European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 24, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 blood product recalled after a Topsy of donor from the associated press Deerfield 111. Baxter International inc. Is recalling one of its blood products around the world after an autopsy on a blood donor found that he had a rare fatal disease. The Hospital Supply company does t know if an of the product albumin was contaminated and is unaware of any Case in which the disease was transmitted via the blood Supply spokeswoman Jill Carter said tuesday. An autopsy on a donor who died recently showed that he had Creutzfeldt Jakob disease caused by a virus that attacks the Central nervous system an causes dementia wasting of Muscles and eventually death. There is no blood test for this disease and we could t have known about it beforehand Carter said. Only a Small amount of the product has been withdrawn the spokeswoman said. Limb hits Edison House fort Myers Fla. An 8-ton limb from a Fig tree planted by Thomas Edison broke off and crashed into a guest room at the inventor s estate. The room in t shown during Tours and was empty except for some old chairs. None of Edison Sart facts was damaged and Tours went on As usual. We kept tourists away from the damage but they wanted to get a look said Gary Thomas acting director of the Edison Ford Winter estates. Damage was estimated at $10,000. The Moreton Bay Fig was planted 75 years ago i Edison s quest to find a Domestic rubber source. It has grown to 60 feet High and about 8 feet around its base. Sex hostage examined Boston Frank Reed a former hostage in Lebanon who received a hero s Welcome upon his1990 release is undergoing psychiatric tests after allegedly assaulting his estranged wife. Reed 61, has been at the Boston a medical enter since nov. 14, when he pleaded innocent to assault in suburban Maiden. He was released on his own recognizance in order to enter the Hospital. It s sad. 1 definitely think he s having severe emotional problems Maiden police chief Neil Buckley said tuesday. Reed an educator was abducted in 1986. He was freed after Inore than 3v4 years. Since his release he has lectured about his. Experiences in Captivity but has not held a full time Job. Woman bleeds to death mount Vernon Wash. A woman bled to death after she accidentally fell against a Chain saw that her husband was using authorities said. Mindy sue feathers 29, was helping her husband Clear some Small Trees monday at their Home outside mount Vernon when she tripped on some Brush ska git county Coroner Frank Kendall said. When she fell the Chain saw struck an artery in her neck Kendall said. An autopsy was planned. It was strictly an Accident he  ska git county sheriffs office issued a Brief statement about the death but would give no details monday night. Suspect fails to kill self Baltimore a Man accused of beheading a Fortune Teller was arrested after trying to commit suicide by diving in front of a train and when that failed diving under a truck driven by the officers chasing him police  Thomas Clark 28, suffered Only minor injuries. He was charged with first degree murder and ordered held without  is accused of decapitating Deborah Myra Stevens a 62-year-old Fortune Teller he had Bee seeing for advice. Police said Clark visited Stevens about two hours before her body and head were found in her Home wednesday. Investigators have not found the murder weapon. Clark was captured wednesday after an apparent suicide attempt. Amtrak police said he threw himself into the path of a train but was not seriously Hurt. When two Amtrak officers began chasing him one on foot one driving a four wheel drive vehicle Clark tried to dive under the wheels of the truck twice police said. Again he was not seriously Bur. A twin engine plane whose top was sheared off by a Twa jetliner lies on runway in St Louis mo., on wednesday. 2 killed when Jet hits stray plane on runway St. Louis a a Twa jetliner 1,500 feet into its Takeoff run collided with a twin engine plane that had strayed onto the runway shearing the roof off the smaller Craft and killing both people aboard. Eight of the 142 passengers on the Denver bound Jet suffered minor injuries in the collision at about 10 15 . Tuesday at Lambert Airport said Federal aviation administration spokeswoman Sandra Campbell. There was an Impact and the plane veered said passenger Pete Hockett of Madison wis., who was headed to Denver for a ski vacation with his family. It was scary. It was scarier when we stopped and they said fuel was  the Mcdonnell Douglas md-80 Jet was evacuated and most passengers took a later flight to Denver air Point spokeswoman Sandy Singer said. Airport director Leonard Griggs said the Pilot of the trans world airlines Jet Triec to avoid the smaller initiates weren t plane when he spotted it on the runway. The Pilot did an absolutely Superb Job in avoiding what could have been a catastrophe because rather than going straight into it he managed to lift it and clip it with the right Wing Griggs said. No information about the victims was available. Campbell said the private plane which could carry unto eight people had been headed to Iron Mountain Mich. ,.  Jet had travelled about 1,500 feet on its Takeoff run when it hit the Cessna twin engine Turboprop which was not cleared to enter the runway Griggs said. How it got to where it was i do not know he said. The entire Airport was closed for about seven min utes after the Accident and the runway was shut Down for the night. The wreckage was left on the runway until investigators from the National transportation safety Board could reach the scene. Of nuclear tests off Viqi says Spokane Wash. A prisoners who volunteered for radiation experiments nearly three dec Ades ago were not told of the consequences which for some included removal of their Testicles a state official has told a presidential panel. An inmate who participated also testified monday that he does not remember being told about the Side effects of the blistering radiation bombardment and the 1965 surgical Biopsy on his  prisoners Testicles were exposed to varying. X Ray doses so researchers could learn about the potential biological effects of ionizing radiation on workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation and on Nasa astronauts. The Hanford reservation in South Central Washington manufactured plutonium for nuclear weapons for four decades. The tests were carried out on More than 130 inmates in Oregon and Washington. Catherine Knox director of health services for the Oregon department of corrections said that about half the Experiment participants Are dead and that others do not want to be contacted. Some arc still imprisoned. Coed Fra nees finish Basic course fort Leonard Wood to. A after eight weeks of sit  push  and pull  the army on tuesday graduated its first coed Basic training class in More than a decade. The 120 men and 60 women of co a 6th in 10thinf regt trained together 15 hours a Day. About the Only things they did separately were to sleep and Bathe in Barracks that had to be renovated to accommodate  had the same standards in everything except the physical training Post spokesman Brad Rose said. Men for instance must be Able to do 32 push  42 sit  and run two Miles in 17 minutes to receive a average score. Women must be Able to do 13 push  40 sit  and the run in 20 minutes for a similar score. Men and women already study Side by Side after Basic training. But it was t until the past summer that the army decided to do away with All male and All female training classes for the numerous noncombat Job Snow open to both sexes. The army experimented with coed Basic training from 1978 to 1982, but it was Dis continued amid reports that male performance was de Clining and because of High dropout rates for women. At experimental programs in fort Leonard Woodland at fort Jackson s.c., the army tried various ratios of men to women. The test programs showed that coed training did Little to affect men s scores but increase women s performance the Washington Post reported monday. The first coed units formed in september at for Leonard Wood and at fort Jackson. Tuesday s graduates will go on to train in combat support positions  As truck Drivers medics mechanics craftsmen or clerks Rose said. Army officials say its important to have men and women train together Early especially As women Edge closer to the front lines. In july the army said it was opening about 32,000 jobs to women including slots i attack helicopters combat engineers and air defense units. Women still Are excluded from infantry Armor and most other artillery positions