European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a the stars and stripes sunday March 22, 1992 firefighters examine the body of a woman who died of an apparent heart attack during a 94-vehicle pileup on Friday. Massive pileup causes chaos on foggy California interstate san Bernardino Calif. A big Rig trucks cars and a school bus slammed into one another in a 94-vehicle crash on a fog bound Mountain interstate on Friday. One person died and 46 were injured 11 critically. It was the second major Highway pileup in California in four months that was blamed on poor visibility. Fridays Chain reaction crashes occurred in the southbound lanes of interstate 15 near the top of 4,190-foot Cajon pass Between the san Bernardino and san Gabriel mountains. Visibility was 20 feet at the time California Highway patrol dispatcher Antonio Gonzalez said. A mile Long stretch of freeway was littered with mangled cars and Jackknife rigs. Crumpled automobiles were wedged beneath trailers and spun out cars were scattered along the median. Among motorists caught was Ray Cude of Barstow who said he tried to avoid hitting a Jackknife big Rig truck and was slammed from behind. A we could hear them hitting from behind us a said Cude who was uninjured. A just bang bang bang More than half the vehicles were tractor trailers said Bill Peters spokesman for the san Bernardino county fire department. The school bus caught in the pileup was carrying 65 sixth graders and adults from Puesta Del sol elementary school in the desert town of Victorville. None was seriously Hurt. They were on a Field trip to an Airport Olympia Wash. Up a saying he was sending a warning to the record Industry gov. Booth Gardner signed into Law on Friday a Bill making it illegal to sell sexually explicit Rock music to teen agers. The Quot erotic music Bill Quot was passed by overwhelming margins and with Little debate or attention in the state House and Senate. But it prompted a nationwide outpouring of opposition after it landed on Gardner a desk two weeks ago. The Cable music television network broadcast the governors fax number in a Campaign against the Bill. The flood of messages a burned out Quot one fax machine and Gardner a staff logged nearly 4,000 letters faxes and phone Calls in opposition. But Gardner a Liberal Democrat who was not expected to sign the Bill said he did so to Quot Send a Subtle warning to the record Industry parts of which he asserted were Quot out of Gardner also said the Bill said Peter Chavis a school spokesman. The yellow bus was sandwiched Between two trucks and a big Rig had sideswiped it shredding open the Drivers area. A we hit this thing and i saw the window go in a said sixth grader Jason Zamudio 12. A the bus Driver fell Down and then we got hit in Tom Baird 61, a hotel manager from Bakersfield whose car slammed into a car stopped in the Middle of the foggy Road said a it was absolute after his crash Baird said accidents occurring behind him sounded like explosions. A we sat there thanking god we weren to dead a he said. A rigs were piled into rigs and cars were piled into patrol spokesman John Savage said 94 vehicles were involved. The southbound lanes were closed for Ivi hours. One woman died in her car from an apparent heart attack. Savage said. Henri Brachais a san Bernardino county fire battalion chief said 46 people were taken to hospitals. The crash was reminiscent of the Chain reaction crashes involving 164 vehicles that killed 17 people during a dust storm on interstate 5 in the san Joaquin Valley on the Day after thanksgiving. Fridays accidents happened near a series of Steep downhill curves on the major route Between Southern California and Las vegas Gonzalez said. The pass is about 50 Miles Northeast of downtown los Angeles. A gives parents some needed assistance in controlling what their kids listen to. The Bill makes it a crime for record stores to sell minors any music that is found by the courts to be a patently offensive Quot and a utterly without redeeming social supporters said they were taking direct at controversial musicians such As the rap groups 2 live Crew . And too Short. The lyrics of these rappers Are often laced with obscenities and Many have protested some passages As demeaning to women. The Everett Wash., Mother who single hand edly instigated the Bill was overjoyed by the governors action. A a in a so Happy a said Karen Leslie. A the kids just hate my guts now but i want people to know that one person can make a difference. It Means so much to me because its no different Between this and the dirty show leads to arrest of 9-year Florida fugitive from wire reports los Angeles a a Florida fugitive who managed to elude authorities for nine years was nabbed Friday after someone recognized him from a broadcast of the syndicated television show America s most wanted officials said. Carmine Esposito 45, was arrested without incident about 4 15 . As he ate at the new York pizza parlor in West los Angeles. Federal authorities had staked out the location Ever since someone recognized Esposito As a regular at the eatery and reported it. A Federal warrant was issued for Esposito a arrest in september 1983. It charged him with unlawful interstate flight to avoid prosecution for attempting to burglarized a Bank and Bond default among other countdown begins Cape canaveral Fla. Nasa began the countdown Friday for this years second space shuttle flight an atmospheric research Mission by Atlantis. The countdown clocks started ticking at noon. Liftoff is scheduled for 8 01 . bites the dust Plant City Fla. A trappers have hauled off an 8-foot Alligator from a Lake behind the Center Field Fence at the Cincinnati reds training Complex. The animal a called a a Al by reds players and a nuisance by wildlife officials a was ordered destroyed said it. Rip Stalvey spokesman for the Florida game and fresh water fish commission. Florida citing concern for human safety issued a permit last week for its capture and Slaughter by a professional Alligator trapper Stalvey toss snowballs new York a a City bus that skidded to a Stop in the Bronx on Friday when a snowball smashed its front window was rear ended by another bus injuring both Drivers and nearly two dozen passengers. The crash occurred at 1 18 . As the two buses were passing in front of Dewitt Clinton High school said fire department spokesman Jerry Sanford. The snowball possibly containing a Rock smashed the Windshield of the first bus he Leader getting care Decatur a. A civil rights activist Hosea Williams was released Friday from jail to begin alcohol treatment As part of his sentence for a hit and run traffic Accident. Williams 66, completed his 30-Day term earlier this month but Superior court judge Robert Mallis ordered him to remain until he was ready to begin the 60-Day treatment program. He stayed an extra week trying to raise Money to go to a clinic in California but the clinic did no to have an immediate opening. Williams who marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King or. In the 1960s, was released to enter the psychiatric Institute of panel formed Washington a the United states and Russia a in a spirit of Friendship a have formed a joint commission to investigate unresolved cases of prisoners of War and missing in action dating Back to world War ii the White House announced Friday. The commission will hold its first meeting thursday through saturday in Moscow. The chairman of the . Delegation will be former ambassador to the soviet Union Malcolm Toon. Washington state bans Sale of erotic music to teen agers
