European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 27, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5jet fuel tanks ignite at Denver Airport Denver apr two storage tanks containing nearly a million Gallons of Jet fuel caught fire sunday near Stapleton International Airport. Firefighters were hard pressed to keep the Blaze from spreading but the Airport remained open Norm Avery a Stapleton spokesman said. United airlines was forced to delay cancel or divert flights because it was running Short of fuel. The airline was trying to find an emergency Supply. Three firefighters were treated at Denver general Hospital for dehydration and heat exhaustion and two others were treated for smoke inhalation at the scene but the fire caused no serious injuries. Smoke from the Blaze cast a pall Over metropolitan Denver and caused visibility problems on nearby interstate 70, which also remained open. There were traffic jams outside the Airport on one of Stapleton a busiest Days when travellers were returning from the Long thanksgiving weekend Holiday. Stapleton the nations fourth busiest Airport in terms of passengers is a key Hub Airport. Airport officials initially planned to contain the fire and let it Burn itself out but changed their plan when the fire altered by a shift in winds threatened even larger Jet fuel storage tanks. Firefighters prepared to attack the fire directly with dry chemicals and foam said Denver fire department spokesman Mike Mcneill. The fire was first reported about 9 30 . At the fuel tank farm about a half mile North of the Stapleton terminal and just South of 1-70. Firefighters pumped about 10,000 Gallons of water a minute on two nearby 800,000-gallon storage tanks also containing Jet fuel in an Effort to prevent the flames from igniting the tanks. Another two tanks about 100 Yards from the Blaze contain iv2 million Gallons of Jet fuel each said Mike Mcneill a Denver fire department spokesman. The fire torched nearby Utility poles and generated so much heat that firefighters near the flames worked in 30-minute shifts. The Blaze apparently was caused by a broken valve leading into one of the 400,000-gallon-capacity storage tanks. The heat from that fire ignited the second storage tank Avery said. There Are no Homes or businesses anywhere near the firefighters and City officials watch As smoke Billows from two burning Jet fuel storage tanks at Denver a Airport. Site. The storage tanks were part of Stapleton a fuel storage farm which supplies Jet fuel to most of the airlines at the Airport. It is the chief source of fuel for United airlines. In attempting to control the fire firefighters shut off the underground pipeline from the tank farm to the Stapleton terminal. That forced United officials to scramble for other sources of Jet fuel said Stapleton spokesman Richard Boulware. United reported flight delays of up to four hours out of Denver affecting connecting flights at other major hubs officials said. A United is virtually out of fuel and trying to make arrangements to get More a said Boulware. Some United flights were diverted to Colorado Springs and other nearby airports to obtain fuel and other flights were delayed or cancelled United officials at the Airport said. Boulware said Continental airlines was forced to shift its refuelling operations to a Stapleton concourse but this had Little effect on its  3 automakers furlough 38,000 workers Detroit a the big three automakers faced with slowdowns in dealer orders Are giving approximately 38,000 employees the week off. General motors corp., Ford motor co. And Chrysler corp. Officials on sunday blamed economic uncertainty and dealer backlogs for shutdowns at 14 Assembly plants in eight states. Workers were to be idled starting monday officials said. A we Are watching the marketplace and then we adjust production to meet those needs a said Kathy Tanner spokeswoman for Gmys Chevrolet Pontiac Canada group. Some of the temporary layoffs Are scheduled to continue through dec. 7. Additional layoffs will be announced five to 10 Days ahead of time officials said. A i  be surprised to see More a said Joel Pitcoff Fords research and analysis manager. Contract agreements with the United Auto workers Union provide Laid off workers with up to 95 percent pay during shutdowns. However the layoffs Are an indication of a slowdown in the Industry with manufacturers possibly wanting to avoid the excessive buildup of inventories that they experienced a year ago. More than 107,000 big three autoworkers were furloughed in january. Wards automotive report an Industry newsletter reported inventory for the nine major . Automakers stood at 72 Days on nov. 10, compared to 88 Days in . Police find explosive cargo aboard pan am passenger Jet new York up police found 100 pounds of explosives on sunday in the belly of a Miami bound Jet and arrested a suspect who said he had planned to sell them in puerto Rico authorities said. The m-80 explosives were found in four 25-Pound boxes in the Luggage area on pan am flight 402 As the plane was being readied for Takeoff at John f. Kennedy International Airport said port authority police officer Philip Montuori. Police later Learned that Jose Molina Nieves 52, of Rio Grande puerto Rico had purchased the explosives in new Yorkus Chinatown for Sale in san Juan Montuori said. A worker loading the aircraft noticed the boxes at 8 15 . And alerted authorities the officer said. Port authority officer Kevin Devlin said Molina Nieves was arrested at the Airport. The suspect was travelling with his wife and daughter. The family apparently planned to Board flight 402. The flight departed without incident and the explosives were transported to the Bronx for detonation Devlin said. A the does no to speak much English. He told us through an interpreter that he up chased a Quantity of explosive devices in Chinatown and was bringing them Back to puerto Rico to resell a Devlin said. Walesa gets 60% of n. American vote Chicago apr Lech Walesa got 60 percent of the vote among poles in North America who cast ballots in the first polish presidential election since communism a downfall an official said. A the Solidarity party founder led prime minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki who got 33 percent of the votes cast in the United states and Canada. A total of 36,006 people voted in North America where balloting on saturday preceded by one Day the general election in Poland said polish Consul Andrezj Jaroszynski citing unofficial figures. Poland allows naturalized . Citizens to hold polish passports and vote. Newly arrived immigrants and visitors to the United states could also vote. Unofficial North american results showed Walesa with 21,608, or 60 percent Mazowiecki with 11,823, or 33 percent Stanislaw Tyminski with 1,238, or 3 percent and the remainder for the other three candidates Jaroszynski said. December 1989. The largest single Layoff will be at Chrysler a Toledo Ohio Plant where company spokesman Doug Nicoll said about 4,700 workers would be affected. Pm announced about 21,900 layoffs and Ford has furloughed about 12,200 workers. A a we be been having shortages of dealer orders for some time a Pitcoff said. A a it a Clear the dealers Are nervous about the recession  of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Nov. 27,1950 a transportation tie  on the storm wracked East coast left hundreds of soldiers sailors marines and airmen stranded at the end of their furloughs red Cross officials said.30 years ago today. Nov. 27, 1960 a vice president elect Lyndon b. Johnson promised British prime minister Harold Macmillan a a new burst of Energy when the Kennedy administration takes Over on Jan. 20,1961.20 years ago today. Nov. 27, 1970 citing a a Lack of Mutual confidences Between them president Nixon fired Interior Secretary Walter j. Hickel.7 0 years ago today. Nov. 27,1980 a with the Iran Iraq War threatening to spill Over into nearby states saudi Arabia announced that it would sign a Mutual Security pact with its five Arab Gulf neighbors