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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday november 18,1991 its Only a movie a Cut up Boeing 727 is placed Over an old Bridge in stars Dustin Hoffman and Geena Davis. Hoffman por Piru calif., on Friday for a Columbia pictures product trays a Man who drives to the scene of a nighttime air Tion. The site is being used for the film hero which plane crash and helps in the Rescue Effort. Inmate s to death raises fears of health crisis in . Prisons the new York times new York a another new York state prison inmate suffering from a new Strain of drug resistant tuberculosis died at a Hospital in Syracuse on saturday officials announced. They also told of fresh evidence that the new Strain has spread to widely separated Points in the prison system. The deaths brought to 13 the number of state Jason inmates along with one guard who have died from a rare Strain of the disease. Health and correction officials have called the outbreak the most alarming medical development in state prisons since aids was discovered a decade ago. Correction officials also received More bad news about the disease Friday when Federal health officials confirmed that a single new Strain of drug resistant to was responsible for All the deaths even though eight victims died in new York City and six others died upstate. This Means the new Strain of the disease was apparently spread by inmates Between at least two widely separated Points in the correctional system officials said. The disease May also have been transmitted through the Transfer of infected inmates to other units of the 68-prison system. A it s the worst Case scenario a said James Flateau a spokesman for the state department of correctional services. A it Means that the Strain has moved through the system. It Means it was carried and we believe by inmates Between the two facilities. And it May be at  word that a single Type of bacteria was responsible for All the deaths came from the Federal centers for disease control in Atlanta where samples were sent for analysis More than two weeks ago Flateau said. \ to combat the outbreak Thomas a. Coughlin Iii it commissioner of correctional services announced Friday that the state health department had provided a sweeping plan to identify isolate and treat victims of to in the prison system. Mandatory to tests for All inmates and employees of the prison system will begin this week in an Effort to control the new Strain Flateau said. A a we re going to Blitz the system a he added. Disturbing jump in cocaine use seen by the Washington Post Washington Federal health officials will report shortly that the number of cocaine related visits to Hospital emergency rooms has risen for the first time in More than a year sources say. The 15 percent jump in such visits recorded by the governments drug abuse warning network during the first three months of this year May indicate a resurgence of the nations hard Core cocaine problems. A this is a disturbing trend. Its a real jump a said Adele Harrell senior research analyst at the Urban Institute who specializes in drug abuse trends. White House drug advisers have used the Dawn figures As one of their principal yardsticks in measuring the nations Progress against drug abuse. When declines in cocaine emergencies were first re sorted last year Secretary of health and human services Ouis w. Sullivan hailed the results As showing a significant headway in the War against drug use a theme that has been repeated frequently by president Bush. But the recent increase a especially if it continues a could undermine the presidents ability to make that argument during next years Campaign and give democrats new ammunition that his War on drugs has failed particularly in the inner cities. Rep. Charles b. Rangel d-., chairman of the select committee on narcotics abuse and control said the new figures belie a ridiculous Quot claims by the administration of  Michigan Victory prompts student rioting from wire reports mount pleasant Mich. A students celebrating a Central Michigan University football Victory went on a rampage overturning cars setting fires and attacking bystanders. Authorities said sunday that 35 people were arrested on charges ranging from inciting a riot to felonious assault on an officer. Authorities in mount pleasant a town of 23,000 about 120 Miles Northwest of Detroit called in reinforcements from 10 police and fire departments in the Region. The crowd overturned cars set bonfires ignited trash containers ransacked apartments and assaulted people in a Central District near the Campus City manager Paul Preston told a local radio station. The rioting grew from celebrations following Central Michigan a 27-17 win Over rival Western Michigan university.3-ton rocket lifts off White Sands missile Range . After a four Day delay a 3-ton rocket blasted into space saturday carrying experiments that could help boost the commercial space Industry. The 52-foot starfire 1 rocket jetted into a Clear morning sky after a six hour countdown. After its 15-minute flight peaking at 185 Miles above Earth researchers recovered the rockets payload in the1 missile Range 50 Miles from the launch pad. The rocket spent seven minutes in microgravity an area of Tittle Gravity on the Edge of space where nine experiments were conducted. An Experiment to see if Strong foam can be made in space appeared to have worked researchers said. The rocket s scheduled launch wednesday was delayed when batteries that powered a Furnace for a materials processing Experiment  linked to 4 deaths Cincinnati Ohio a a Man was charged in the deaths of his four children who died when he locked them in a garage while he went on an errand and the building caught fire authorities said. Edward j. Cook 46, of Cincinnati was charged saturday with four counts of involuntary manslaughter and four counts of child endangering. Killed in the Friday night Blaze were Layonda a a opher Jos son 4 and Latrina Johnson 3. Johnson 8 Christopher Johnson 6 Essie John Cook allegedly locked the children in a garage in a downtown Industrial area where he worked before leaving on an errand police  found in tight spot Brigantine . A 4-year-old girl whose disappearance sparked a massive land sea and air search was found wedged under her parents water bed police said saturday. The parents awoke Friday morning to find their daughter missing from their Home and alerted police around 8 40 . State and local police officers and volunteers combed the area coast guard units checked the Island Community a coastline and a state police helicopter packed with tracking dogs conducted Aerial searches. Two hours later officers keeping the child a distressed Mother company heard muffled cries coming from the parents bedroom. The officers found the girl stuck under the bed Frame said a police sergeant who declined to give his name. Police declined to identify the child or her parents. Couple plan dinner strictly for the Birds trouble forces Jet to land Charlotte . A Stewart and Terri David plan to serve turkeys on thanksgiving Day. But these Birds wont be cooked. They re the guests sharing the couples stuffed Squash Sweet potatoes dinner Rolls and pumpkin pie to protest Farmers treatment of the Birds said Stewart David 42, of Asheville. Critics of Turkey farming cite a number of practices they claim injure the Birds and Consumers. For example they say that the Birds beaks Are trimmed to keep them from pecking each other and that the fowl Are often raised in overcrowded buildings. 1 hey also claim that chemicals and antibiotics fed to the turkeys May threaten human health. A some people Are into saving them rather than serving them a activist Karin Yates 30, told the Charlotte observer. North Carolina is the nations top Turkey producing state. North Carolina poultry federation president de Woodhouse said processors Arentt apologizing. A your poultry people Are going to provide this thanksgiving and Christmas As we always do a wholesome nutritious food product to help feed the people in North Carolina. And around the world a he said. Omaha neb. A a United airlines Jet on a flight from los Angeles to Boston landed safely at Epply Airfield on saturday after reporting a Power loss in one of its two engines airline officials said. The Boeing 767�?Ts left engine shut Down and was restarted several times after leaving los Angeles and the Pilot decided to land in Omaha airline spokesman Andy Vassios said. The air plane carrying 143 passengers landed without incident and taxied to a Gate. Mechanics were trying to determine the cause of the problem airline spokesman Joe Hopkins said  
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