European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 23, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7two survive plunge after Chute tears Columbus Ohio a a sky diving instructor and his student survived a 13,500-foot fall with a torn Parachute after an emergency Chute apparently opened inside an air plane and dragged them out. The pair linked for a tandem jump landed in Bushes saturday near the Waynesville Airport in Warren county. The plane which lost part of its Tail during the incident landed at an Airstrip near Waynesville sky sports inc. The sky sports instructor Mike Hussey 51, of Columbus was hospitalized in serious condition sunday. The student Amy Adams 21, of Sycamore was released from the Hospital sunday. Adams a senior at Ohio state University said she does not remember what went wrong. It was her first jump. Louisiana for rape murder of Angola la. Apr a Man who abducted raped and strangled an 11-year-old girl seven years ago was put to death by electrocution Early monday. Andrew Lee a a Flash Jones 35, had unsuccessfully pleaded to be put to death by injection rather than the electric chair. He was pronounced dead at 12 10 . Gov. Buddy Roemer on Friday refused the Louisiana Pardon boards recommendation that the execution be delayed until after sept. 15, when the state switches from the electric chair to an injection of chemicals. A this Man deserves what he is about to get a Roemer said. The . Supreme court voted 6-3 sunday night by Telephone conference to reject Jones Appeal for a stay. Earlier sunday defense lawyer Michele Fournet said she failed to Sway the governor in a last ditch Effort to win a delay. Since the 1976 . Supreme court ruling allowing states to resume capital punishment 148 people have been executed 19 of them in Louisiana. Jones was moved sunday from death Row at the Louisiana state Penitentiary to a cell adjacent to the electric chair in the isolated execution chamber and he met with relatives Warden John Whitley said. Appeals courts stayed nine previous execution dates for Jones. In recent Days he lost an Appeal before the Louisiana supreme court a Federal judge and a Federal appeals court. Defense lawyers argued that using the electric chair would constitute cruel and unusual punishment especially after the states decision to switch to injection. They also contended that Jones had been drugged through his trial to conceal a serious mental problem. Jones was convicted in november 1984 of killing Tumekia Michelle Jackson whose Mother he once dated. The girl was kidnapped As she slept in her grandparents Home in Baton Rouge on feb. 18, 1984, and her body was found in a canal the next Day. Jones told a Pardon Board he remembered nothing because he was drunk at the time. A a there a a Chance i did it a Chance i did no to he said. A if i Hadnot been drunk nothing like that would have  a Andrew Lee a a Flash Jones. Sought death by injection Miami working with homeless one by one Miami apr a former crack addict who teaches Bible study from his mattress under interstate 395 has helped accomplish what Many social workers thought was impossible. By building elaborate shelters along this image sensitive City a downtown thoroughfare Andrew Johnson and hundreds of other homeless people elevated their plight to a civic crisis. And that has prompted the areas first comprehensive response to the homeless. The City also was inspired by a Federal court order preventing police from removing the homeless Peoples belongings. City and county officials Are working out the details of what they Hope will be a permanent support system for the estimated 5,000 homeless people in Dade county. The emergency plan initially Calls for 15 social workers in three trailers to spend one month interviewing the estimated 500 homeless under the overpass and directing them to jobs housing counselling and medical care. Also promised Are Long term efforts to create More Low Cost housing jobs and a safety net to help the rest of the areas homeless and prevent Miami a poorest from joining them on the streets. A a Miami a problem is contain Able a mayor Xavier Sua rez said after touring the site Friday. A one by one you can solve the problems of a few Hundred people in a Community of 2 million people. And then you can Deal with the problem of the other 4,500 or so out  the initial Effort depends on $748,560 in state Money and services $38,691 from the City and $19,960 from the county. The City endorsed the plan thursday and the county is expected to give formal approval next week. Bill Sadowski Secretary of the state department of Community affairs said state officials would have to take a closer look at the plan before the Money flows but he had Praise for local officials. A they could have just gone into a Corner and sulked and let the Federal courts beat up on them a bit. But they decided to grab the Bull by the horns a Sadowski said. Ben Waxman an attorney for the american civil liberties Union whose lawsuit asking for an injunction against police harassment of the homeless comes up for another hearing aug. 1, said it was refreshing to see City county and state officials working together. A we were getting frustrated because we see people talk and talk and talk and talk and All these people have their own Little agendas. Its very political a Waxman said. Action can to come too soon for the people under the overpass who say they live in fear amid the discarded office partitions old crates and plastic sheeting that makes up their Homes. A a you be got to protect yourself find food find bathrooms. And the mosquitoes eat you up Quot said Johnson. A the Way we be got to live its harder than any Job in be Ever  the plan Calls for portable toilets Security guards and even storage space where people can keep their belongings for up to three months while they straighten out their lives. The plan wont work unless the private sector comes up with Good permanent jobs said Livia Garcia who coordinates homeless programs for the City of Miami. In a City where even the worst housing rents for an average of $260 a month minimum wage jobs would leave single people Only two paychecks away from losing their Homes again said Anita Bock a longtime advocate for the homeless. A i just want to get me a Job where i can get me some Good Money a said Joey Bryant who says he sleeps with a Blanket and Pillow and has nothing else to his name. A i done to know Why life has to be so  criticized Stanford acts to Reform Aid oversight Washington a Stanford University criticized by Congress for charging the government for parties and maintenance of a yacht announced monday extensive changes in the Way it monitors research costs. A we Are determined to re establish Stanford a reputation for integrity and sound management a said Peter Van Etten the California University a new chief financial officer. Van Etten said the University will begin immediately to implement a Reform package developed Over the past six months by Stanford staff an Independent accounting firm and a special advisory panel. Van Etten and other Stanford officials spent last week making rounds on Capitol Hill to explain the Reform program on indirect costs. They visited key members of the House Energy and Commerce investigations subcommittee which has held hearings on alleged abuses of research overhead spending at Stanford and other institutions. Research universities such As Stanford seek Federal reimbursement for indirect costs that include buildings utilities administration and other items that Are necessary for government sponsored research but cannot be directly attributed to an individual project. Stanford receives about $240 million in Federal research funds annually. Last december the investigations subcommittee revealed Billings from the University for Flowers refurbishing a grand piano and maintenance on a 72-foot yacht. After a series of Federal audits and investigations Stanford withdrew $1.35 million in unallowable and inappropriate costs submitted for reimbursement during the past decade. Following congressional hearings in March the government slashed More than $18 million from the University a annual research budget. The office of Nayal research accounts reduced from 70 percent to 55.5 percent of contracts the rate Stanford is allowed to charge for overhead expenses. Each percentage Point equals about $1.25 million in the Stanford budget said Van Etten. Hot Washington topic is Ling Ling pregnant by the Washington Post Washington Ling Ling the National zoos female giant Panda who has had five pregnancies but no surviving offspring May be nearing the end of her sixth pregnancy. Then again maybe not. Although she is one of the most closely observed animals of our time it is hard to Tell for sure. Zoo keepers Are confident that Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing the zoos male giant Panda mated this Spring. Ling Ling has shown signs that seem to be indicators of Panda pregnancy. But the signs of a false pregnancy Are essentially the same. And Ling Ling whose troubled reproductive history has become Community property in Washington and across the country has had four of those. A it could be and then again it May not be a zoo spokesman Robert Hoage said. Because Panda cubs weigh Only a few ounces at birth expectant Panda mothers who weigh a couple of Hundred pounds remain outwardly unaltered by their delicate condition. Zoo keepers look instead for changes in lifestyle a such As nest building a and in hormone Levels. Hoage said Ling Ling has shown changes in hormone Levels for some time. In the past Day or so he added she has begun a nosing pieces of Straw into a  that could indicate an Effort to build a crude nest. Nest building is one of the behavioural signs that birth is imminent a or that a false pregnancy is about Over. The inability of the two furry Black and White animals to produce a healthy surviving cub has been a Majo disappointment to her keepers the wildlife conservation Community and multitudes of Ordinary people who have made the pair into sentimental favourites