European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 19, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 5 broken pipe snarls . Commuter traffic a worker inspects damage from a ruptured main As water gushes through grates into new York s grand Central subway station thursday. A ceiling new York a transit employees worked through the night to pump water out of subway lines flooded after a water main burst near grand Central terminal disrupting commuter travel for hundreds of thousands of people. Service on most of several paralysed subway lines was restored by late thursday. By Friday morning Only the subway from times Square to Queens Borough Plaza remained partially shut said transit authority spokesman Bob Previdi. Water cascaded through ceiling grates into the subway station at grand Central after the 87-year-old main burst about 5 30 . On thursday. Service was knocked out on five subway lines in the Central Hub and a Stream of water flowed Down 42nd Street in the heart of the City s bustling mid Manhattan area. Normally Busy shops along 42nd Street sent employees Home. Some shops in an underground Arcade were flooded. Pavement on the Street was buckled by the water and traffic was diverted. Many residents and businesses in the area surrounding grand Central were without water for most of the Day because the environmental Protection department initially turned off the wrong water main. Traffic was heavy throughout the East Side especially in the Vicinity of grand Central terminal. Complicating the  a driving rainstorm that further soaked pedestrians and slowed traffic. Officials also  which pipe was responsible for the flood finally locating the leaking main eight hours after it broke. By thursday evening workers still were pumping water out of the subway tunnels and commuters had to take buses or taxis or w Alk Home. New yorkers used to a seemingly constant Stream of such incidents mostly coped although not always quietly or Good Nat redly. "1 hate coming into the City Quot said Susan Orzuchowski a music production manager. �?o1 done to like coming in and things like this make it  �?o1 Don t know How i m going to get there i May have to walk a snapped Al Tripoli 3d. An engineering manager who was asked How he planned to travel the several Miles from Manhattan to the City a Borough of Queens. A this City is crumbling right before our very eyes and no one is doing a blessed thing to Stop  said Judith Mcdonald a 34-year-old computer Programmer from Floral Park Queens who was turned away from the grand Central subway station by police. A a these kind of things Are going to happen a said mayor David Dinkins. Quot our infrastructure is old. We need to recognize  Dies after pair Drift for 21 hours off Texas Galveston Texas up the coast guard rescued two scuba divers thursday from the Gulf of Mexico where they were attacked by barracudas and circled by Sharks during a 21-hour ordeal. One of the divers later died of exposure. The divers drifted with the current throughout the night and were found six Miles from where they had entered the water wednesday said Bob Moore a spokesman for the coast guard air station at Ellington Field. Jason Yaneson was unconscious and suffering from exposure when he was plucked from the water by a coast guard helicopter. He was pronounced dead at the Brazoria county Hospital in Galveston. His companion Bob Miller who was holding him up in the water when the two were found was listed in Good condition at the Hospital Moore said. Both men 23, were from Lake Jackson. The men had been attacked by barracudas and were surrounded by five Sharks when a coast guard diver was lowered from the helicopter into the water to Rescue them Moore said. A a they the Sharks were just hanging out below them a who knows what would have happened if we had not plucked them out right then a Moore said. A Barracuda near the men swam away when the coast guard swimmer reached the water. However the Sharks remained in the area. The men had made Only five or six dives and were relatively inexperienced Moore said. In the stars and stripes10 years ago oct. 19,1981 a the polish communist party ousted moderate Leader Stanislaw Kania and elected army general and Premier Wojciech Jaruzelski first Secretary at a Stormy meeting that produced a Call for a ban on strikes.20 years ago oct. 19,1971 a a Man shouting Quot Long live Hungary Quot broke through police lines and fixed an Amlock around the neck of soviet Premier Alexei n. Kosygin As he arrived in Ottawa with Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau. The attacker was thrown to the ground by guards and dragged away. 30years ago oct. 19. 1961 a Paris staggered under twin troubles the holding of 11,538 algerians in makeshift Bull pens during a dragnet for terrorists and chaos from a one Day strike of a half million state employees.40 years ago oct. 19,1951 the United states called on the soviet Union to act to end the korean War As a possible step toward easing East West tension. The soviets replied by condemning . Policies and declaring that soviet-. Relations could a hardly be  however they offered to discuss matters. Experts urging elderly others to get flu shots before severe onslaught hits Washington up government health experts expect a severe flu season and Are urging the elderly and others who Are at risk for the disease to get vaccinated within the next few weeks. Quot everyone at particular risk for influenza and its complications should get vaccinated soon a said or. James Mason head of the . Public health service. In its morbidity and mortality weekly report the Federal centers for disease control in Atlanta said thursday that influenza a is Likely to be the most prevalent Strain during the coming flu season. The report was based on isolated cases of the disease since March. The Agency noted that the most severe consequences of influenza Are preventable if people get flu shots but Only 30 percent of those considered to be at High risk receive the vaccine. The cd said All people Over 64, those who live in Long term care facilities and anyone who cares for the elderly or for nursing Home patients should get the shots. The Agency said children and those suffering from asthma and lung and cardiovascular difficulties should be vaccinated. People infected with the human immunodeficiency virus which causes aids were also urged to get the vaccine. The list of High risk people also includes those who suffer from chronic metabolic diseases kidney and blood disorders and anyone who has undergone a transplant or chemotherapy within the past year. Quot these groups definitely need to be vaccinated in the next Tew weeks a Public health service spokesman Bill Grigg said. Quot if we Are Light about influenza a being predominant and if past patterns Are followed it will be a worse than Normal Winter Quot Grigg said. A typical flu season can claim 20, 1 10 lives Grigg said. Quot in some years it can go up As High As 50,000.&Quot flu vaccines Are available from private physicians and Public health clinics. Many employers offer the vaccines to their workers the Agency said. Quot Many people think of the flu As a bad cold until they get  Grigg said. Quot then they realize it would have been worthwhile to get a shot for the  ruling in Kraft contest gives winners heartburn Chicago apr Consumers who thought they had won a minivan in a botched Kraft contest instead will drive Home with $700 in Cash and coupons a judge ruled. Cook county circuit judge Albert Green on wednesday gave final approval to a settlement of lawsuits Over the contest despite the objections of several winners. The 1989 Quot ready to Roll contest involved Matching game pieces in Kraft cheese packages with newspaper advertisements. Because of a printing error about 10,000 people in the Chicago and hous ton areas had winning game pieces for a Dodge caravan. Under the settlement those winners would get $550 in Cash and $150 in free food coupons from Kraft general foods a subsidiary of Philip Morris cos. Another 10,000 people with winning pieces for other prizes will receive Between $8 and $75 in Cash and coupons. About 80 people jammed greens courtroom wednesday to argue against the settlement. Quot i won a Van. I did exactly what you told me to do a Brenda Boeldt told the courtroom. Quot it s not my fault the pieces were printed wrong. I deserve a Van that s All there  if the ruling is not appealed Kraft will Start paying winners immediately beginning with for to that allow affected customers to pick the types of coupons they want. But Van Winner Sondra Taylor said the whole process has left a bad taste in her Mouth. Quot i hate Kraft now and in be not bought a Kraft product since Quot the contest ended. Tall for said