European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday november 28,1993 sky diver Reca Westfield mass. A a skydiver who crashed into an air plane said he tried at the last second to steer Clear of the collision that killed four people. My first impression was of my god what s he doing there " Alfred Peters said Friday. I dipped one Shoul Der. I thought i was going to sail right Over the top. The next thing i heard Wasa  Peters a former Arr Ray paratrooper who Only recently returned to parachuting managed to open his Chute after the collision and land safely it the Small air port. He suffered a broken ankle but Al four on the plane were killed sunday. Peters said he saw nothing at All inthe sunny sky before leaping from a sin Gle engine Cessna 206 about 8,000 feet Over Northampton Airport. Within a few seconds he spotted an other single engine plane a Piper War roof ii heading straight for him. Peters 51, said his foot smashed into the Tail apparently knocking off the vertical Fin an sending the Craft into a nose dive to Ward Woods below. It was just on of those two second things and it was a Ter Over Peters said. He left a Northampton Hospital thursday. Killed were Pilot Elliot Klein 49, of Rhinebeck n.v., the Pilot his son a t t Kille t to. Rhinebeck ., the son average life Span up to 75.5 years Atlanta up americans Are from heart disease have been declining living longer than Ever achieving an aver since the 1950s, age life Span of 75.5 years primarily be from 1990 to 1991, there was a 2.5 per jp41icm fiut nirm1� Ivy for inn Fyk to r1t_ am 4� 2k i�jfew4 4a of fat cd i Jonas 18, of Boston Christina Park 18,of Auburn Wash. And Jean Kimball 45, of Pine Plains  They were in route from Poughkeepsie n. Y., to Boston. It was just being in the wrong place atthe wrong time for everyone he said. I just feel bad about the other people. It s Tus unbelievable. The Odds of such an Accident happening have to be  140,000 . Sky divers made an estimated 2.5 million jumps Over the Pas year said the . Parachute association in Alexandria  Only one other such instance a parachutist was hit by a plane on a completely unrelated flight in san Diego in 1980, the association said. The plane came Down safely. Since 1982, parachutists have been hit by their own planes 14 times according to Theair safety foundation in Frederick my. Peters from West Field was in an offi Cial jump zone. The Federal aviation administration said a Pilot who intends to pass through such a zone usually will Call into an automated Faa system for Gener Al cautions before a flight or tune into the frequency of the nearest air traffic control station during the flight. However a Pilot passing through a sky diving zone under Federal rules for visual flying is required neither to tune in his radio nor to notify ground control of his flight. The Piper s radio broke in the crash soit was unclear if the Pilot was listening. Peters who owns a machine shop said that if his foot recovers enough he will consider sky diving again. It s still a relatively Safe sport he said. I be got a brother that has More than 1,900 jumps with not As much As a sprained  s a aver years because fewer people arc dying of heart Dis ease and accidents. Federal health officials said Friday that White women have the longest life expectancy 79.6 years followed by Black women at 73.8 years White men at 72.9 years and Black males at 64.6 years. From 1990through 1991, the Overall life Span in creased by about one month the Center for disease control and prevention said. The life expectancy rates for 1991 we recompiled by the health Agency. It said provisional data for 1992 indicate that the death rate continued to decline through 1992." the cd did not provide reasons forthe increase in life expectancy but deaths fro sinc. Fro per cent drop in heart disease deaths. From 1979 to 1991, the nation recorded a 25.7percent decrease in heart disease mortality. Deaths from accidents mostly Auto Mobile crashes declined 4.6 percent in 1991 compared with the previous year and de creased 27.7 percent since 1979. Part of the decline coincided with the passage of stat Laws mandating the use of seat belts. Cancer deaths also declined .4 percent but cancer deaths had increased by 2.8 per cent from 1979 to 1991, the cd  also were decreases in deaths from stroke pneumonia influenza Sui cide and liver disease and cirrhosis. But the death rates from homicide and aids in 1991 were the highest Ever recorded. Powell second Only to Mother Teresa Washington a the Amer ican people Don t know much about re tired Gen. Colin l. Powell s politics but they know they like the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and possible19% presidential candidate. A National Survey this month by the Wirthlin group found that 36 percent of respondents believe he is a Republican,16 percent guess he s a Democrat and 46 percent say they just Don t  has steadfastly refused to say where he stands , when the poll respondents were asked to rate a list of Public figures on Ascale of 0 to 100, Powell was without peer a 70.9  Wirthlin group which often does polling for the Republican party says Mother Teresa is the Only Public Fig ure Ever to outscore Powell in its  next was Powell s old Boss Bush administration defense Secre tary Dick Cheney. Cheney had a 56.5 rating outscoring Jack Kemp former Secretary of housing and Urban development 55.2 percent and president Linton 54.7 percent. Others scoring above 50 percent inthe november Survey were first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton 54.2senate Republican Leader Robert Dole of Kan Sas 54.1retired Chrysler corp. Chair Man Lee la coca 53.4vice president Al Gore 517 and former presidential candidate Ross Perot 51.2. 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