European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Thursday december 31, 1993courage, spiked Coffee took cubans to Miami Miami apr a the Pilot and passengers of a cuban Airliner leapt for Joy and exchanged High fives after they spiked a Security guards Coffee overpowered the co Pilot and put the plane Down in Miami in a dramatic bid for Freedom. A i feel Vety Happy. To have been Able to ridicule the communist system of Cuba a said the Pilot Carlos Cancio Porcel. A it was a very Complex Man Euver a year in the  All but five of the 53 people aboard requested Asylum when they reached Miami International Airport on tuesday. While those fleeing Cuba generally get Asylum the Fri said it was investigating whether the incident violated . Hijacking Laws. Cuba denounced it As a terrorist act. It was the second High profile flight from Cuba in 10 Days. On dec. 19, a cuban defector and former air Force Pilot flew Back to his Homeland in a Small plane picked up his family and whisked them to Freedom in Florida in tuesdays incident the soviet built Aero Caribbean twin engine Turboprop was on a flight from Havana to a resort on cubans Northern coast when it made its dash for Miami. The flight was part of a Holiday excursion for pilots their families and friends Cancio said. He said All but five people on Board were in on the plan. Once in the air Cancio said he sent his co Pilot a who Wasny to told of the plot a into the Cabin saying he wanted to give another Pilot on Board some experience in the cockpit. As soon As other Pilot went Forward Cancio said they locked the cockpit door and passengers tied up the co Pilot and the Security guard. The Cabin erupted in cheers when Cancio turned the Airliner North he said. Passengers knocked out the guard with chloroform said Michael Sheehan a customs service spokesman. Cancio said passengers slipped something into the guards Coffee then used the chloroform to keep him out. The guard s hands were tied with rope and his feet were bound with a Belt said Joaquin Delcurto a paramedic in Miami. The guard 31-year-old Andres Hernandez Ledesma was treated at a Hospital and released. A the was calling them traitors. He said if he could Lake them Back to Cuba they would be shot a Delcueto said. Cancio said the co Pilot Felt betrayed and a took a swing at me. And As i ducked i Cut myself with my Belt  the cubans celebrated loudly As they exited the plane which was surrounded by police officers and Federal agents. One passenger a boy ripped up his cuban id card. A they were very Happy. They were All jumping and giving High fives to each other said Mario Miranda a spokesman for the cuban american National foundation. Those who requested Asylum were taken into custody by the immigration and naturalization service and moved to a detention Center to be interviewed. The five who asked to return to Cuba were the guard a flight attendant and the co Pilot and his wife and daughter said Dan Gelber a spokesman for the . Attorneys office. He said they would be returned As soon As possible. Cuba s state run news Agency Prensa Latina called the incident a hijacking. Cuban Pilot Carlos can to Porcel Waves happily As Fri agents escort him from his Airliner in Miami Jaime Estevez Perdomo 16, a passenger on the diverted plane is greeted in Miami by his aunt Carmela  deaths May hit 30-year Low Washington a this has been the safest year on . Highways in three decades officials say As deaths and Drunken driving Are Down and use of seat belts is up. Transportation department officials projected tuesday that 39,500 people will die in 1992 in motor vehicle accidents a the fewest since 1962. They also expect the fatality rate based on total Miles driven to continue the annual decline it began a decade ago dropping one tenth of a percentage Point to 1.8 deaths per 100 million Miles of vehicular travel. Officials attributed much of the decline to increased use of seat belts encouraged through new state Laws and stepped up police enforcement and a decrease in alcohol related traffic deaths. They did not find a decrease in Speed. Based on Fig res for the first six months of the year officials projected alcohol involvement in 45.8 percent of vehicle deaths for 1992. That would be Down from 48 percent last year and continue a decline from More than 57 percent in 1982. The rate that motorists and their passengers used seat belts increased to 62 percent nationally based on the findings of state surveys. That was up from 59 percent in 1991 and 10 percent a decade ago. Final figures won t be available until Spring but Marion Blakey administrator of the National Highway traffic safety administration said previous estimates based on the first six months of a year generally proved accurate. Total deaths by motor vehicles have been declining since 1988, when the toll was 47,087. The 1992 total if it holds up would Mark a 5 percent decline from last years 41,462 deaths. The annual toll Hasni to been below 40,000 since 1962 the record High was 54,589 in 1972. Vandal fells Florida tree with Bald eagles nest from wire reports Seminole Fla. A a Vandal with a Chain saw Cut Down a tree in which a pair of endangered Bald eagles had built a nest. Wildlife officials salvaged an egg but said there was a slim Chance it would Hatch. The 80-foot tree in a densely wooded area on private property was felled late monday or Early tuesday. Investigators said the tree was singled out the Vandal had to travel past Many other Trees to reach it. The Eagle pair has been in the spotlight for years plans for a Bridge were changed after environmentalists said construction would disturb the  Given posthumously los Angeles a the late Dalton Trumbo blacklisted during the Mccarthy Era in the 1950s, has been Given the 1953 Academy award for his screenplay for roman Holiday. The Academy of motion picture arts and sciences said tuesday it was amending its records to show Trumbo As winning the Oscar. Trumbo unable to find work during the 1950s anti communist juror had enlisted fellow screenwriter Ian Mcclellan Hunter to act As his a front a and it was Hunter who received the Academy award. Trumbor a widow Cleo will be Given the Oscar in May at a screening of the film which starred Audrey Hepburn. Trumbo also received an Oscar in 1956 for the Brave one written under the pseudonym Robert Rich. The Academy gave Trumbo a trophy for that film in 1975, a year before his death.5 Hurt in Coal mine fire Richlands a. A a Flash fire in a Coal mine injured five miners tuesday three critically. The men were 2,000 feet inside the consolidation Coal co. Mine when methane Gas apparently ignited said Paul Kvederis a company spokesman. More than 40 other miners were evacuated. It was the second mine Accident this month in the appalachian Coal Fields. On dec. 7, eight miners died in an explosion in a Wise county va.,  gets big contract new York a ism has won a $3 billion contract to provide Mcdonnell Douglas corp. With computer and Telephone services Over 10 years. The Deal announced tuesday was one of the biggest in the Industry and a rare bit of Good news for ism which has announced plans to eliminate 25,000 jobs next year amid mounting losses. The computer giant beat out competitors that included electronic data systems corp., a general motors corp. Subsidiary. Ism will acquire Mcdonnell Douglas in House computer and phone system and run it for the aircraft  loses Des Moines Iowa a a state appeals court tuesday rejected a grandfathers Effort to overturn the adoption of his granddaughter and said his right to visit the child ended when she was adopted. The court upheld a lower court decision in favor of Martin and Jill Howard who adopted a a Kay after she was made a Ward of the state. A Okay a 4, had been living with the howards since she was 3 Days old. The child a paternal Grandfather sought to overturn the adoption order saying he had not been notified about the proceeding. But the court ruled there was no reason to notify him. It also ruled that though he had been granted visitation rights when a a Kay was placed into the Foster care system those rights were subject to termination once an adoption took place. The howards have said they will let the Grandfather and his wife visit a a Kay but they object to court ordered visitation rights. The court noted that the child a parents have not challenged the adoption decree or sought visitation rights. It also note that the child a father has a history of behavioural problems and juvenile delinquency As do his Brothers