European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday november 14, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 5power line lifeline Jack Robinson above lies draped Over an electrical line awaiting Rescue after being knocked from a roof where he was working monday. The Portland ore., roofer was carrying a piece of Sheet Metal which brushed a live 13,000-Volt Power line with the Jolt knocking him off a three Story building. The Power line below caught Robinson across his stomach As he fell and he Hung there 30 feet off the ground until Portland general electric shut off the current firemen using a Cherry picker left attached cables to Robinson and lowered him to safety As firemen held a canopy below. He was hospitalized suffering nothing worse than Burns to his hands and one thigh. He said later a by the Grace of god i did no to hit the . Group to launch agent Orange Survey Tallahassee Fla. A a Vietnam veterans group in Florida said monday it has lost patience with Federal government efforts to study the effects of agent Orange and will conduct its own Survey on exposure to the toxic defoliant. A this state a the Vietnam veterans of Florida a have said enough is enough a said David Kaufman a Veteran from fort Lauderdale. A a we re going to take the Bull by the Florida with about 527,000 Vietnam veterans is the first state to attempt such a project according to Kaufman chairman of the agent Orange committee of the Vietnam veterans of Florida. The Survey has the backing of National Vietnam vet soviet circus pair s baby free to pick her country at tit it Tut i n i a i / i Nam _ Erans groups and individual scientists at the department for veterans affairs the environmental Protection Agency and the centers for disease control Kaufman said. A there Are scientists and epidemiologists who work for the a and the Epa who Are outraged at this latest cd fiasco a Kaufman told reporters. A congressional study released last month charged that the cd misspent $6.6 million while conducting a disputed study of the effects of agent Orange. An estimated 12 million Gallons of agent Orange composed primarily of cancer causing dioxin was sprayed Over Vietnam by . Troops Between 1965 and 1970 to destroy the Jungle that hid the enemy. Veterans groups say exposure to agent Orange has been linked to 19 types of cancer and other health problems including birth defects. Earlier this year the a decided to award compensation to veterans with two rare cancers soft tissue Sarcoma and non Hodgkin a Lymphoma linked to agent Orange. Since 1981, some lower income veterans who believe their health problems Are caused by agent Orange have received a care the a said. But the veterans Are a Long Way from getting the government to acknowledge that agent Orange has caused lingering diseases in veterans and birth defects in their children veterans groups say. The cd has said that military records did not identify veterans who had been exposed to the of time Auburn Hills Mich. A the newest member of the Moscow circus is being treated by the rest of the troupe As a Symbol of new found soviet Freedom. Katia Stepanov born nov. 3 in Houston is believed to be the first child born to members of a soviet circus touring the United states. She has dual citizenship in the soviet Union and the United states and has 18 years to decide which one she prefers. A i am proud my daughter gave birth to her daughter in America a in a free country. I would like to see my granddaughter grow up in the country where she was born a said grandmother Laih Dabakarov who first entered the circus eng at age 5 and is still with the troupe. Katia smother High wire performer Malvina Stepanov and her father Sasha Stepanov a member of the tumblers married last year while on tour in Texas. Stepanov was Back in the ring when the circus resumed performances at the Palace of Auburn Hills North of Detroit. His wife and their daughter will rest before rejoining the troupe. The Moscow circus is a collectively owned circus not under government control and was allowed to leave the soviet Union to tour on its own. Mrs. Stepanovs father Akhmed Dabakarov joked through interpreter Marina Timaya that he might need an interpreter one Day to talk to the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Nov. 14,1950 a Tibet appealed directly to the United nations to intervene against the chinese communist invasion of the country.30 years ago today. Nov. 14, 1960 a president elect John f. Kennedy announced he would meet with vice president Richard Nixon the Man he vanquished in a tight election for the White House. The two former rivals who fought each other for months All across America were scheduled to meet in Florida.20 years ago today. Nov. 14, 1970 a Minnesota police reported they had broken an apparent plot by revolutionaries to Kidnap Minnesota gov. Harold Levander. Details of the plan were found in notes in the pockets of a Man arrested for attempted Bank robbery.7 0 years ago today. Nov. 14, 1980 a Titan a Saturn Moon resembled a a Frozen Earth with a dense atmosphere of nitrogen so cold it could be liquid at the surface a voyager i scientist reported
