European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Pilot sick out causes to Cut service fort Worth Texas up a american airlines said Friday that unreliable attendance by its pilots will Force it to Cut Back 4 percent of its nights and Lay off some workers in mid january about 500 pilots called in sick Friday about 70 percent More than the Normal number an american spokesman said american claims that members of the Allied pilots association Are trying to Force the company to accept their terms in the14-month-old contract talks. A Federal judge wednesday night ordered the pilots to halt any illegal Job actions. The sick out forced american to cancel nearly 50 flights on Friday the airline spokesman said. The problem was compounded by bad weather in the Northeast which shut Down virtually All flights at new York Boston and Hartford he said. The pilots association denies any organized Job action blaming the High number of sick pilots on a National outbreak of flu. It says members have been advised to obey the Back to work order. American claims that the sick Fate among pilots exceeds that for other workers but the association says pilots must meet higher standards. A a simple cold that would not Stop a Gate agent baggage handler or Secretary from adequately performing his or her Job would under Federal regulations be debilitating to a Pilot a it said. Exp amp a owner Dixon to remain in jail i Dallas up a a Federal magistrate ruled Friday that former Texas savings and loan owner Don r. Dixon will remain in jail until his sentencing in february on 23 counts of missing Thrift funds. . Magistrate John Tolle heard Dixon his wife and 16 other supporters testify for almost two hours before he ruled. Witnesses said Dixon was a Good family Man and a Kerson who would keep a Promise. Dixon told the judge e could not live As a fugitive. Tolle said Dixon failed to show that he would not be a flight risk. The hearing was called after 80 letters were written to . Judge Joe fish asking that Dixon be released until his sentencing on feb. 19. The former owner of Vernon savings and loan was convicted of using Thrift funds to pay for lavish parties at a Sjarif Beach calif., Home where he entertained politicians and regulators with prostitutes. Vernon a failure in 1987 Cost the taxpayers $1.3 billion. Attorney general Dick Thornburgh has called Dixon a the highest of the High fliers among the savings and loan in a 12-Page letter to the judge Dixon said he wanted to be free to take care of family business before the sentencing. A a -. A Joe Cruzan far right helps carry the casket of his daughter Nancy i Larte mlle mu., on Friday. Gave to coma victim Joplin to. Apr Nancy Cruzana a family gave her a the gift of Freedom by disconnecting her feeding tube and allowing her to die after nearly eight years in a vegetative state her father said Friday at her funeral. A it was time a Joe Cruzan told about 200 people Gath Eredi at a Chapel. A we All feel Good that Nancy is free at Cruzan 33, died wednesday at Missouri rehabilitation Center in mount Vernon 12 Days after her family won court permission to disconnect the feeding tube that kept her alive. The family Slegal efforts to end her life led to a landmark supreme court decision june 25 that patients like Cruzan could be allowed to die if there was a Clear and convincing evidence that was their wish. Cruzan had been in a persistent vegetative state after suffering severe brain damage in a 1983 car Accident her parents and former co workers said it was her desire to die rather than live i Suchla state. Cruzana a father said requests for living wills which allow adults to decide whether they want to be kept alive by artificial Means increased 500-fold since her Case got National attention. Cruzan was buried in Carterville just North of her Southwest Missouri Hometown of Joplin her Blue Metal casket adorned with drawings of flying sea gulls remained closed during the 45-minute service. Two dozen Floral arrangements surrounded the casket including a single red Rose from her grandparents. A Nancy seemed to be born with laughter in her spirit a said the Rev. Boh Clyde the Cruz ans a Jester tapes of Cruzana a favorite songs were played in the Chapel including a the Rose by Bette Midler and a coming Home Quot by Bob Segur. After a crush of mourners left Cruzan s grave her father returned stood quietly for a moment then placed a single Pink Flower on the casket before wiping his a Nancy a free at last., thank god a he said. In mount Vernon the father of a brain damaged patient at the Hospital where Cruzan died said he wants to move his daughter to another state and remove her feeding tube. A. \ a a Quot in a not going to let my kid stay like that a Pete Busa Lacchi said of his 20-year-old daughter Christine who has been in a persistent vegetative state since a 1987 car Accident in St. Louis. A if she knows what a going on its pure torture. If she does no tits a not Worth going Busalacchi 43, of St. Charles declined to say what other facilities or states he was considering. A it might happen real soon a he said Busalacchi has not taken his daughters Case to court. He said several doctors have told him his daughter is not Likely to recover but that some Hospital staff members said she has shown improvement. Administrator Don Lamkins said the Center would not try to prevent Busalacchi from moving his daughter name by the Cox news service Atlanta Jeff Overcash rubbed his brow with unmarked a scarred hands then pointed to a police officers notes on a 2-year-old arrest report a see Here the Guy they arrested had tattoos on both arms and Knuckles a he said. A i have none of that. It have been me they arrested a he discovered in july that his name appears on an oct 24, 1988, Accident report the subsequent arrest report and a civil suit that holds him liable for the $1,232 in damages to the victims car plus 12 percent interest a i can to get a Job really because my Drivers License is suspended a the 22-year-old Snellville Man said. A i just want to Clear my police admit that Overcash is not the Man they arrested but authorities say Only a judges order can restore his Drivers License and Clear him of the civil suit. Overcash said he Learned of the error when he went to the state patrol to get his motorcycle License upgraded to allow him to drive a car and troopers told him his License was suspended. The. Original police reports said he is responsible for an Accident in which a Driver identifying himself As Overcash turned in front of a car striking it on its right front fender. No one was injured. Court records say he never showed up for the state court Case that held him liable for the repairs. Gwinnett county police agree they named the wrong Man in their reports. A a subsequent investigation of his claim has shown is Correct a officer . Ingalls wrote in a nov. 29 letter to the state department of Public safety. A the person that i arrested and charged for the Accident did not have a License with him or any other id and gave me the name of Jeffrey Scott Overcash.�?�. But , Coleman a spokesman for the Georgia state patrol said thursday that since Overcash a License has been suspended by court order it would take another order to reverse it. Overcash appealed directly to Gwinnett state court judge Howard Cook who ruled in the civil Case in favor the insurer of the Driver of the other car. A i can to do much about it a Cook said. A if no one responds to a civil suit. It. Goes to default in be had my Law clerk talk to him and he a spoken to my they advised him to get an attorney and take the matter up in court Cook said. A i can to afford an attorney a Over Cash said. A they want at least $500 for a retainer be of re t h Eye 11 took i nto it an d Legal Aid has told me they wont handle it Quot. A woman answering the phone at Gwinnett Dekalb office of Atlanta Legal Aid society said that Overcash Scase was not the Type the organization would Vercuski said he contacted the Giens Falls attorney Brenda Trammell of Forest Park who handled the civil Case he said she told him it would require another hearing to Clear his name
