European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 news updates the stars and stripes thursday september 27, 1990 gamblers bus crash Reno Nev. Up a thirteen senior citizens from the los Angeles area remained hospitalized tuesday with injuries suffered when their gamblers special charter bus hit a car and overturned authorities said. The Driver of the car an off duty Nevada Highway patrol officer was killed in the monday afternoon  Driver and All 45 senior citizen passengers aboard the bus were treated for injuries but Only two were listed in critical condition. The i Highway patrol said 13 passengers were still hospitalized tuesday morning at several Reno area facilities. The bus was bound for Bally s hotel Casino from the los Angeles suburb of Norwalk. No citations have been issued and the investigation is continuing. Tuition tax plan Evanston 111. A the City Council unable to override a mayoral veto of its proposed tax on College students tuition has decided to look at other ways of increasing Revenue from Northwestern universe Council members voted 10-8 monday in favor of overriding mayor Joan Barros veto. Twelve votes were needed. But the Council did establish a three member committee to look for other ways to increase the Revenue Northwestern brings into the  said that if approved the tuition tax would have been the first in the nation. Supporters of the tax said it would have offset Revenue lost because Northwestern a 242 acres Are not subject to property taxes. School officials complained the tax would Hurt students. The measure called for most students at Northwestern and three other colleges in the Chicago suburb of 73,000 to pay about $45 annually. Appeals rejected Seoul South Korea up a the supreme court upheld five year prison terms tuesday for two dissidents convicted by lower courts of making unauthorized trips to North Korea. The High court rejected appeals by a dissident female student Imsu Kyong 23, and roman Catholic pest Moon Kyu Hyun 41, and affirmed their sentences. In slipped out of Seoul and went to North kor to attend a ing a government a a the North to escort in bade Home. Both were arrested upon return on aug. 15. In Drew 10 years and Moon eight years on feb. 5. The sentences were reduced to five years each on june 11 by an appellate court they appealed their cases to the supreme court which rejected their appeals. Safe looks to North sea for new training Range by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a West Germany a the air Force wants to close its aging air a Ria a tra Nins Range at dec Moman no a in Italy later this year and switch operations to the North sea according to the commander of . Air forces in Europe. Safe is preparing to negotiate with British aerospace Ltd. To rent or lease a North sea Range the company is now building Gen. Robert c. Oaks said. Command officials expect to sign a contract in december. Quot Decimo Mannu has been a very valuable training asset to us a Oaks said in an interview tuesday. A however its equipment is old and. In need of updating and replacing. We re at a time when wed either have to make that investment or we can go do it somewhere  Mediterranean weather at Low altitudes May outshine the North seats a for sunbathing a Oaks said. Air to air train Oaks ing however usually is flown at High altitudes and the North sea offers Good flying weather above the Clouds. A at Deci quite often we can to Fly because the visibility is under the limits a Oaks said. Oaks also discussed the effects of impending base closures. Among other Safe bases slated for closure Are Lindsey air station and Wei Brincken a West Germany hell Nikon a Greece Torrejon a Spain and comi so air station Italy. A a there san interesting process of closing bases. And everyone wants to be the last person out. They re eager to do their Mission. The clinic wants to be the last thing to close so the last child with a Runny nose they re there to wipe the nose for them and give them appropriate treatment and close the Gate the same Day a Oaks said. The four Star general also discussed a medical care for air Force personnel in Europe following the Mot Balling of the services Hospital in Wiesbaden. Deactivation of Many army units will lighten the Load on army hospitals. Air Force base clinics May also receive additional authorized positions to boost locally available medical care Oaks said. A we closely integrate this with the army. We done to just All of a sudden show up on their Doorstep with several thousand new patients and say a look what we be not for you a a Oaks said. Go a improvements under Way at bases scheduled to close. The air Force will generally go ahead Only with improvements related to immediate health and Mission needs even though a closure lies ahead. Some projects that Are nearing completion will be finished because there is Little or no savings to be gained by paying penalties to contractors. As an example Oaks cited two dormitories at Wei Brincken that Are about 80 percent done. A the future of the Bardenas Reales training Range near Zaragoza a Spain. The air forces contract to use the Range ends in 1997, but its usage will be Cut dramatically As . Forces vacate Torrejon a and . Use of Zaragoza wanes Oaks said. A relocating personnel and equipment from bases that close. Some equipment will be moved to other bases but the Fate other equipment such As Wei Brincken Abs Fleet of Rf-4 aircraft has not yet been determined. People also May be transferred to other bases in Europe if they Are eligible and appropriate assignments Are available. Family gets no Money after jury rules smoker helped cause death Jackson miss. Map a san incr in Mao to a. _ Jackson miss. Apr smoking two packs of cigarettes a Day for 35 years lulled a Man who sued a cigarette maker but he shares responsibility for his death and his family does no to deserve Money As compensation a jury decided. The family of Nathan Henry Horton who died of lung cancer in 1987 at age 50, sought $17 million in the lawsuit against the maker and a regional distributor of pall mall cigarettes. Jurors half of whom smoke agreed 93 monday that american tobacco co. And Greenwood distributor new Deal tobacco and Candy co. Were partly to blame for Horton a death. Horton a decision to continue smoking despite the risk kept them from awarding the family a Penny. A it is possible we could have let Down both sides but the alternatives were this or a Hung jury a jury Foreman David Roach of Oxford said. A this was the Only agreement we could come up with. Whether or not that is better than a Hung jury is for other people to decide a he said. The lawsuit sought $2 million in actual damages and $15 million in punitive damages. The trial the second in the Case was moved to Lafayette county from Holmes county. The first ended in january 1988 when the jury deadlocked. Attorney Don Barrett who represents Horton a relatives said he has filed motions asking Holmes Monty circuit court judge Eugene Bogen to award some Money for actual damages. He also asked for a new trial on the Issue of punitive damages. A they set out to see Justice done and they Are determined to see it through a Barrett said. 6 a Horton a Durant miss., builder began the lawsuit and his family pursued it after his death. His widow Ella Mae Horton declined to comment on the Case tuesday. Roger Baker director of communications for Connecticut based american brands inc., of which american tobacco co. Is a subsidiary said tuesday that the company planned further motions in the Case but refused to say what they were. Baker said that since the matter is pending in court the company  comment further. In a similar Case a new Jersey Surv awarded a widower $400,000 in 1988 after decide my a cigarette company was partly responsible for his wife Slung cancer death. An appeals court this year overturned the award and ordered a new anal. Defense lawyers argued during the latest anal that Horton knew the risks of smoking but chose to continue. Barrett claimed pall mall cigarettes Are defective and  we decided both parties were at i exult Roach said monday adding that he and eight other jurors a thought the american tobacco co. Acted in an irresponsible Way. It was a very close Deci for aside were fairly near a Hung in Iyo maty Aronson a Washington analyst who was at the three week trial on behalf of tobacco investment clients said monday As Long As damages Are not awarded i believe Wall Street will View this As a win for the Industry. This was considered the Best Case against tobacco companies yet no award was  Saij that the jury verdict be a dama8e award. We proved overwhelmingly that he suffered horrible damages but the jury punted on that a Barrett said. A a punted on that a Barrett said. 1 St Lyme disease death reported in  it up an 11-year-old Tom Skinner a. # # new Brunswick no. Up an 11-year-old girl has died of Lyme disease marking what could be the nation s first reported Case of a fatality caused by the tick borne illness health officials said wednesday. The listing of Lyme disease As the cause of death for Mandy Schmidt of Sayreville was confirmed tuesday said Bernard Mihalko the director of the Middlesex county health department. The death also was believed to be the first in the nation caused solely by Lyme disease said or. Terry Schulze a state health department research scientist. A to my knowledge its the first time weve had that in Sulze Aid  heard anecdotally of deaths attributable to Lyme disease from other states always been some other underlying medical problem that was exacerbated by the Lyme  Tom Skinner a spokesman for the Federal centers for disease control in Atlanta said wednesday the Agency had never received a report of a death from Lyme disease a we have never received a report of a Case fatality As a result of Lyme disease. If a Case were to go untreated there is a slight possibility it could result in death. But we have never received a Case fatality. It would be the first if that is the Case a he said. The girl died monday at Jersey Shore medical Center in Neptune Mihalko said. She succumbed to the disease after being treated for two years he said. A i can Tell you she died in her mothers arms and it was a painful death a he said. Lyme disease is spread to humans by Deer ticks infected with the bacteria. Stififfiestthi11 111 a fever fatigue headaches and 2 i Nick later on in the Dot Sease the paso Al a suffer swelling and pain in the Large joints especially the Knees. Red a a is me a a a characterized by a raised but k Doe no a Ere a tick has Hyten the victim out it does not appear in All cases in the is cfln0t recognized As a distinct illness first diagnosed to Lyme Conn a a a Wek a use of Lyme disease have been rip ? s it since 1980> wit1 most cases occur and own  and mid Atlantic coastal states and Wisconsin Minnesota California and Oregon