European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 12, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7pilots put 7 . Cities on a Black Start list Washington apr International pilots Are being warned that safety in the skies Over seven . Metropolitan areas is critically deficient due to a change in air traffic control rules the air line pilots association announced tuesday. Now on the a Black Start list of the International federation of Alpa Are Charlotte . Cleveland Dallas fort Worth los Angeles Memphis Philadelphia and Phoenix. That Means those airports and airspace could pose problems for pilots. Alpa made its changes after the International federations revisions were announced. Only one other . Site is among 23 other locations on the list a the Cyril e. King International Airport in St. Thomas . Virgin islands. Surrounding terrain requires special training and no night flights according to Pilot groups. The Federal aviation administration defended the rules it changed two years ago pointing out that there have been a no accidents and no close  Faa spokesman Fred Farrar said the pilots complaints arise from a test that has been going on since 1987 in terminal control areas Over the seven airports. In 20 other sectors Over major . Airports controllers must maintain a separation of three Miles Between All aircraft. At the seven cities Farrar said controllers under limited circumstances need not comply with any set separation Between aircraft As Long As they Are kept safely apart. The new Standard called a conflict Resolution a has been used in the vast airspace Between airports for six years Farrar said also without any accidents or close Calls. The a conflict Resolution procedure is Only allowed during Clear weather when one plane is flying by instruments and the Pilot of the second plane is relying on what he sees out the window Farrar said. Alpa said the a Black Start designation formally known As the critically deficient list does not indicate unsafe conditions but is viewed As a a serious deficiency in our nations aviation safety Structure about which unfamiliar pilots should be warned. A the added risks coupled with the inability to measure any gains in efficiency make this a highly questionable exercise by the Faa a said Alpa president Henry Duffy. He said the Faa benefits from the new system because it reduces the number of reportable operational errors making the skies appear to be safer. No longer do All violations of the three mile separation have to be reported he  Gator a 7-foot Alligator takes a bite of an electrical Cord after it wandered into a vacuum cleaner shop in Spring Hill Fla. The 125-Pound Gator was captured and killed after it entered the store and frightened the store s owner. 2 greyhound strikers arrested in shootings Washington apr Federal agents have arrested two striking greyhound workers in Missouri following incidents in which shots were fired at two passenger occupied buses near St. Louis last month Federal agents said. Arrested tuesday were Roy b. Simes 35, and Harry t. Lewis 42, both of suburban St. Louis said Stephen Higgins director of the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms. There were no injuries in either of the March 22 incidents. One involved a bus travelling on interstate 55 about 12 Miles South of St. Louis and the other was just across the state line in Collinsville 111. The Agency announced last week that it was investigating More than two dozen greyhound shootings that have occurred since 6,300 Drivers and 3,000 other workers walked off their jobs March 2 Over wages and Job Security. Both men were charged before a Federal magistrate in St. Louis with three Federal crimes a endangering people on Board a vehicle used in interstate or foreign Commerce commission of a felony with a firearm that has been transported in interstate Commerce and use of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime the Agency said. . Magistrate Richard buckles ordered the men held without Bond. If convicted the men could face up to 10 years in jail and a $ 10,000 Fine. Using a firearm during the commission of a felony carries a mandatory five year jail term. The two St. Louis arrests were the Agency a first since getting involved an arrest in a Hartford conn., shooting incident has been the Only other arrest. That also involved a striking Driver. There were no new bargaining developments tuesday. Talks Between greyhound lines inc. And the Union have been stalled since March 18, and the company said it will not resume negotiations until a week goes by without any acts of violence. Along with the nearly 30 shootings at buses and More than 100 bomb threats the Union contends there have been More than 60 incidents of violence against striking workers. Fri gives 1 St medal of valor to hispanic agent Washington apr the Fri tuesday awarded its first medal of valor to agent Edmundo Mireles or. Who was severely wounded in a Miami shootout. Mireles later joined a class action lawsuit accusing the Bureau of discrimination against hispanics. Mireles and fellow agents were involved in a shootout outside Miami on april 11,1986, As they tried to follow a car carrying two men they suspected were involved in a series of violent Bank robberies. A special agent Mireles found himself face to face with his moment of truth a Fri director William sessions said at the award ceremony. A this fellow agents were Down. He himself was severely  a yet in the face of appalling gunfire he found the courage and the stamina to return fire and fatally wounded both Michael Lee Platt and William Russell Matix a sessions said. The medal of valor is Given for a exceptional acts of heroism in the face of life threatening  Mireles accepted the award in part in the memory of the two agents slain that Day a Benjamin Grogan and Jerry Dove. He gave special recognition to two other agents who helped him survive. A Gilbert Orantia and Ron Riesner. Saved my life on that Day a he said. Officials later Learned that Platt and Matix were not involved in the Bank robberies but were suspects in a series of attempted killings. Mireles 36, required a year to recover from the wounding which shattered one Arm. He still works on Bank robbery a a i i cases in the Miami office said Fri spokesman Greg Jones. A Federal judge in Texas ruling last year on the 1988 class action lawsuit filed by 311 hispanic agents found there was pervasive discrimination against hispanic Fri agents and ordered the Bureau to take Steps to promote hispanics. James Perez the bureaus new equal Opportunity chief told Congress last month that the Fri had until recently been ill equipped to investigate complaints of race and sex discrimination. He said the staffing of his office has since been beefed up to handle such cases. Mireles gave mixed answers when asked whether the Fri was trying to Send a message to hispanic agents by giving him its first medal of valor. A i done to think this award is being Given to a hispanic or a Black or a White Fri agent or a male or a female a he said. A my understanding of Why i got the medal is for action rather than for ethnic background or  but when asked several minutes later whether the Fri was making a statement he said a a in a sure they  Fri spokesman Carlos Fernandez said the fact that Mireles is hispanic a was not a consideration at All As far As i know. He deserved the medal of valor and that a Why he was Given  Mireles said discrimination at the Fri is a done by individuals not by the organization As a whole. Its difficult to control what an individual thinks. We re All  sen. Nunn quits Oil male Maryland country club Washington apr sen. Sam Unn said tuesday he has resigned from a i j"1?3 dec us a a resignation that could fuel speculation about his presidential ambitions. 1 m Aye popped out for personal reasons the Georgia Democrat said in a statement released by his office in response to questions about his Mem ?.ersslp in the burning tree club of be Thesda my. . Who considered running for president in 1988, did not elaborate on s reasons for resigning from the club whose members include some of the nations most powerful political leaders. A my priority is to run for re election to the . Senate a Nunn said. A was i have said Many times i have no plans or inclination to run for president. At no time have i Ever established a pre set time Frame for contemplating a decision on a future presidential  Nunn chairman of the Senate armed services committee was the favorite son of Southern and conservative democrats during the Early part of the 1988 Campaign but he twice refused to jump into the race citing family pressures and his Senate duties. The burning tree club which has been an All male bastion since its founding in 1922, last year lost a court Battle to regain a tax break the Maryland legislature had taken away from it in 1986 because of the clubs refusal to admit women As members. The club had a Long standing agreement with the state to preserve its open spaces in return for favourable property tax treatment. But the legislature responding to pressure from women a groups cancelled the agreement forcing the club to choose Between admitting women or losing its tax break. The supreme court last fall upheld a lower court ruling that the new Law did not violate members rights and in january the club paid $1.2 million in Back taxes resulting from the Case. Robert Zamrock a Maryland assistant attorney general said tuesday the private club has not reapplied for the tax break which it could do if it changed its admissions policy