European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 15, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 5 White a by Elizabeth Shogren los Angeles times j Aberdeen my. The evening be fore he crashed a Light plane into the White House Frank Corder sat Iii the doorway of a cheap Motel room trying to talk a new Friend into flying with him. " you Ever been up in a plane " Cindy Jianniney 38, said he asked her. " i think i m going to take my plane out tonight " Jianniney a Short plump woman with wings tattooed on her cleavage rejected the offer. The lord built my ass Low to the ground and i think i m going to keep it there she said. Jianniney had spent the Day shooting the Breeze with Corder at Keyser s Motel and watching As he drank Beer after Beer and disappeared several times into his room to smoke crack cocaine. After finding evidence of alcohol an cocaine in Corder s body investigators said wednesday that his death appeared to be a suicide the associated press reported 0 a couple of times she recalled tuesday he walked away from the dreary Motel saying he was going to the store but she suspected he was probably buying More crack. Y  that evening Corder called rela Tives to say " to checking out for Good " Jianniney said she was told by an investigator she spoke to monday. That night Corder somehow made it to an Airfield about seven Miles away where he stole a Cessna and began the flight that ended at the White House and in his death " a the a reported that Coder s plane appeared on radar at nearby National air port but operators did not notice until after the crash damages Cut in Case Albuquerque . A a judge wednesday sharply reduced a $2.7, million punitive damage award against Mcdonald s corp. For an elderly woman who was scalded by hot Coffee she spilled on her Lap. At the same time state District judge Robert Scott denied a motion by attorneys for Mcdonald s asking him to Grant a new trial or at least throw out the punitive damages altogether. Both sides said they would Appeal. Last month a jury awarded nearly $2,9 million in punitive and compensatory damages to Stella Liebeck 81. She suffered third degree Burns on her legs Groin and buttocks in feb. 27, 1992, when she placed a cup of Coffee Between her legs to steady it while prying the lid off at a Mcdonald s drive hip window. Scott let stand the compensatory dam Ages but Cut the $2.7 million punitive award to $480,000. That Means the woman will get about $640,000 total. Compensatory damages cover a per son s actual losses while punitive dam Ages Are meant to punish and deter wrongdoing. Scott noted he had told jurors that any punitive damages must be reasonably related to the injury.". The judge said he arrived at the $480,000 figure for punitive damages by tripling the $160,000 compensatory award Given Liebeck. He said $480,000 was appropriate for the wilful Wanton reckless and what the court finds was Cal Lous behaviour on the part of Mcdon Ald s. Mcdonald s attorney Bruce Hall said he would Appeal wednesday s ruling say ing the jury s verdict was unjust. Man who wanted plane held port Arthur Texas a a Man was arrested and taken to a men Tal Hospital after trying to charter a plane to Fly to Washington to visit with president Clinton. Tuesday s arrest came one Day after a single engine plane crashed in the White House Lawn killing the Pilot. The Man also threatened to shoot two secret service agents and a policeman who went to his House tuesday police i. Mark Blanton said. He surrendered a Short time later and police found no weapons inside the House. He s just a conf Secl Man Blan ton said. In Light of the recent Situa Tion we Felt it was Best that we have this Man  the Man whose name was not re leased was taken to the Community psychiatric Center in port Arthur. A manager at Jefferson county air port had called the secret service after the Man attempted to charter a plane to take him to the nation s Capi Tal. It was not know if the Man knew How to Fly a plane or what he wanted to discuss with the president. The secret service told us that the Man had written to us. Congressman Jack Brooks office in Washington d.c., and to the White House re questing to see the president Blan ton said. Brook is a Texas Democrat. During Corder s last Days Jia Rhiney and others recall he was depressed and Des Perate for drugs. He was stressed out Jianniney said. He did not have any More Money. He needed More Money for  when she told him she was leaving at about 7 p.m., he begged her to spend the night just to keep him company because he was so lonely. But she told him that if she did so her Boyfriend would never be Lieve they were just friends. She promised to Stop by later but never did. It was t until monday evening when secret service agents knocked on the door of her apartment that she Learned his Fate. Although she had not suspected he would do something drastic Jianniney said Corder had suggested during the week that Sui de was in his  said he had thought about killing himself but he did t want to die alone in a hotel room she said. He wanted to be remembered. That s Why he went put with Suc Habang other people who were at the Motel sunday evening confirmed her Story that Corder had appeared High on drugs and frequently went into his room sometimes alone and sometimes with someone they said was a drug supplier to smoke a drug they All thought was crack cocaine. When they came out you smelled it said Fred Fulton 55, a Handyman who works and lives at the Motel. It happened All weekend night and  another Man who spent part of the last Day with Corder was Dave Wachter who said tuesday that he had biked from an other Motel three quarters of a mile away to sell Corder marijuana sunday. Wachter 24, said he watched Corder smoking marijuana and crack cocaine. Corder wanted More drugs than he had Money to pay for Wachter said so As col lateral Corder gave him the keys to his Cadillac his Wallet and a television that belonged to the Motel. He was pretty Strung out Wachter said. But he did t seem Tike a  a loner who withdrew from his family during binges with alcohol and drugs Corder spent the Lions share of his last Days mooning about his failed marriage and bemoaning his bankrupt business. After being kicked out by his wife three weeks earlier he lived in his yellow Cadillac until his met Jianniney s Boyfriend of labor Day weekend. The couple opened their Home to him and he spent several nights and Days in their cramped one bed room apartment. We sat for hours and hours talking right Here Jianniney said sitting on the love seat sized sofa that had been Carder s temporary bed. He had just sold a truck from his business for $8,000, and the Check was to Clear monday she said he told her. With that Money he would pay Back his mounting drug debts including the $150 he owed the couple and Start his new life. He told us when that Check clears i m going to buy me a Harley and ride until there s no More ground to ride on " Jianniney said. Moving Rick Hanson far right of Kokomo ind., bows his head Bee. The opening ceremonies at the Wall which will reunite tuesday in front of the moving Wall in Kokomo As he re veterans from several states is part of the 12th annual Indi members three of his friends who were killed in Vietnam Ana Vietnam veterans reunion. The event begins Friday and Hanson is joined by his wife Margaret and Friend Roy May runs through sunday. Power outage puts o Hare Airport on hold Chicago a o Hare International Airport was All but paralysed for a time wednesday when a Power outage shut Dosun the Federal aviation administration s regional air traffic control Cen Ter. As Faa Crews worked to restore Power at least 100 planes sat on the ground at the world s busiest Airport. Takeoffs and landings were also delayed at Chicago s Midway Airport and Chi Cago bound flights throughout the nation were delayed. Power was restored at about 10 30 . After one hour and 45 minutes of searching for the cause of the problem. The Center in Aurora about 30 Miles West of Chicago houses air traffic con trollers who direct flights in a 155,000 Square mile airspace that extends from the Eastern Edge of Lake Michigan North into Wisconsin and As far West As pcs Monics Iowa. The cause of the Power failure was an internal wiring problem within the Cen Ter said Art Massa a spokesman for the Commonwealth Edison co. He said the Faa fixed the wiring problem itself. Many business and other travellers were temporarily stranded at o Hare