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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, May 5, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes tuesday May 5, 1992 Brush fire forces shutdown of new Jersey nuclear Plant Lacey township . A a Brush fire blackened 5,000 acres forcing the closure of a nuclear Power Plant and evacuation of a senior citizens development before it was contained sunday. Tom Tansley a state fire Warden said the Blaze began in a dry wooded area and quickly spread across the Garden state Parkway toward the Oyster Creek nuclear generating station. More than 10 Miles of the Parkway were closed and the nearby pheasant run senior citizens development was evacuated Tansley said. Firefighters surrounded the Blaze late sunday and the Highway was reopened. Later a Section of the northbound Side was closed again because of downed Power lines. Oyster Creek spokesman Keith Bromery said the Plant Wasny to endangered because the flames did no Tad Anchorage Alaska apr a Marine mammal Volunteer said sunday that she a working to save a Harbor Seal Pup taken from the womb of a Mother Seal killed by Hunters on Kodiak Island. Marian Beck of halibut Cove 125 Miles Southwest of Anchorage has spent 15 years saving abandoned and injured seals including several during the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil spill. A it does no to have an immune system a she said of the latest Pup. A a in a trying to get it through the first week without  Beck said she wont know for about a week whether Vance past its 100-Yard-wide water intake canal. Almost 200 residents of pheasant run gathered at the recreation Center of a nearby Church. Residents who needed medication that they left in their Homes were taken to a Hospital. Hundreds of firefighters from the state Forest service and 26 local companies battled the Blaze he said. The cause Wasny to immediately known Tansley said. Elsewhere in the Region about 50 Miles East of Philadelphia 10 Brush fires burned sunday in a four county area. A 1,000-acre fire in Woodland township destroyed a House and trailer. At fort Dix five fire companies battled several fires that blackened at least 1,000 acres of firing Range training areas. There were no injuries and no buildings were endangered said army sgt. Brant Webb. The female Pup will survive. The pups Mother was killed wednesday by native Hunters who notified authorities when they found the Pup. Beck said she was spending two to three hours a Day with the Seal feeding it Pedia Lyte a dehydration formula from a Large syringe. Her goal is to give it enough food to grow and keep it from becoming dehydrated she said. After about a month Shell turn it Loose. A i just wean them and throw them overboard a she  aftershock shakes s. California desert from wire reports desert hot Springs Calif. A Small aftershock to a big earthquake last month Shook the Southern California desert sunday but no injuries or damage were reported. The quake struck at 6 16 . And registered 3.6 on the Richter scale said Doug Smith spokesman for the seismology lab at California Institute of technology in Pasadena. A it was not real big but enough to scare us a said Linda Drott a clerk at the san Bernardino county sheriffs departments Joshua tree station. The quake was entered 8 Miles Southeast of desert hot Springs about 110 Miles East of los Angeles. It was among the hundreds of aftershocks of the magnitude-6.1 quake that hit april 22. That quake caused Only scattered damage and a few minor injuries to the sparsely populated  seen in Texas Brownsville Texas health officials concerned about the discovery of two cholera cases within one week Are urging impoverished residents without sanitation along the  Border to prevent an outbreak by boiling their drinking water. The two cases treated in Brownsville were apparently brought into the United states from Mexico officials said and they Don t fear a serious outbreak because of sanitation systems required in most . Cities. But health officials Are worried about certain segments of the population. A there Are pockets along the Border that might be a More risky situation a said Beverly Ray a nurse epidemiologist with the Texas department of health in Austin. Ray referred to the so called Colonias a Small communities of shacks where thousands of xxx it a people live along the mexican Border from Texas to California. Most Colonias done to have proper water or Wastewater  crash kills three Odessa Fla. A a twin engine air plane crashed shortly after Takeoff from the Tampa Bay executive Airport on sunday killing All three people aboard the sheriffs department said. The plane went Down in a wooded area about a half mile West of the Airport said sheriffs spokesman Jon Powers. A ground personnel reported hearing a pop and the plane plunged into Cypress Trees West of the Airport a he said. A Man a woman and a girl were killed Powers said. Further identification of the victims was not immediately  s Ozal recovering Houston a turkeys president Turgut Ozal was in Good condition and Able to take a Short walk sunday a Day after having surgery to remove his prostate gland a Hospital spokesman said. Ozal 64, was expected to stay about a week at methodist Hospital where saturdays surgery was performed. A the was up walking around the Halls a Hospital spokesman Russell Johnson said sunday. A malignant tumor was found in Ozalis prostate gland during tests april 22 at  Dies at 90 new York a Alfred Gross a builder of More than 25,000 housing units in new York City and the Southeast died on saturday at mount Sinai Hospital in new York. He was 90 and lived in Palm Beach Fla., and Manhattan. He died of natural causes said his son Peter. After world War ii Gross forged a sizable reputation As a builder of Large scale developments and Low Cost family Homes a Many of them for returning veterans. Among his most Well known projects were Glen Oaks Village and Windsor Parks in Queens and Cannon Point North and South in Manhattan. Gross was born in Queens and attended City College of new York before joining his fathers construction business in 1921. Welsh hero tracked in Kentucky Louisville Tkv. A Here a a rare bit of Welsh lore hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus squinted Westward a Welsh Prince sailed across the Atlantic and up the Ohio River and settled near what is now Louisville. Plenty of people in Wales and some in this country believe the legend of Prince Madoc is True. Now its getting a contemporary exploration from a Welsh filmmaker making a documentary for european audiences. A a there san amazing interest in the legend Here probably As much As in Wales a Russell Isaac the director said in a recent interview. A the Story has the same sort of concept As King Arthur also a romantic historical  storytellers say Madoc pronounced May Dok and spelled Madoc in Welsh left Wales around 1170 and sailed to the Gulf of Mexico. Making his Way North on the Alabama and Ohio Rivers he supposedly built fortresses at strategic Points along the Way. When the party reached what is now Louisville and nearby Charlestown ind., the Story goes the group settled 14 Miles North of today a Louisville at a Rocky strip jutting out into the Ohio now known As the devils Backbone. Isaac and his Crew followed the legend from its origins in Wales and arrived last week in Kentucky to shoot film in and around Louisville and Charlestown. Although Madoc is the subject of research and books in this country no evidence exists that he was Here. Isaac does no to mind. A a there a no evidence whatsoever but whether you think its a joke or you re a fervent believer its a Good Story a he said. Also according to the legend Madoc and his descendants lived peacefully Here among the indigenous peo ele until a Battle at the Falls of the Ohio wiped out the Lue eyed progeny of american indians and europeans. The site a Small Waterfall on the River is where Louisville was established. A Harbor Seal Pup is bottle fed by Marian Beck a Volunteer who nurses injured seals Back to health in Alaska. Volunteer helps orphan Seal  
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