European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 8, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page pow Mia lobbyist Dies an apparent suicide o a m attn no a a  pm n m Elji a. _ a san Diego apr Dorothy Marian Shelton who lobbied for families of missing servicemen As the wife of the last american still listed As a prisoner of War in Southeast Asia has died of an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound. She was 57. Police said Friday that Shelton died thursday night. Family members said she left a note at her Home professing her love for her five children. It did not mention her husband or offer an explanation for her death. She is to be buried at Arlington National cemetery. Shelton a quest to learn her husbands Fate took her to the Jungles of Laos and the Halls of Congress in the unwavering belief that air Force col. Charles e. Shelton was still alive. Shelton then a Captain was shot Down Over Laos on april 23,1965, Ana captured a few Days later. A Pentagon spokesman it. Cmdr. Edward Lund quist was quoted this summer As saying the military believed Shelton died in the 1960s from malaria or dysentery. But the . Government made Shelton a Symbol leaving him on the official Rolls As a pow and sending an a Active duty paycheck to his wife every month. The estimated 2,500 . Servicemen Are unaccounted for in Southeast Asia have been listed As presumed dead. For 25 years mrs. Shelton pressured legislators for help travelled the world seeking information about her husband and appeared on numerous radio and television programs urging the government to provide More answers to families of the missing. A Friend said it was a terrible Burden. A Marian was carrying a very heavy Load on her shoulders with her husband being the last pow. I think she said a i just can to take another Day of  a said fran Masterson of Upland whose husband was listed As missing in action during the Vietnam War. A you go to sleep at night and your husbands not there. It just goes on and on and on. You ask yourself a is this Ever going to end a a a family members said she had been depressed recently but believed in the pow cause a to her Divinc  3 b a she knows one Way or another now a sister in Law Faye Newcom said in Owensboro by. A either he a up there with her or she knows where he sat. Maybe she can do More Good up  on flight 103 May have survived blast Wichita Kan. A the Pilot and at least 147 other victims of the Lockerbie disaster May have survived the bomb blast that ripped the plane apart at 31,000 feet and died when they hit the ground a forensic pathologist said. A and there a a Good possibility they were conscious a said or. William g. Eckert director of the Milton Helpern International Center of forensic sciences at Wichita state University. Eckert has performed thousands of autopsies and consulted on hundreds of cases involving medical Legal issues. Pan am flight 103 was ripped apart by a bomb on dec. 21, 1988, Over Southern Scotland. Whether any of the 259 victims survived the fall to the ground could be a crucial Point in lawsuits seeking payment for the victims pain and suffering. Eckert said the 148 Lockerbie victims who landed on or near Tunder Goth Hill May have lost consciousness because of Lack of oxygen when the Boeing 747 exploded but would have revived at about 15,000 to 10,000 feet. He said the victims would have been aware of what was happening for the final third of their 36-second fall. Eckert said testimony thursday at a Public inquiry in Dumfries Scotland supported his opinions. A rescuer said she bund a Young woman who had a weak but regular pulse shortly after the bodies rained from the sky. In a memo to scottish police investigator John Orr Eckert said several of the passengers apparently had prepared for their deaths. Some clutched crosses or crucifixes and one woman held her baby tight. A woman aboard a yugoslavian Airliner that collided with a British jetliner in 1976 survived a 38,000-foot fall Eckert said. German pilots during world War ii who crashed and died at the controls of their planes suffered injuries similar to those inflicted on the flights Pilot he said. A there was a Mark on the thumb of the right hand of the Pilot that suggests the Pilot was holding the Yoke of the plane on Impact and was alive and holding on for dear life a Eckert said. Eckerty a comments came in a Friday interview the memo he wrote to Orr and an article he wrote for the american journal of forensic Medicine and pathology the professional journal of the National association of medical examiners. The report was published in the quarterly a fall Issue. Eckert toured the crash site and investigation centers about five months after the crash. He wrote the confidential memo to Orr shortly after the visit and gave a copy Friday to the associated press. Eckert viewed the five main areas where bodies and debris fell saw some bodies and talked to pathologists. Autopsy records and remains could help determine who survived the blast he said. Flag burners at recruiting station face Federal prosecution for arson by new Day new York a having won the right from the . Supreme court to bum the american Flag Shawn Eichman decided to pay a visit to the armed forces recruiting station in times Square last month. Fresh from her Legal Victory she climbed to the roof put up banners against the . Role in the Middle East lowered the american Flag and began to Burn it. As a Symbol she says she poured Oil and red dyed Corn syrup a sign of her View that blood could be spilled in the Middle East because of Oil. But the Fri took a dim View of what Eichman and Vietnam Veteran Joseph Urgo were doing. In a criminal complaint filed in Federal court Here a Federal agent charges that Eichman and Urgo were attempting in the midst of the times Square morning Rush hour on sept. 11, to Burn Down the recruiting station. According to the complaint the Oil dripped on the roof was an accelerant. Eichman 25, of new York and Urgo 43, of Paramus n.j., were arrested on an at tempted arson charge punishable by up to 10 years in prison. A a it a a serious Case but at the same time you can to help but laugh a said Eichman one of the winners in the june 12 supreme court decision that voided the Flag Protection act of 1989 As unconstitutional. A it was clearly a political statement a said Urgo who enlisted in the air Force at the times Square recruiting station served As a Security officer in Vietnam in 1968 and later became Active in the peace movement. A instead they re trying to make us look like  Urgo and Eichman who say they Are a revolutionaries a were freed after each posted a $100,000 personal recognizance Bond. They also had to agree not to carry flammable liquids outside their Homes. The . Attorneys office has not yet decided whether to pursue the Case. Michael Keaton Eafon donates Batman items i a. Apr actor Michael Keaton has Given the roman Catholic school he once attended Mounds of Memorabilia from his hit movie �?obatman.�?�. Keaton who played the caped crusader m the 1989 film sent toys dolls Videocas-1 s and other items to the St. Malachy Oman Catholic school for its annual nationalities festival. >fea0n att i ded Grade school at St. In Al achy and his Mother is a parishioner a the Church according to a Church Secretary. The festival which began thursday and was to conclude sunday raises Money to fund Parish activities. Report says school drinking water contains harmful amounts of Lead Washington up most two years after Congress passed a Law to remedy the problem More than 250,000 children nationwide still Are exposed to harmful Levels of Lead in school drinking water an environmental Protection Agency study says. The study by the Epars office of inspector general estimated that half of All school districts have not tested their water for the toxic Metal which can cause brain kidney and nerve damage stunt growth and slow learning and language skills. The report released Friday also said some schools that do Check their water fountains often use incorrect monitoring procedures that tend to understate risks. In other cases the study found that school officials have not taken remedial action against elevated Lead Levels because of confusion Over Epa guidelines on acceptable Lead Levels in water. In particular it said while Epa was moving to lower its limit on Lead in drinking water to 20 parts per billion Many school districts still were acting under the Epars outdated Standard of 50 parts per billion. Epa officials said they had sent out notices alerting school officials to the lower limit which is to be finalized this december. In a detailed examination of 13 school districts the inspector general a study found seven had dangerous Lead Levels ranging As High As 182 parts per billion a nine times higher than the Epars proposed new Standard. A Zepa estimates that every year Over 250,000 children Are exposed to Lead in drinking water at Levels High enough to impair their intellectual or physical development a said the report which was obtained and released by the National wildlife federation an environmental group. Contamination occurs in water fountains with Lead lined holding tanks. In other cases Lead seeps into drinking water from Lead solder in pipes or other plumbing. Congress moved to address Lead in school drinking water in november 1988 when it passed the Lead contamination control act which directed state officials to Issue requirements for schools to test drinking water and remove problem water fountains by february 1990. However a nationwide Survey by the Epa found Only Minnesota and the Virgin islands have required their school districts to test their water. In a Survey of school districts in nine states a which were not identified a the Epa found widespread non compliance with Federal Law. State officials told the inspector general they had difficulty carrying out the testing program because they had received no financial assistance from the Federal government