European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 6 stateside Early Bird uses his wits to get speedy Justice Bismarck . A Burleigh county jailers were puzzled when Patrick Kellar showed up for a court appearance at 4 30 . But Kellar knew exactly what he was doing. According to an account in the Bismarck Tribune the Bismarck Man arrived at the courthouse which also houses the county jail five minutes Early and showed jailers a notice ordering him to appear in court on a contested speeding ticket at 4 30 . The jailers told Kellar there would be no hearing at that hour. They wrote a note to the county clerk saying that Kellar had been there and they had sent him Home. Some court employees wondered Why Kellar Hadnot called the office beforehand to Correct what obviously was a typographical error on his summons. They discovered his motive when Kellar called the office later in the Day. He read to the clerk the Section of state Law that says that if a defendant shows up in court at the appointed time and the prosecutor does no to the Case has to be dismissed. _ judge Gail Hagerty dismissed the ticket. 3 Gas workers killed 2 missing in la. Blast grand Isle la. Up a the coast guard searched Gulf Waters wednesday for two workers missing from a Gas Well explosion that killed three contract employees and injured a fourth. The Crew which worked for pacer Atlas of Houston was capping an abandoned Gas Well in thursday november 1,1990 Barataria Bay about 15 Miles North of grand Isle coast guard spokesman Gerald Chavez said in new Orleans. The Accident was reported at 5 30 . Tuesday. Chavez said coast guard vessels and helicopters recovered three bodies in the area and sent one injured worker to a new Orleans Hospital. He was reported in critical condition wednesday with bums and broken Bones. The victims were not immediately identified. A vessel searched through the night for the two missing workers Chavez said and a helicopter was scheduled to join it at Daybreak. A a we re unsure what happened but there was an explosion a he said. Pacer Atlas was capping the Well for Ody corp. Of Lafayette la., he said. . May open office in Vietnam on Mia Issue Washington a the state department has proposed again that it open an office in Vietnam to help account for nearly 1,700 missing american service members. The vietnamese had rejected the idea when it was broached earlier but the two sides have since agreed to cooperate More on the Issue. Two weeks ago during a visit by foreign minister Nguyen co Thach it was decided that a . Technical team would be sent to Hanoi to work with vietnamese military experts on improving procedures for locating americans remains. The state department said the . Team could stay there for an indefinite period if the results justified such a presence. The . Government has not operated an office in Hanoi since what was then North Vietnam became Independent in 1954. I. Is % x 0�?~ssw, is Detroit firefighters wage a losing Battle against a Blaze that destroyed two Homes tuesday night. Volunteers in Detroit report having buried Devil s night Detroit apr firefighters smothered blazes scattered throughout the City overnight As thousands of volunteers walked the streets to deter arsonists on devils night Detroit a annual halloween eve fire spree. Fire officials refused to say How Many blazes they fought but some volunteers said they believed there were fewer than last year. Police said arrests for violating a 6 ,-to-6 . Curfew were Down by More than a third. One Volunteer patrolling the streets Ray Wright said he saw Only one Small fire in his neighbourhood. A a it a definitely Down from last year a he said. Alberta Blackburn a Volunteer in the Northwest part of the City agreed. A we have now buried devils night a Blackburn said. But City councilman David Eberhard said there were More fires across town. A the Northeast has been this bombed out Berlin Section since the 1960s," said Eberhard who went from fire to fire tuesday night. A we Are doing this to  a Smoky Haze lingered in Many areas and it appeared Likely there were More fires than the 60 reported on an average night in Detroit. A a in be seen 10 of them already a another Volunteer Vanessa Patterson said around 11 . No injuries were immediately reported. In Camden ., an economically depressed City near Philadelphia where police report an increase in crime each year on mischief night people smashed store windows and torched vacant buildings and cars overnight. Police arrested 81 people on criminal mischief or other charges. The disturbances weren tas serious As in previous years because of a beefed up police presence it. Edwin Figueroa said. He said the department cancelled All Days off to have 212 officers on patrol compared with 30 on an Ordinary night. In Detroit most fires were set in abandoned houses and apartment buildings not knocked Down in a City push to demolish vacant structures. The City said it razed about 5,000 abandoned Homes in the year ended june 30, Rose Moore president of the Moran Street Block club said her organization had the City raze nine abandoned houses in the neighbourhood last weekend. But that did no to keep Lethie Parker a garage from catching fire late tuesday. A i had just walked from the Kitchen to the living room and the next thing i know the kids said the garage was on fire a Parker said. A we had the vacant houses Tom Down and they just moved to the  a vacant House near the Border of wealthy Grosse Pointe was ablaze. At least 70 spectators some taping with video cameras stood by. A i can to understand Why someone would come out at night for the sole purpose of burning Down a House. Its just sick they have to be sick a said one observer Mark Ploch of Clearwater fla., in town for a meeting. Mayor Coleman Youngs office said it would release the number of fires Over the three Day period on thursday. Last year the mayors office reported 223 fires oct. 29-31, 115 of those on devils night. The firefighters Union however said there were More than 400 fires. The worst devils night was in 1984, when 810 fires were set during the three Day rampage. Dozens of families were left homeless. Police arrested 154 youths monday night for curfew violations 160 were arrested during the first night of the curfew last year police said. On. Tuesday police arrested 91 curfew violators from 6 . To Midnight Down from 154 in the same period last year officer Allene Ray said. Young last week unveiled a a my heart is with Detroit Campaign that urged residents to take Pride in the City and increase the number of anti arson patrols. He estimated 35,000 volunteers  hoping to regain custody must wait Elizabeth  A a woman who locked her 5-year-old daughter in a car while she worked part time went to court tuesday to regain custody of the girl from the county. However  and court officials said the Case was continued. They spoke on condition of anonymity because family court rules require that cases be kept confidential. The Mother chante Fernandez cancelled a news conference she had planned after the hearing and refused to speak to reporters As she dashed from the Union county courthouse to a limousine. Fernandez s daughter Annuli is under the care of the new Jersey division of youth and family services until the Case is resolved. The girl Wasny to present at the hearing a welfare official said Fernandez 24, of Elizabeth was jailed after police found her Panama Clad daughter in the trunk of a car on oct. 20 at the Woodbridge Center mall where Fernandez worked part time on weekends. The Back seat was folded Down so the girl could move about inside the car and the Mother said she checked on her daughter during work Breaks the Mother said her combined income of nearly $500 a week from two jobs disqualified her from local or state child care services. During the week she was a Secretary at a lumber company the weekend Job was at a department store in the mall. The Case has drawn an outpouring of support from new Jersey residents who have offered her Money child care help an jobs. Fernandez pleaded guilty Friday to a disorderly offence and was fined $100. The Mother who is divorced said she left her daughter in the car while she worked at the mall because she was unable to find a reliable and affordable baby Sitter. She also said she  get local or state child care services. Fernandez initially was charged with criminal restraint a felony and spent two Days in jail before posting $5,000 bail. The prosecutor reduced the charge to a disorderly persons offence after reviewing the Case and concluding that the girl was t neglected or abused. Only Fernandez her attorney state welfare officials and court officers Weie allowed inside the hearing before Union county judge John Callahan on tuesday