European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a the stars and stripes tuesday june 9, 1992 Helms placed on Respirator after his breathing stops Raleigh . Apr sen. Jesse Helms who underwent open heart surgery last week stopped breathing sunday and was placed on a Respirator. Doctors said he was expected to recover. Helms 70, a conservative Republican who has served 20 years in the Senate has been in intensive care since heart valve replacement and four heart bypass grafts performed wednesday. He stopped breathing shortly after 5 . Because of fluid in his respiratory tract said or. Bertram coffer head Anaesthesiologist at Rex Hospital and a Friend of the senators. An Anaesthesiologist in the room at the time used a squeeze bag to Force air into Helms lungs for about one minute until he could be put on a Respirator Hospital officials said. Coffer said Helms was be taken off the Respirator Mayaguez puerto Rico apr an american Eagle commuter plane crashed while coming in fora Landing sunday killing All five people aboard police said. The twin Turboprop Casa c-212 crashed and burst into flames in a swampy area about 300 feet from the runway of Eugenio Maria de Hostos Airport in Maya Wicz about 85 Miles Southwest of san Juan police and Airport officials said. Police spokeswoman Eunice Colon said three passengers and two Crew members were on the flight from san Juan the capital. The 19-seat Spanish built aircraft crashed at 2 45 . Ldt.2 bicyclists killed Ephratah . Apr a 24-hour bicycle race around Eulton county was cancelled sunday after two competitors were among three people killed in separate Early morning accidents. Police said a teen Ager was charged with fleeing the scene of one of the collisions. The bicyclists identified As Albert Lester of Westwood mass., and Andrew Spiller of Rochester were competing in the Bud Light 24-hour Challenge race which started around noon saturday. Both riders were struck head on by ears on Rural roads during the race. Fulton county sheriffs investigator William Jones said Lester was struck by a ear that crossed the Center line of comity Road 119 in the town of Lphr Aiah 50 Miles Northwest of Albany. Jones said the teen age Driver of the ear Ger Ald Hill of Johnstown fled the scene with a passenger after their ear overturned. A second passenger who remained behind Hills la year old brother Todd was slightly injured police said. Monday. Helms condition was downgraded from Good to fair but doctors expected a full recovery. A this family has visited with him several times during the Day a coffer said a they remain encouraged and coffer said that no Effort was needed to keep Helms heart beating and that there has been no evidence of pneumonia stroke or bleeding. The coronary bypass is an operation that began in the 1960s As a Way of increasing blood circulation and nourishment to the heart muscle. Helms could have had the surgery in Washington at a military Hospital but his family preferred the local Hospital. Helms a former television editorialist and newspaper editor was elected to the Senate in 1972. The dead Crew members were Pilot Anton Leslie of St. Thomas Virgin islands and co Pilot Joseph Ziehler of Houston according to police. Both were 31. The passengers were identified As Miguel a. Rodriguez of new York Jaime Rivera Torres of Sabana Grande puerto Rico and David w. Spence of new York police said. No Ages were Given. American airlines based in fort Worth Texas is the commuter carriers Parent company san Juan is a Caribbean Hub for american. Many arriving passengers Transfer to smaller american Eagle planes for flights to other parts of the new York race Jones said deputies found Gerald Hill at his Sisters House about 51/ hours after the 2 . Accident. He was arraigned on charges of leaving the scene of a fatal Accident which is a felony and three misdemeanours. He was being held on $2,500 Cash bail. An hour Belory that Accident state police in Fonda reported that Spiller was killed 15 Miles away in Stratford. A police said Spiller was eastbound on his bicycle on state route 29a when he collided with a car. That Driver Jason Lamphere 18, of Salisbury Center was also killed. Police said Lamphere tried to pass a car ahead of him and crossed into the opposite Lane. Spiller was dragged More than 200 feet under the car. Lamphere was thrown front his vehicle As it rolled Over and he became trapped under the car police said. Both Nten died at the scene results of an autopsy on Lamphere were unavailable. . Water guns targeted after fight turns deadly from wire reports Boston a mayor Raymond l. Flynn is asking merchants to remove a new High powered toy water gun from shelves after a fatal shooting that ended a water fight. Christopher Miles 15, was shot by gunfire May 29 after an argument Over the water fight waged with the toys police said. The death proved that the a super soaker guns can have a a very disruptive Impact a Flynn said in a letter to be sent to stores monday. Miles and several other teens were in a fight with water guns that broke into Brawl and then gunfire police and witnesses said. No arrests have been made. Last week a woman and her 4-Ycar-old child were slightly injured when they were sprayed in the eyes with bleach by two youths on bicycles police said. The Large plastic guns Spray More water farther than Ordinary squirt guns. They sell for from $10 to $24.Oswald letters for Sale new York a a collection of a dozen letters from Lee Harvey Oswald to his brother Robert goes on auction this week. In one letter president Kennedy a accused Assassin tells Robert Oswald that he has a chosen to remove All ties with my the letter postmarked nov. 8, 1959, was written after Robert told Lee he was making a mistake by revoking his . Citizenship. But Lee Oswald responded that he would not write again and did no to want his brother to try to Contact him. Nonetheless he continued to write. In another letter from 1962, Oswald expressed concern that . Spy Pilot Francis Gary Powers was being freed by the soviet Union and might be forced to speak publicly about his plane being shot Down on May 1,1960. Oswald May have been afraid the . Government would notice that he was a radar operator in the Marine corps through 1958 with Access to radar and radio codes said auctioneer Herman Darvick. Oswald had defected to the soviet Union a few months before Powers was captured. He later was repatriated by the United states and was trying to get permission to bring his family to America when he wrote to his brother. Oswald was accused of assassinating Kennedy on nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas but was fatally shot two Days sick out continues Hartford Conn a a police sick out to protest a Veteran officers arrest on assault charges marked its fourth Day sunday. The Case of a Blue flu Quot started thursday the Day after the arrest of officer Sergio Inho in the feb. 8 beating of Edwin Cruz who was hospitalized with a broken jaw and a Gash on his head that required 100 stitches. Inho was investigating a report of shots fired. He said Cruz grabbed for the officers gun but Cruz said he was simply asking Why he was being stopped. Inho has been suspended without disrupts klan rally Pensacola Fla. A protesters outnumbered Kun flux klan supporters at a weekend rally in this Florida Panhandle City and one opponent was arrested. The woman who refused to give police her name was arrested for disorderly conduct saturday after she screamed at klansmen and grabbed one Many a pointed hat. About 150 people gathered at Seville Square most of them in opposition carrying signs and interrupting speaker John Baumgardner grand dragon of the Orlando based invisible Empire of the Kkt police said. A i see a number of Whites and Blacks against this especially Whites a said Herman Merkman a former Leader of the local chapter of the National association for the advancement of coloured people. A a in a sure they got the message that they re not Welcome in Pensacola a Merkman said. A investigators examine remains of a plane that crashed at Maya Giricz puerto Rico killing All five people aboard. 5 die in commuter plane crash
