European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. No Vemta 25, . The stars and stripes by Susan Hightower a easiness writer american airlines struggled to get passengers where they wanted to go wednesday while mechanics at United staged a slowdown that threatened to cause Stillmore turmoil during the busiest travel period of the year. My plane was nearly full and arrived on time Stacy Nabasny of Dallas said with Relief tuesday after her american flight landed in  reported no appreciable flight  the action tuesday by ground Crews which cafe in apparent response to United s rejection of a recent employee buyout offer. But american expected to be without almost one fifth of its flights wednesday the Day before thanks giving and traditionally the busiest travel Day of the year while it rebuilt its schedule after a strike by flight attendants. The labor difficulties did not appear to be causing any delays wednesday at Chicago s Busy o Hare inter National Airport said Lisa Howard a spokeswoman for Chicago s aviation department. But she said Low visibility wind and drizzle were causing slight problems As was a storm spreading Snow Over parts of the Northern and Western Plains. That storm spread Snow and cold from the North West to the great lakes on monday and tuesday. Most areas got a couple of inches of Snow. Up to a foot was forecast in Colorado by today. Flights at Denver s Stapleton International Airport were delayed 45 minutes to an hour wednesday morn ing by 2 to 3 inches of Snow and the delays were expected to lengthen during the Day As the storm continued said spokesman Greg Baker. He said Airport officials noticed no effects from the United slowdown. At United the machinists Union has been telling its28,000 members since monday to follow every safety maintenance and work Rule to the  s perfectly Legal said machinists american airlines flight attendants Wear signs thanking people for their support As they wave to motorists at the Nash Rille tenn., Airport tuesday. Attendants ended their strike monday after both sides agreed to binding arbitration. Spokesman James Conley. Basically your people just Don t use the tricks they be Learned Over the years to make it  the air line pilots association ran a recorded Mes Sage urging pilots to do your absolute Best to safely perform every aspect of your Job on the ground and inthe air but Union spokesman Hank Krakowski denied the Union was participating in the slowdown. He said the message was meant Only to ensure that pilots Are no distracted by the labor tension. At american the 21,000-member flight attendant Union ended its four Day strike monday after president Clinton prodded both sides to submit the dispute to binding arbitration. By late tuesday american said it was operating at76 percent of its Normal schedule of about 2,500 daily flights As it reworked flight attendants shifts and re scheduled flights that had been cancelled. I m in a great mood now said Barbara Wise of Tulsa okla., who feared she would miss her Holiday trip to California. I easily forgive. But if this had continued through thanksgiving i Don t think i would have Ever flown american again during the Holiday  by today the airline hoped to reach 100 percent fits original schedule and maintain it through the hectic thanksgiving weekend. American s rivals said they will continue to take american tickets if seats Are available. Warning issued on tainted Louisiana oysters Washington a the govern ment is trying to determine what contaminated oysters from two big Louisiana be Sand is advising people not to eat them. The food and drug administration say that More than 100 people have gotten stomach ailments in the past 12 Days after eating oysters from the grand pass and cabbage reef areas of  one has been seriously Hurt. All recovered after 24 to 48 hours of stomach upset including nausea vomiting and diarrhoea and in some instances muscle  with some Consumers planning to use oysters in their Holiday recipes the cd cautioned the Public tuesday night not to use any oysters in the Shell shucked fresh or Frozen from those two Beds. The Alert was aimed especially at Resi dents of Southeast states along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the Louisiana oysters were distributed. When in doubt throw it out said do Garcher a Deputy director of the Fra s Center for food safety and applied nutrition. He said retail stores should be Able to Tell Consumers where the oysters they Pur chased came from. Disease experts from the Fra and the centers for disease control and prevention in Atlanta think the prob Lem is caused by a virus but they Are not sure. Archer said the Oyster Beds themselves Are in a Pristine area with no evidence of pollution and there is no sign the Oyster were tainted with any bacteriological contaminant after being harvested. Some of the people who got sick at oysters at social events he said. None ate cooked oysters. Former anti War Radical gets 5-year prison term Boston up a Federal judge in Bosto wednesday sentenced former anti Vietnam War Radical Katherine Ann Power to five years for Herman in a National guard armory burglary in Massachusetts in 1970.judge Nathaniel m. Gorton also fined Power $10,000 under an agreement to plead guilty to breaking into the armory in Newburyport which took place just Days before Power and four other radicals held up a Boston Bank in which a police officer was  former Brandeis University student is Al ready serving an eight to 12-year sentence on state manslaughter and armed robbery charges stemming from the slaying of officer Walter Shroeder  sentenced Are to be served concurrently. Power 44, surrendered in september after 23.years As a fugitive. She spent much of that time living under the assumed name of Alice Louise Metzi Gerin the Lebanon ore., area. Coach s stunt puts team in Shock fake shooting set up As motivational exercise Libertyville 111. A a High school football coach frightened and Bonifield his team by staging a fight that ended with phony gunfire fake blood and Hisson believing his father was shot the stunt arranged by Libertyville High school Sdale Christensen apparently a intended to motivate his players. It did t work. They lost and were eliminated saturday from the state playoffs. Some students ran for cover and panicked Parent were told coach Christensen had been shot most of us were scared out of our minds senior lineman Mike Duffy said. I ran for my life. Obviously the Shock of the idea we were going Todie overshadowed any Point he was trying to  Christensen told school officials that the incident i which a barter s pistol was used was a motivational exercise said Donald Gossett the superintendent of schools. He is investigating to determine whether Christensen would face disciplinary action. The incident began near the school s swimming Pool As players listened to Pep talks in Advance of that afternoon s state semifinal game with Loyola Academy. Libertyville a Northwest suburb of Chicago lost 27-14. Witnesses said the stunt began with a fake fight be tween two youths. As Christensen stepped into the altercation two shots rang out and the coach Felt to the floor a red stain on his shirt. Although Christensen bounced up several second Slater and announced the shooting was bogus some players already had scattered seeking cover or escape. Even the coach s son linebacker Reed Christensen was fooled by the use of Blank cartridges. Witnesses said As his father Lay on the floor Christensen  dad s been shot police rushed to the scene after receiving a Call re porting possible gunshots at the school while the commotion caused by the skit unnerved parents Oyoung children using the Pool. Christensen a coach for 24 years was not available for comment wednesday. He did not return a message left on his answering machine