European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. August 25. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 historic Flats collapse in new Orleans new Orleans a a Section of the historic Pomaiba apartments said to be the first apartments built in the United Stales collapsed wednesday into Jackson Square in the heart of new or leans French Quarter. No one was Hurt but the collapse caused inestimable damage to one of the nation s most prestigious buildings. The three Story building where the collapse occurred was completed in 1851 and. With a companion building on the oppo site Side of Jackson Square was under going a $10 million renovation. Scaffolding on the Jackson Square Side of the building collapsed about 5 30 . Witnesses said. When the scaffold ing fell it brought Down a Small Section of the building. Most of the damage was to a 40-to 50 foot Section of scaffolding that stood three stories High. Emergency Crews roped off the area and kept spectators away. James Ellis one of the ice Cream Ven Dors who regularly work the Square had his cart crushed by falling debris. All of a sudden it just started crack ing and the scaffolding started falling. I thought i m dead it just started falling. I ran off but i had to leave my ice Cream cart  at the Lime most of the tourists Whereon the other Side of Jackson Square listening to a jazz band. It was the second spectacular Jackson Square Accident in 16 months. In May 1988. Fire destroyed the top floor of the nearby Cabildo where the Louisiana Purchase territories were transferred from France to the United states. Wednesday s collapse occurred at the lower i Montalba apartments which with the upper Montalba on the West Side of Jackson Square was built for $300,000 scaffolding and part of the historic i on Talha apartments in a Orleans French Quarter collapsed wednesday. In the 1850s by Micaela Leonard Almo Nastor who was 15 when she married a French Baron named Joseph Celstin. After the Baron s father tried to kill her some years later the Baroness left France returned to new Orleans hire Dan architect and a work Crew that finished both Pantalba buildings in in years. There Are 25 residential apartments in the lower Montalba and several Strucel icel stores. The scaffolding collapsed onto the Square just outside la made Leine a fashionable european six be cafe whose patrons escaped harm. The upper Montalba and lower Pon Talba arc among live historic buildings on three sides of Jackson Square. All arc designated As National historic land Marks. The others Are the Casildo built in 1799 the St. Louis Cathedral rebuilt in1851 and the presbyter a. Started in 1791. Food plentiful Mississippi has a problem Jackson. Miss. A nearly a million pounds of food for the hungry is stacked 18 feet High in a warehouse its distribution to outlying pans of the state delayed for Lack of Money trans port vehicles and Volunteer help some state officials say. We be gotten the people to give us the food the problem is we Don l have the Means to get it to the people who need it and there Are people starving out there said state rep. Alyce Clarke of Jack son a Board member of the state run Mississippi food network. The stored food donated by the . Depart ment of agriculture includes dried Beans instant potatoes canned pork and Citrus juices. Perishables including Dairy products and Frozen meats have been delivered before spoiling. Network Board members say the Agency lacks Large transport vehicles and enough Drivers to de liver the food More than 150 Miles to the poor counties in the Mississippi Delta and the far North pm areas of the state. We can t get the food to Tunica county and Tishomingo county where people need it said Joann Gilder Alford the food Bank s director of development and Public relations. But the food Bank s executive director. Jesse Morris disagreed with other assessments of the Agency s problem. He said us a food is going on schedule to the network s 150 member agencies which buy the food for 12 cents a Pound but distribution would be made easier if the food Bank had another Ware House in Northern Mississippi. This year the network distributed 1.5 million pounds of food or about 2.5 million meals. But because the Agency does not have space in its warehouses for the surplus food it has leased private storage at a Cost of $ 1,800 a month. Union leaders join forces arrested at Coal strike rally Lebanon. A. A presidents of the Al Cio. The United mine workers and other unions demonstrated labor Solidarity wednesday by participating in a sit Down demonstration and heading off to jail together. Al Cio president Lane Kirkland and ump presi Dent Richard Trumka led the group of labor leaders sup porting strikes involving Chesapeake and Potomac Tele phone co., Pittston Coal group inc. And Eastern airlines. The labor leaders who arc faced with the common problems of Job losses and eroding Market shares at tended a rally in Richmond before travelling to the Russell county courthouse where a judge has Fine she ump $7.5 million for violating restrictions on the strike against Pittston. Kirkland Trumka and 17 others representing a dozen labor unions locked arms and Sal on the Steps to Block the Entrance of the red Brick courthouse. At the same time 1,200 workers joined raised hands As a slight drizzle fell. Accompanied by Kirk land on the Harmonica they Sang Solidarity forever. For the Union makes us Strong Trumka gave a thumbs up sign As he and the others were led away to the county jail around the Comer. There they Werc charged with obstruction of free passage. Today gives testimony to the fact that they re never going to fight us alone again. We re in it  Trumka Cilcy to the crowd. The officers represented Coal miners machinists airline pilots flight attendants government employees communications workers service employees depart ment store workers electrical workers steel workers firefighters and transport workers. The labor leaders were released after posting $500 property Bonds and drove farther into the Southwest Virginia coalfields to attend another rally wednesday night in St. Paul. The maximum Penally for the Misdemeanour is a year in jail and a $1,000 Fine but defense attorney Scott Mullins said he doubted the protesters would be penalized heavily. Ump spokesman Joe Corcoran said the mass arrest was a statement that the system has failed working people. The courthouse was chosen to symbolize the failure of government to protect working  ump vice president Cecil Roberts said organized labor is focusing on Pittston because the company i attempting to bust the Union and they believe a wound to one labor unit is a wound to All. Nosy Clown almost crowned too much Orlando Fla. A a professional Clown won t have to pay through the nose for leaving on comic disguise at a recent sheriffs Roadblock. Although the state attorney s office refused to Dis miss it As a laughing matter a spokesman said tuesday Nancy Cherrington should not be prosecuted under a Taw that prohibits wearing a mask or Hood in Public. She was accused of wearing a plastic nose in Public and disobeying a Deputy she faced up to 18 months in jail and up to $1,500 in fines. The 45-year-old Geneva homemaker and professional Clown was arrested during a Roadblock at an apartment Complex where authorities suspected the drug Trade was growing. Chc Mington had been visiting friends when she was stopped. And because she often wears a Clown nose out in Public she thought she would try it out on Orang county deputies. But deputies were not amused when she refused to remove her nose which was attached to yellow sunglasses. I feel  she said after the charges were dropped. "1 was a Little  the i " been i. Statement said. Traditional Holiday arc exempt from the Law. Cherrington had planned to Wear one of her Many Clown noses in court. "1 pop on my nose for everybody i m not prejudiced she said. I love the reaction when i put my nose  plea i Lim worn a. Law would apply to Cherrington Only if she had trying to conceal her identity the slate attorney s Lemen costumes also