European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday june 21, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7doctors add 2 More perils to Calif living los Angeles apr add two new dangers to life in the trendy Lane espresso makers wrist and choking from eating Ever so lightly done California cuisine while wearing a dental retainer. Cases of the two new perils of Modem living were reported in letters published in the june Issue of the Western journal of Medicine. In one Case Berkeley physician Dennis Shuster Man said that during a visit to a restaurant he noticed an elastic Bandage around the owners right wrist. The restaurateur told the doctor he had suffered increasing wrist pain for two months. A the pain was exacerbated each time he inserted spigots containing fresh Coffee grounds into an espresso machine with a rotating motion of the handle a a Man Euver that he repeated 80 to 100 times a Day a Shusterman wrote. The doctor performed tests and determined that the restaurant owner suffered de query ainu Stenos Novitis an inflammation of the Sheath surrounding a Tendon in the wrist. The condition previously was seen in Assembly line workers and in women who spend a lot of time wringing wet clothes Shusterman said. A while the prevalence of this disorder among espresso makers is unknown the recent surge in popularity of espresso drinking May place additional persons at risk a he wrote. The second Hazard involved choking a associated with two relatively recent trends adult orthodontics and California cuisine a said a letter by drs. Albert w. We and Haya r. Rubin of the medical school at the University of California at san Francisco. The patient was a 31-year-old woman who had worn braces for an improper bite had the bands removed and then was fitted with a retainer which she was told to Wear even during meals. A at a lunch meeting while discussing the benefits of a Low fat diet Over a Platter of Al Dente vegetables she suddenly stood and raised both hands to her neck in the International sign of choking a we and Rubin wrote. A her companion did a prompt Heimlich Man Euver ejecting an intact nearly a Inch Long piece of Broccoli a they said. The doctors said the Broccoli had lodged in her Throat Between her Windpipe and the Back of the retainer. The doctors said that to their knowledge a this is the first report of choking associated with an orthodontic appliance. Patients should remove their retainers before As for the Case of espresso makers wrist the restaurant owner recovered almost completely after spending three weeks letting his right wrist rest and taking nonprescription anti inflammatory Medicine Shusterman said. A the adapted to this occupational disability by using his opposite hand to insert spigots into the espresso machine taking care to avoid any abrupt or strenuous Maneu vers in the process a the doctor said.3 die in Tenn. Crash of train alcohol Tanker Brownsville Tenn. Apr a freight train rammed a Tanker truck loaded with alcohol tuesday touching off a fireball that engulfed the leading cars in the train killing three Crew members authorities said. A i would say they suffocated from the fire but i can to prove that a said fire capt. Lester Blaylock. The Tanker exploded on Impact and the Cox corp. Train continued for several Hundred Yards trailing flames and leaving burning puddles in this Western Tennessee City Blaylock said. Killed were the trains Engineer Reserve Engineer and head brakeman said a Cox spokesman. Their names were withheld until relatives could be notified. The truck Driver John Gilboy 25, of new Jersey was treated at a Hospital for minor injuries and released said police chief Lucion English. Gilboy was Given a Misdemeanour citation for failing to Stop at a Railroad crossing said sgt. Leon King of the state Public service commission which oversees the trucking Industry. Eleven firefighters were overcome by heat and fumes. Employees of several Small businesses near the tracks left the area until the fire was brought under control about 30 minutes after the 8 05 . Crash said de Ellington of the Haywood county emergency management Agency. No other injuries were reported. City police dispatcher Patsy Crutchfield said the front of the train was destroyed but did not know How Many of its 50 to 75 cars were affected. The flames did not spread beyond the train and truck. The Accident occurred in an Industrial area on the East Side of town where a Farmers cooperative several factories and other businesses Are located. English said the crash was being investigated by local state and Federal officials. Warning lights at the crossing apparently were working at the time of the crash said Ellington. A from All reports the truck Driver just crossed the track and the train struck the tank of the trailer he was pulling a Ellington said. A apparently he did no to see the signal or the Tanker was owned by Linden bulk transports of new Jersey and was loaded with Ethyl Emanol an Industrial alcohol he said. Workers and spectators View tangled wreckage resulting from the crash of a train and alcohol Laden Tanker truck. A Texas Bank told East germans can inspect Art Dallas apr a Federal judge on tuesday ordered the Small town Bank that has been holding a Cache of stolen medieval Art to open its vault for inventory by the East German Cathedral that claims the treasure. . District judge Sidney a. Fitzwa Ter also ordered that the time and place of the inspection be kept secret to protect the inspectors and the objects. The Art is believed to have been stolen from a German mine Shaft at the end of world War ii by a . Soldier from Texas. German Art experts claim the treasures Are Worth millions of dollars. The president of a first National Bank Branch in the town of Whitewright said he never knew the Art had been stolen and has been trying to mediate the Dis Pute Over its ownership. A we wanted to do what was right a Branch president John Farley said in an interview published tuesday in the Denison Herald. The lutheran Cathedral in que Lin Burg East Germany is suing to recover the artwork from first National and the family of Joe t. Meador. Meador was a former army first lieutenant who is believed to have stolen the objects and stashed them in his Hometown of Whitewright about 60 Miles North of Dallas. The treasure disappeared in 1945 from a mine Shaft in que Linburg a Castle town occupied by . Troops at the end of world War ii. Meador died of cancer in 1980, and his family put the objects in the Bank for safekeeping Farley said. Meadors brother and sister Jack Meador of Whitewright and Jane Meador Cook of Mesquite have declined to comment. Farley said the Bank will ask to be dropped from the lawsuit because first National never claimed to own the relics. A Church representative met with Farley on May 7 to demand return of the treasures. The lawsuit alleges at least 14 objects were taken by Meador including a Silver Ivory and Gold reliquary from the 9th or 10th Century a 10th-Century byzantine Rock Crystal flask with sides shaped like Birds and an Ivory comb inlaid with precious stones. Farley and his attorney Timothy Powers told the Denison paper the Bank had been negotiating with the Church and the Meador family. The talks broke Down last week when the Story broke and International attention focused on the Bank and White Wright population 1,760, Farley said. He said keeping the treasures did not affect the Bank a daily business or financial status. A a we re on the sidelines a he said. A a in a sorry that we were not Able to get the parties to agree. Its not in anyone a Best interest to incur litigation Fitzwater revised his inventory order tuesday after conference Calls with attorneys on both sides of the dispute. Fitzwater dictated the circumstances of the inventory Down to the placement of cameras and a requirement that All inspectors Wear Cotton gloves
