European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 05, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes 12 injured explodes in Folkston a. A a grenade that a teen Ager was showing off to schoolmates detonated inside a full class room thursday riddling a dozen Stu dents with shrapnel. The blast was Felt for a Quarter mile. These Are very serious devastating military Type injuries. This is not the sort of thing you d see on the streets of Amer Ica said or. David Vukich chief of emergency Medicine sit University medi Cal Center in Jacksonville Fla just Southof Folkston. Twenty five students were in the High school music appreciation class at Charl ton county High school when the 40 a Rifle grenade was dropped and exploded county school superintendent Jack mul Lis said. " v / the Type of grenade about 8 to 10inches Long and designed to be fired from a tube mounted on an my Rifle is no longer used by the military. It was brought to school by a student identified As Gregory Douglas 17. Doug Las said moments before the explosion Haht was harmless said Jed Norton an emergency worker from Invin county. Douglas Stepfather who used to work at fort Stewart told police that he . Saturday november 5.1994 saturday brought Home the grenade and four or five More. A Shannon Chesser who dropped the grenade underwent surgery for life threatening shrapnel wounds to the  legs and feet. The 16-year-old May lose a leg Vukich said. Four of the injure were in serious condition two were in stable condition two were in fair Condi Tion and three were treated and re leased. The injured students were Ages 16and 17, Hospital officials said. A teacher in the band room was not injured said Weyland Yeomans an agent with the Georgia Bureau of investigation. Parents rushed to the school but police would not allow anyone near the building. I thought he s at school. This can happen said Darlene Lloyd whose 17 year old son Eric was in stable conditional Satilla regional medical Center she said her son4old her that the teen agers had been passing the grenade around All Day. He was sitting with his Back turned when it exploded. He ran for help and did t know he was Hurt until he saw himself bleeding she said. Eric suffered a punctured lung and Back injuries. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago nov. 5,1984 islamic jihad which claimed responsibility for most of the terrorist attacks against americans in the Middle East vowed to hit . Installations in the Region within 48 hours.20 years ago nov. 5,1974 defense Secre tary James Schlesinger said that he was increasing . Combat strength in Europe and that Washington expected its allies to do the same. ". 30 years ago nov. 5,1964 president John son called for a United America fac ing the world after a smashing elec Tion Victory. 40 years ago nov. 5,1954 Thel democrats captured control of the Senate con fronting president Eisenhower with a democratically controlled con Gress for the Start of his second term. World War ii 50 years ago today nov. 5 1944 . Aircraft carriers open. Two Days of heavy attacks on japanese ships and planes around Luzon Island in the Philippines the Carrier Lexington is severely damaged by a japanese suicide plane. In northeastern France algerian troops of the French army capture Richesson and men abrupt. British troops land at Salonika the greek port abandoned Days earlier by the germans. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world Warll Bison books corp., 1981 a i lynched by shuttle Crew space Center Houston a Rookie astronaut gently released a Tele scope Laden German satellite from shuttle Atlantis on Friday for eight Days of free flying atmospheric research. French Crew member Jean Francois Leroy of his first spaceflight hoisted the 3,000-Pound satellite from the shuttle cargo Bay with the 50-foot robot . He held it High overhead while ground con trollers completed final checks. Then As the shuttle flew 190 mile above Northern Europe Cleroy set the satellite free and commander Donald. Mcmonagle slowly backed Atlantis away. That was an outstanding deploy Mission control told the Crew. Release and retrieval of the satellite Are two of the astronauts chief jobs Dur ing the 11-Day Mission that began thurs Day. To avoid contamination from shuttle exhaust the satellite must Fly free during its observations and will Trail Atlantis by up to about 70 Miles until astronaut Ellen Ochoa plucks it from orbit late next week. The $35 million satellite is carrying three infrared telescopes and other instruments designed to create a three dimensional map of the flow of gases in the Earth s Middle atmosphere an area fro seven to 17 . Physicists Hope to gather the first glob Al information about medium and Small scale disturbances in the Middle Atmo sphere. Much already is known about such Phenomena As the gaping Ozone Hole Over the Antarctic but Only theories exist about smaller disruptions. Satellite data will be matched against current computer models and could Lead to a better understanding of atmospheric composition and heat distribution around the planet scientists say. 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