European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes saturday August 31, 1991 Pilot s Quick action avoids head on collision of jets the new York times two Jet airliners carrying 277 people came close to a head on collision seven Miles Over Cleveland on saturday As radar controllers frantically tried to Contact them officials said thursday. The Pilot of one plane caught sight of the other plane and took evasive action. The Federal aviation administration estimated the miss distance As 100 feet vertically and half a mile horizontally. A government aviation expert who spoke on condition of anonymity said the incident was a matter of major concern and involved extremely Odd circumstances. Controllers said in Telephone interviews that neither Jet was in radio communication with the proper air traffic controller. The Crew of one plane a British airways dc-10 jumbo Jet on a non Stop flight from London apparently did not communicate with the control system from the time if left Toronto until it approached its Pittsburgh apr a 36-year-old Man who spent More than nine years in prison before receiving a new trial for rape and murder was freed after a prosecutor told a judge that a key witness was not credible. Bruce Nelson 36, was freed wednesday after Allegheny county common pleas judge Cheryl Allen Craig granted the motion to dismiss the charges. Assistant District attorney Darrell o. Dugan told the judge that he had a lost confidences in the witness. Dugan told the judge he believed his witness Terrence Moore had framed Nelson by writing a letter about the slaying and signing Nelsons name to it. Moore 35, who pleaded guilty in the attack in a plea bargain to avoid the Shiv victim denied new York apr a Man with aids virus has been denied a Job As a Santa at Macy a flagship store and has gone to court to seek his own Miracle on 34th Street. Mark Woodley 42, worked As a store Santa in 1989, and Macy a asked him to return the following Christmas. But after the store Learned that Woodley was taking at an aids drug and the anti depressant prozac it rescinded its offer Woodley a attorney Margaret Winter said thursday. Store officials said they did no to want Woodley around children because prozac might make him violent. Some medical reports have linked prozac to violent episodes and suicide attempts. But the . Food and destination in Atlanta. The other plane was a Midway airlines dc-9 flying from Laguardia Airport in new York to Chicago a Midway Airport. It was one of the pilots on that plane who saw the danger and took evasive action. Investigators also want to know Why controllers were unable to Contact the Midway Crew when the radar scope showed the two planes heading for each other. Spokesmen for the controllers Union said a controller assigned the Crew the wrong radio frequency and the Crew did not realize it. The British airways Crew apparently did not see the Midway Jet and did not know anything out of the Ordinary had happened until they landed in Atlanta and were told to get in touch with the Faass air traffic Center for the Cleveland area. The incident occurred at an Altitude of 35,000 feet and about 20 Miles West Southwest of downtown Cleveland. Death penalty admitted writing the letter. A a it a unfortunate a Nelson said after the Case was dismissed. A i thought things like this happened Only in the movies or on  Nelson was in the process of being tried a second time for the 1981 sexual assault and slaying of a woman in parking garage. The original conviction in 1982, was Over 1 turned in november because of errors made by a judge. Corrine Donovan 53, was raped and killed aug. 3, 1981, in the garage of a medic Toffice building. Nelson was convicted of second degree murder rape robbery and receiving stolen  Job files suit drug administration sided with the manufacturer Eli Lilly and co., in rejecting a request to ban the drug. A whether Macy a did no to want or. Woodley because he Shiv positive or because he was taking prozac either Way i believe this is an unusually Clear Cut Case of illegal discrimination Quot Winter said. A a Macy a spends a lot of Money protecting the image of Santa Claus and they done to want any breath of scandal to touch him a Woodley told the new York times which reported the Story. Woodley is suing the store in state supreme court in Manhattan the same court where Santa a sanity was questioned in the classic Christmas movie Miracle on 34th  Security increased after burglary threats from wire reports Washington a police have assigned a 24-hour guard to Jesse Jackson a Washington Home after a burglar broke into the House and several death threats were made against the civil rights Leader authorities said thursday. A the Security detail. Is a precautionary measure a said police spokesman de Wilson. A the investigation is being conducted to make certain the burglary was a crime against property and not a threat directed toward Rev.  a burglar stole a radio from the Home tuesday apparently fleeing when Jackson smother in Law Gertrude Brown came upstairs. Brown was the Only person Home police said. It was the fourth break in at the Home in 18 months Jackson aides said. Frank Watkins a Jackson spokesman said there had been three recent death  offered at Plant Denver a the operator of the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons Plant has posted a $2,500 Reward for information leading to conviction of anyone involved in meddling with the Plant s plutonium alarms. Leg amp a a contractor that runs the Plant Northwest of Denver for the . Department of Energy posted the Reward wednesday. Plant manager Jim Zane said the alarms Are crucial to employee safety at the Plant which manufactures plutonium detonators for nuclear devices. In june Doe officials said there had been 20 incidents of meddling with the alarms which detect radioactive dust in the  wait ordered Columbus Ohio a gov. George Voino Vich on thursday signed into Law a Bill requiring a 24-hour waiting period for women seeking  the american civil liberties Union of Ohio said it would Challenge the Law in Federal court. The Bill requires that women be Given printed material prescribed by the state at least 24 hours before having an abortion. Material would have to provide details about fetal development and include information about alternatives. The measure also requires individual counselling by a doctor before an abortion. Women would have to sign a form consenting to the procedure and certifying they had received the  recalling autos Detroit a Ford motor co. Said wednesday that it is recalling More than 46,000 probe and festival cars under two separate actions because of emissions related problems. The first recall involves about 26,000 1990-Model Ford probe cars with 3.0 liter v6 engines to install new electronic engine control modules. Ford is also recalling about 20,400 1988 and 1989-Model festival cars built for Sale in California with 1.3 liter engines and manual transmissions to replace the exhaust Gas recirculation valves. The current valve assemblies May cause the malfunction indicator Light to falsely indicate an emis a Sions repair is  suspect convicted Tampa Fla. A the prime suspect in the slayings of five Gainesville College students was convicted thursday in the armed robbery of a grocery store. The robbery conviction could result in a sentence of life in prison for Louisiana drifter Danny Harold rolling under Laws applying to habitual offenders. Investigators have not charged rolling in the Gainesville killings even though they have Dentt i fied him As the prime suspect. The conviction could help connect rolling to the killings because a car stolen in Gainesville was used in the Tampa robbery. The car was stolen from a University of Flor Ida area student apartment Complex two Days after authorities found the last of the five bodies. Baby Boom older brother Matthew Mattson of Bellevue wash., old Brothers. 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