European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page to the stars and stripes tuesday february 19,1991cleveland mail plane crash kills 2  apr a mail plane that crashed on Takeoff during a snowfall killing two people on Board was not de iced during a 28-minute Stopover a Federal investigator said. ,. Two crewmen died Early sunday when the dc-9 they were flying flipped during its taxi run and landed upside Down on the main runway at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. ,. Barry Strauch of the National transportation safety Board said sunday an investigative team Hasni to determined the cause of the crash but initial checks found no evidence of  witness told investigators she saw the planets lights a grating a apparently meaning the wingtips were dipping left and right and then she heard an explosion while the plane was on the ground. Strauch said there were no a gaseous craters on the aircraft a Metal a common blast characteristic. He also said the fuselage had remained largely intact while a blast tends to disperse debris Over a wide area. A a there a no evidence of a in explosion a he said at an Airport news conference sunday. \ Strauch also said the initial investigation showed no evidence of de icing. The plane was on a Stopover in route from Buffalo n.y., to Indianapolis. Strauch refused to speculate whether the Lack of deicing played a role in the crash. The temperature at the Airport was 23 degrees at Midnight just before the crash the National weather service  in the crash were capt. David Reay 44, of Oakland calif., and first officer Richard Duney jr., 28, of Belle Mead . There were no passengers. The Crew worked for Ryan International airlines of Wichita kan., a subcontractor to Emery worldwide airlines which contracts with the postal service for cargo flights. Postal service workers and ground personnel remove mail from the dc-9 overturned on a Cleveland runway soviets hoteliers . Fort Lauderdale Fla. A soviet Hoe Liers no longer Able to satisfy guests with a surly staff and a sparsely furnished room have turned to their capitalist counterparts for a few lessons in hospitality. Major . Chains Are scrambling to open first class hotels in the soviet Union. Because most of those hotels will be joint ventures the state run tourism Agency in tourist stands to gain from learning about american service. A a a  a a a a in preparation 17 top i tourist officials Are taking a month Long crash course in hotel management and service at Nova University Scenter for hospitality management Here. The course began last week. A the ice is melting Between us a said Siavush Yega by chief of the state run i tourist Board in Azerbaijan. A now with perestroika the people have to work to  a Quot  a a a the soviets Are paying for their month Long stay at some of the finest hotels and resorts in Florida said Don Dermody director of Novas hospitality Center. A they arc paying in . Dollars hard currency up front a he said. A a we re talking six  i tourist officials will learn about marketing and promotions human resources housekeeping nutrition and menu planning.  tour local hotels restaurants and country clubs and eve n visit Disney world. A now with perestroika they be got to compete a Dermody said. A a it a going to be a major Challenge for these Tolks to change a system they be been working with for to years. A a they be had no urgency to sell their product nth reason to avoid abusing people because there a been no Competition. There has been a Complete absence of this service mentality we have in the states a he said. \ for instance it Siberia visitors can enjoy the worlds largest Lake fishing Hunting Cross country skiing All for about $48 a night per person including three meals. _ but that a where the dream vacation ends said Valeri Kislov director general of in tourist a Irkutsk Branch. The state run i tourist hotels arc notoriously grim. Guests Are often greeted by a begrudging staff and rooms that offer Little More than a narrow bed overstuffed chair rough Towel and Small bar of soap. I tourist operates about 53,000 hotel rooms throughout the soviet Union said Victor Borishek who Nian Ages a Moscow hotel adjacent to red Square. Radisson hotels International now plans a joint Ven Turc hotel with i tourist in Moscow. Sheraton corp. And Aeroflot the soviet airline plan hotels in several major cities. Ramada inc. Has entered an agreement with the City of Moscow to build and manage two hotels. Borishek said he had Learned much about american hotel workers during his first week in fort Lauderdale. A a they re Good smart and polite toward the guests a its quite amazing a Borishek said of the americans. A of course our workers try but we have so Many  bail set at whopping $9 trillion Birmingham Ala. Apr after being needled by the mayor Tor being too soft on criminals a judge raised a theft suspects Bond from $5,000 to $9 trillion nearly three times the National debt. District judge Jack Montgomery declined to explain How he arrived at $9 trillion a which compares with a National debt of $3.2 trillion. The judge raised the Bond thursday after initially setting it at $5,000, said a Deputy at Jefferson county jail where the suspect remained sunday. Montgomery said no one had contacted him about reconsidering Bond for Isaac Peterson 34, who was arrested Jan. 22 on a theft charge. A this is so he does t get in any More trouble Quot the judge said. A i could have set his Bond at nothing or i could have let him out on his  at a City Council meeting last week mayor Richard Arrington said the judge repeatedly enabled suspects with serious criminal backgrounds to be released by setting Low Bonds. Arrington cited Peterson who he said has been arrested eight times since july on charges of burglary and receiving stolen property. Each time Quot Bond ranged from $5do to $5,000. For someone with Peterson s criminal history it should be higher the mayor said. A i  big Mouth and people Are always taking potshots at me a Montgomery said. A i have gone so far out on a limb that i be built a nest out  Peterson a brother James who lives in san Francisco called the Birmingham news on Friday and saturday to complain. A a the Bond is disproportionate to the  he said. A your National debt is not even that  stateside a a a Aspin leaves Hospital after heart treatment from wife reports Denver a rep. Les Aspin d-wis., chairman of the House armed services committee was released from University Hospital in Denver on sunday following treatment for a heart condition. A Hospital spokeswoman said Aspin was released at 8 . Denver time. Aspin aide Lynn Reddy earlier said Aspin would Fly to Washington on sunday and planned to return to work in his office on monday. Aspin was hospitalized tuesday complaining of shortness of breath after becoming ill while skiing at Vail Colo. Or. Phillip Wolf director of cardiology at the Hospital and professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado school of Medicine said Aspin was suffering from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy an overgrowth of muscle tissue within the heart that impairs its ability to pump blood out of the exit  smashes Casino injuring 24 in Reno Reno Nev. A a car smashed through the Entrance of the circus circus hotel Casino and crashed into a Blackjack table injuring 24 people one seriously. Lu1 lc.1cjlr was stopped by a pillar 70 feet inside the building. It appears that the incident is accidental in nature and no criminal intent or conduct is evident at Thi amp Point a police sgt. Andy Kachi Irak said. I he Accident occurred late sunday afternoon. A police had no immediate estimate of damage to the building or details about the accidents cause. Boarding House Blaze results in 5 deaths Columbus Ohio a fire swept through of Story boarding House in a Low income neighbourhood ear y monday killing five people and injuring another a fire official said. Assistant l ire chief John Rees confirmed the  and sell a a six a pc son was taken to St. Anthony medical Center for treatment