European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday May 20, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 3 climbers stranded on mount Mckinley rescued by copter during break in storm \ a a Beaufort see a a l my my ploy o Alaska a 1 o \ Talkeetna Anchorage a i Quot gut Lotman 200 pm Pacific Ocean a Talkeetna a Laska a the storm that stranded three climbers on North americans highest Peak without food fuel or water for a week broke Long enough for a helicopter to get in and Pluck them off. One of the climbers was suffering from Altitude sickness and frostbite and the others had various ailments but All were in Good spirits when examined monday night at an Anchorage Hospital nurses said. The climbers who Are from South Korea were caught by an unusually severe Spring snowstorm that began buffeting 20,320-foot mount Mckinley on May 12. They took Refuge in a Snow Cave More than 17.000 feet up but had neither food nor fuel to melt Snow. A helicopter tried to Rescue them sunday but was blown Back by 60 to 70 Mph winds. Finally late monday afternoon Pilot Bill Ramsey and Ranger . Swed spotted a break in the wind and Clouds and set Down near the climbers. A they tried to mob the ship. He pulled off again and was Able to communicate a just one a a swed said. Ramsey took the climbers one by one to a Camp at 14.000 feet. There was an hours delay Between the second and third pickup As Clouds moved in and out and the weather deteriorated after the Rescue swed said. A if you have the right tools and the right people you can pull these things off a he said. From the Camp other helicopters took the climbers to Anchorage about 130 Miles to the Southwest. Expedition Leader Kang Hyan Doo 26, was treated for Frostbitten hands and feet. Kim Jae Chul 25, was dehydrated and Jun Bong Jyoo 28, had abdominal pains the Hospital said. Earlier in the Day a fourth to two climbers walk toward a Rescue helicopter on mount Mckinley after spending six Days without food water or fuel. A Rean climber seriously injured in a 60-foot fall into a Crevasse also was flown off the Mountain. Dong Choon Seo 27, was listed in stable condition monday at an Anchorage Hospital. He was treated for a hip fracture and Frostbitten feet. Two other climbers in his party were uninjured and Safe. A Swiss climber died sunday of sudden respiratory distress and two italians were found dead Friday after apparently falling or getting caught in an Avalanche. They were the first deaths on Mckinley since 1990. About 430 climbers were on mount Mckinley during the weekend. An average of 1,000 people attempt the climb each year during a climbing season that lasts from april to july. About half reach the top. A a it a the busiest Rescue period in the history of mount Mckinley a swed said. Congressman pleads innocent to taking bribes Philadelphia a . Rep. Joseph m. Mcdade pleaded not guilty monday to charges of Selling his influence to military contractors and lobbyists in Exchange for thousands of dollars in Campaign contributions and gifts. After the arraignment the Republican called it a an important Day in my life but under the circumstances id rather not have been in a five count Federal indictment charges Mcdade with conspiracy racketeering and accepting bribes. A i am innocent. I plead not guilt a he told . District judge Robert Gawthrop Iii. The indictment alleges that Mcdade said his influence for about $100,000 in Campaign contributions and such gifts As $7,500 for his songs tuition at i George town University in Washington . Mcdade 60, has represented the Scranton area in northeastern Pennsylvania for 30 years and is unopposed for a 16th term. He will remain free pending a trial. Mcdade a we Are Here with our head held High unfairly prosecuted and innocent of the charges. There is an excessive vendetta to get me a he said outside the courtroom. Gawthrop wanted to Start the trial july 14, but prosecutors and my Dadci a lawyers supported a delay. A the government has worked on this for Over 40 months and has amassed a mass of information and we need to review it a said one of Mcdade a lawyers Sal Cognetti or. Assistant . Attorney James Eisenhower said the government would file a motion to delay the trial by at least 90 Days to allow the defense time to review some of the evidence. Gawthorp set june 10 for a hearing on the motions. Another lawyer for Mcdade abbe Lowell said . Attorney Michael Bayl son whose office is prosecuting the Case might have a conflict of interest because he was Campaign treasurer for sen. Arlen Specter r-pa., six years ago when Specter received contributions from people the government now alleges gave Brines to Mcdade. In a statement when the indictment was filed May 5, Baylson said a if congressman Mcdade makes these allegations in motions filed with the court we will make a full and detailed response at that Strong aftershock shakes area of California quake by the los Angeles times Pasadena Calif. A a Strong aftershock struck the desert hot Springs area on monday morning continuing what a California Institute of technology scientist called a a Rich aftershock sequence that has followed a main earthquake nearly four weeks ago. Felt strongly in Palm Springs mildly in parts of los Angeles and As far away As Catalina Island the 8 44 . Shaker registered 4.8 on the Richter scale a As powerful As any aftershock of the april 22 temblor. That quake registered 6.1 on the Richter scale. No new damage or injuries were reported. Cal tech seismologist Egil Hacks son said that through monday about 4,000 aftershocks had been reported from the original earthquake on an unnamed fault in the Little san Bernar Dino mountains nine Miles East of desert hot Springs. The town is 115 Miles East of los Angeles. Of these aftershocks 15 have been magnitude 4.0 or stronger and 128 have been 3.0 or stronger. Quakes Are called aftershocks when they occur at or near the site of Large quakes. Although As time passes they usually occur less frequently and with less average intensity they May continue for years. Mondays was about a mile from the original epicentre. Although the . Geological Survey and the California office of emergency services had issued an advisory warning of an imminent possibly larger earthquake on the nearby san Andreas fault after the main Shock last month Hacks son said the Chance of such an earthquake is now no greater than would be Normal at any time. Chemotherapy May halt future attacks of cancer by Daniel q. Haney the associated press san Diego a giving women chemotherapy for Early breast cancer May protect them from getting entirely new kinds of cancer Many years later according to a study just released. The study conducted in Sweden and made Public monday found a significant reduction in the development of a variety of new tutors especially cervical cancer after drug treatment for breast cancer. Researchers theorized that the cancer killing drugs May be out minuscule clumps of tumor cells throughout the body Long before they can be found. A adjuvant chemotherapy May protect against the development of new primary cancers at least in the first 10 years after treatment said or. Rodrigo Arria Gada of Gustave Roussy Institute in Vil Lej if France. Arriagada conducted the study with researchers from Karolinsky Hospital in Stockholm and presented his results at a meeting of the american society of clinical oncology. Or. Victor g. Vogel of . Anderson cancer Center in Houston said a one could hypothesize that there arc emerging tutors that if exposed to chemotherapy could be interrupted at an Early in the swedish study doctors compared 1,113 women with breast tutors that were More than 3 centimetres in size but had not spread. T hey received either a three drug combination of chemotherapy or radiation treatment for their Early stage breast cancer. After 10 years of follow up 1 percent of the chemotherapy patients had developed new cancers unrelated to their breast cancer compared with 6 percent in the radiation group
