European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 02, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 2, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 a Rescue worker administers Aid o a victim of a school bus crash South of Dubuqu Iowa saturday. 34 injured in Ohio Iowa accidents Cleveland a a tractor trailer loaded with steel coils crashed into a disabled tourist bus in Cleveland injuring 22 people saturday. In Iowa a car rammed a school bus carrying band students in an Accident that injured 12, police said. No fatalities were reported in either Accident police said. In Cleveland the bus. Known As Lolly the trolley and designed to resemble a trolley was used to carry visitors on sightseeing Tours. It had stopped because of mechanical problems on a freeway carry ing traffic from interstate 71 to interstate 90, said sgt. Kenneth Kirchner. The is wheel truck was unable to Stop and in Stead struck the bus he said. Twenty two people were taken to hospitals and five were admitted officials said. None was in serious condition late saturday officials said. The truck Driver was treated and released said a Hospital spokeswoman. He was ticketed for failing to maintain a Safe distance in front of his Rig. Just South of Dubuque. Iowa a car crashed into the bus that was carrying a Wisconsin Junior High school band saturday knocking it into a ditch. The car then hit a truck carrying band equipment officials said. There were 42 people on Board the bus and three in the equipment truck said Jim Schmitt. Dubuque county sheriffs Deputy. Twelve people were admitted to hospitals. None of the students was critically Hurt authorities said. Officials find no drug ties to mystery flight Washington a Federal drug enforcement officials say they have no evidence that drug Traffick ing played a part in the mystery flight crash and gunshot wound of Thomas Root last july. But a Miami spokesman for the Fri Paul Miller said the Bureau is continuing to investigate the activities of the Alexandria va., communications lawyer in the Days preceding his bizarre flight according to the fort Laud Crdal fla., Sun Sentinel. Con Dougherty spokesman for the drug enforce ment administration said in Washington saturday that the question of drug involvement obviously was looked into and nothing was found to draw the in Terest of  Root s Cessna crashed into the Atlantic near the Bahamas july 13 when it ran out of fuel several hours after taking off from Washington s National Airport. After his Rescue it was discovered he had a gunshot wound in his Abdomen. Root said he had blacked out shortly after taking off and suffered the gunshot wound when his pistol was accidentally triggered by the Impact of the crash. The Dea interviewed Root when it Learned that Virginia authorities had earlier discovered several weapons and a Quantity of Ether which the lawyer kept in the Manassas va., hangar that housed his single engine plane. All the guns were licensed and he was not charged with any crime As a consequence of that search. Just to Clear the air we wanted to talk to or. Root regarding that search said Mario Perez of the Dea s Washington Field office. His explanations were Forth coming. We found none of the essential elements to continue an  Perez said Root told the Dea that As a gun fancier he kept his collection at the Airport so As not to tempt the Small children in his Home and neighbourhood. Root has said publicly that he used the Ether a medical compound sometimes used in processing cocaine to clean Oil and residues from his plane. Root s wife Kathy. Expressed Relief that her Hus band had been cleared by the Dea officials. We re certainly glad that what his friends and family knew to be True All along has been determined to be the Case by the Federal government she said. The National transportation safety Board has yet to report on its investigation into the crash. All aboard unhurt principal suspended for planning fight As Jet blows 8 tires san Francisco a a United airlines Jet from Osaka. Japan blew eight of its 18 tires when it landed saturday but none of the 307 people on Board was injured officials said. There was no warning before the tires All on the right Side of the Boeing 747 Jet blew at san Francisco International Airport a United spokeswoman said in Chicago. The Pilot maintained control but was unable to get the Jet All the Way off a taxiway. Passengers were taken by bus to the terminal. The plane was taken to United s maintenance base at the Airport for repair of minor damage. Dallas a a Middle school principal who says he put boxing gloves on two brawling eighth graders to let them blow of steam and avoid suspension has himself been suspended by irate administrators. Principal Frank Romero said a sept. 20 boxing match followed a spate of fights Between the two Stu dents Over the past month. The Brief bout was a healthy and therapeutic release of aggression de signed to keep them from being suspended from Stock Ard Middle school in Dallas he said. But his superiors in the Dallas Independent school District said the 27-year educator violated discipline policies by allowing the fight. They suspended him for six Days with pay. Romero said he was told after the fight that District policies required him to paddle the students or sus Pend them not let them Box. But he was unrepentant. There s nothing in the policy books that says you can t have the kids Box he said. I m not trying to Hurt kids. I m trying to save kids. It s easy to expel them. But it s difficult to keep them in school after  at a school Board meeting five parents rallied to defend the principal who has been recognized for hav ing rid the school grounds of drug dealers. I think what he did was right Pat president Sarah Vargas said. Romero 56, said he feared a recent rash of fights Between the two boys would escalate into a gang War. He said two assistant principals and a teacher witnessed the after school boxing match. Gabor May have to do Community service work by the los Angeles times Hollywood actor Rob Lowe lectured to inmates in a Dayton Ohio detention Center. . Simpson donated Money to a program for battered women. Ryan o Neal s son Griffin helped clean up Graffiti around los Angeles. For celebrity  and for a lot of others doing Community service beats hard time in county jail where the accommodations Are on the Small Side and the meals Are worse. It s a probability that Zsa Zsa Gabor now must face. Convicted Friday of slap Ping a Beverly Hills police officer driving without a License and possessing an open Container of an alcoholic beverage in her Rolls Royce the hungarian born actress will be sentenced oct. 17. Because of Gabor s age reportedly 66 but older by some accounts jail May not be appropriate Deputy District attorney Eldon Fox conceded. I was asked if a Normal 70-year-old woman slapped a policeman was it Likely that she d go to jail " said Fox referring to an earlier conversation. I said probably not " with jail time Only a Remote possibility. Fox said what s most Likely to happen is that Gabor will get another kind of punishment. After All Community service was Good enough for Lowe accused of making a pornographic movie with a teen age girl Simpson who pleaded no contest to beating his wife and Griffin o Neal who faced Drunken driving charges. A very popular thing in lieu of jail time is the Cal trans detail picking up litter on the Roadway and such Fox said. Others convicted of mis Demea nors have sandblasted Graffiti defaced boulders on county Parkland or picked up Candy wrappers in the Angeles National Forest just North of los Angeles. More Likely he said is service at a court approved social service Agency such As the red Cross or meals on wheels which delivers meals to the housebound elderly. But it s up to judge Charles g. Rubin who will impose the sentence after listen ing to arguments from Fox and from de sense attorney William Graysen. Though the convictions carry Inaxi mum penalties of 18 months in jail and about $3,000 in fines incarceration in the county s 2,000-inmate Sybil Brand Institute for women May not fit Gabor s crimes both prosecutor and de sense attorney said. The injuries to the officer were extremely slight Graysen said