European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 to Veo  a a the stars and stripes saturday december 29,1990 a Man is lifted into on ambulance near a subway fire in Brooklyn left and Boston mayor Ray Flynn watches workers Clear debris where two trolleys collided Friday. 1 1 by the associated press one person was killed arid 176 people were injured in two separate subway accidents Friday in new York City am electrical fire spread Chokin smoke through a subway Tunnel killing a commuter an injuring at least 145. In the Boston subway system a trolley car was struck by another trolley As it unloaded commuters on the Edge of Boston common injuring at least 31 people officials said. A a a a a the Boston Accident came less than a weeks after More than 250 Peop a were injured at nearby Back Bay station when an Amtrak train struck a commuter train it also occurred about 2vi hours before the new Yor recovering a family photo shows Brittany Eichelberger a 3 year old Elkins , girl who froze to the Point of clinical death wednesday but was revived by doctors Brittany who was found hours after she wandered outside her Home into the Snow in her Nightgown was in critical but stable condition. In 2 City subway fire both cities were experiencing their first snowstorms of the season although Boston officials said they doubted the weather played a role in the collision there. Transit authority spokeswoman Carn Gardner said the death occurred after a a Cather re Latch fire broke out on the electrified third rail in the subway Tunnel underneath downtown Brooklyn. The Man was not identified. Medical staff at Long Island College Hospital managed to revive a woman whom authorities at the scene had believed to be dead but her condition remained grave Hospital officials said a the prognosis docs not look favourable for her a a said or. Neil Flomenbaum chairman of emergency Medr line at the Hospital. A a we really thought we were gone that we  see new years a said Gertrude Hoyte a 51-Ycar-old Brooklyn resident who was on her Way to work in Manhattan. A she described How smoke filled the subway car causing people to panic and several to vomit. In Boston the collision Between two outbound Green line trains occurred at around 6 45 . At underground Arlington station. The Green line is one of four subway lines operated by Massachusetts Bay transportation authority a 8th-graders do impossible sell a script to Hollywood Waynesboro a. A three eighth graders who created a script for an afternoon children a show about a vacation gone wrong will travel to los Angeles next month to sign a contract with Steven Spielberg. Renee Carter Amy Crosby and Sarah a reek created an illustrated 200-Page Story Book for an episode of the show a tiny Toon adventures a the show is produced by Spielberg whose movies include a jaws a a close encounters of the third kind a a raiders of the lost arks and . The extra terrestrial it was a Miracle our idea was Ever accepted a said Crosby. A they told us  usually returns unsolicited material without even opening  studio officials said someone at Warner Bros which syndicates the show mistakenly opened the manuscript package liked it and passed it on the manuscript passed from desk to important desk impressing All readers until it arrived in front of Spielberg he liked what he saw. Warner Bros lawyers were said to have advised against pursuing the script. They said it would create a precedent and that the studio would be swamped with scripts from schoolchildren a but Steven wanted it and you done to say no to Steven Spielberg a said Jeari Maccurdy vice president and general manager of Warner Bros animation Spielberg sent Maccurdy and Barbara Brogliatti senior vice president of publicity and promotion to Waynesboro on dec. 13 to meet with the students and make an  a. \ a they proposed paying us $250 for the episode which we will split three ways and to Fly us and our parents to los Angeles for four Days a Carter said. The girls and their parents leave Jan. 18 for los Angeles while there they will tour Universal studios magic Mountain Warner Bros. Studios and attend a news conference and Story meeting with Spielberg. Carter said the idea for the Story Book a series of drawings and captions detailing the action of an episode came to her at school one Day. She began drawing characters and laying out a Story line. The Story eventually was titled a Buster and Babs go hawaiian Quot the characters Buster and Babs take a free hawaiian vacation which turns out to be a Nightmare of lost lug Gage inoperable rental cars bad hotels and a cruise that ends up in a  two other girls contributed Story ideas arid artwork. The episode is expected to air next fall in a tiny Toons adventures Quot which is seen on the Fox network. Grand rapids Mich. Apr a convicted cocaine dealer cheated undercover police in a drug Deal and ended up with a lighter prison sentence. Ramon Leon of grand rapids would have faced a mandatory 20 years in prison if he sold 8 ounces of cocaine to the police but the officers later discovered they bought Only 7.8 ounces Leon 28, was sentenced thursday to 13 to 20 years a the shorted us a Kent county assistant prosecutor Ellwyn Bloemers isaid. A a that a not unusual to have that happen to us. When we buy 2 ounces it should be 56 Grams but we come Back with 49 frequently. He a very Slick. He a very  Bloe Niers said that on nov. 22, 1989, an officer weighed the eight cocaine filled bags on a scale kept in his cards trunk but May not have accounted for the weight of the bags. Police paid $6,800 for the drugs. Bloomers said he believes Leon intentionally held Back knowing an 8-ounce Deal could mean a 20-year term. State Law says a dealer convicted of Selling 225 Grams or More of cocaine faces at least 20 years in prison. Dealers convicted of Selling 50 to 224 Grams face at least Lar. A the Only reason you re not covered by the 20-year minimum term is that you cheated the officer in that transaction a circuit judge Donald Johnston told Leon before sentencing