European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 05, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 5, 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 7 j b � i i � j i if w a. Officials examine the aftermath of a collapse at the construction site of Chicago s new Post office building on wednesday. 2 men building Post office killed when girders Cave in Chicago a a Section of the steel Skeleton being pieced together at the City s new main Post office collapsed wednesday killing two workers and injuring five others. Fire commissioner Raymond Orozco would not speculate on what caused the collapse at the construe Tion site where one contractor was fined $30,000 Las Spring for safety violations. Neither would a. Spokeswoman for Clark construe Tion group inc. Of Bethesda md., Parent of one of the two companies working on the building. It was just a Normal Day. I heard a crack and it seemed the world was coming Down said James Cooper who was working on the building near the Sec Tion of girders that collapsed. Construction on the Section that collapsed had progressed to three floors but Only had the steel framework and corrugated Mcmahn place. Orozco said some work ers fell from the second and third floors. The dead workers were identified As Patrick new some and Larry Thormeyer. Newsome 25, died at the site the county medical examiners Olifee said. Thormeyer 47, died of head injuries at Cook county Hospital said nursing supervisor Amparo Mendoza. Five other men remained hospitalized late wednes Day. Pitt Des Moines inc., the company that employed the Accident victims was fined $30,000 in May said John Hermanson a spokesman for the occupational safety and health administration. The company was penalized for allowing employees to work More than 25 feet up without safety nets or belts and for failing Touse tag lines that help guide loads Hermanson said. Pitt based in Pittsburgh refused to comment wednesday. Postal worker Sam Bullock said he was across the Street when he heard a loud noise. We saw the beams and the people falling. It was just a Domino effect. It was horrible he said. Firefighters first feared workers might be trapped in the rubble but postal service spokesman Mark Rask said All workers had been accounted for. The new nine floor Post office is being built across the Street from the City s main Post office. It covers Halfa City Block. United is off officials say Era with donation Call Morgantown . A the National Rifle association is encouraging members to donate to the organization through the United Way disturbing officials of some United Way chapters. There Are so Many important matters that need to be addressed said Pete Prokopchuk of the United Way chapter in Morgantown. People eating getting shoes on their feet clothing and a warm place to live seem like a better place for the  the Era foundation the Era s fund raising  says that the organization is just As worthy As other nonprofit groups supported by the United Way and that Many of its 3.3 million members have been making donations that Way for years. The United Way s 2,100 autonomous chapters collect donations and distribute them to thousands of local charities. Each chapter decides which charities Are Eli Gible and contributors can designate where they want their Money to go. The recipient groups must be nonprofit and generally health or social service oriented. The United Way also favors groups that operate in the Community served by the chapter. The Era foundation started conducting its Campaign in the october issues of the american Rifleman and the american Hunter magazines. It included pull out cards in the publications asking members to support the Era through their local United Way. It said donations will go toward Community programs such As gun safety wildlife conservation Ana recreational shooting. Joe Suarez director of donor marketing for the Era foundation in Fairfax va., said checks have been rolling in the doors for several Delft via the United Way. He said that the Era provides a vital service and that its safety and educational programs Are not unlike those offered by the american cancer society or the american heart association. A free and democratic society should have that option to select who they want their hard earned dollars to go to Suarez said. While some United Way chapters do pass along do nations earmarked for the Era citing its nonprofit status most balk at the Prospect. It s not a matter of pro or con. It s a matter of what fits our Mission said Mary Lance spokeswoman for the United Way chapter in san Antonio. I. Member of joint chiefs has bypass heart surgery from wire report Washington . David e. Jeremiah vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff underwent triple bypass surgery wednesday to relieve obstructions of his coronary arteries the Pentagon  surgery proceeded without complication and full recovery is anticipated a Pentagon statement said. The statement said Jeremiah was in the cardio thoracic intensive care unit of the Bethesda National naval medical Center in suburban Maryland. The operation was conducted one Day after he underwent a diagnostic heart Catheter nation to evaluate whether he had recurring blockages in his arteries. He was first diagnosed with coronary artery disease in 1988 and recently had Chest pain during strenuous exercise the statement said. 5 whales die on Beach Ponte Vedra Beach Fla. Six Pilot whales beached themselves wednesday and five died. The survivor was taken to a theme Park where biologists were  to help it survive. A resident told authorities about the whales on Ponte Vedra Beach about 7 . Five were dead when officials arrived said it. Jim Tillis of the Florida Marine patrol. Or. Joanne Whaley loaded the surviving 12-foot whale onto a trailer and took it to Marine land South of St. Augustine. Whaley returned to the Beach later wednesday to perform necropsy is. Hacker is sentenced new York a 21-year-old computer Hacker was sentenced to a year and a Day in prison and 600 hours of Community service for breaking into the computer systems of businesses and educational institutions. Mark Abele pleaded guilty in july to conspiracy wire fraud and other Federal charges for his activities in a club that called itself mod for masters of disaster. Mod members broke into various computer systems and illegally obtained Telephone and credit card information and other things of value . Attorney Mary to White said. Three other mod members pleaded guilty to conspiracy and Drew sentences ranging from six months to a year and a Day White said. Sweet safe7 celebrations Madison wis. The University of Wisconsin s football coach and Dean of students took out a full Page newspaper and wednesday asking students to celebrate Sweet and Safe a football games. At least 69 people were injured at Wisconsin s Camp Randall stadium on saturday after the badgers beat the University of Michigan 13-10. Spectators from the 12,500-seat student Section stormed the Field crushing those beneath them in u pile several people deep. Three people remained hospitalized wednesday in Good condition. Coach Barry Alvarez and Dean Mary Rouse wrote a letter to students which appeared in the Badger Herald student newspaper wednesday. Is there a lesson to be taken away from last weekend s events certainly. We must have Celebration traditions which Are Sweet and Safe the letter said. Safe celebrations begin and end with respect for your neighbors in the student  spirits up for balloon trip Reno Nev. A group trying to become the first to Fly nonstop around the Earth in a balloon has been cleared to make its third try As Early As this weekend. Capt. Larry Newman said wednesday that the Earth winds Hilton could lift off As Early As saturday morning depending on weather. It s certainly no guarantee that it s going to happen but we have to react like it is he said. Unfavourable winds thwarted two previous Earth winds launches in Akron Ohio in february 1992 and at an Airfield near Reno on Jan. 12. Newman said a promising weather pattern of Light surface winds and a steady Jet Stream began developing earlier in the week and looks As if it will hold into saturday. Earth winds an hourglass shaped vessel about 350 feet from top to Bottom has a huge helium balloon above it a Pear shaped Anchor balloon filled with air below and the Crew compartment suspended Between the two