European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes . Sunday december 20, 1992 2 White policemen fired in Black officer s beating Nashville Tenn apr two White police officers fired for beating a Black Motorist say they did nothing wrong. The victim an undercover officer from the same precinct says he Hopes the dismissals serve As a lesson. Police chief Robert Kirchner fired the two Friday for using excessive Force a kneeling and kicking officer Reggie Miller. A i feel i was treated like a piece of meat thrown out to a pack of dogs a Miller said. Miller 31, was hospitalized for a few hours with a Groin injury following the incident last monday night. He is expected to return to work Jan. 6. Miller said he Hopes police departments everywhere learn from the Case. A we can to let this go on in any Community a he said. Both fired officers plan appeals to the civil service commission. A a in a angry. I feel its wrong a said officer Jeffrey ble Watt 25. A we just took appropriate action a said officer David Geary 27. Miller was working undercover in a High crime area when officers pulled him Over because of an expired License tag on his police issued unmarked truck. He drove about three blocks before stopping to avoid unmasking the undercover operation. Officers pulled i feel i was treated like a piece of meat thrown out to a pack of dogs a officer Reggie Miller him from the truck and placed him on the ground. He said he was kicked kneed choked and his eyes gouged. After 20 seconds other undercover officers arrived and intervened. Miller who was unarmed said he did not resist and did not have time to identify himself As an undercover officer. A of the officers involved worked in the same precinct and on the same 3 . To 11 . Shift. Three other officers who were on the scene face police department hearings this week. They Are on leave with pay. Neal Darby executive Secretary of the Nashville chapter of the a act said the group was pleased by the firings. A now we want action on the other three  the Fri is investigating whether Millers civil rights were violated. Kirchner and the fired officers said Friday the incident Wasny to racial but Miller has said it was. Crews in Billings Mont., Battle a Blaze after a Small Jet crashed into a warehouse Friday killing seven people. Jet crash in Montana kills 7, sets fire from wire reports Billings Mont. A a Small Jet crashed into a warehouse Friday evening and severed a natural Gas line causing a Large fire. All seven people on Board were killed out four in the building escaped injury. The twin engine Cessna citation 550, owned by the Federal department of Energy crashed in an Industrial Section of East Billings before 5 . While trying to land at Billings Logan International Airport the Federal aviation administration said. Firefighters searching the rubble of the charred warehouse saturday found the bodies of All seven people who were aboard the plane. The whole building burned and at this Point there Are no survivors a said Billings fire chief Lorren Ballard. The crash severed a natural Gas line which was a Force feeding the fire a Ballard said. A i saw a fireball two to three stories High Quot said Vance Dostal a Salesman at a nearby car Dealership. He said the explosion rattled windows in the Dealership. The natural Gas line Force fed the fire which burned a a intensely for about five hours the fire chief said. A the plane was right in the Middle of the Blaze a Ballard said. A firefighters battled the Blaze throughout the night and were finally Able to enter what was left of the building saturday to search for victims and clues to the cause of the crash. A there was nothing left. We lost that whole building including the plane and passengers a Ballard said. A names of the victims were not available. The warehouse belongs to a Billings school District and four people were inside when the crash occurred but no one was injured said Walt Laird a District official. On nov. 30, two c-141bs from me chord fab near Tacoma wash., collided during a refuelling Mission Over North Central Montana. A 13 aboard the plane were killed and the wreckage was scattered Over a 21-Square-mile area North of har  employees to get half Day off Christmas eve from wire reports Washington a president Bush signed an executive order Friday excusing Federal employees from work a half Day thursday Christmas eve. Under the directive All executive departments and agencies will be closed and their employees Given a half Day off except those involved in National Security or defense or other essential Public duties. The order applies Only to Federal employees and not to state and local government workers.3 of personnel die in crash Norton fab Calif. A two Southern California air Force reservists and an Active duty sergeant were killed in the crash of a private plane in Hawaii. It the three were killed wednesday in the crash of their Cessna 172, but the Accident was not made Public until Friday after the families were notified. Killed were staff sgt Lisa m. Ward of Redlands and staff sgt. John Stephen Bee of Perris who were on Active duty training at Hickam fab Hawaii. Both were members of the 445th Airlift Wing at Norton fab in san Bernardino. Also killed was staff sgt. Donald d. Dage ii who was stationed at Hickam. Dag was believed to have been the  split on aids test Washington a an advisory panel split Friday on whether to approve the Sale of an Oral aids testing device to the medical profession. Three of the six panel members voted to recommend to the food and drug administration conditional approval of epitome  erasure aids testing device and three recommended against approval. At Issue was whether the device should be made available to medical professionals. It is not being considered for Over the counter Sale. The tie Means the Fra will have to decide on the devices commercial suitability without a definitive advisory panel recommendation said Monica Revelle an Fra spokeswoman. The Agency will make a decision in the next few months she said taking into consideration the panels conflicting  declared in . Washington a president Bush on Friday declared a major disaster in new Jersey paving the Way for Federal assistance in the area devastated by storms and flooding last week. The presidential action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals and local governments in a three county area including Atlantic Monmouth and Ocean. Federal assistance can include temporary housing Grants Low Cost Loans to cover uninsured property tosses and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster. New Jersey was struck by unusual High tides heavy rain and flooding beginning around dec. 10.surfers Mellow out Honolulu a chasing Waves on the surfing circuit is giving Way to chasing Waves and babies. The latest surfer paraphernalia exhibited at the recent world cup of surfing included cribs playpens and even a Sandbox for toddlers on tour. A a in be seen a big change among professional surfers a definitely different from when i moved Here 10 years ago when no one had children a said australian surfer Tony Ray whose wife and baby travel with him. They re More conservative More family oriented a he said of wednesdays event on the North Shore which was won by Britain a Martin Potter. Rays wife Gretchen had had enough of minding month old Sahara out of a Van at the european beaches her husband surfed this year. For the world cup she got together with friends who own a North Shore baby store and set up a kids on tour a a tent Toni plate with Playpen Crio Sandbox and inflatable Pool