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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, September 6, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes Friday september 6, 1991double trouble times four Michelle Mcganty a kindergarten teacher at St. Cecelia school in Beaverton ore., has her hands full with four sets of identical twins. The problem of telling one from another is compounded because students at the parochial school Wear uniforms. But several of the twins Are missing some Teeth. A i have them smile a lot a she said. A a it a really the Only Way i can Tell them apart. In a hoping their parents will let them Wear different hair bows or maybe different  the twins Are from left Christopher and Michael Mckay 5 Madeline and Meghan Gregg 5 Peter and Paul Nistler a and Alexandra and Theresa Orazio 6.fire deaths traced to smoke Poison Hamlet . A the 25 victims of a Chicken processing Plant fire died of smoke inhalation authorities said wednesday As they tried to determine whether locked doors played a role in the disaster. Would be rescuers and survivors of tuesdays Blaze told of locked or blocked fire exit doors. A padlock was seen on a door with a sign saying Quot fire door do not  at least two doors at the Imperial food products Plant were locked said Tim Bradley Deputy state insurance commissioner. Authorities were trying to determine How Many fire exits were required for the building and How Many doors were locked Bradley said. All 25 fatalities resulted from Carbon monoxide poisoning caused by smoke inhalation police chief Terry Moore said citing information provided by the state medical examiner s office. Twelve victims were found in a refrigerated meat locker others in the area where the fire began and three on a Lawn Bradley said. A witness Sam Breeden 41, said he helped pull bodies onto the Lawn from near a locked door that was pried open from the outside. Bradley could t say Why people went into the meat locker but said the thick smoke May have made it difficult to find exit doors. The door closest to the locker was apparently unlocked he said. A a we re going to have to try to determine if a blocked Access forced them into the cooler a Bradley said. Five people who went into the locker survived Bradley said. If doors were locked while people were in the building violators could be subject to fines and because deaths were involved possible criminal prosecution state labor commissioner John Brooks said. About 90 of Imperial foods 200 employees were in the Plant when the fire erupted the company said. The fire a the state s worst Industrial Accident a erupted when a Hydraulic line ruptured near a 26-foot-Long deep fat Fryer and the spilled fluid caught fire said Charles Dunn Deputy director of the state Bureau of investigation. There was no sprinkler system at the Plant. A fire extinguisher was installed above the Fryer after a 1983 non fatal Blaze Hamlet fire chief David Fuller said. The extinguisher was supposed to go off automatically but Fuller said he did no to know if it worked tuesday. In Cumming ga., where Imperial food has another Plant a team from the Federal occupational safety and health administration began a Surprise inspection tuesday night an Osha official said wednesday. The investigation began because of the North Carolina fire As Well As a safety complaint at the Cumming Plant said Jonathan Worrell assistant area director for Osha in Atlanta. He  elaborate. Osha also was leading the investigation into any fire exit problems at the Hamlet Plant Covington said. Imperial food is the largest employer in Hamlet a town of 6,900 in South Central North Carolina about 70 Miles Southeast of Charlotte. Hospitals also reported at least 55 injured. Forty two people remained hospitalized wednesday said Renee Hoffman spokeswoman for the state department of crime control and Public  plotter gets 4 v2 years Norfolk a. Apr a businessman who pleaded guilty to conspiring to bomb a chemical storage tank for insurance was sentenced wednesday to 41/ years in prison. Charles Edward Gresham who had no arrest record and according to prosecutors masterminded the plot entered Nis guilty plea in May. A a it a absolutely totally out of character a . District judge Robert g. Doumar said As he sentenced Gresham to three concurrent terms of 4vz years without parole. Workers at Allied terminals inc. Found two clusters of pipe bombs attached to adjacent chemical storage tanks on feb. 4. The bombs prompted fears of International terrorism because the persian Gulf War had just started and the tank farm is near the Norfolk naval base. Gresham 58, of Ellicott City md., must spend three years on supervised release after his prison term ends and must perform 360 hours of Community service. Doumar set a Fine of $80,200 but said Gresham will not have to pay it unless he Sells his Home. The Fri arrested Gresham and two other men within a week and said the attempted bombing was an insurance scam. Gresham owned the contents of one of the tanks and was in arrears on lease payments for storage. Tape causes teachers suspension Milwaukee apr three High school teachers shown in a secretly taped nationally televised video of classroom rowdiness that included students playing Dice were suspended without pay wednesday. Footage taped last Spring at North division High school by a senior at the inner City school with a hidden camera was aired sunday by Abc in its investigative program expose. The broadcast tape showed a teacher present while students played Dice at the Back of a room a teacher Reading a Magazine while students misbehaved and students backing a teacher into a chair. The teachers Haven to been identified. District superintendent Howard l. Fuller hired last Spring to run the 90,000-student Milwaukee Public school system said last week that the conduct captured on the tape a a horrified him. Fuller viewed a tape of the program two weeks ago and suspended the three teachers for three Days with pay pending a closed disciplinary hearing wednesday. The teachers will learn within a week of specific disciplinary charges they face and another hearing will be held within 10 Days after that said Milwaukee Public schools spokeswoman Denis Callaway. North division is a predominantly Black inner City school with 90 teachers and 1,300 students. Its dropout rate in 1990 was close to 27 percent and its Grade Point average is lower than the average for other Milwaukee schools records show. The school was chosen because Milwaukee typifies other by City school systems and North division seemed like a Model school said Abc spokeswoman tory Beilinson. Abc correspondent Brian Ross who presented the expose segment said the shows producers wanted a students Eye View of the classroom. The student enlisted to shoot the video was Eric Ransom president of North divisions 1991 senior class. Agency checking Chrysler minivans Washington apr the governments automobile safety Agency is investigating the anti lock braking systems of 1991 Chrysler corp. Minivans after receiving three complaints that leaks were causing Brake failures. The National Highway traffic safety administration on wednesday also reported stopped up probes of corroding door hinges on Isuzu troopers sticking throttles 011 this years Ford explorer and Speed control failure in the 1991 Honda Acura integral. The Chrysler town and country Dodge caravan and Plymouth voyager minivans Are the targets of the braking investigation the Agency said. An estimated 300,000 have been sold but Chrysler spokesman ton Jakobowski said a substantially fewer have the optional anti lock brakes. He could not give an exact number. Anti lock systems an increasingly popular safety de vice Are designed to pump the Brake automatically when a vehicle begins to skid. They slow the Vezich and help the Driver maintain control  
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