European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday july 28, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 Federal Agency approves satellite navigation Aid from the associated press Washington a the Federal aviation administration approved tuesday the use of a global positioning system for use at three . Airports. The system will permit pilots to land without ground based guidance such As the radio direction systems used by Many airports. Aircraft equipped with receivers determine their position by comparing signals from three or More satellites. The Faa said approaches for airports in Frederick my. Oshkosh wis. And Denton Texas were released to use the new when the government develops such an approach at an Airport pilots can obtain computer chips for their receivers which then will guide them into a Landing at that Airport. Strangers mutilate Man Mcdonough a. A a Man whose Penis was nearly Cut off told police that two strangers attacked him Early tuesday hopping out of a truck to Knock him to the ground and mutilate his genitalia. Police establish the motive for the assault. After two hour Penis reattachment surgery Robert d. Jones 32, was in stable condition at Henry general Hospital spokeswoman Angie Strickland said. Doctors a thought he did real Well considering a she said. However it could take a year to determine if the Penis which was Cut about 75 percent of the Way through will function normally. Jones told police he was walking near his Mcdonough Home South of Atlanta when he was attacked at 5 40 . Bus knocked into Homes Oakland Calif. A a tractor trailer truck rear ended a Public transit bus tuesday sending the bus into three Homes. About 25 people were on the a transit bus As it travelled on a heavily used route Between san Leandro and Berkeley shortly before 10 . Authorities said the truck ran a Stop sign and crashed into the rear of the bus. The bus jumped a sidewalk brushed along two houses and crashed into a third pillars on All three houses were damaged. The bus Driver Charlie Bradford was in stable condition tuesday night at Highland Hospital. Truck Driver Robert Findling was treated and discharged. One bus passenger William Anderson was being treated for lower Back injuries a Hospital spokeswoman said. Five other people were treated at the Hospital and released. Police officer sentenced Washington a a former District of Columbia police officer was sentenced to 20 years for his role in a a a sting drug network set up by the Fri. The sentence for Sean w. Wiggins 25, stipulates no Early release and no possibility of parole and also includes an order to pay $16,000 in restitution. . District judge Thomas Francis Hogan said tuesday that Wiggins a betrayed his friends his family As Well As the citizens of the District of columbian by a using his badge and gun to assist in the distribution of Wiggins pleaded guilty in May to accepting bribes in Exchange for using his official position to what he believed was a drug trafficking operation and using a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking crime. Teen Dies after Binge Miami a a 14-year-old new York boy travelling with his father and Stepmother died aboard a cruise ship after he became extremely drunk during an underage drinking party police said. An adult passenger May have supplied the liquor to the Young people partying on one of the majesty of the seas upper decks Early Friday said Rich Steck a spokesman for Royal Caribbean the ships Ronald Lucas of Elmont n.y., died Friday morning aboard the ship which returned sunday to Miami after a weeks cruise to the Caribbean. Fear grips High school in Wake of to outbreak Westminster Calif. A a tuberculosis reak that swept la Quinta High school has spout break that swept la Quinta High school has spread More than just serious illness. It has made students fearful of being ostracized and wary of who a sitting next to them at lunch. One misdiagnosed Case led to hundreds of the schools 1,350 students being exposed to the disease in the past three years. A a they re scared if they have to. We wont talk to them have lunch together a said 15-Yearold incoming la Quinta Sophomore Ngoc Pham who is taking summer classes at a nearby school. Of 1,263 students and recent graduates Given skin tests in september 1993, 292 developed redness and swelling indicating exposure to to. An additional 87 students and staff members tested positive last month. Seventeen people have been diagnosed with Active tuberculosis including 14 who had cases resistant to several antibiotics. One student a shy freckle faced 16-year-old who refused to give her name said she had tested positive. A i just told my Best friends a she said. A some people Are during last years baseball championships 1994 graduate Steven Lund recalled How another team a wanted to protest about having the game at our a one of the moms had a surgical mask on her face a said Lund who. Tested positive for to exposure but did no to get Active tuberculosis. Such reactions have made life difficult for la Quinta students said or. Jody Meador the county tuberculosis controller who arranged for antibiotics to be administered at school. A High school is a time when people should be think ing about their futures their careers enjoying youth a Meador said. Officials said the outbreak began three years ago when a 16-year-old students private doctors misdiagnosed her persistent cough As bronchitis to is usually characterized by a persistent sometimes bloody cough night sweats Chest pain and weight loss. A from what we re Able to gather the child was misdiagnosed Back in 1991 and was essentially walking around the school with Active to a said or. Hugh Stallworth Orange county a Public health director. After officials confirmed that the unidentified girl a vietnamese immigrant had tuberculosis they traced 12 other Active cases at the school to her or people she had been in Contact with. One of the to sufferers with a Case that did no to respond to several kinds of antibiotics was Debi French who had to have part of a lung removed. As doctors tracked All of the people French had come in Contact with they found 25 percent tested positive for exposure to the bacteria said or. Richard Jackson chief of the states division of communicable disease control. To Sisu in juror san Francisco a a 9-year-old salvadoran boys harrowing Story of How he crossed the Border to join his Mother in California seemed such an uplifting tale that a supermarket printed it on 40,000 shopping bags. To United markets dismay the unidentified boys Story caused a ruckus in a state bitterly divided Over illegal aliens. Irate shoppers said United was condoning illegal immigration. They threatened to Boycott and picket the locally owned store. The supermarket pulled the bags from distribution. A this was a child a Story. It has nothing to do with immigration. And it has nothing of Quot Motif Quot tuesday. A it is a wonderful. To do with politics a co owner William warmhearted children a Story. But i was Yery concerned about having a War in front of our the boy now enrolled in school in Marin county told How smugglers got him into the United states. He told of walking across deserts and crossing a treacherous River on a tire. His Story was superimposed Over a shadowy photo of him with a hand across his face. A there were four other men trying to Cross Over a his Story read in part. A the four men fell off their tires into the water. The tires came Back but we never saw the men United markets told his Story As part of an Effort to boost local students one of Many projects the firm supports on local issues. Like the supermarket the school District where the boy is enrolled at Bahia Vista elementary Felt the heat. Superintendent Jeff Blackwell said his office received a a zillion Calls running 9-to-l against the boy. The controversy comes in a election year that has put illegal immigration on Center stage in California gov. Pete Wilson and his democratic opponent Kathleen Brown Are attempting to tag each other As soft on illegals. A proposition on the november ballot seeks to end All Public benefits for illegal aliens and appears Likely to pass. A this response did no to happen in a vacuum a shopper sue Gilliam Saia. A when people see this grocery bag to the Liberal Media glorifying these illegal aliens. The artists who came up with the bag project which includes the Success stories of three other students said they were stunned by the response. A but stepping Back it makes perfect sense a said Kelly William Daniel co owner of United markets holds one of the bags imprinted with the Story of a boys ordeal in crossing to the United states Sultan who took photos and wrote the stories with her husband. After the juror erupted some shoppers began asking for the bags. Calls of support began coming in. A a there a been a tremendous positive reaction tremendous support from All Over the state a co owner Daniel said. A people Are calling in and saying we did the right Ley see one of the states biggest anti immigration groups Yorba Linda based save our state distanced itself from the controversy. A sos has no interest whatsoever in a poor Little boys a shoppin8 go said co chairwoman Barbara Kiley. To single out a 9-year-old child sos does not b Lieve in
