European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes . Saturday january 9,1993coloradans wait worry after hepatitis outbreak Denver apr Dick Fleming and thousands of others Are thinking Back to their Holiday parties a what they ate and who was tending the Buffet. A the fresh fruit was Good said Fleming president of the Denver chamber of Commerce. A just when you think you Are eating healthy Quot. A Fleming is among an estimated 15,000 people who May have been exposed to hepatitis in an outbreak tra cd to a Kitchen manager at a High society catering company. A thirty six people have gotten hepatitis. All Are employees of the company or those who attended any of the nearly 100 Holiday season parties it catered. Health officials warn that 100 people could fall ill before the outbreak is Over. A i think we have potentially the most dangerous explosive situation related to food borne exposure to a virus that i have seen in my 22 years in Colorado Quot said or. Franklyn Judson Denver s chief of Public health. The list of those who May have been exposed is a who s who of Denver including gov. Roy Romer numerous state lawmakers and the coaches and staff of the Denver Broncos. Fleming who attended a catered Board meeting dec. 16 of the Denver convention and visitors Bureau is among hundreds who have been Given shots against the hepatitis a virus. Officials said they think the outbreak began when a worker at Lepetit gourmet catering one of Denver a oldest caterers handled food served nov. 22 at two Holiday parties. Several More workers fell ill in mid december. I hepatitis a is a serious liver disease transmitted through food or water contaminated by human waste. Symptoms include fatigue poor appetite fever nausea jaundice and dark urine. The Best Way to guard against it is washing your hands after using the bathroom or changing diapers. A since the outbreak was announced just after Christmas hundreds of people have lined up for shots and clinics have rushed in supplies of Gamma globulin injections. Health officials have ordered employees of Den or area restaurants to use either gloves or utensils when handling food. Lepetit gourmet and its bakery the Sweet Soiree have been closed by the state and its employees have been prohibited until feb. 2 from working in jobs that require touching of food that Date Marks the end of hepatitis two to six week incubation period. A spokeswoman for Jim o Connor Lepetit gourmet s owner said he had no comment. A a a Quot j a a. V a v a a. V. A. A a. A ,. Pc. 0 a 4 t it a a f f y y a / re a v a a a a. Rex it a i. And. A. A a a a a a Quot a Quot tit #1 a a a Quot a a a sir a la 11 j t t ,. A Quot sri. A. A a Fine whoop de do of three whooping cranes scope out their new Home in the three lakes management area near  fla., on thursday. The whooping Crane one of the first symbols in the fight to preserve endangered species is Back in Florida for the first time in 60 years. Biologists Hope the Lake Side pen will be the Hub of a permanent Colony. Only 237 of the cranes an believed to exist. The six Crane Colony would be the second wild flock and its Success is a key to the Crane s survival said John Turner director of the . Fish and wildlife service.1908 siberian blast linked to asteroid e by the los Angeles times an explosion with the punch of a Small atomic bomb pounded Siberia near the Tunguska River in i908, flattening forests lighting the night sky in Europe and posing one of the Century a most intriguing scientific riddles what could cause such a catastrophic event exotic and entertaining theories from Black Hole Phenomena to flying Saucer crashes have been offered it scientists have mainly focused on comets and asteroids. However certain vital evidence of a collision notably a Crater has never been found. In thursday s journal nature three scientists from Nasa and the University of Wisconsin proposed a solution the explosive Aero dynamically induced midair breakup of a 100-foot-wide asteroid. The scientific team led by physicist Christopher f. Chyba of nasal Sames research Center in Mountain View calif., used discoveries about craters on Venus to estimate the size composition and trajectory of the possible asteroid As Well As the Altitude at which it May ave exploded. Key to their explanation is understanding How aerodynamic forces break open a speeding asteroid in flight. As the Rock crumbles the spreading fragments suddenly create a huge Shock wave Chyba and Bis colleagues said their work shows that the Tunguska event was not just a scientific oddity but a the typical Fate for Stony asteroids ,. Entering the atmosphere at common hypersonic  As such they added it can help scientists and officials better assess the hazards posed by impacts of Small comets and asteroids. Although the Tunguska event was Felt Over a Large area and was suspected of lighting the night sky thousands of Miles away for several nights scientists did not visit the suspected explosion site for nearly two dec Udics. . Melosh of the University of Arizona said the first scientist on the scene found thousands of acres of downed Trees with a Boggy depressions Quot at the Center. He concluded that a meteorite caused the damage but no one could find a Crater or telltale meteorite fragments. Later scientists proposed that the area had been hit by an icy Comet. But All known types of comets Are so Dens e that they would have almost certainly left a Crater had they struck the ground. Subsequent events including the midair explosion of a Small asteroid Over Revelstoke British Columbia in 1965, convinced a Laler generation of scientists that a meteor was the most Likely cause of the Tunguska explosion. But exactly How it worked remained unclear until one of Chyba a colleagues Kevin j. Zahnle studied How asteroids break u it while passing near Jupiter and the Sun and applied the data to those heading toward Earth. A Medicine overdose cited in Baboon liver transplant. A a a a. A a. A a _ / a. R a a from wire reports Pittsburgh an overdose of an anti cancer drug hastened the infection that killed the recipient of the first Baboon to human liver transplant doctors said thursday. The results of a study by the University of Pittsburgh medical Center confirm doctors earlier beliefs that they treated the 35-year-old Man with too Many drugs and tests in the 70 Days following the operation june 28. The study will appear today in the lancet a British medical journal. The Man whose identity has been withheld died sept. 6. He was dying of hepatitis b and also had the human immunodeficiency virus that causes aids. Crime biter s head stolen Camden . A Mcguff the rough voiced hound who promises to a take a bite out of crime Quot became a come victim himself in new Jersey. Officials at the Camden county sheriffs office said wednesday that a thief or thieves took a bite out of Mcguff on tuesday night by stealing the. Head of a Mcguff costume authorities Don the costume of the anti crime Mascot to dispense crime tips and other information at school appearances and other gatherings. Sheriffs office spokesman it. Philip Dollarton said that a thief Ned open a window of the Van where the costume was stored around 8 . The thief then unlocked the door and took the head of the costume leaving Mcguff s trademark Trench coat and paws. Inspector charged in theft Minneapolis a Federal meat inspector _ nicknamed pockets was indicted for allegedly taking prime rib from a company by hiding the meat in his coat pockets. V a the apparently wore a Trench coat with Large inside pockets Quot prosecutor Michael Ward said. Roger w. Halvorson 56, was indicted by a Federal grand jury wednesday on three counts of conversion of property. He sold the meat to bars and restaurants keeping the proceeds authorities said. Halvorson was assigned by the . Department of agriculture to Westlund a meat co. In Early september. A the obviously Wasny to putting anything Over on the employees there Quot Ward said. A the got the nickname pockets pretty  Halvorson could be sentenced to 30 years in prison and fined $750,000 if convicted on All three  sue child s killers Louisville by. A the parents of a 12-year-old girl who was tortured and murdered Are suing two of the killers for $1 billion to prevent them from profiting from the tale of their terror a newspaper reported thursday. The courier journal of Louisville said Mary Laurine Tackett 18, and Melinda Loveless 17, were sued by Stephen Sharer and Jackie Vaught the parents of Shanda Renee Sharer. Shanda was abducted by four girls last Jan. 10 and burned to death the next Day. The report said the parents sued in order to keep the teen agers from profiting monetarily from the crime. The parents acted because of reports that several television programs have tentatively offered Money for the killers stories. Clark county circuit court judge Daniel Donahue issued a temporary restraining order wednesday forbidding any such deals with the offenders. Calif s big one overdue los Angeles a a study has found that major earthquakes have walloped Southern California More often than thought providing new evidence that the Region is overdue for the catastrophic big one. The study in fridays Issue of the journal science found that quakes measuring 7 to 8.3 on the Richter scale occur on the Southern san Andreas fault about every 100 years not every 132 years As previously believed. A and its been 135 years since the last one a said . Geological Survey geologist Tom Fumal chief author of the study. The study reached its conclusions by examining Breaks in underground layers of gravel and peat