European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Sunday May 29,1994 at in 1 dead 2 missing at Ohio Plant Belpre Ohio a millions of Gallons of chemicals went up in thick Black smoke when an explosion rocked a plastics Plant killing at least on6 person and forcing 1,700 others from their Homes. Shell chemical co. Said one Plant worker was killed in the Friday morning blast. Two others were missing and presumed dead a \ a a 1. The company1 knew the identities of the three workers but did not know which one had been confirmed dead Plant manager Arnold Ditmar said. The body was seen in the Plant but could not be recovered because it was in an area too dangerous to enter he said. Shell chemical and officials from the Federal occupational safety and health administration were investigating Dit mar said. Five tanks containing As much As 4 million Gallons of Styrene burned As did 400,000 Gallons of diesel fuel state environmental officials said. Styrene is a toxic material used in making plastic. Ditmar said it is unlikely that toxic substances were released in the blast. A the material that was burning produced a fire that is similar to a burning rubber tire a Ditmar said. A the smoke itself is probably producing More dirt than harm.�?�-. A a a a. A. V the blast sent flames shooting 600 feet in the air and the fire took nine hours to be contained. Thick smoke forced 1,700 people to be evacuated from the area. No injuries among the evacuees were reported and they were allowed to return to their Homes after several hours. The Plant makes thermoplastic rubber for automotive parts wire footwear adhesives and Cable coverings. It is part of a 15-acre Complex of buildings near Belpre a town 70 Miles North of Charleston  a a a a a a a. Fifty to 75 of the plants 480 employees were working when the blast occurred said Plant spokesman Mike White a it was like a Bolt of lightning striking right beside your foot, Denzil Metz who lives less than a mile from the Plant. A there was a bang. The windows rattled. It Felt like the roof was coming off the  4 a smoke and flames billow Friday from a tank storage Field at a Shell chemical Plant in Belpre Ohio where an explosion forced thousands to flee their Homes. As Man fort Lauderdale Fla. A a Man involved in a lawsuit opened fire in a court reporters office Friday police said. A pregnant lawyer and a Man giving a deposition were killed and another Man was critically wounded before the 15-shot pistol jammed. The shooting suspect was identified As Julio Mora. He was chased Down and held for authorities by the owner of the court reporting firm where the shooting occurred Mora whose 68th birthday was Friday was charged with two counts of first degree murder and one count of attempted murder for the wounding of a third person. State Law also allows murder charges to be filed in the death of a fetus but prosecutors had not decided whether to do that police spokeswoman Sonya Friedman said. The people killed were identified As lawyer Karen Marx 30, of West Palm Beach who was four months pregnant and Clarence Rudolph 56, on Salt Lake City a remember the $300,000 study of whether cow flatulence contributes to global warming now the government is spending even More Money to Analyse what comes out of the other end of the cow. The environmental Protection Agency has Given Utah state University in Logan a $500,000 Grant to round up Range cattle and fit them with special breathing devices that measure the amount of methane cows release when they burp. The new Grant lets Utah state expand on a $300,000 study that began in 1991 at Washington state University in Pullman and provoked widespread ridicule. At the time the Washington state researchers tried to disarm jokes about cow flatulence saying that 95 percent of the methane comes from the front end of the cow not the rear. On Friday Utah state Range livestock nutritionist Ken Olson reiterated the significance of the research. A methane produced by cattle appears to be a consequential Factor in global warming a Olson said. A a it a important to find out How much methane livestock actually  a a methane is a contributor to the greenhouse effect in which gaseous pollutants Are thought to trap heat in the atmosphere which could cause Earth eventually to warm up melting the Polar icecaps. Some researchers estimate that confined cattle produce about 20 percent of global methane emissions. Maurice Hall 44, a lawyer and retired judge from West Palm Beach was wounded in the Abdomen. He was listed in critical condition after surgery at Broward general Hospital nursing supervisor Patty Ellison said. The shooting occurred in a sixth floor office where Rudolph was giving a deposition in a civil Case that involved Mora. Also in the office were the two lawyers Marx and Hall a and a court reporter. A fifteen minutes into the deposition the gentleman pulled out a gun a said Bret Tannenbaum owner of coastal reporting services. A the fired six shots two into each person. The gentleman a gun jammed. He ran out. A this was a pre planned thing a Tannenbaum said. A a Mora said some pretty weird things  Tannenbaum refused to elaborate. Mora had filed a lawsuit against the american association of retired persons Over one of their senior Job placement programs. He was acting As his own lawyer and had scheduled the deposition Friedman said. She said Mora had been Laid off from the association about a year ago Rudolph ran the program at the time of morals employment. Tannenbaum said he heard six shots and went after the gunman thinking the gun was empty. A the police told me later that the seventh shot had jammed and it was a 15-round automatic a he said. The court reporter who was not identified left during the shooting and was unharmed. Tannenbaum said that Mora who limps and uses a Cane tried to make it to an elevator. But Tannenbaum said he chased Mora knocked him Down and used the Cane to hold him. In the same building divorce lawyer Eric Golden was shot to death feb. 19. Dunkin donuts smells Coffee scraps mikes Boston apr no More worrying about hidden microphones at Dunkin donuts a or so the doughnut Chain Hopes. The Randolph based company asked its franchises Friday to remove hidden microphones used to keep employees on their toes but powerful enough to hear customers. The move came after news reports that the monitoring was widespread. But the franchises Are independently owned and can ignore the request. There Are 2,900 dunking donuts in the United states. Fewer than 20 Are company owned dunking donuts spokesman Bill Chiccarelli said. Chiccarelli said decisions about Security Are generally up to the individual franchise but because or customers reaction to the reports a a we re sure they will  the statement called the audio surveillance  however it said video monitoring would continue Quot to protect customers and  Security systems dealer Jeff Meuse of Manchester n.h., said he installed systems in 500 dunking donuts in the Northeast in the last five years 300 of which had microphones. Shops that have the monitoring systems display Small stickers on their doors saying a audio monitoring on the  m