European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes wednesday october 23, 1991 Delta resolves of complaint that pan am reneged on Deal by Dirk Beveridge the associated press new York a after successfully wrangling in bankruptcy court to buy most of pan american world airways Delta air lines has Cut a Deal to satisfy one widely overlooked creditor a the air Force. Queuing up with bondholders not holders and Banks air Force officials entered pan am a bankruptcy Case with a complaint that the Carrier had reneged on a Deal to give the government Access to aircraft outfitted for emergency military use. After the air Force spent $561 million getting the jets ready pan am a precarious financial condition worsened and some of the planes were repossessed by their original owners. Delta was thrown into the dispute when it assumed some of pan am a debts As part of its Purchase of most of pan am officials said monday in announcing they had resolved the matter. Delta and the Pentagon reached an agreement in principle though which Delta will pay the air Force $5 million As Well As provide $20 million in credits for future plane use. Delta will also commit 42 Long Range planes to the air Force when and if needed. A this resolves the entire Issue a Delta spokesman Neil Monroe said. Air Force Secretary Donald b. Rice issued a separate statement saying an agreement had been reached. The air Force does business with virtually All major . Airlines. It hires them to ship troops and cargo during peace time. In Exchange the airlines Promise that commercial jetliners can be drafted into service during military emergencies As they were during the persian Gulf War. Both sides regard the arrangement As a Good Deal. The airlines get More business and the government is assured planes will be there if needed. But the government encountered trouble because of an unusual arrangement with pan am which has lost Money for years. Initially the air Force paid to modify 19 pan Aan 747s, which were supposed to be available for its use Over a 12-year period said capt. Tom Larock an air Force spokesman. The planes which could be stripped of seats lavatories and overhead bins were equipped with a special Side door loader allowing heavy cargo to be loaded inside. The government compensated pan am for extra fuel the planes burned. But pan am lost one of the planes in the terrorist bombing of flight 103 Over Lockerbie Scotland on dec. 21, 1988. Others were repossessed As the carriers financial woes deepened. In the Case of the repossessed planes the air Force said the airline had reneged on the Deal. The air Force estimated it initially lost $66 million and feared losses could swell to $325 million if pan am were to shut Down Larock said. The air Force submitted a creditors claim in . Bankruptcy court where pan am filed for Protection from creditors in january. Delta proposed the settlement As part of its Purchase of pan am assets Larock said. The agreement depends on the completion of Delta a asset Purchase. Delta already has acquired the pan am shuttle and plans to take Over most of pan am a routes across the Atlantic on nov. 1. Pan am plans to relocate its Headquarters from new York to Miami and emerge from bankruptcy court As a Small Carrier serving latin America. Court lifts Epa ban on Asbestos says opponents got Short shrift new Orleans a a Federal appeals court lifted an environmental Protection Agency ban on Asbestos ruling the Epa did no to give opponents enough time to be heard and failed to consider a less burdensome alternative. The 5th . Circuit court of appeals on monday sent the matter Back to the Epa. The Epa had in 1990 announced the ban against the importation manufacture or use of Asbestos. The embargo was supposed to be phased in Over seven years. Several Asbestos businesses had challenged the ban As did the governments of Canada and Quebec where minerals used in manufacturing Asbestos Are mined. Appellate judge Jerry e. Smith said the Epa failed to give opponents enough Opportunity to Cross examine witnesses during hearings on the proposed ban As required by Federal Law. Smith also said the Agency did no to consider less burdensome alternatives to a ban As required by Law. Asbestos was once widely used in insulation Brake linings and other products. It is a suspected Carcinogen and is believed to cause lung ailments when its fibres Are inhaled. A a there a not a lot that can be said a said Epa spokesman David Cohen. A we believe very strongly that Asbestos is a substance that should be controlled. And we Are going to be looking at the decision to see what Type of problems it raises for  a Asbestos in Homes and buildings must be treated with a great Deal of respect because if the fibres become airborne they will be inhaled and will cause disease a said or. Christine Oliver of Massachusetts general Hospital in Boston. A this ruling makes that message More  the Epa had argued that the Long Range health benefits of the ban would be widespread and incalculable. Illnesses from Asbestos often take decades to appear. Rush starts for Mammoth Florida Jackpot Jacksonville Fla. A from Yulee to Miami Florida lotto players lined up monday to buy tickets for saturdays estimated $88 million Jackpot dreaming what they might do if they won that Bonanza. A the first thing id probably do is go to lunch a in Hawaii Quot said John Crowley a Tampa accountant who bought 18 lotto tickets monday. The Jackpot estimate Rose to $88 million based on sales projections for the week said Marcia Mann Florida s lottery Secretary. The huge payoff was the result of four consecutive weekends in which no one picked the six winning numbers from the Pool of 49. Ticket sales were Strong throughout the state monday with More than 8,000 a minute being sold at midday for a Chance at Florida a second largest Jackpot Ever. Casey a liquors in Yulee near the Georgia state line North of Jacksonville was bracing for the charge of Georgia residents drawn across the state line to buy tickets when the Jackpot total swells. A on saturday you wont even be Able to get in Here a said Carolyn Crews a Ca Seyss employee. A a it a a Little bit busier than it normally is. It will be booming by the end of the week a said Billy Slayton manager of lot of snacks on interstate 10 outside Pensacola near the Alabama Florida state line. Lot o snacks one of the busiest lotto outlets in the state attracting players from Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and Texas had sold 10,000 tickets during the first three hours of business monday. The largest Florida lotto Jackpot Ever was $106.5 million which six winners split in september 1990. Or. Irvin Sopher one of the scientists probing Huey Long a death Points to an a Ray showing or. Carl Austin Weiss Arm hone was  opened for clues to Long slaying Baton Rouge la. A the dirt encrusted Tomb of the Man listed in the history books As the Assassin of Huey p. Long was opened in an Effort to Settle questions about the shooting of the populist politician a half Century ago. The history books say or. Carl Austin Weiss 29, shot Long in a corridor of the state Capitol on sept. 8, 1935. Long a bodyguards promptly killed Weiss with a Volley of bullets. Weiss grave was opened sunday to investigate claims by some that Long a own overeager bodyguards were his real killers. A we Are using scientific evidence to corroborate or not what the eyewitnesses had to say a said James e. Starrs a forensic scientist at George Washington University in Washington. Long Louisiana a governor from 1928 to 1931, was a . Senator when he died at age 42. A rival of Franklin d. Roosevelt Long known As the a Kingfish a espoused a a share the wealth philosophy. Historians have suggested that Weiss went to the Capitol to confront Long about a dispute Between the senator and Weiss inlays. Starrs wants to examine Weiss hands in Light of witness reports that Weiss struck Long that Day. Most of Pennsylvania s abortion Law upheld Puii Asci dui a / a a a f i i a. A Philadelphia apr a Federal appeals court monday upheld most of Pennsylvania a strict abortion Law striking Down a lower court ruling that said it unduly burdens women who want to terminate a pregnancy. Pennsylvania s Law requires women to wait 24 hours after they provide informed consent to an abortion. It also requires doctors to advise women of potential medical dangers of abortion and of the alternatives available. Minors May not obtain abortions unless their parents Are present to hear information about alternatives and agree with the decision the three judge panel of the 3rd . Circuit court of appeals cited a . Supreme court opinion by Justice Sandra Day o Connor. A she has consistently stated that she would subject an abortion regulation to strict scrutiny review Only if the regulation a unduly burdens a woman a Freedom to decide whether to terminate her  Judee Walter Stapleton wrote. The Law also had required a woman to notify her spouse before getting an abortion. But the appeals court with judge Samuel a. Alito or. Dissenting overturned that provision As unconstitutional. Planned parenthood of Pennsylvania and several women s clinics had challenged the Laws constitutionality m . District court. That court said the 14th amendment barred sections of the Law dealing with informed consent parental consent reporting requirements and Public disclosure of clinical reports. . District judge Daniel h. Huyett issued an injunction preventing those parts of the Law from taking effect