European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May .3, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 5fourth victim found in fertilizer Plant wrecked by blasts Sterlington la. A emergency workers thursday entered Quot the wreckage of a fertilizer and chemical Plant heavily damaged by explosions and. Fire and found the body of a fourth Vic Tim state police said. Four others arc missing and More than 120 were injured. The blasts wednesday at the 1mc fertilizer Plant hurled a Man into the Street and were Felt eight Miles away witnesses said. Flying debris damaged a Hospital and a school. A i heard a pop then 1 saw a fire and i told my daughter that the Plant was fixing to blow up a said Marcha Firmin who lives across the Street. The cause of the 1 30 . Blasts Wasny to immediately known. John Sutton the company a environmental manager said it May have been caused by a propane Gas leak. Small fires still burned thursday morning but Louisiana state police said the flames were contained and there were no chemical leaks at the Plant. Firetrucks and ambulances entered the grounds thursday morning to search for More victims. Quo the explosions occurred As workers were about to Check a malfunctioning compressor said Bill Patterson operations manager. A a a a a Quot it Wasny to immediately Clear How Many blasts there were. State police it. Wendell Lewis said 123 people were taken to hospitals and 22 were admitted but their conditions were not immediately available.  unit at one end of the Plant was destroyed and nearby administrative offices were heavily damaged Patterson said. \ about 500 people including patients at Sterlington Hospital across the Street were evacuated from their Homes in the Northern Louisiana town of 1,200 for fear of hazardous fumes and More explosions police said. One of the dead was James m. Shipp jr., 51, a vice president of the Northbrook  company and general manager of the Plant a funeral Home and relatives said. A Man Bottom left runs from the scene As smoke Billows from a Sterlington fertilizer Plant where explosions wednesday triggered fire protesters advocate Home care for disabled Washington a disabled activists including More than 100 in wheelchairs blocked entrances to the Headquarters of the health and human services department Oto wednesday to protest policies they said favor nursing Homes Over Home care. Some of the protesters discarded their a wheelchairs and crutches and tried to get past a police line securing the building. Some crawled under parked police cars and tried to squeeze past the legs of to in the stars and stripes10 years ago May 3,\1981 a in Palm Beach a gardens fla., a Crew of 350 workers set a House building record constructing a 1,520 Square foot  from scratch in less than 8 hours.�?�20 years ago May 3,1971 a police in Washington cleared militant anti War demonstrators from their makeshift campsites near the Potomac River. V protest leaders vowed to rally their followers and carry out plans to  activity with massive traffic jams 30years ago May 3,1961 a delegates at the 90th annual meeting of the California medical association were told that Bee a Tings cause More deaths in the United states annually than snakebites. �?o40 years ago May 3,1951 a . Task forces probed up to five Miles past the main . Line in North Korea seeking Contact with the communists. The communists had pulled Back after suffering 70,000 casualties a from the first round of their often save. A. Lice officers who stood in front of the entrances. There were no arrests. A to people like myself this is a life and death matter a said Lee Sanders of Houston who crawled out of his wheelchair and Laid on the ground. A a it a the difference Between living in a nursing Home and living at  for most of the afternoon Access to the Hubert Humphrey building was lint Ted to underground tunnels that connect it with other buildings. Cars also were unable to leave the parking lot under the health departments Headquarters building just a couple of blocks from the Capitol. The approximately 175 protesters organized by a group called american disabled for attendant programs today or adapt want the medicaid program to redirect 25 percent of the $23 billion it currently spends on nursing Homes. A they want this amount about $5.5 billion to be spent on establishment of Community based attendant service programs that would give disabled people the Chance to stay at Home rather than enter a nursing Home a not Only is it Cost effective its the right to dignity and Freedom of Choice a said Mike Auberger of Denver a Confounder of adapt. He said 7.7 million americans Are in jeopardy of having to go to a nursing Home a a Cost medicaid would pay a because they can to afford a Home car attendant. Medicaid has a More restrictive policy in reimbursing for Home care than for nursing Home stays lie said. However he noted nursing Home care costs in the Range of $30,000 to $60,000 a year while attendant care costs $15,000 to $30,000. Gail Wilensky head of the health care financing administration which administers medicaid said Many of the problems the group is angry about Are not handled by the medicaid program. Also she said some state medicaid programs do cover attendant and personal care Type services. States design and operate their own medicaid programs under Broad Federal guidelines. Planned cuts at general dynamics mean even victors feel squeeze by the new York times in another Stark illustration of the painful shrinkage facing the military contracting Industry general dynamics corp. Said wednesday it expected to Cut at least 27,000 jobs from its  work Force Over four years presumably through both layoffs and attrition. General dynamics the nations second largest weapons supplier has said for months that it expects huge Job losses As orders dry up for air planes tanks submarines missiles and other products. But just a week ago it won a share of the largest contract up for grabs this decade the air forces next generation of fighter planes so the employment projection served As a reminder that even the victors in the increasingly desperate scramble for Pentagon business face a Long retrenchment. Speaking at the annual meeting at its electric boat submarine building division in Groton conn., company executives  details of what Job might be eliminated or when or How Many cuts might be through attrition. The company is based in St. Louis and also has big operations in Texas. Ohio Michigan and California. General dynamics is among the contractors most heavily dependent on Pentagon work. Last year 86 percent of its $10.2 billion in sales came from military contracts. While a few of the other leading contractors including Northrop corp., Are almost exclusively in the weapons business most others incl thing Mcdonnell Douglas have significant commercial businesses. A v a a. General dynamics is far from alone among military contractors in projecting or experiencing huge Job losses. In the last year Mcdonnell Douglas the largest Pentagon contractor has Cut 16,000 jobs from its Peak of 132,000, primarily in St. Louis and in Long Beach calif., and it faces further cuts As Many of its big programs come to an end. Grumman  employment is Down to 25,000 from a Peak of 33,700 at the end of 19s7, and the company recently said it would eliminate 1,000 More jobs this year. Job losses at the lag contractors Are invariably accompanied by losses at the myriad of subcontractors that Supply parts and components. A a there san ongoing tidal wave of restructuring and there a plenty More to come Quot said Robert Paulson who counsels military contractors for the consulting firm of Mckinsey amp co. A a a a Hie cuts and other corporate7 balt tightening arc part of a process through which big contractors arc trying to survive by seeking smaller programs taking Oto roles As subcontractors on the few big programs available and to a limited extent seeking More non military work. At the meeting the company also re it crated its plan to slash its level of spend. Ing on research and on new plants and equipment. And despite the Bleak employment Outlook the company a shareholders approved a controversial plan that could give Large bonuses to top executives if they succeed in pushing the Stock Price up. A t Hie Job cuts Are Likely to intensity pressures in Congress and among state and it local governments for additional funds to help hard hit cities to retrain workers or to assist them in seeking new jobs in the Post cold