European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 3, 1990 the stars and stripes rages3 pilots die in crashes of Wii Era planes a Cloud of smoke left envelopes a plane which crashed into the Niagara River a fireman hoses Down wreckage from a crash near Groton Conn both pilots died. By the associated press # three american stunt pilots were killed in crashes involving world War ii Era planes Over the weekend. The two who died in the United states were the fifth and sixth fatalities at air show crashes Over the past five weeks. In Buffalo n.y., a stunt Pilot was killed As his at-6 went Down in the Niagara River sunday. The body of gift Foley 43, was found in his plane under 18 feet of water near the Point at which the River enters Lake Erie officials said. Also sunday a stunt Pilot flying a p-51 Mustang was killed in Ottawa Ontario. Harry Tope 47, of mount pleasant Mich., was completing the Bottom end of a Loop when the engine or his aircraft sputtered and crashed. Another Pilot was killed saturday in Groton conn., As he attempted a stunt Takeoff with his 1942 Stearman biplane in an air show state police said. Russell d. Gage 51, of Canton mass., was dead on arrival at Lawrence and memorial Hospital in new London according to a Hospital spokeswoman. Foley lost control during a Man Uever before thousands of people attending a festival in Buffalo and across the River in fort Erie Ontario. A the came by on his first pass and he went inverted said Mason Dunn a Jet Pilot. A it looked like he was trying to go to the american Side when it looked like he began losing Altitude in the Groton crash Gage had been attempting a a Roll on Takeoff when he crashed at about 2 45 , according to Alan Loncto director and announcer of the Northeast airshows performance. Seconds after taking off the plane plunged to the ground trailing a plume of smoke crashing in a Grassy area at the end of the runway witnesses said. Northeast airshows a touring group or stunt pilots was appearing at Groton a annual town festival. Federal aviation administration spokesman Robert Buckhom said he did not have statistics on Small plane accidents from last year and could not comment on whether there have been an unusually Large number of fatal accidents. The other accidents each claiming the life of the Pilot included a a june 23 crash of a p-51 Mustang during an air show in Abilene Texas. A a june 17 crash before some 75,000 people of a soviet made Sukhoi-26m, which failed to come out of an intentional stall. A a june 14 crash of a single engine plane during practice for an air show in Zeeland Mich. A a May 26 crash in a Man Euver duping an air show in Tusk ice Ala. Summer Santa Barbara Calif. Apr fires that caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damages Are under control but residents Are preparing for the next wave that could stake any time in the drought plagued Region. The widely scattered fires a ranging from Santa Barbara 200 Miles South to san Diego county killed two people destroyed or damaged 520 Homes and burned 22,000 acres officials said. Early estimates of the financial loss topped $250 million. At least five of the fires were believed to have been set. The worst of the fires the 4,900-acre Blaze that levelled an estimated 430 houses and 28 apartment buildings on the fringe of Santa Barbara was contained saturday evening. Ten businesses and four Public buildings also were burned. The Glendale fire which destroyed dozens of Homes in los Angeles county was out. Major fires that burned thousands of acres in san Diego Riverside and san Bernardino county also were either controlled or contained meaning fire lines had been Cut around them. While homeowners whose dwellings escaped the fires trimmed Trees and cleared shrubs to deny any future fires fuel officials warned that residents May find Relief Short lived in a Region left tinder dry by four years of drought. A its a reprieve not he end a said Arnold Hartigan spokesman for the National fire information Center in Boise Idaho. A we be got a Long summer to go yet. Things could be especially dangerous during this weeks fourth of july Holiday if people done to curb traditional fireworks celebrations he said. Quot the idea we re trying to get across especially now is that Brush Woods and fireworks do not mix Quot Hartiman said. A a it a not a Good idea to take fireworks Legal or not out into the Woods or Brushy canyons to set them  sen. Pete Wilson a Calif and . Rep. Robert Lagomarsino whose District includes Santa Barbara toured bumped out areas sunday. Wilson said a coordinated government Relief Effort should be in full swing soon. A presidential disaster declaration was made saturday for los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties and Federal emergency management Agency offices were expected to be opened by tuesday. President Bush a action makes the areas eligible for Federal Grants and Loans to assist individuals businesses and local governments. Wilson running for governor was Barry receives rousing Welcome at rebel african Catholic Church Washington apr Washington mayor Marion Barry under trial on drug and penury charges got a rousing ovation sunday at the first anniversary service for Bishop George Augustus stau Lings breakaway roman Catholic congregation. Stallings who was barred last week from attending barrys trial praised the mayor in a rousing ceremony that included traditional african dress song and dance. The congregation joined him in singing a a that a what friends Are for to Barry and his wife Effi. Quot they figured that since mayor Marion Barry  get bought he had to get caught a Stallings told his Imani Temple african american congregation. A a that a Why mayor Marion Barry is in trouble right now he is too smart too intelligent too  Stallings also praised Effi Barry for standing by the mayor while a Parade of witnesses testifies about his alleged drug use and love affairs. A when i get married i want to find me a woman just like Effi Barry a he said. Barry last week faced some of the toughest testimony yet at his trial and prosecutors released a videotape of the hotel room sting in which the mayor allegedly smoked crack cocaine. On saturday Barry was cheered at an anti drug rally and told the crowd his Legal situation is a just a matter of Good lawyers and Good  . District court judge Thomas Penfield Jackson last week said Stallings and nation of islam minister Louis Farrakhan could not observe the trial As barrys guests. Stallings who was excommunicated from the roman Catholic Church earlier this year after forming his breakaway congregation for disenchanted Black catholics said he plans to join an american civil liberties Union suit monday with Farrakhan appealing Jackson a decision. Awed by the Power of the fire that stormed through the Santa Barbara area. A it is an almost unprecedented disaster in terms of the Speed and magnitude of the fire itself Quot he said. A it travelled 3.8 Miles almost 4 Miles in an hour and 20  structural losses in Santa Barbara county were put at $238 million but county supervisor Bill Wallace said the value might top $500  of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. July 3, 1950 a the army announced its first official casualty list of the korean Campaign. It named it personnel missing after the crash of a transport plane carrying them from Japan to South korea.30 years ago today. July 3, 1960 a the United states began a massive air search Over the Arctic Ocean for traces of a six engine reconnaissance plane feared crashed into the freezing sea near the soviet coast.20 years ago today. July 3, 1970 a sen. George Mcgovern d-s.d., said that president Nixon was Quot living in Disneyland Quot with his Indochina policies and demanded equal television time to answer Nixon a defense of his policies.10 years ago today. July 3, 1980 a More than 15 months after the nuclear Accident at three mile Island in Pennsylvania the danger of accidental radiation releases to the surrounding Countryside was increasing a congressional study concluded