European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 30, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5things go bump in the night at historic hotel Cimarron . A Birds drop dead things vanish the Deadbolt snaps shut on the front door glassware floats and Pat Loree says she was knocked to her Knees by the a a presence in room 18.it does no to take a seer to see Why halloween a a Busy time at the St. James hotel. Twenty six people died violently there in the late 1880s a including five people in one Day according to local legend. Bullet holes pock the dining room ceiling. Records show that gunfights claimed the most victims although there were a few stabbings too. The hallway upstairs is lined with the pictures and names of famous wild West figures who stayed at the St. James including Billy the kid Pat Garrett Bat Masterson Tom a Black Jack Ketchum Doc Holliday and Buffalo Bill Cody. Loree a former co owner no longer works Here. But one night in 1986, she said she showed room 18 to or. Kenneth Wright of Fresno Calif., where they encountered a not so Friendly ghost. A swirling a that a too gentle. He was raging a Wright a gynaecologist said by Telephone from Fresno. A it came Down at me and passed me on my right and i Felt like i was being struck at a Loree said. A i indeed fell to my Knees. I got Back up and at that Point it came Back at me and knocked me Back to my Knees and went up to the Corner of the room and continued  room 18, closed to the Public is hardly bigger than a walk in closet. It holds a Dusty Oak bed Frame without a mattress. Dozens of dead flies Are scattered on a window Sill. A a we be never had anybody sleep in Here a not with the things that Are going on a owner manager de Sitzberger said. He keeps talking Birds in the lobby of the 120-year-old hotel and 15 smaller Birds in a Coffee shop aviary. He said two Birds dropped dead after he showed room 18 to five people in 1987. Chefs and bartenders report that food and crockery disappear from under their noses and glassware floats and shatters. The most recent incident occurred last month As three people came to the front door. The first two got in then the Deadbolt snapped shut in front of the third Sitzberger said. Despite its lurid history the St. James remains an elegant territorial style Adobe landmark in this rustic Northern new Mexico Village. Is. James owner de Sitzberger is reflected in spooky room i8s Dresser  puts Pennsylvania candidates in dead heat Pittsburgh apr a new poll showed Senate candidates Dick Thornburgh and Harris Wofford Are virtually neck and neck monday with one week remaining in the Campaign. The results represent what one political analyst called a a mind boggling erosion of support for Thornburgh a former two term governor and . Attorney general. The Pennsylvania poll sponsored by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and Tae to in Pittsburgh showed 45 percent of registered voters polled during the weekend favored Thornburgh while 44 percent backed Wofford in the nov. 5 special election. The other 11 percent were undecided. Among Likely voters 47 percent favored Wofford 43 percent were for Thornburgh and 10 percent were undecided. The Survey was based on Telephone interviews with 738 Pennsylvania residents. The margin of error for the All voters Sample is plus or minus 4 percentage Points. The margin for the Likely to vote Sample a 383 of those surveyed a is plus or minus 5 percentage Points. Because both sets of numbers arc within the margin of error the undecided voters appear to hold the key to Victory for either candidate. The results represent a substantial shift toward Wofford a former aide to president Kennedy who is making his first bid for elective office. Two months ago informal polls by both campaigns showed the Democrat More than 30 Points behind Thornburgh. An earlier Pennsylvania poll in late september showed Thornburgh with a 50-38 advantage. In the stars and stripes10 year Sago oct. 30,1981 a the los Angeles dodgers won their first world series since 1965 with a 9-2 Romp Over the new York Yankees. In defeating the Yankees the dodgers became Only the second team to win four games in a Row after losing the first two.20 years ago oct. 30,1971 a after communist China was voted into the United nations acting foreign minister Chi Peng Fei told . Secretary general u Thant that peking would Send a delegation to the current session of the general assembly.30 years ago oct. 30,1961 a the Kennedy administration announced prospects for what it termed a non inflationary budget deficit of $6.9 billion. The deficit would be the second largest in peacetime. The largest was $12.5 billion in 1959.40 years ago oct. 30,1951 a the British military reported More Quot intimidation attacks by egyptians under British employment and a growing anti British labor Boycott in the Suez canal zone. Also one egyptian woman was killed and her Driver wounded in the area sealed off by the British after Egypt denounced a treaty in an attempt to expel British troops. Etc goes after food product firms accused of misleading health claims Washington a the Federal Trade commission said monday that an Olive Oil distributor has agreed to Stop advertising its products supposed benefits for the heart. But a judge May have to Settle a Case involving a Frozen foods manufacturer s Low sodium claims. Pompeian inc., of Baltimore md., the nations third largest Olive Oil marketeer agreed to Stop television and Magazine ads that Tell Consumers the Oil had greater cholesterol lowering properties than other vegetable oils the Etc said. The Agency reached a similar Accord in september with Bertolli .a., the nations largest Olive Oil distributor. However the Etc did not reach Suchan agreement with Stouffer foods corp., of Solon Ohio Over allegedly deceptive claims regarding the sodium Content of its lean cuisine Frozen entrees. The Agency said a lean cuisine Magazine advertisement misled readers into thinking the product is Low in sodium. The and said a of All the things we make we make sense there Are some things we skimp on calories. Fat. Sodium. With less than 300 calories controlled fat and always less than 1 Gram of sodium per entree we make Good sense taste  a Fine print footnote states a fall lean cuisine entrees have been reformulated to contain less than 1 Gram 1,000 milligrams of  the Etc said the common measurement for sodium is milligrams and use of the word Gram in the advertisements Large Type made it sound As if i Gram of sodium was a Low amount when in fact it is not. Stouffer a spokeswoman Roz of Hearn said the and is no longer being used since All lean cuisine entrees Are now made with no More than 6 h milligrams of sodium. But she could not explain Why a consent agreement was not reached. Her company issued a statement saying it was a unfortunate that the i c has issued a complaint stemming from one of our past and campaigns that ended Long before this complaint was  the fic said the Case will go to an administrative Law judge for a hearing. Of Hearn said the company wants to resolve the matter. Bungee jumper Dies in leap from balloon Perris Calif. A a bungee jumping instructor was killed in a leap from a hot air balloon in what was believed to be the first . Death from the thrill sport. Hal Mark Irish 29, of Miranda fell More than 60 feet to his death sunday after becoming detached from his bungee Cord in a demonstration in this town 55 Miles Southeast of los Angeles. The North american bungee association a Trade group for the growing sport that started five years ago in new zealand said the death was the first in this country. Bungee jumpers attach themselves to an elastic Cord and leap from Heights plunging head first and then bouncing Back up As the Cord recoils. Enthusiasts say the jumps Are Safe with proper equipment and training. Irish worked for the ultimate jump co. In la its Angeles said a Man who identified himself Only As the firms owner. Irish had been bungee jumping for about six months making some 20 leaps the Man said. On sunday Irish was demonstrating a jump from a balloon hovering Over a dirt Road. Dolice said. Irish leapt from the balloon. The bungee Cord extended normally but As he bounced Hack up Irish came of the Cord Riverside county Deputy Coroner Rick Diaz said. Irish died an hour later of multiple injuries. It was t immediately known How Irish attached the bungee cords to himself. However literature published by the ultimate jump co., said jumpers usually Wear a seat and a Chest harness to attach themselves to four bungee cords. Deaths also have been reported in new zealand and on saturday in South Africa where a teen age girl was killed