European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a a the stars and stripes Friday june 1,1990 a guardsman walks past the crumpled Tail Section of one of the a-7 jets that crashed in Iowa wednesday. Journalist who criticized flyovers survived collision of guard jets Spencer Iowa apr in a Public relations Effort gone awry a Newspaperman who had criticized National guard flyovers As dangerous was invited along on a flight exercise a and was nearly killed in a crash that destroyed two jets. The two a-7 training jets of the South Dakota air National guard collided Over Northwestern Iowa on wednesday raining debris on a soybean Field. Both pilots and Ward Bushee executive editor of the Sioux Falls . Argus Leader ejected. The pilots were not seriously injured but Bushee was taken by ambulance to a Sioux Falls Hospital 70 Miles away from the crash site. He was listed in fair condition. Bushee said that just before the planes collided a i saw the Whites of the other pilots after the Pilot of his plane hit the ejection release a everything came apart. It was just a Ball of flame a Bushee said in an account published in his newspaper. A it was just a surreal scene. I was floating up in the air and covered with fire. My first thought was a ill never Sec my wife and kids again. This is a pieces of the plane were going by. Flames were All Over me. I remember where the pull was to open the Parachute but it went open automatically. It was like one of those movies. The plane was spiralling Down below me in flames. It was completely Bushee 41, had written an editorial in August criticizing ceremonial flyovers As noisy and dangerous. A flyovers pose a risk for neighbourhoods a he wrote. A what if the Jet crashed a the piece apparently led to an invitation to an a orientation flight a which the air guard offered a to show civic leaders and Community personnel what our Mission is and Why there is an air guard a said it. Ruth Christopherson a guard spokeswoman. A a we be had no problems until this a she added. Bushee 41, suffered a broken Vertebra in his neck cuts and Burns but said he Felt Lucky to be alive. A live always been kind of scared of flying. 1 done to like to Fly that much. I think i will Fly commercial but i done to think ill Fly in an a-7 soon a Bushee said. Quot its incredible we survived the pilots maj. Gregory Gore of Collierville tenn., and maj. Duncan Keimes of Sioux Falls were treated at a Hospital in Spencer and released Christopherson said. Bushee said it was a Clear Calm Day and the planes were taking part in exercises with two other a-7s. A we were doing dogfights a Bushee said. Quot one of the planes started coming at us and it just seemed like we get out of the Way. We seemed to be dodging into each other. The next thing i knew i was ejected out into the air and parachuting the guard would not release the names of the other two pilots who took part in the exercise but whose planes were not involved in the crash. The cause of the Accident is under residues in meat poultry lowest in years Washington apr recent tests show that Consumers run Little health risk from drug chemical and pesticide residues in meat and poultry. Agriculture department officials said thursday. A the residue rates Are the lowest they be been in years a said Richard l. Came Vale assistant Deputy administrator of the Usdan a food safety and inspection service. He released the latest testing results at a news briefing. The tests were performed on a Broad Range of food animals including cattle calves Swine goats sheep chickens turkeys and ducks. Department officials acknowledged growing consumer concern about the residues of pesticides and other farm chemicals such As fertilizers and drugs in the food they buy at the grocery store. Such residues Are found when drugs have been administered improperly and when the animals have eaten crops sprayed with chemicals. Carnevale however said pesticide and chemical residues were not shown to exist in illegal Levels in the most recent tests and that Only a few problems were found with drug residues. Young veal calves were one area of concern he said. Illegal Levels of residues were found in Only 0.3 percent of the 41,505 samples tested in the Agency a routine monitoring last year he said. The food safety and inspection service conducts three types of residue testing programs. Came Vale said the routine monitoring system a provides us with the most meaningful residue he said the results of testing 41,000 samples showed that statistically fewer than one out of 100 animals marketed contained illegal residues and perhaps As few As one in 1,000. He did announce that As a result of the test findings producers and others will have to present a a full complement of signed statements before so called Bob veal calves a less than 3 weeks old or 150 pounds a would be accepted for Slaughter. Carnevale said that certification program was needed because the monitoring program found 38 instances in which calves primarily of the Bob veal variety contained excessive Levels of sulfa and Antibiotic compounds. Tests also showed High Levels of sulfa residues in cull Dairy cows a ones that Are no longer producing milk and Are on their Way to Slaughter came Vale said. He said the potent Antibiotic gent Micin is being used frequently in food animals even though that is not general takes aim at teen age smoking Washington apr five million of today a children will die of smoking related illnesses in their later years if the current rate of tobacco use by Young people continues the . Surgeon general said thursday. Or. Antonia Novello in her first major address on smoking said More than 3,000 teen agers become regular smokers each Day. She accused cigarette companies of spending $3.3 billion annually to advertise and promote their products in ways that Appeal to children and adolescents. A spokeswoman for the tobacco Institute interviewed later said cigarette companies do not want children As their customers. A for decades we have taken aggressive actions to keep cigarettes out of the hands of kids a Brennan Dawson said. She said advertising is not aimed at creating new smokers but Selling tobacco products to people who already smoke. Forts at prevention must Dren a Novello said. Focus on Chil Novello said 44 states restrict the Sale of tobacco products to minors. But the surgeon general was critical of the enforcement of those Laws saying Only five states have been Able to provide statistical information on violations. A if current smoking rates were to continue in the United states. 5 million of the children now living in this country would die of smoking related disease. That alarming statistic should be enough to raise this Issue to the top of the Public Agenda Quot Novello said. She quoted an article in the journal of the american medical association As saying an estimated 1 billion packs of cigarettes Are sold annually to children under 18 years of age. The tobacco Institute spokeswoman said however that a recent government report released by the department of health and human services said about 50 percent of All smokers started the habit Between the adult Ages of 18 and 21. A because Only a very Small percentage of smokers begin smoking As adults of Quot what causes teens to smoke is peer pressure and the influence of elders in a child s life a said Dawson. A those Are he said us a officials Are notifying Dairy producers through organizations such As the National milk producers federation that better control of the use of such drugs in cull animals is needed. Carnevale said the High Levels of sulfa and antibiotics Are being found in the Bob veal calves and cull animals because a they Are the most susceptible to infection a and in some cases a the Farmer is trying to keep them alive and a using everything he can find to get them to the issues that need to be she said smoking among teen agers is Down. About 20 percent of All High school students smoke compared with 30 percent in the 1970s, she said. But smoking among Young women is up said the surgeon general. She said they now smoke at a greater rate than boys according to the annual Survey of drug use by High school seniors sponsored by the National Institute on drug abuse. A lung cancer has already overtaken breast cancer As the number one cause of cancer death among women a Novello said. A if we fail to reduce smoking among girls the epidemic of lung cancer among women will continue to grow Well into the next n a
