European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 19, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7ex-aircraft workers dispute Earhart find san Francisco a two former Lockheed employees who worked on Amelia Earhart a plane said tuesday that a piece of a fuselage found on a Remote South Pacific atoll could not have come from the lost aviators Lockheed Electra. A former airline Pilot who has spent 20 years studying Earhart a last flight agreed. Richard Gillespie executive director of the International group for historic aircraft recovery claimed monday to have solved the mystery of Earhart a disappearance in 1937 on a flight around the world. He said a search team found the fuselage fragment parts of a woman a shoe in Earhart a size and a Medicine bottle Cap on Nikuma Roro which was called Gardner Island in 1937. But de Werner of Santa Cruz who was an assistant Foreman at Lockheed said he compared the dimensions and shape of the piece of aluminium with a duplicate of Earhart a plane at the Western aerospace museum in Oakland. A it did no to fit anywhere on the plane a said Werner 82. A not on the belly where repairs had been made. Not  Gillespie said the items he found prove Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan made a navigational error landed on the Island and died there probably from thirst. Earhart took off from Oakland 55 years ago tuesday in an attempt to become the first woman to Fly around the world. The air plane crashed while taking off in Hawaii and was sent Back to Lockheed for repairs. Two months later the pair took off from Oakland again but this time headed eastward. They disappeared before making it All the Way Back. A plastic template of the 19-by-23-Inch piece of aircraft aluminium was made from information supplied by Gillespie and was compared against the museums duplicate Craft. A that fragment did not come from Amelia Earhart Sailplane or any other Lockheed Electra aircraft Quot said Elgen Long a retired san Mateo airline Pilot who has spent 20 years investigating Earhart a last flight. Werner and other structural experts who checked the Oakland plane said the rivet pattern on the Electra differed from that of the remnant Gillespie a group found. A the rivet holes on the Earhart plane were 3 inches apart but the ones on the other piece were 4 inches apart a he said. Gillespie dismissed Werner a claims saying the pattern could have been changed when repairs were made after the Hawaii crash. But that was contradicted by Harvey Christen 81, of Pasadena who was in charge of Quality control for Lockheed when Earhart a Electra was repaired. A the repairs would have to match the engineering drawings a he said. Quot you  make any changes without Faa  Long contends Earhart crashed some 23 Miles Northwest of Howland Island a 420 Miles Northeast of Nikuma Roro or Gardner a after she ran out of fuel. Bob Kost Clucky rests in a Hospital in Fargo ., with his wife Tamie after the flu left him a quadruple  patient awakens As amputee Fargo  A a 34-year-old Man who became ill with the flu drifted off to sleep with a High fever. A week later he awoke from sedation and surgery to find his arms and legs had been amputated. A i remember being pretty sick that morning that i woke up a said Bob Kostelecky a ceiling installer from West Fargo. He got the flu dec. 27, and was hospitalized three Days later. He remembered the doctors alarm and the words a a we be got a problem  it turned out to be one problem after another influenza double pneumonia infection respiratory distress collapsed blood vessels gangrene and collapsed lungs. At one Point Kostelecky a 176-Pound Frame swelled with fluids by 100 pounds. On Jan. 5, damaged tissue forced surgeons to remove his arms below his elbows and his legs below his Knees. A what he had were All the complications from being badly infected a said or. Richard Wacksman medical director of the intensive care unit at St. Luke a hospitals. A the just had the worst Case of All those  doctors tried to Tell a sedated Kostelecky about the amputations but were never sure he fully comprehended. A apparently he did no to realize his legs were missing until he asked for his Robe and slippers so he could see his daughter a Wacksman said. A we thought head realized  Kostelecky and his wife Tamie have a 20-month-old  makers to pay damages new York apr More than 90 former Asbestos makers have agreed to pay $350 million to More than 2,000 plaintiffs to Settle Asbestos related personal injury suits. A report on the agreement was filed monday in . District court in Brooklyn by Kenneth r. Feinberg a special attorney appointed to oversee the settlement of Many of the cases. Most of the cases involved workers at the Brooklyn Navy Yards or new York area Power plants who came into Contact with the material. The material was widely used As insulation until it was discovered to cause respiratory illness and cancer. The settlements worked out Over five months will help Clear the nations crowded courts of the mass personal injury suits. The amounts paid to each defendant will not be made Public and Are based on a variety of factors including the seriousness of the individual injuries. The Wall Street journal on tuesday quoted people familiar with the settlements As saying that about half the Money will be paid by . Grace and co., Owens Corning fiberglas corp., Owens Illinois inc., Pittsburgh Corning corp., fibreboard corp. And . Mineral co., As Well As a group of 18 companies known As Center for claims Resolution. The group includes Gay corp., National Gypsum co. And . Gypsum  line up to claim debts against Haley estate from wire reports Knoxville Tenn. A a longtime Friend of roots author Alex Haley three Banks a engineering firm and a funeral Home have filed claims totalling $238,143 against his estate. Haley died feb. 10 in Seattle of a heart attack. Creditors have six months from March 2 to file claims against his estate in Knox county probate court. A i would anticipate the debt is massive but the assets Are massive also a said Haleys son William. A a we re an honorable family. If my father has debts we will do what we can to dispose of  socks own lawyer Tampa Fla. A a Man facing 8-year-old robbery charges asked that his trial be delayed. When the judge refused the Man decked his Public defender. A the just turned around with his left and gave him a Good uppercut a court clerk Wanda Owens said of the attack monday that left attorney Gary Welch with a Cut Chin swollen nose and sore jaw. After the outburst the trial was delayed and James demons was returned to the Hillsborough county jail in shackles. In addition to the robbery charges authorities said he now faces seven new counts including Battery and resisting  hit by car Dies Waynesburg a. A woman who walked away unharmed after her car overturned was fatally injured minutes later when a Junior firefighter on his Way to the Accident lost control of his car. Evelyn Houser 70, was driving along a snowy state Highway saturday night near Waynesburg 30 Miles South of Pittsburgh when her car struck an embankment overturned and Slid to a Stop authorities said. Minutes later As she stood near a Guardrail while state police investigated the Accident she was hit by a car driven by Randy k. Hunter jr., 16, a Junior firefighter with the enter township fire co. Houser died hours later at a Hospital in Morgantown . Hydraulics ground Airliner Miami a a Northwest airlines jetliner flying from fort Lauderdale ida., to Detroit diverted to Miami International Airport on tuesday when it developed Hydraulic problems but the plane landed safely on a backup system. The Boeing 727 with 146 passengers aboard landed and taxied to the Gate without incident. A it was flight 241. The pilots diverted to Miami with a Hydraulic pump failure a said spokesman Doug Miller of Northwest. A what they did was switch to a backup Hydraulic system and As a precaution diverted to Miami. There was no flight disruption and the plane made a Normal Landing. A a that a Why we have backup systems a he said