European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday May 26, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7 on t m fall Guy Veteran stuntman Jake Lombard circled did t quite make it to his intended destination wednesday during filming of an episode of Fox television s a live a the worlds greatest Lombard after being catapulted off the new River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville w.va., missed his scheduled connecting flight a a net trailed by a biplane a and Nad to Parachute to the floor of the Gorge 800 feet below. The network citing scheduling problems cancelled filming on concessionaires Block release of their profit figures by the los Angeles times Washington a National Park concessionaires accused of earning excessive profits at the governments expense have blocked release of a government audit to prevent their finances from being made Public a congressional committee said thursday. The audit a detailed appraisal of problems outlined in a department of the Interior task Force report released in april was conducted by the Agency a inspector general and contains specific profit figures for businesses that operate Park concessions. A group representing the concessionaires was granted a temporary restraining order wednesday from a Federal court preventing release of audit information that concessionaires consider confidential. A copy of the audit from which the disputed material was removed was released thursday by the House Interior and insular affairs subcommittee on National Parks and Public lands. More than 100 private companies operate conces Sions in 355 National Parks Many holding several contracts. They Range from Small seasonal food stands to Large operations such As a Chain of hotels restaurants stores and other guest services operated by the Yosim Ite Park and Curry co., a subsidiary of Mca inc., in Yosemite National Park. The april task Force report criticized current government policies such As giving concessionaires preferential rights to renew contracts granting contracts for As Long As 30 years and reducing fees in return for physical improvements to Concession property. After reviewing 45 of the 500 Concession contracts currently in Force department auditors concluded that a the . Treasury did not receive adequate fees from the larger concessioner in the National Parks a inspector general James r. Richards told the subcommittee. Richards said concessions generated Gross receipts of $500 million in 1988 but the National Park service received Only $12.5 million in franchise judge rejects plan to finance defense from wire reports Miami a an unusual agreement for the government to finance the Legal defense of Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega collapsed thursday. At a hearing a Federal judge told prosecutors they would probably have to release some of his seized Bank accounts to let him pay his lawyers. Federal District judge William m. Hock Clur told the government to provide him with a list of All the general a seized Frozen assets. At the same time Noriega a defense lawyers saying they were betrayed by the . Attorneys office in a botched Deal to pay their fees threatened to reveal details of the Ciao a secret payments to their client. As their part of the Deal Noriega a lawyers had agreed to postpone a showdown Over $11 million they say their client received from the Cia and other intelligence agencies. Hock Clur said the tentative arrangement reached this week was not Legal even though it was based on the provisions of the criminal Justice act. That measure sets a limit of $75 an hour on the amount the government can pay defense lawyers. That rate Hock Clur said would almost certainly be insufficient for a full defense of the Case. Defense lawyers have estimated the Case will Cost at least $5 million to prepare and argue in court. It had been hoped an exception could be made to permit the defense lawyers to be paid the full commercial rate of $250 to $350 per hour but Hoeveler said thursday the Law will permit no such exception. That View was also forcefully argued in a Brief filed by the Washington Legal foundation a non profit group that says it is concerned Over the Issue of How taxpayers pay for the defense of criminals. A frankly i would rather he pay his Bills than the taxpayer a Hock Clur told the prosecutors. Hoeveler said both sides must now go Back and litigate the Issue of $20 million seized by Federal authorities in 27 Bank accounts around the world and said he wanted a Quick Resolution. The defense is demanding some of the Money to pay them. They say the government is using 24 attorneys to prosecute their client and is prepared to spend almost $40 million. Hoeveler has questioned the prosecutions Contention that the Frozen Money is All drug related and its reluctance to turn any of it Over to Noriega. The judge said the final word was his. A i will take the government the . Attorney off the hot seat a ill make the decision a the judge said. Noriega who agreed to the arrangement in court monday is being held in the metropolitan correctional Center outside Miami. He was brought to Florida after surrendering to . Troops in Panama on Jan. 4, two weeks after they invaded the country. The former panamanian Leader is charged in a february 1988 indictment with turning Panama into a Way station for colombians Medellin drug Cartel accepting $4.6 million in bribes to allow it to ship cocaine to the United states through victim survives 4 Days on Highway median by the los Angeles times Oceanside Calif. A for four Days and nights with much of his body shattered after being hit by a car Juan Francisco Camacho Lay near death in the Center median of interstate 5 As hundreds of thousands of motorists passed by without noticing him. At first As the lines of cars whizzed incessantly past on both sides the 20-year-old migrant worker shouted out for help in Spanish and rattled a Small tree Branch overhead in the slim Hopes that someone would see him. But As the Days passed and As the Shock from his shattered Pelvis broken Arm and shoulder and internal injuries began to set in Camacho Lay listlessly talking to himself imagining that the Telephone wires overhead were answering his Calls. Finally rescued after a passing Motorist called the 911 emergency number Camacho is recuperating from his numerous injuries and subsequent infections a survivor of a painful Roadside Vigil that emergency room doctors have called a Miracle Case of staying alive. A i was shocked. Its really incredible that he a still Here a said or. Edgar Gamboa a trauma surgeon at Scripps memorial Hospital in san Diego 40 Miles South of Here. A even if they get treatment within the first hour Many people still die from these types of injuries a he said. Even Veteran Highway patrol authorities Are shaking their Heads at Camacho a Gritty determination. A this is the Only instance in be Ever seen in which a pedestrian has been hit on the Road and did no to get immediate help was forced to Lay there for Days and then suddenly shows up on the Roadside a alive a said Michael Tomasik an Accident review officer for the California Highway patrol. Since 1988, according to the cup 22 undocumented aliens have been killed along 1-5 directly North and South of the Point where Camacho was struck. Lying in his Hospital room his repaired Pelvis in traction tubes running from various parts of his body Camacho described the ordeal that apparently began the night of May 5 As he tried to Cross the Busy freeway. The undocumented worker from Oaxaca Mexico a who has lived in the United states since 1986 a said he had come to Oceanside that saturday from a migrant Camp in the Hopes of finding work. About 8 p.m., after a frustrating Day of Job Hunting he decided to take a shortcut across the freeway to catch the bus Back Home. Just after darkness fell Camacho said he scurried across the southbound lanes and was walking along the inside shoulder of the freeway when the car hit him. Camacho said he never heard it coming. A the Only thing 1 heard was music a he said in Spanish. A american doctors confirmed that the car hit the labourer from behind shattering his midsection and cracking his Abdomen. Then the Driver drove off. Camacho recalls crawling off the Road to avoid being hit again. A i crawled so 1 could get beneath a tree Quot he said. A i was rolling and dragging Camacho is expected to take months to recuperate. Meanwhile he has not written or called his Mother in Mexico he says because she is sick and he does not want to upset her. So he will spend his Days just feeling Lucky to be alive wondering just who it was that hit him. And Why they they never stopped. A a in a not ang7,�?� he said of the incident. A for me its not a problem. I just thank god in a
