European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes monday september 10,1990 the Ellis Island immigration museum shown behind the statue of Liberty opens monday. Block tie Benefit at Ellis Island honors America s immigrants new York apr politicians and celebrities at a Black tie Benefit on Ellis Island rubbed elbows saturday with corporate leaders who helped finance the restoration of the so called Golden door that received 12 million . Immigrants. And yes the descendants of immigrants also dotted the crowd. Denise Benmosche of suffer ., waiting for a ferry to take her to the Benefit said she wanted to see what her father had seen when he first came to the United states. A a that a exciting for me to see where he actually first set foot in the United states. Its very emotional a she said. Between 1892 and 1924, Ellis Island which adjoins Liberty Island and the statue of Liberty was the Golden door a immigrants main port of entry for new York City. At its Peak the Island processed 5,000 immigrants a Day. The . Government 25 years ago gave the Island to the National Parks service stipulating that it become a National museum to Honor those who entered the United states there. A a it a a great Monument a said Lee Iacocca chair Man of Chrysler corp., who spearheaded the restoration drive. A half the country can Trace its roots to Here. The people who came Here they made the country. If you done to Honor them who Are you going to Honor a As Iacocca spoke numerous bands scattered throughout the Island played Folk music from a variety of countries. A i think its a wonderful thing for us particularly at time where there Are such divisions in the City a to realize that we All came from somewhere else a said Nancy Ticktin. She said she visited Ellis Island before the renovation project and said she a Felt the ghosts of the past. It was a thrill to be at the entry Way to the  after the Black tie dinner a program by emmy winning producer Don Mischer showed the islands role in the american dream. It featured actor Hume Cronyn writer Art Buchwald Singer Leslie Uggams and metropolitan opera Tenor Jerry Hadley. The hoopla saturday night anticipated sundays ribbon cutting ceremony for the Ellis Island immigration museum. The museum opens to the Public monday after a $ 156 million restoration project that lasted eight years. 3 aids infected Brothers lawsuit against drug companies dropped Tampa Fla. Apr three Young Haemophilia a Brothers who doctors say were infected with the aids virus through contaminated blood products have lost their Legal fight against two drug companies that made such products. A Federal judge cleared the companies of any responsibility because the boys  specify who made the products they took for their Haemophilia that exposed them to acquired immune deficiency syndrome. . District judge Elizabeth Kovachevich granted the drug companies request Friday and dismissed a 1988 Case filed on behalf of Ricky 13 Robert 12 and Randy 10. Without showing a direct cause of the damages the family cannot sue for negligence the judge ruled. The rays Drew National attention in 1987 when they were shunned by the Community of Arcadia and barred from school after their health problems became known. Parents Louise and Clifford Ray sued the Desoto county school Board in Federal court and won an order from Kovachevich that the boys be reinstated. Angry frightened parents of classmates boycotted the elementary school. A week later the rays Home was burned Down in an unsolved arson. The family has since settled in Sarasota. In april doctors said Robert has full blown aids. The rays sued Cutter laboratories a Berkeley Calif., division or Miles inc., and Armour pharmaceutical co. Of Blue Bell pa., claiming they were negligent in the manufacture and distribution of blood coagulating agents needed by Haemophiliacs. The suit alleged the companies failed to screen out High risk blood donors from whose plasma the clotting agents Are obtained failed to test the products for aids and failed to warn users of the risks of contracting aids. Lawyers for the companies argued the rays and their doctors could not specifically identify which clotting agent infected the boys. A it was something we expected a said san Francisco lawyer Duncan Barr who defended the Case for Cutter. Barr said the boys were heavily treated with clotting agent produced by about five different companies. He said there was no Way to Tell which company a product caused die infection if any or if it May have been caused by whole blood they received stateside diver not seriously injured despite mauling by shark Jenner Calif. Up a a shark with a Mouth As wide As a Many a shoulders mauled an abalone diver on the head and neck 20 feet offshore saturday but the diver escaped serious injury officials said. The 49-year-old Man whose name was not released flailed at the shark with a Spear gun but did not fire the weapon then paddled ashore in his Ocean kayak said state department of Parks and recreation spokesman Steve Edinger. A according to the diver the Sharks Mouth was about shoulder wide but he Only saw the Mouth a Edinger said. A a we re not sure but our guess is that it was a great  the attack was Only about 20 feet offshore near some isolated rocks at russian Gulch Beach at Sonoma coast state Beach he said. The diver suffered moderate lacerations to his face and neck and was flown by helicopter to Community Hospital in Santa Rosa for treatment. Sightings of great White Sharks Are a not uncommon in the area Edinger said. 16 buffaloes escape from  Reservation Lafayette  Up a authorities told residents Over the weekend to keep their eyes peeled for a roaming Herd of Buffalo that has lightened schoolchildren and stopped traffic on interstate 81. The Herd which numbers about 16, recently broke Loose from fenced in pastures on the Onondaga Indian reservation. It stopped Rush hour traffic Friday on interstate 81, just South of Syracuse. A a they re still Loose a said an Onondaga county sheriffs department dispatcher who asked not to be identified. Quot they re not bothering anyone. Its mostly just damaging  sheriff John Dillon has cautioned residents and motorists in the town of Lafayette to stay away from any buffaloes that they see roaming through their neighbourhood because the huge animals can be unpredictable. Residents have blamed the Herd for frightening schoolchildren and damaging Trees and lawns in the area. I Rhode Island River runs red because of Dye Accident Providence . Apr the  tuxes River flowed red through Coventry and West Warwick last week. About 3,000 pounds of a red powder Dye were dumped accidentally into a chemical manufacturers sewage treatment Plant last week. On Friday that powder found its Way into the  tuxes River and turned the water Bright red. Department of environmental management authorities said that the Hoechst celanese corp. Dye was water soluble and non toxic so it would not threaten the River or aquatic life. A although i understand it looks pretty horrible its essentially an innocuous spill a said fran Segerson a department spokeswoman. The department has recommended that Hoechst be fined for violating its discharge permit she said. The size of the Fine had not been determined. Fatal stabbing triggers Brawl at Florida prison Punta Gorda Fla. Up a All 1,400 inmates at a state prison were confined to their cells sunday after a racial Brawl triggered by a White prisoners fatal stabbing of a Black inmate with a homemade knife authorities said. The Charlotte correctional institution was in a a clock Down status and tense but Calm sunday As guards searched cells for additional weapons and contraband maj. S. Richardson said. Six to eight prisoners were injured in the Melee but All were treated at the prison and returned to their cells Richardson said. The stabbing occurred saturday morning while inmates were outside in a recreation Yard at the prison located in Charlotte county along Florida scentral Gulf coast Richardson said. The stabbed prisoner identified As Keith Jackson 29, of Miami was rushed to a Hospital where he was pronounced dead