European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 21, 1993 . The stars and St per Page 8historical society shuts doors on key americana collection by Frederick  Dpi senior editor new York a the new York historical society a major National resource for americana closed its doors Friday for Lack of funds with the future of its $1 billion collection undecided. The closing of the society a Library partly due to the recession completed a phaseout of inc organizations Public programs that began with a shutdown of its museum galleries in january. School programs and lecture series Nave since been terminated. Quot at the end of the Day we will be completely closed by the Public Quot society spokeswoman Jennifer Carlson said. Quot a staff of 35 will remain in the building to maintain and secure the  the society a holdings a the largest american history collection outside the smithsonian institution and the Library of Congress a include 1.6 million Antiques and artworks 700,000 books and 3 million manuscripts. Its Complete collection of . Audubon a Watercolours for the Birds of America is being readied for a National tour starting in october at the National gallery in Washington. While City officials including cultural affairs commissioner Luis cancel were briefed by society administrators and trustees at the society a Headquarters on Central Park West a rally was held outside by More than 100 citizens scholars and students. They waved placards Reading Quot save the historical society without history there is no future Quot Quot Lincoln said we cannot escape history Quot and Quot you can to know where you re going if you done to know where you be  mayor David n. Dinkins before flying off on a Goodwill visit to Japan issued a statement saying that keeping the society open was Quot a High priority for the . Quot its collections must remain available to the people of new York and they must remain in the City he said adding that he had been in touch with state officials and leading philanthropists about finding funds for the society. A a trustees of the privately administered 189-Ycar-old institution met thursday without coming up with a sold Tion to the society a main problem a a $2 million a year budget with Only a $7.5 million endowment and almost no Money in the Way of gifts and Grants coming because of the recession. A $1.5 million loan recently was negotiated with soothe by a auction House using artworks not related to american history As collateral. The society a collections have been estimated to be Worth As much As $1 billion according to Carlson. Quot its As Good a figure As any for something that is priceless Quot she said. A society president Norman Pearl sting former Wall Street journal executive editor said the society would require a $40 million endowment to support a full scale operation and a $20 million fund for urgent building improvements including a new roof. V. T Tik. In a / o a Taw 6 it k. I a t Quot r King Connick jazz musician Harry Connick or. Wears a necklace of Mardi gras doubloons As he and his Flanco Jill Good acre arrive at new Orleans International Airport on thursday. Connick a native of new Orleans was to reign Over the City a Bacchus Parade Friday throwing doubloons and carnival beads in True new Orleans Mardi gras  the stars and stripes10-years ago feb. 21,1983 a the israeli Cabinet reinstated former defense minister Ariel Sharon to a policy making position on Lebanon re appointing him to a committee instructing negotiators in withdrawal talks.20 years ago feb. 21,1973 a the laotian government and the communist led a thet lao reached agreement to end a War that has torn the country apart for the past decade.30 years ago feb. 21,1963-the United states urged its european allies to adopt Polaris missile firing surface ships As the Broad basis of a multilateral nuclear Force . Officials said.40 years ago feb. 21,1953 a the Allied High commission warned Germany that it must be prepared to pay occupation costs beyond june 30 and that no unilateral limitation on those costs would be tolerated. World War ii j 50 years ago today feb. 211 �?�943 american soldiers occupy Baruka and Pavulu m the Russell islands which have i it Een abandoned by the japanese. In Tunisia. Antish tank forces repel Axis attacks on Biba and a German thrust at Thala is halted Short of the town a . Army artillery regiment arrives late in the Day after a four Day. 793-mile March to provide much needed support. Soucy. 2194 Days of War w h so to Pyp,.sfters inc wond almanac Book of world War ii. Euon boo a corp. A Ford to pay Shoemakers $1 million in wreck that left sex jockey paralysed los Angeles a Bill Shoemaker and his family will receive $1 million from Ford motor co. As the result of a 1991 Accident that paralysed the former jockey according to settlement papers made available Friday. Shoemaker was driving a Ford Bronco u near san Dimas calif., when he veered off the Highway and tumbled Down an embankment. In the lawsuit he questioned the safety of the vehicle in the action. Shoemaker the winning St jockey in thoroughbred racing history is now a quadriplegic. He resumed his career As a train or after lengthy rehabilitation. Under the settlement Shoemaker will receive $900,000 his wife Cynthia will get $75,000 and his daughter Amanda $25,000. Ford had asked for the settlement to be scaled but los Angeles county Superior court judge Gregory of Brien denied . Shoemaker also has sued the state of California Glendora Community Hospital. And several doctors who treated him in the emergency room following the Accident. The los Angeles times reported saturday that records show Shoemaker was not suffering total paralysis when he was first brought to the Hospital. Shoemaker s lawyer Neal Papiano blamed the paralysis on the doctors who treated Shoemaker saying they wrongly diagnosed him with a broken Pelvis. The times citing medical and Legal documents said Shoemaker had movement in his head neck and shoulders after arriving at the Glendora Hospital. At one Point he even moved his shoulders enough to pull an intravenous Needle from his Arm. Ford agreed to give Shoemaker an additional $500,000 if he refuses to Settle with the state instead taking the matter to trial. Quot this is unprecedented in that Ford motor co. Is paying a Driver whose blood alcohol level was above the Legal limit to sue the taxpayers Quot said Chris Hiddleson an attorney representing the state. Quot or. Shoemaker should do the decent thing and drop this  Law enforcement officials had earlier contemplated filing Drunken driving charges against Shoemaker. Student piloted copter plane collide killing 4 Atlanta a a helicopter flown by a student Pilot who May Nave been wearing blinders collided with a plane Over an Airport runway Friday crashing in flames and killing All four people aboard both aircraft. The other Pilot also was a student. Quot the helicopter appeared to Fly into the Bottom of the Cessna Quot at an Altitude of about 100 feet said witness Dan Harbison. Quot they both fell in separate balls of flame and went Down about 20 feet  the two aircraft a Robinson r22 Alpha helicopter and a two seat Cessna 152, were practising Landing approaches at Fulton county Airport Brown Field when they collided Federal aviation administration spokeswoman Christy Williams said. The Airport is a noncommercial Airport just West of Atlanta. The student Pilot of the plane was identified As Dan Dunn 36, of Alpharetta and the flight instructor William a. Meagher 25, of Newnan. Prestige helicopters of Chamblee which trains pilots identified the dead in its helicopter As or. Ronald lorber an Atlanta orthodontist and Richard Hull a Federal aviation administration examiner. Prestige owner Ron Carroll said lorber was taking a test needed to certify him to Fly by instruments alone in Cloudy conditions the helicopter Pilot was wearing either blinders or special glasses designed to simulate flying in heavy fog said Roff h. Sasser an air safety investigator with the National transportation safety Board. Lorber would have been Able to see Only the controls and instruments in front of him Sasser said. Sasser declined to speculate on whether the vision restriction contributed to the crash. The helicopter had dual controls and it would have been up to the examiner to spot the plane Sasser said. Hull was an Independent examiner who tested pilots and reported the results to the Faa. The aircraft were coming in Over parallel runways but the helicopter took a climbing left turn away from its runway to Fira Tice a Quot missed approach Quot or aborted Anding Sasser said. Carroll said the helicopter was owned by Rotor leasing corp. Of Norcross. The plane was owned by peach tree Dekalb flight Academy. Judge dismisses suit blaming Chicago for flooding Chicago a a Federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that blamed the City for last years underground flooding that caused More than $1 billion in damage. The City claims great lakes dredge amp Dock co. Is responsible for the april 13 flood because of work it did in 1991 replacing wooden pilings in the Chicago River to protect a Bridge. But great lakes sued the City in october saying it would not have done the work had the City told it about a 50-mile-Long Tunnel system under the City a downtown. The Century old Tunnel system and adjacent basements were flooded with water from the River after a Section of Wall collapsed. Great lakes claimed that the City knew of a breach in the Tunnel Wall months before the flood but did nothing about it. The company argued in its lawsuit that Federal Aci Miralta Laws should apply which would limit its liability because work was performed from barges on the River said Andrea brands a spokeswoman for the City corporation counsel. . District judge Charles p. Kocoras dismissed the lawsuit thursday saying admiralty Laws did not apply because the pilings were placed on land. Kocoras did no to address great lakes other contentions. Great lakes attorneys said they would Appeal