European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes . Thursday june 23, 1994boat Pilot blamed in killer train crash by Stephen Labaton new York times Washington a Federal officials tuesday blamed a poorly trained towboat Pilot for the worst train wreck in am Trak s history saying he rammed a train Bridge in a pre Dawn fog moments before the 11-car Sunset limited began to Cross the Span. Investigators said the Pilot Willie Odom could not read his radar had left his Chart of the River at Home and did not have a Compass. Like Many towboat operators in the area he had no formal said the operator of the towboat Warrior amp Gulf navigation co., had not adequately trained the Pilot. 1 it said the const guard had contributed to the Accident by failing to establish higher standards for pilots of towing vessels. The Board also concluded that Amtrak should Brief passengers about the train s safety features As airlines routinely do before takeoffs. The officials said that the Accident occurred when Odom who was piloting the mauvilla lost his Way in the darkness and thick fog of the Mobile River. The towboat training investigators said. They said he was pushing six barges full of Coal steel had received his piloting License Only months before after failing. The exam seven times. The Bridge collapsed As the train sped onto it causing three engines and four cars to plunge into big Bayou canot near Mobile Ala Early sept 22. The crash killed 47 people and injured 103 passengers. Concluding a nine month investigation the National transportation safety Board top Cor Husker gives teacher Nebraska lesson Omaha neb. Apr a new Jersey teacher who told her class that the Only people living in Nebraska arc the Gocr nor his wife and a pet pig stands corrected. The pig died. In a Surprise Telephone Call tuesday Nebraska gov. Ben Nelson also told Karen Levine that his stale actually has 1,6 million people and had been Home to to celebrity Johnny Carson and the late actor in cry Fonda. Levine a seventh Grade social studies class in Parsippany n.j., erupted into laughter when the Call came. Quot is this mrs. Levine a Nelson asked Over a speaker phone. Quot this is Ben Nelson and in a governor of  Quot you be got to be kidding Quot Levine said. Quot in a not kidding Quot Nelson said. Nelson said he received a letter from pupils Ryan Shaffer and Michael Turkot reporting their teachers Nebraska joke. Quot they told on me huh a Levine laughed. Quot yes they told on you but i wanted to Call and report that the pig died a he. Said. Quot ill never say a bad word about Nebraska again a Levine promised. Student admits sending Clintone mail threat Lufkin Texas a a College student pleaded guilty to sending an electronic mail message to president Clinton threatening to Quot blow your Little head  a Matthew no. Thomas 19, faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 Fine. A sentencing Date has not yet been scheduled. A Thomas admitted tuesday that lie used his former Roommate s name and social Security number to gain Access to the internet at Stephen Faustin state University in Nacogdoches in april 1993, while on the University s system he sent an electronic message to a Mary land company hired by the White House to receive email transmissions addressed to Clinton. Slabs Iron pellets and Cement. He turned by mistake into the big Bayou canot As he searched for a tree to tie up his vessel and await clearer weather. Officials from the safety Board said that the Bridge had been struck by a Barge at least once before in 1979, and that there have been at least 13 instances since the beginning of the year of barges running into Bridges around the  aide to Lead troubled Kwh Wall project Washington apr Pierre Salinger press Secretary in the Kennedy White House has been named president of the financially troubled Battle of Normandy foundation the organization said tuesday. Salinger will also be Volunteer National chairman of the foundations Quot Wall of Liberty project to build a Wall in Caen a City in Normandy France. The Structure is to Honor Salinger. American men and women who. Served in Europe during world War ii. The foundation dedicated the first panel of the Wall earlier this month during ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of a Day. 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