European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday tuesday january 1/2,1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 smoke Billows from a Jackknife a to Tor Traller Rig on 1-40 near Flagstaff Ariz. Al least is died in the 40-Vehlcle pileup. At least 6 killed 33 injured in 40-vehicle pileup in Ariz. Flagstaff. Ariz. Apr a Chain of collisions on icy fog bound interstate 40 outside Flagstaff left is people dead and at least 33 injured saturday authorities said. Another series of collisions on a foggy stretch of interstate 95 in Northern Florida injured 15 people one seriously. The mid Oming pileup in Arizona involved about 40 vehicles including 16 to 18 tractor trailers. There were at least three separate Accident Sites Over a Quarter Milc stretch of 1-40 about five Miles East of Flagstaff officials said. Quot this is the All time worst Accident that i be Ever witnessed Quot said Coconino county sheriff Joe Richards a 17-year Veteran Quot the extensive amount of injuries damage and death it s almost unbelievable. Its  the dead included tour people in one car trapped Between three tractor trailer rigs. One an unidentified 14-year-old girl who was freed from the car after More than five hours died of her injuries in a Hospital. Thirty three other people were taken to Flagstaff medical Center with injuries Hospital spokeswoman Lauren Bosse said. Ten people were treated and released she said. Officials said is were seriously injured. The accidents closed the eastbound lanes of 1-40, heading toward Albuquerque n.m., for the Day. Westbound lanes were reopened a couple of hours after the accidents. Flags aft fire dept. Capt. Mike Gio Vando one of the first authorities on the scene said the pileup apparently was the result of icy roads and log. Up to 2 acct of Snow has fallen in Flagstaff since thursday night. A it was a real heavy fog Quot Giovando said. Quot we were trying to gel a Hose line then we heard people screaming that they were being burned by the  a shelter for survivors was set up at a loca1 elementary school. In Florida meanwhile four Chain reaction collisions involving 25 vehicles closed interstate 95 for More than two hours in both directions just South of the Georgia Border the Florida Highway patrol said. Nine people w Erc taken to hospitals including a 5-Ycar-old boy who was in serious condition in the paediatric intensive care unit of Baptist Hospital in Jacksonville nurse Ronnie Lundblom said. The Hoys younger brother believed id be about 18 months did was in stable condition and a doing Fine Quot Lundblom said. Ship passengers get More than they could bet on 3 Hurt As Jet overshoots Ariz. Runway Tucson Ariz. Apr an America West jetliner skidded off the end of the runway at Tucson International Airport on saturday night and three passengers were Hurt authorities said. The Boeing 737 apparently lost Hydraulic pressure while Landing Al 7 05, Airport spokeswoman Paula Morgan said. She said flight 450 from Phoenix carried 118 passengers. The number of Crew members Wasny to immediately known. One passenger complained of Chest pains after the Landing and two complained of neck injuries Morgan said. They were taken to hospitals. The Airliner ended up nose Down about 100 Yards West of the Airport perimeter Fence after the nose gear collapsed Morgan said. Passengers were removed from the plane through emergency chutes. Emergency equipment was rushed to the scene. Bill Kuhn 19, of Tucson who was waiting for a Friend from Tennessee and watched the Landing said Quot the plane just flew Down the runway it Wasny to stopping. I immediately knew something was  he said Airport officials told relatives and friends that the plane sult ered a Hydraulic leak and that the tires blew causing it to go Oft the runway. Morgan also said the rough Landing was related to an Hydraulic leak. Texas Cowboy Dies at 91 a with boots on Clarendon Texas up a the oldest working Cowboy in Texas died the Way he warned stretched Pul in the Prairie grass with his boots on friends said. Thomas Everett Blasingame 91, was found lying on his Back by  cowhand at the a cattle co. Ranch near Clarendon . His saddled horse was standing nearby. Quot if he had written it Down on paper he would t have changed a word Quot about How he wanted to die said Buster Mclaury ranch Foreman. Johnny Farrar ranch business manager said Blasingame was Riding a Young horse he was training just before he died. A the must have known he was in trouble dismounted Andrusi Laid Down and died Quot Farrar said. A there were no bruises or scratches so he was t bucked ott.1 Thomas e. Blasingame or. Said his father was buried with a traditional a Cowboy funeral a his ride less horse and cowboys on horseback accompanying his Hearse to the graveyard. About 400 people stood graveside at the a cattle co. Cemetery As the body of Blasingame believed to be the oldest working Cowboy in Texas was buried. The last burial in the cemetery near Clarendon was in 1899, the year after Blasingame was born. Blasingame. Bom feb. 2, 1898. Was a Cowboy All his life. A the reason he lived so Long was because he did what he did for his entire life a said the younger Blasingame. The Veteran ranch hand lived during the week at the Campbell Creek Camp in Palo Duro Canyon 9 Miles South of ranch Headquarters. The Camp had no electricity or Telephone service. He spent his weekends with his wife Eleanor who lived in nearby Claude. A the was a Good kind Man to every one Quot his wife said. Quot when he died Quot she said Quot it was the first time in be Ever seen a Bunch or cowboys just crying. They were All devastated by Bis death. Galveston Texas apr More than 700 passengers on whal was supposed to be a Daylong gambling cruise were dealt a bad hand when dense fog prevented their vessel from returning to port for 28 hours. Weary and dishevelled passengers lined the Pride of Mississippi s rails and cheered Friday afternoon As deckhand tossed tines ashore and ended what was supposed to have been an eight hour excursion into the Gulf of Mexico. Some passengers cursed Pride cruise lines for taking them out on a foggy Day but others said they had a balk a it was real Nice a said Gerald Shelton a Houston landscapes a they took real Good care of us. I lost a Bolte bit. But i did t mind being stuck out  Tracy Ockovsky of Washington d.c., said the trip was a a  �?�11 was foggy when we left the Channel and they should never Ever have taken us out a she said. A they need to go and Lake a look at sonic other cruise lines a said Renee Banks of Houston. A even Down to a Coke they were charging for everything. We had a Cabin but there were people wandering around wondering where they could get a Blanket or a Pillow from. I never heard any an Noune Cmunt. To me that a a Little Tacky a chief Purser Murdock Mackay said he made several announcements thursday night bul some people May not have heard them because of noise in the lounges or Casino. A with 744 passengers there arc going to be a few complainers a he said. Rest Stop becomes left Stop for boy 5 Nashville Tenn. Apas scar old Texas boy was accidentally Eft at a service station Here when his family got Back on the Highway after a Brief rest Stop. The boys absence Wasny to noticed until two hours later when the family stopped for dinner. Quot we normally have a head count but this Lime we did no to the boys father Kris Payne said. A we were  Tyler Payne got out of the family a station Wagon to use the restroom Friday afternoon then could t get out of the building because the door had become Sluck. Meanwhile his parents five Brothers and a sister headed for Texas and noticed him missing when they slopped 100 Miles later. Back in Nashville Tyler had been freed by a woman who heard him shouting. The boy spent the next few hours with police