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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 08, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 8. 1993 . The stars and stripes Page g corporate plane crash kills Michigan executives from wire reports Greensboro ind. A corporate plan crashed saturday As it prepared to land at a Airport killing five men on a Hunting trip. The twin engine Cessna was about to land 40miles Southeast of Indianapolis when it slowed into a Field and  victims included two top executives of Omni engineering in Troy mich., their Pilot and two friends from Michigan said Tom Cherry Plant superintendent of Dri Quik ovens an Omni division in Greensburg. Cherry had planned to meet the men and go Quail Hunting with them saturday. The dead were identified As James Allard 47, owner and president of Omni Kyle Dak is 29. General manager Wayne Adams 28, Pilot and David Blohm of Saginaw mich., and Chrisha Perot Midland mich., both in their Early 30s, said Decattor county Coroner Mike Porter. Father charged in neglect Orangeburg . The father of a 17-year-old girl who authorities say was kept in a storage locker has been charged with  Russell 38, had told a judge in october that he did t know his wife was Locking their daughter in an 8-by-10 storage locker during school hours each weekday. But authorities said he did know and arrested him Friday. He was released on $10,000 Bond. His wife 36-year-old Kathy Russell was released on $60,000 Bond on charges of kidnapping and  Russell told authorities she put her daughter in the locker during the Day so he husband would t know she had taken the girl out of school because of learning  think the girl was kept in the Locke for about two months. Miami Johns face publicity Miami the City plans to televise the names of convicted prostitution customers. Anyone found guilty of picking up a prostitute within the City limits can expect to see his name. Flashed on Channel 9, the City s Community Access Channel. The impetus comes from a coalition of Homeowner associations merchants and chamber of Commerce groups in an area that has a lot of prostitution activity. If we can dry up the customer base we can get rid of them said Ernestine Stevens president of the Bayside residents association. Cop killer Back in prison los Angeles a Man convicted and paroled in the kidnapping of two police officers and killing of one in the infamous onion Field Case was sentenced to 120 Days in jail on a drug charge. Jimmy Lee Smith 62, was sentenced Friday. Twas the second time in two years he pleaded guilty to being under the influence of a  had been in custody since his arrest oct. 5 in los Angeles. A report said his behaviour was consistent with heroin intoxication. Municipal judge Andrew Kauffman ordered Smith to begin serving his sentence immediately. Smith and Gregory Powell were convicted of kidnapping two los Angeles police officers and killing one of them in an onion Field Nea Bakersfield in 1963. Smith was paroled in 1982. The Case was the subject of Joseph Wambaugh Best Selling novel the onion Field which was turned into a movie. Court halts debris cleanup Chicago a Cook county judge has halted the removal of debris from the fatal Cave in at a Post office construction site in  county circuit court judge Donald p. O Connell issued an order to Stop the cleanup saturday at the request of three injured ironworkers who have filed negligence suits in connection with the  nothing will be moved at the site until the . Occupational safety and health administration completes its inspection of the steel beams that fell and killed two men  Friday Osha Post office construction and insurance inspectors rummaged through the construction debris at the site just West of the Chicago River looking for clues to what caused a70.by.70 foot Section of a three Story work area to collapse. Washington a late she Pike a teen age from Chicago sat in her wheelchair amid the hubbub after the end of a 90-minute Abc special on youth Vio Lence saturday. Would the program aired As millions of youngster were glued to their to set have an Impact she and some of the others who took part said they doubt  probably helped the kids on the program but it Ain t going to help the people in the streets because they re still going to do the same thing said late she they re going to keep the  14-year-old spoke from experience. She was a vie Tim of youth violence 14 months ago when she was caught in a drive by shooting that left her paralysed. Late she joined several dozen other youngsters and celebrities such As martial arts actor Chuck Norris rapper  Lyte and attorney general Janet Reno to discuss youth violence in a forum. The program was broadcast from the gymnasium of Eliot Junior High school in Southwest Washington a neighbourhood that has been no stranger to  the preceding night 13 shootings were reported in the City including the wounding of a 1-year-old.last summer eight of the schools students Ages 13 through 16, were gunshot victims As a result of various altercations or simply As bystanders. The Abc program hosted by Peter Jennings caught teen victims seek ways to end violence in the crossfire had some dramatic moments including an emotional plea to Stop the violence by a Mother who flew in from Denver where her 18-year-old so had been buried Only the Day before. Martha Banks talked of her son Carl. He was an excellent student with a College scholarship but was shot on halloween and died the next  was going places and his life was stolen All because a 13 or 14-year-old wanted to have Power Banks said forcefully after the broadcast she said she hoped it would turn at least some youngsters away from  of the Young people although barely teen agers clearly knew of violence or the threat of violence first hand. Some were former or current gang members others were innocent victims of violence and yet other stalked of the need to carry a weapon for  of the youngsters discussed the attraction of gangs. It s like a family thing said John Alvarez 17, of Sandiego who said he no longer is a gang member. As for the need to carry a gun they want respect that s what it s All about said Cherese Bratier 14, of  general Reno said she does not expect any single program to solve the problem of youth  she added it is a problem that we can address. We can make a difference. River off memories Lisa Coggan looks at burning candles Flower bouquet Sand sympathy cards at a memorial to actor River Phoe Nix in front of the Viper room in West Hollywood calif., on Friday night. Since the 23-year-old actors unexplained death oct. 31 after he collapsed outside the club the hip Viper room has been closed. 3-t/me heart recipient set for graduation Daytona Beach Fla. A nine years an three heart transplants later. Woody Hay is thinking about his graduation from College next month not the Organ beating in his Chest. If you think about it it s like somebody had to die for me to live the 27-year-old said. I Don t want to dwell on that. I was never one to think about death or  Hay nicknamed Timex and jump Start because of the transplants credits his positive attitude and the support of his family and College for his degree in Busi Ness administration and marketing. In 1984, at 19, Hay came to Bethune co Tiunan col lege on a football scholarship with dreams of a pro Ca reer. But he contracted the flu and pneumonia that december. It turned out that he had a heart disease. Being As Young and athletic As i am the last thing on my mind was having a heart problem Hay wrote in an English paper titled the unexpected after his first transplant on nov. 13,1985. A virus of some kind attacked my heart he  that virus i developed cardiomyopathy. I had shortness of breath an enlarged  doctors said without a transplant his chances of sur Vival were slim. The first heart lasted nine months before his Bod began rejecting it. His second transplant on aug. 15,1986, also was rejected. The third transplant came May 24,1988. Although he wears a pacemaker and will have Totake anti rejection drugs for the rest of his life Hay said he feels Well and is considering a teaching career  
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