European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 17, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 court awards $99,950 for Hysterectomy mistake from the associated press Columbus Ohio a state court awarded nearly $100,000 to a woman who had a Hysterectomy after a blood test falsely showed she had the aids  of claims judge Dean Strausbaugh granted Andrea Beth Alfarano Kennedy $99,950 for the surgical procedure and emotional distress plus $50 to go to Kennedy s daughter Alexandria Alfarano for her pain and suffering. Copies of Friday s decision were released monday through the Ohio supreme  University of Cincinnati medical Center where the mistake occurred had no comment. Monday because it had just been notified of the court s ruling spokesman Rick Smith said. Smith said he did not know whether the University will Appeal. Kennedy was a nursing assistant at the University Hospital in july 1990 when she stuck herself with a used Needle which is one of the ways his can be transmitted. The human immunodeficiency virus causes aids. Train kills 3 in family Glendale Calif. A commuter train struck and killed a grandparent Parent and child who were taking a shortcut across Railroad tracks monday an official said. The pedestrians. Appeared out of nowhere metro link spokesman Peter Hidalgo said. The Engineer repeatedly blew his Horn and applied his emergency  the family members were apparently trying to get from the South Side of the tracks to the North Side shortly before 10 . When they were struck by a 60 Mph train bound for downtown los Angeles he said. One of the bodies was thrown More than 100 feet. The victims names weren t disclosed. Tipper Gore is. Alcohol Washington Tipper Gore is adding teen age drinking to her list of concerns about America s youth. Government can t Stop it the vice president s wife says but parents can. Many teens evade underage drinking Laws by imbibing at Home Gore said monday. Parents need to be More careful about what happens under their own roof Gore said in a interview with the associated press. They need to be responsible and not be afraid to say no you re not going to have a Parry with alcohol i be done that she said. And it s not always  kids will argue with you no one will come so you say Well Well get a great band or Well have great music. But no alcohol " Gore said. She and her husband vice president Al Gore have four children Ages 12 to 21. Dad owes life to boy 5 new York a 911 operator kept the 5-year old son of an unconscious Man on the phone for about 40 minutes monday morning Long enough to Trace the Call and Rescue the  worried boy was calling for help but he did t know his  father 52-year-old Carlos Aguirre was examined at a Hospital and released later in the Day. A Hospital administrator did not know what he had been treated for and Aquirre s phone number was  Aguirre called 911 when he spotted his father slumped in the  Fergus the operator said that at first she thought his Call was a prank. Smoking depression linked los Angeles High school students who smoked were up to 18 times As Likely As nonsmokers to say they had attempted suicide a government study  results do not imply that smoking causes suicide stressed psychologist Kenneth Carter of the Federal centers for disease control and prevention. Rather he said smoking May be an indicator of depression. Some depressed youngsters May be using tobacco to gain some Relief or smoking May be common among teen agers who Are hopeless and depressed he said. Whatever the reason for the link the findings suggest that if a student who seems depressed also smokes a pack a Day i m going to be a lot More worried about that student Carter said. 2 accused of fleecing would be vacationers Alexandria a. A would you buy a Vaca Tion package from someone named skip town or Dusty Rhodes More than 2,000 customers in 43 states did and Federal prosecutors say they got burned in a Tele marketing scam. To the would be travellers the advertised prices May have seemed too Good to be True. For Many that apparently is exactly what they were. After a 29-month investigation Brothers Michael and Christopher Barson were indicted monday by a Federal grand jury on charges of illegally obtaining More than $800,000 through a bogus travel telemarketing business. Prosecutors said the Brothers business names included the great american travel club fantasy vacations and fun club. Michael Barson 26, of Reston and Christopher bar son 30, of Bethesda md., were charged in . District court with conspiring to violate mail wire and Bank fraud statutes Between August 1990 and March 1992. Michael Barson was arrested by the Fri on monday at his Home and later released on Bond. Christopher Barson was not arrested but was ordered to appear with his brother in court next monday for their arraign ment. The Parsons each face possible sentences of 30 years in prison and fines up to $1 million. Helen Fahey . Attorney for the Eastern District of. Virginia said the Parsons illegally obtained Money from More than 2,000 customers in 43 states who responded to nationwide newspaper advertisements for vacation packages to Cancun Mexico and Caribbean destinations. The Parsons required customers to pay in full for the. Vacation packages by certified checks Money orders or credit cards before the packages were sent by overnight courier Fahey said. But instead of receiving tickets and confirmed reservations customers were sent third party promotional travel vouchers containing numerous restrictive terms and conditions which made it nearly impossible to obtain the trips. Fahey said the average loss was More than $400 per customer. Michael Barson allegedly used numerous aliases including Bill Daley Michael Charles skip town and Dusty Rhodes. Christopher Barson used the aliases Christopher Daley and Christopher Anthony. Brett Emmerson of Alexandria and her parents paid the Parsons great american travel club $800 in de Cember 1991 for a trip to Cancun. The trip never too place and when Emmerson tried to get her Money Jack great american travel returned Only $200. The shuttle endeavour is scheduled to lift Oft thursday. The Crew features from left commander Michael Baker Pilot Terry Wilcutt and Mission specialists Tom Jones Steve Smith Dan Bursch and Peter Wisoff. Shuff a s mss on Sef in Concrete Cape canaveral. Fla. A Concrete does t get any More ready mixed than this. Space shuttle endeavour will become a giant con Crete mixer after liftoff thursday whipping up a Batch of special order Concrete the first Ever concocted in space. The countdown was to begin tuesday. Concrete makers already Are salivating at the thought of Concrete cities on the Moon where most of the ingredients Are ready at hand. Just the Eye opening awareness of what the. Possibilities of Concrete Are that s what we re looking to find enthused Mark Bury customer service manager for master builders inc. Of Cleveland. Endeavour contains everything needed to make a slab of Concrete the size of a loaf of bread 3y pounds of Portland Cement 3v-pounds of Sand a pints of water and a splash of the usual chemicals to enhance the even distribution of Sand and Cement particles. Just mix at medium Speed for 10 minutes shortly after launch and let Harden for the rest of the 10-Day, Earth monitoring flight. Everything is automatic. All the astronauts need to do is switch on Power to a garbage can sized Container out in the cargo Bay that holds the Concrete concoction mixing chamber and Battery operated mixer. The big unknown in space is the critical particle Dis persion. After the flight. Master builders will slice up the hardened slab and crush some pieces to test strength and study pore Structure. Concrete gains 75 percent of its strength in seven Days 95 percent in 28 Days. As a result most testing will be done about a month after the Concrete is mixed. I Don t know what the future of Concrete in space is but i think it s an interesting thing to try said Nasa s Clarke Prouty a Mission manager. Students at the University of Alabama at Huntsville dreamed up the $31,000 Experiment which was financed by master builders. Why Concrete the Nice thing about Concrete is almost everything is available on the Moon and a thick enough Wall will shield whoever s living there from a radiation Environ ment said Lyle Jalbert a physics graduate student who s managing the project