European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page6 a the stars and stripes Friday july 6,1990 postmasters deliver . Washington apr taxpayers paid the Bill when hundreds of postmasters mailed letters to the . Chamber of Commerce defending a proposed increase in postal rates. For a week the chamber a Washington office has been getting 100 letters a Day from postmasters and other postal employees in the midwestern states the organization says. About half the letters Are in envelopes marked a official business Quot which carry a penalty for private use. A few dozen contain form letters chamber officials object. A a it a wrong for people on the government payroll to be using government time and resources to lobby said Tracey Schreft of the chamber a Small business Center. But the postal service says the letters were official business and were needed to combat a chamber published brochure against the proposed new 30-cent stamp titled a cancel this stamp Quot the brochure invites the chamber a member businesses to Battle the rate increase and a join the fight against waste in the postal services the brochure contains a Vinao curates and distortions intended to discredit the great Job we re doing a said Jim Mruk a Chicago based pct Tal service spokesman Quot we feel the use of the penalty envelope is warranted a Mruk said. This is part of the Normal course of doing business. We have no apologies for it at All a the Independent postal rate commission has until Early next year to review the Agency a rate increase plan. A first class stamp would go from 2j cents to 30 cents postcards from 15 cents to 20 cents and the Cost of sending a 7-Pound package would Rise from $4 to $5.06. The postal service says it does not know How much the postmasters letters Cost taxpayers because it is Uncertain How Many were sent. Mruk said there was no a organized Effort to lobby the  rather he said the Central regions postmaster general wrote the chamber about the brochure and sent copies to medium level managers Quot who shared them with  All the letters Are from the postal services Central Region which includes Colorado Wyoming the Dakotas Minnesota Iowa Kansas Nebraska Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan and Missouri. A was an employee who works closely with the Community and the chamber of Commerce i must complain strongly and bitterly against the article being disseminated from your office entitled a cancel this stamp a a began a letter from postmaster Cecelia White of Ada Kan. The letter criticizes the brochure for alleged inaccuracies and for soliciting postal service a horror stories from . The same letter arrived from postmasters in Partridge Redfield and other Kansas communities. All of the envelopes had taxpayer funded Franks instead of Stamps. In an interview White said she did not think about paying for the letter herself. A a we re willing to put Stamps on some things. I did no to think they Tola us to put a stamp on this a she Saida letter from postmaster Robert j. Herman said a i am going to Tell the business Community of Raymond iu., the truth Abonit the requested postage rate increase by the United states postal service a the Best postal system in the world a last month the postal service withdrew a $21,000 advertisement from a chamber Magazine following stories critical of the rate hike plan. Tattoos help reunite family after giving up his children for adoption 28 years during an exam she was giving him. Forded asked ago George Jensen and his daughter Allison for Jensen some questions and they discovered they Cima a medical assistant were reunited in Vallejo were father and fighter Jensen will meet his other calif., when she recognized the tattoos on Bis Chest child a son Nett week.19 Hurt when fireworks rocket veers into crowd of spectators Torrington Conn. Apr an errant rocket from the town s Independence Day fireworks display slowed into a crowd of spectators and injured 19 people at least two of them seriously authorities said. The Shell veered off course during the grand finale of wednesday nights fireworks display at Fuessenich Park fire it. Nick Florio said. The display which Drew a crowd of More than 10,000, also marked the town s 250th anniversary. Witnesses said the rocket exploded showering the tightly packed crowd in the West end of the Park with framing debris. A one lady was blown out of her seat Quot Scott pro of Brookfield told radio station Wing. A it s one of the worst things in be Ever  Jody Lothier another witness said a Young child was struck in the face with the burning material and another youngster flew 15 feel in the air after being hit. A it just lifted him off the ground Quot she said. Police chief Mahlon Sabo said the rocket skidded across the ground from the launch site injuring spectators 400 feet away. Officials from Vitale fireworks display co. Inc. Of new Castle pa., which put on the display could not be reached for comment wednesday night. Among those injured was 3-year-old Robert Shopey who suffered multiple bums. The child was flown by helicopter to a Hartford Hospital where he was in stable condition Early thursday. Rebecca Shopey 23, was in serious condition in Torrington Scharlotte Hungerford Hospital where she was being treated for bums to her eyes and face a Hospital spokesman said. One year old Ashley Shopey was treated there and released the Hospital said. Sixteen other people were treated at Charlotte Hungerford and two were admitted one in serious condition and the other stable said Robert Summa an associate administrator there. Stateside woman mistakenly told her Newborn baby died Middletown , apr a woman was mistakenly told her Newborn baby had died in a Hospital and discovered three Days later her son was still alive Hospital officials said. Juanita Ayala of Middletown gave birth by caesarean Section june 28 at Horton memorial Hospital. Her baby was ill and was taken to Westchester county medical Center in Valhalla while Ayala recovered at Horton on sunday Ayala was told her baby had died. On tuesday the Day the child a obituary appeared in a local newspaper a Westchester doctor called to Tell her the baby was alive. A when they told her the baby died she was very shaken up a said Wanda Leon Ayala a 13-year-old Niece. A then when they told her the baby was still alive she was very angry because they lied to  Ayala who has three Oiher children Speaks Only Spanish. The baby Luis Miguel Ayala was in critical condition at the Westchester  diving opens up new world for poster child Rochester Hills Mich. Apr Christopher Rush walks underwater and can even jump and do a flip. That s not bad for the 1984-85 muscular dystrophy National poster child who a had to use a wheelchair for most of his 13 years. Christopher is taking scuba diving lessons along with his parents and 6-year-old sister Julie in suburban Detroit. A a it a the first time in be Ever been Able to walk or jump. I can walk underwater and jump and do a Loop the food a Christopher said in a recent interview. A i think my legs have even  it All began when Christopher and his dad Richard watched a scuba diving program on Cable television. A Friend of the family suggested lessons with Jerry Rowe at the Michigan underwater school of diving in Lincoln Park. Christophers scuba adventures with the Anchorman will be filmed As a documentary for wbk. Some of the scenes May be used for the National  whale gets help finding Way Back to sea Portsmouth . Up a pleasure and fishing boats joined area fire department Crews wednesday to Herd a 25-foot baby Humpback whale Back Down the Pisca Taqua River to the Atlantic Ocean. Newington fire chief Larry Wahl said the whale was spotted at 7 . Tuesday at great Bay Marina. He said no one gave the animal much thought but by wednesday morning the whale was 10 Miles upriver. The whale had a buoy line with two lobster traps tangled around its nose and was having trouble getting it off Wahl said. The boats formed a line across the River and guided the whale Back out to sea. Wahl said the animal passed the Portsmouth coast guard station at 12 50 . And then headed for the Isles of Shoals and into the open Atlantic. T