European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a the stars and stripes tuesday july 9,1991soldr special requires special precautions by Lee Siegel the associated press los Angeles a while tens of thousands of tourists flock to Mexico and Hawaii to watch the total eclipse of the Sun thursday Many americans can see a partial eclipse by staying Muse to Home and using Safe viewing methods. \ a if you have any curiosity about the Cosmos in which we reside a partial solar eclipse is a Good Chance to see the solar system in action a said Edwin Krupp director of Griffith Observatory. When the Moon lines up Between the Sun arid Earth a total eclipse will turn Day into night along a Swath stretching from the Island of Hawaii to the Southern tip of Mexico a Baja Peninsula Central and Southern Mexico Central America Colombia and Brazil. A partial eclipse will be visible from most of the United states and Southern Canada with the Best views from the Southwest Southern California and Hawaii a Northern islands. Only Alaska new England and northeastern Canada Wilt miss the show that will begin in Honolulu in the Early morning and reach los Angeles by late morning. The safest easiest Way to watch the eclipse is on projectors set up at Many planetariums science museums and University astronomy departments according to the american Academy of ophthalmology which represents Eye doctors. Homemade pin file cameras or projectors also will work but not very Well in places such As new York Washington and Pittsburgh where Only a Small part of the Sun will be eclipsed. People risk permanent Eye damage if they look directly at the eclipsed or a eclipsed Sun a even for a few seconds a or watch the eclipse through binoculars sunglasses smoked Glass a Ray film Black plastic garbage bags and most kinds of welding goggles photographic film and filters. Viewing the Sun directly can Burn the Retina causing total or partial blindness. Eye doctors also warn that people May damage their eyes if they use filters endorsed As Safe by some astronomy groups and magazines. These include aluminized mylar filters specially made for solar viewing no. 14 arc welders Glass binoculars with aluminized mylar filters and double layers of fully exposed and developed Silver based Black and White film. A the risk is simply too great a said Gerald a. Fishman a Chicago Eye doctor and Academy spokesman. A there have been past instances where a particular absorptive Lens was supposed to be protective and in fact was it when the 1970 solar eclipse was widely visible on the East coast 40 percent of 145 reported . Eye injuries were among people who mistakenly believed they were using Safe viewing methods. The others looked directly the View from Down Here the percentage of the suns diameter covered at maximum eclipse 80-99% f,",".1.60-79% i 40-59% i 20-39% 0-19% source sky a Telescope Magazine at the places where at least 35 percent of the Sun is blocked people who know about the partial eclipse in Advance will notice the Day grow a bit Darker Krupp said. Such areas Are located Southwest of a line running roughly from Portland ore., to Omaha neb. St. Apt. Dean Caple Louis Memphis Tenn. And Atlanta. Even in los Angeles with 69 percent of the Sun eclipsed a some people will miss it and figure it was Clouds a Krupp said. The partial eclipse will be virtually unnoticeable to people on the Street in new York where Only 2 percent of the suns surface will be followers share earthly close encounters Rosemont Iii. A Debbie Tomeyo stale of being abducted by alien beings was greeted with understanding nods at an International symposium dedicated to unravelling the mysteries of unidentified flying objects. Chitchat at the 22nd annual gathering of the Mutual ufos network included discussions of a mysterious substance called a Angel hair Quot left behind by ufos and of cattle that have been neatly Cut open drained of their fluids and whisked away by alien beings for study. Many of the 800 people at the a her ing saturday also browsed through to shirts bumper stickers tapes and books with titles including mystery of the sky men and Elvis ufos connection. Tomey claimed the space aliens who took her said they were sorry they had to Hurt her and then filled her with a Light that Felt a like being hit with a Bolt of it was june 1983, and she had gone to see Why the door of her parents garage was open at their Indianapolis Home. A i started feeling really hot like i was on fire a she said. A i tried to run and that a when i lost my Tomey said she is not asking people to believe her. A a in a just asking them to hear me a she said. One who has heard her is John Carpenter a psychiatric social worker from Springfield mo., who said he has hypnotized about 40 people who recalled being abducted by aliens. A a in a just amazed at All the similarities in their stories a he said. It indicates some people have encountered creatures and Craft from space he said. Dyke Spear of Hartford conn., claimed to be within 200 feet of a spaceship the size of a Boeing 727 Jet just off the interstate near Brewster n.y., in 1984. A when you see something like that then you understand that it in t All is a he said. Fear of ridicule keeps most people who have seen ufos from reporting their sightings said Stanton Friedman a physicist no lectures on the subject. A most people believe in ufos but most people believe that most people done to believe in ufos a Friedman said. Missourian gives finance life Bridgeton to. Apr no matter what Bill mitts gives Karen Baker As a wedding present it will not equal the gift he has already Given her. He donated one of his kidneys to her in a transplant operation performed june 20 in Bridgeton a suburb of St. Louis. Both Are out of the Hospital now and looking Forward to being married in the fall. None of bakery a Brothers and Sisters was a compatible donor for the 32-year-old woman whose diabetes grew steadily worse before the transplant. A Karen was desperately sick especially for about a month leading up to the operation a mitts said. A i watched Karen a Hopes for a kidney dwindle to almost nothing. I knew that i was her blood Type and 1 just sit and watch her Baker left Depaul health Center in Bridgeton last week the week after , a 42-year-old Vietnam War Veteran said he had been through a lot in life but was still a a Little scared when it came to giving up a kidney. A when i saw her suffering i had to quit being scared and help a he said. A once t realized a person can live off one kidney or even part of one kidney that took the fear Depaulos renal transplant director Beth dark called the couples genetic matchup unusual. A a it a quite something that he did match a dark said. A Karen would have had a wait of six months to a year and she would have continued to be very sick on saving kidney dialysis and unable to Baker plans to return to her Job As a factory worker when she is Able. Mitts quit his Job As a roofer about a month ago a because Karen really needed mitts sister Cathie Hoffman has set up a Trust fund to defray costs not covered by insurance. A it was a very special gift a More special than a ring a Baker said a i Haven to been sick since. I feel i could do mitts said the transplant has made him an advocate of Organ donations. A i think god gave us two kidneys to see if wed give one away a he said. A if i could do it again i
