticut. It was not known How Long they have lived in the City. Police accompany Herman and Frances Mcmillan after the were arrested monday for child neglect. Contractors in 11 safes violated Asbestos removal Law Epa says Washington a the environmental Protection Agency tuesday accused demolition contractors in 11 states of violating Asbestos remo Val safeguards in schools restaurants and other buildings. Civil lawsuits seeking unspecified damages were filed by the government against 45 companies and individuals plus the new York City Board of Edu cation. Officials said the cases represent Only a Small number of the hundreds of projects where Asbestos is being removed without proper safeguards. The Agency estimated that As Many As half the Asbestos connected demolitions and renovations conducted nationwide May not be in accordance with Federal air pollution Laws. Those Laws require for example that Asbestos be removed before demolition begins that it be netted Down and enclosed in bags and that it be trans ported in covered trucks to approved disposal areas so microscopic fibres Are not spread. The inhalation of Asbestos fibres is known to cause lung cancer asbestosis. A scarring of the lung and miso Theloma a cancer of the Chest and Abdo men. Asbestos was used before the mid-1970s As insulation in Many buildings. Today More than 730,000 buildings still contain some of the cancer causing material according to the government. At the request of the Epa the Justice depart ment filed 13 civil suits tuesday in . District courts in 11 cities accusing the defendants of Vio lating Asbestos removal requirements. Penalties for violating Asbestos removal require ments could Range up to $25.000 per Day of work for each violation. Epa officials said More than $250,000 in civil fines May be sought in some of the cases although specific damages to be sought have not been  suits involved renovation or demolition projects on buildings in new York Pennsylvania Vir Ginia Florida Ohio Illinois Missouri Kansas California Nevada and Washington. The defendants included the new York City Board of education cited for allegedly failing to report Asbestos removal work in 80 or More school buildings. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 24. 1949 firefighters including members of the air Force battled Forest fires in six Western states the hardest hit areas being in Payette National Forest in Idaho and in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming 30 years ago today. Aug. 24. 1959 sen. John Sherman Cooper. R-ky., in a television interview in Washington urged president Eisenhower to Lake personal charge of efforts to reorganize the defense department to eliminate waste and fraud. 20 years ago today. Aug. 24. 1969 president Nixon announced that he would defer a decision on further american troop withdrawals from Vietnam until Early september be cause of stepped up military activity in the War zone. 10 years ago today. Aug. 24, 1979 despite american protests the United nations Security Council opened its debate on palestinian rights setting the stage for a confrontation Between the United states and the Arab Oil bloc