European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 30, 1989 the Star dying Dod employee refused free flight Home by air Force Boston a a defense depart i understand their position that they receive some special medical treat mint employee dying of cancer in Cali just can t pick up and take anybody or if there were some Chance for Sui the s and stripes Page 7 depart Call fornia wants to spend his last Days in Massachusetts where he grew up but the air Force despite pressure from con Gress and a White House aide refuses to provide him an air ambulance ride Home. Avram Brody was in and out of a coma thursday at his Home in Palmdale calif., about 45 Miles North of Down town los Angeles. The 25-year-old native of Norwood Learned he had an inoperable brain tumor a year ago just weeks before he was married in november. In july Doc tors estimated he had just a few weeks to live. Brody who was a defense depart ment computer operator for three years wants to die in his Home state where most of his friends and relatives live. The latest estimate from a private air ambulance company is that it would Cost $29,000 to Fly him Home. The air Force citing regulations re fuses to take on the Job. " jus Brody s wife Amy. Said in a Telephone interview. But by the same Token he worked for them. He worked for his country defending his country and they re not helping him in his time of  mrs. Brody 25. Said her husband s medical problems began to crop up a few months before they were married but they went ahead with the ceremony. We had planned on getting married and we did t want to disrupt the event she said. She said going to Massachusetts would make her life easier. Brody would be Able to stay in a Hospital for the terminally ill not far from his Mother s Home. Now he is bedridden at Home and mrs. Brody has had to Stop working to care for him. Maj. Fran Tunstall an air Force spokesman based in Washington said Brody might qualify for an Airlift Home if his illness were caused by his govern ment work if the trip were necessary to receive l l treatment o survival. But even if Brody met those criteria he would have to pay for the flight and Tunstall estimated the Cost at $.10,000, since it would involve a special trip for a plane stationed in Illinois. Tunstall said the air Force was Sensi Tive to Brody s plight but had to draw the line somewhere on transporting govern ment employees particularly when the flight involved costly medical preparations. It just seems so cold and heartless said state rep. Gregory Sullivan who has been trying to help the Brody family. Rep. Joseph Moakley d-mass., a member of the House rules committee and rep. Nicholas Mavroulis d-mass., a member of the armed services com Mittee have made inquiries on Brody s behalf As has sen. John Kerry a mass. In addition Andrew card a native of Holbrook and a top aide to White House chief of staff John Sununu has his staff working on the Case. Avram Brody is shown in wedding photo graph taken in november 1988. Etc challenges truthfulness of Fibre trim ads Washington a a government Agency said thursday the manufacturer of a popular Over the counter diet Aid used deceptive and unsubstantiated claims in ads promoting the product s effectiveness. The makers of Fibre trim tablets have no reasonable basis for advertising claims that the product is a proven natural Way to lose weight said the complaint tiled by the Federal Trade commission. The commission also challenged claims that the product offers All of fiber s wonderful health benefits and provides 2.35 Grams of fiber in one serving. The panel voted 4-0 to Issue the complaint with chairwoman Janet Steiger not voting. The Etc has set a nov. 28 hearing Dale. Sch ring corp., a subsidiary of Schering plough corp., a major National pharmaceutical manufacturer Isth . Distributor of Fibre trim. Sold As a diet Pill and fruit tablets to be dissolved in water Fibre trim is manufactured in Denmark. We believe the advertising for Fibre trim was completely truthful and properly substantiated said Steve Galpin a spokesman for sch ring. Sch ring ranked fifth among pharmaceutical companies with $2.1 billion in 1987 sales. Fibre trim sales captured 12.9 percent of the diet Aid and meal replacements Market in 1988, according to sobering. The company also produces maybe Olinc cosmetics Copp Citone Sun care products and or. Scholl s foot care products. Air plane shot straight up before crash survivor says Tusayan Ariz. A a woman who survived the crash of a sightseeing plane on approach to Gran Canyon Airport said thursday a Pilot struggled with the controls before the aircraft shot straight up and flipped Over. I crawled As far away As 1 could and i waited for the medics Katherine macs told reporters from her hos Pital bed in Flagstaff. I m sure they got there As fast As they could but it seemed an eternity said the 66-year-old woman from Nashville Tenn. She vowed never to Fly again and said she would travel Home 19 Tennessee by Van when she is released from the Hospital. I m not going Back on any plane. I la crawl by foil i do that Mayes said. The Federal aviation administration meanwhile disclosed that the same plane also lost control while Landing in february and cited a possible nose wheel entering problem. Ten of 21 people on Board the de Havilland Dhc-6 twin Otter were killed wednesday when the grand Canyon airlines plane veered from the runway into a wooded Hill 300 Yards away authorities said. John Lauber a member of the National transportation safely Board said transcripts of radio communication Between air traffic controllers and the Pilot revealed nothing unusual. They were cleared to land and that was the last communication with the aircraft he said. The two Crew members Pilot William Welch 47, of Sedona Ariz., and co Pilot Keith Crosson 43. Of Kai Lua Kona Hawaii were among those killed. The twin engine plane was returning from a sightseeing trip Over the grand Canyon. Macs was among 11 people injured. Three survivors were in serious condition one was in guarded condition and seven were in Stab pc condition thursday at Flagstaff medical Center. Federal investigators were at the crash site thurs Day. Nosb team and representatives of the plane s manufacturers were expected to spend four or five Days at the site. Welch had worked 3vi years for grand Canyon air lines and logged about 2,000 hours of flight time Lauber said. Crosson was in his first year with the airline said Ronald a Warren vice president and Gen eral manager of the airline. A a records showed the 14-year-old plane had a problem while Landing at the Airport feb. 27. The plane lost directional control on Landing. Struck Wing tip on runway. Possible nose wheel entering prob  the Faa records indicated Only two Crew members were aboard and neither was injured. The records listed wind As a contributing cause in that incident. War Ren said he did not know the final determination of the cause. More in a Complete its of victims of a piano crash wednesday at grand Canyon Airport in Tusayan that killed 10 people and injured 11 the identities wore released by the co Comno county sheriffs department. Dead 10 Keith Cro Sou co Pullol. 43, Kahlua Kona Hawaii Joyce Jones 59, Woodbridge a. Lorraine Murphy. 75, random Lake la. Barbara Mare hard 61, Morden Conn. Mho la Robertson 46, Hometown unavailable Scotland. Eugenia a Teehan 71, Youngstown Ohio Donna Sutton. 63. Modesto Calll. John Sulton 65. Modesto Calll. William Welch pilot47, Sedona aril. Helen Zuckermzn 64, Boca Raton. Fla. Survivors 111 Florence Clekley 63, Manchester Conn. Minnie Bowden 59, Murtry to Desboro Tenn. Susan Clint. 42, Farmington Mich. Catherine Hampton 55, Walnut creak. Calll. Virgil Jonah 54, Woodbridge a. Katherine Mayea 66, Nat Hville Tenn. Jesee Murphy 75, random Lake la. Ellen Newman 75, Youngstown Ohio Joanne Pembleton 57, Murfreesboro Tann. Mary Shaver 57, Nashville. Tenn. Julius Zuck Armen 67, Boca Raton Fla. Comic apologizes for remarks seen As racist new York not a Day after he refused to apologize for racially charged remarks about Blacks and jews that forced his disassociation from the May Oral Campaign of Rudolph w. Giuliani the comedian Jackie Mason issued a for Mal apology thursday for my i Sensi tivity.". The comedian was quoted in an inter View published wednesday in the Village voice As saying that jewish support for David n. Dinkins the democratic May Oral nominee was based on jewish guilt and that Blacks had rarely supported jewish causes. Giuliani the Republican candidate and a citizens group that has been monitoring Campaign tactics in the new York City elections quarrelled Over whether Giuliani had adequately repudiated Mason s remarks. Advisers to the Giuliani Campaign while denying that the juror Over Mason s comments Yould prove a Perma nent setback said the incident had stalled the next step in their Campaign strategy More criticism of Dinkins record. On wednesday Mason said his re Marks had been taken out of context and he repealed the Gist of some of them at a news conference. On thursday As Giuliani continued to Field questions about the matter the co median issued a statement. I d like to say something from the Bottom of my heart it began. I m a comedian not a politician. I make jokes about life and people an the jokes whether they re about Black people jewish people or gentiles come from affection and people know