European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 7, 1991 the stars and strikes a a a Page 9 . News3 die 6 Hurt As blast Levels apartment House from wire reports Greendale wis. A a construction Accident tuesday ignited a natural Gas explosion that crumbled an apartment building for senior citizens killing three residents and injuring six others authorities said. Fire chief Arnold Heling said construction workers rushed to the Aid of residents in the eight unit apartment building after the workers struck the Gas line touching off a series of blasts. The Force catapulted at least one person from the building Heling said. The bodies of three residents were pulled from rubble and six people including five construction workers were taken to hospitals for treatment of minor Burns and other injuries authorities said. The Milwaukee county medical examiners office identified two of the victims As Betty and George Heldak both 78. Congressman hospitalized Washington rep. Silvio come r-mass., underwent emergency brain surgery Friday for removal of a blood clot and has been in intensive care Ever since his office disclosed tuesday., the Veteran lawmaker has suffered no permanent damage and is expected to recover fully spokesman Pat Larkin said. Conte 69, is serving his 17th term in  Dean Jagger Dies Santa Monica Calif. A Veteran character actor Dean Jagger who won a Best supporting Oscar for 1949�?Ts a twelve of clock High a died at his Home tuesday his wife said. He was 87. Etta Jagger said that her husband had been recovering from the flu but was otherwise in Good health. He died in his sleep she  Bill advances Pierre . A legislation to ban most abortions in South Dakota was approved by a House committee tuesday and panel members said it was the most difficult Issue they be faced. Gov. George Mickelson has said if the legislature approves the measure he would sign it into Law. The Bill similar to one that was signed into Law in Utah last month would allow abortions in cases involving rape incest or a threat to the physical health of a pregnant  am to Cut 4,000 jobs new York a pan am corp., staggered by the persian Gulf War and its Adverse effect on air travel tuesday announced it will eliminate 4,000 jobs or 15 percent of its work Force mainly at pan american world airways its principal unit. The Job cuts which started tuesday and will continue for two months will drop the work Force to 22,500 from 26,500, but no pilots will be terminated. This reduction plus a 2,000-Job Cut last fall drops pan am a employment level to 21 percent below the comparable period in 1990.teamster Battle looms new York a William genoese announced his bid tuesday for president of the International brotherhood of teamsters pledging to revive the weakened labor movement by recruiting women minorities and professionals. A a a if it breathes Well go after it a said genoese 64, the feisty airline labor Leader now seeking the Helm of the 1.6 million member Union. Other challengers for the presidential seat Are . Durham the candidate supported by outgoing president William Mccarthy Ron Carey of new York City Walter Shea of Washington and Lou Riga of California. A Cardinal faces surgery. Detroit a roman Catholic Cardinal Edmund Szoka was hospitalized tuesday after a Small nodule on his right lung was discovered an archdiocese spokeswoman said. Surgery to remove the nodule was planned for wednesday said the spokeswoman Brenda Marshall. The 63.-year-old Cardinal has lived in Rome since last Mav. Actor Danny Thomas Dies after heart attack los Angeles apr actor Danny Thomas called a a american a favorite television comedian in the late 1950s and Early �?T60s, and the Benefactor of St. Jude children a research Hospital died wednesday. He was 77. Thomas was pronounced did at Cedars Sinai medical Center about a half hour att or he suffered a heart attack Early in the morning at his Beverly Hills Home said Hospital spokesman Ron Wise ,. Best known As the Star of the popular television series a make room for daddy a Thomas had appeared to he in Good health and recently completed a tour promoting Friis new Book a make room for Danny a said Norman Bro Kaw chairman and chief executive officer of the William Morris Agency. A a it a hard to believe. He really Wasny to sick a said Bro Kaw Thomas longtime agent. Comedian Alan King who said he heard about Danny Thomas when he was growing up in Chicago said Thomas was a very warm  this daughter actress Mario Thomas is married to talk show Host Phil Donahue. A make room for daddy a one of the longest running family comedies aired from 1953 to 1964. Thomas played a nightclub Singer and comedian Danny Williams. Marjorie lord played Thomas second wife Kathy Angela Cartwright played her daughter Linda and Rusty Hamer played his son Rusty. The title came from a phrase used in the real Thomas household. Whenever Thomas returned Home from a tour his children had to shift bedrooms to a make room for  born Amos Jacobs in Deerfield,�?omich., the comedian grew up in a Large lebanese family in Toledo Ohio. After a number of Odd jobs he moved to Chicago with the aim of becoming a radio actor. A i was going to play nightclubs on the weekends but 1 really thought i was going to be a character actor a he recalled in 1986. A a that a Why i went to Chicago a to get jobs on the soap operas. My ambition was to get a station Wagon a House in the suburbs commute to work and Lead a Nice Normal Happy life.�?�. Amos Jacobs was making a Good living As a radio actor when he married Rose Mariexa Saniti in 1936. Their lives changed when Jacobs took a $50ra-Wcek Job As emcee at the Northside 5100 club. He stayed three years adopted a new name from Brothers Danny and Thomas. He moved on to the prestigious Chez Paree in Chicago then National Fame. Another turning Point in Thomas career came after his Success in nightclubs and radio. Movie studios wanted to sign him but there was one problem As Thomas remembered a a a a a a a a Louis b. Mayer said i had the qualities to become a great dramatic actor. He said 1 could be another David Warfield. I did no to even know who David Warfield was but apparently he was a Broadway Star who also had a Swarthy a til Danny Thomas complexion. _ a then Mayer told me How americans go to the movies to live in a dream world leaving their own humdrum lives behind. They wanted to see Beautiful people with perfect faces. So he wanted me to have my Hose fixed. A a afterwards my agent Abe Lastfogel of William Morris said a Danny this is one thing 1 can to advise you  that night he called Are at 11 and told me a yes i can advise you. You done to have to change your nose. A there la be plenty of work for you  Lastfogel was right. Thomas starred at vim and Warner bros., then moved smoothly into television. Ilis series a make room for daddy a a the Danny Thomas hour a a make room for Granddaddy a a the practice a a a in a a big girl  another family comedy a a one big family a brought Thomas Back to series to in 1986, but Only for two seasons. He played an old time vaudevillian who inherits five children after his brother and so Star in Law have died. Thomas founded St. Jude children a research Hospital in Memphis tenn., in 1962 and regularly made personal appearances in behalf of the Hospital. The Hospital is a leading research Center dedicated to finding cures for children a cancer and other catastrophic children a diseases. President Reagan presented the congressional Gold medal to Thomas in recognition of his fund raising activities to Benefit St. Jude a. House votes to extend vet benefits Washington a the House on a vote of 402-0, sent to the Senate on tuesday a Bill extending the period of eligibility for Vietnam War Era veterans programs including Job training and vocational counselling. The Bill extends eligibility for various benefits under. The programs from dec. 31,1991 to dec. 31,1994. The measure has a particular Impact on the disabled veterans outreach program. It also makes permanent the veterans readjustment authority program which allows certain veterans to work in the Federal government without having them compete for an appointment. In the last Congress the House adopted the legislation but the Senate failed to act. The Bush administration has not indicated whether the president will sign the Bill. _ t the congressional budget office estimates that if Congress appropriates the full amount authorized in the Bill the Cost would be $50 million in the fiscal year beginning oct. 1, $70 million in fiscal 1993 and $70 million in fiscal 1994. Philadelphia a principals of the City a Public schools have been told they can fire teachers who come to work wearing Christian crosses Muslim head scarves jewish Yarmulke or other religious garb. A Federal appeals court last year upheld the Philadelphia school districts decision to prohibit a Muslim teacher from wearing a head Scarf to school. The District said its aim was to preserve a an atmosphere of religious  a Jan. 9 memo informed principals that they could take action against teachers who Wear religious garb o this was defined As a any garment headgear or accessory which is identifiable As religious in  some teachers were angered by the policy which they say violates their first amendment rights. Virginia Stewart a sixth Grade teacher at Strawberry mansion elementary who wears a Cross said she does not promote her religion or try to persuade students to become christians. A religions Are part of our culture and i can to believe there a anything wrong with children knowing that religious people exist and that a few of them might even be teachers a she said. Deputy superintendent Albert Glassman said principals were told to warn a teacher before taking disciplinary action. G under the Law teachers could be suspended without pay for up to one year after one violation and fired after a second violation. Principals Are handling the districts memo in various ways. Some Are ignoring it and others Are enforcing it to the letter