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MIsfirlKCo) CLASSIFIED APS IN THIS SECTION DEATH B-2 METRO DIGEST B-3 OHIO NEWS B-6-7 EDITOR: JAMES P. DELANEY, 369-1003 THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1984 James Meredith Coming To UC As Professor ir ii iVru I I i (NaT j-V 1 si5 i "r- jfc if I wm 1 I 1 I Car On Cobra Derails, 24 Injured BY JEREMY GIBSON and CADEN BLINCOE Enquirer Reporters KINGS MILLS-Eight people, one with a concussion, were taken to Bethesda North Hospital and 16 others were treated at the Kings Island first aid station after the last car of the new King Cobra standup roller coaster derailed Wednesday night. The car twisted but remained attached to the rest of the train and did not fall. PASSENGERS, STRAPPED in the amusement park ride, were left hanging parallel to the ground seven feet up until restraints could be manually released. That took less than 15 minutes, a park spokesman said.

No one came out of their restraints when a wheel on the last car came off as the train came out of a 540-degree spiral near the end of the ride at 8:45 p.m., said Ruth Voss, public relations director for park. The ride was at the lowest point on the track at the time. When the wheel came off, the frame of the car rubbed the track, stopping the ride automatically. The passenger with the head Injury, a 19-year-old New Orleans woman, was in fair to good condition late Wednesday. The train had six four-passenger cars.

A witness, Mel Heller, Melvindale, said he was waiting with other family members when he heard "a big racket" in the direction of the King Cobra ride. The last car had derailed, he said. "IT LOOKED like a piece of the last car broke off," Heller said. "Then it went half way around a turn and then it Just stopped and everyone was hanging down," he said. "One girl was hanging right out of it Their feet were hanging down while they were still strapped in," Heller said.

Taken to Bethesda North Hospital, Montgomery, were: Holly Cook, 19, New Orleans, was admitted with a concussion, neck sprain and bruises. Her condition was fair to good. Diona Smith, 14, 4569 N. Malfalla Kokomo, was being evaluated late Wednesday and was listed as fair to good. Treated and released were Heather Hauben-stein, 10, Gahanna, a Columbus suburb; David Gyer, 42, New Orleans; Pamela Deditch, 12, Kokomo, Missy Bowlin, 14, Gahanna, Ohio; Tiffany Mason, 13, Louisville, and Cheryl Whitworth, 15, Louisville.

THE RIDERS taken to the first aid station were treated for what appeared to be minor injuries, Voss said. Another witness, Vera Braak, Detroit, said she and her husband, Dairen, looked over the fence of the King Cobra ride and saw people sitting around on the ground with other people working over them giving first aid. (See COBRA, Page B-2) BY JOHN ERARDI Enquirer Reporter James Meredith, who made history in 1962 as the first black student at the University of Mississippi, will make a quieter entrance at the University of Cincinnati In the fall. But he hopes his role as a visiting professor at UC will have as great an impact on the future of black Americans as that day 22 years ago on the Ole Miss campus when 22,000 combat troops ensured his registration. "Back then, I thought the future of the black race depended on what happened to blacks In Mississippi," he said.

"Now I think what happens to the black race will be determined by what happens to the American education system for blacks." Meredith, 51, a Mississippi businessman and traveling lecturer for the past 10 years, will teach a course called The Law and Black People. He will also research, write and give public lectures, said Angelene Jamison, chairperson of UC's department of Afro-American studies. UC is among the Institutions which will determine blacks' future, Meredith said. "TWENTY YEARS ago, 80-90 of all blacks getting into college were going to black schools. Now, 80 -90 are getting higher education at what once were all-white schools In the south or predominately-white schools elsewhere The problem is that there has been "no real direction or order given to this change," she said.

Meredith said he believes the position of visiting professor will provide greater credibility and distributorship of the books he plans to write. "The principal reason Booker T. Washington had the effect he did is because of his connection with the educational institution," Meredith said. Meredith said his message for blacks is not to ask what President Reagan or Democratic challenger Walter Mondale are going to do for them, but to ask "What are we going to do for ourselves?" Does Meredith think he would t- mrrtwwil Ltmfr-nt Associated Press JAMES MEREDITH crucial to blacks have gotten the UC Job if not for the history he made at Ole Miss? "IF I wasn't James Meredith, I wouldn't have had to wait 20 years for the opportunity," he said. "I might be a senior professor by now.

Because of the controversy, no black or white university in Mississippi has wanted to hire me." Meredith does not lack for credentials. He has a law degree from Columbia University, an econom-lcs certificate from Ibadan University in Nigeria and work experience as an investment counselor In New York City. About 12 years ago, he returned to Mississippi to work for himself. He has lectured at colleges across the country and has helped to arrange direct trade between black Americans and black Africans. "There is no channel for black Africans and black Americans to trade," he said.

"Trading has to be done through the old trading companies. But, if you trade goods a garden tractor for an African carving let's say it can be done. We've been successful at that." (See MEREDITH, Page B-2) The Cincinnati EnquirerMarilyn A. Shapiro TALKED TO SAFETY: Gerald Wayne Owens, 29, RR 3, Williamstown, appears anguished Wednesday as he clings to a thin pole about 10 feet below the deck of the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge and listens to a high-school classmate, Newport Patrolman Mike Henley, who was able to talk his friend out of jumping into the Ohio River below. Newport police said Owens drove his automobile onto the bridge between Newport and Cincinnati about 3:30 p.m., climbed over a barrier and under the northbound lane of the Interstate 471 bridge.

He stayed there about an hour as officers tried to talk him out of jumping. Police said Owens "had a lot of personal problems," but declined to elaborate. Owens was charged with disorderly conduct and taken to the Campbell County Jail. Both Cincinnati and Newport police were notified about the jump attempt. Water rescue teams from the two cities stood by in boats on the river.

Lines Springing Up Early For Low-Interest Mortgages motor home parked in the nearby lot. A well-stocked cooler also provided comfort as did the presence of their 3-month-old ferret, Muffin. "I don't think anybody'd be here unless we were here," Laura said as applicants continued to join the line behind her. Maria Barnhorn, 15, of Sharon-ville took the third position in line at noon. When her sister's boyfriend, who works in the Manufacturers' building, saw the line forming, he asked her to save a place for him.

She and her sisters will be taking shifts in line until Monday. Mary Beth Morris, 14, of Coler-ain Township said she had been in line for her aunt since 4 p.m. but would be relieved at 6:30 p.m. by her aunt's fiance. She also said she is collecting $10 for her time.

"MY GRANDMOTHER called and said my aunt wanted me to sit," Morris said. "I said, 'Sit for She said, 'Sit in lines in Columbus began forming Sunday. The special loans are being made available from the sale of $335 million in state bonds, generating $330 million for first-time homebuyers' loans. In Hamilton County alone, $29 million is up for grabs through 21 local banks. Laura and Lisa Brinkmann of Harrison, ages 16 and 14, set up a cot, cooler and tape player outside Manufacturers Wednesday at 9 a.m.

THE GIRLS are being paid $25 to sit in line until today when the actual loan applicants, clients of their mother's realty firm, will relieve them and stay until applications are taken at 8:30 a.m. Monday. "I think it'll be pretty easy," Lisa said of the expected wait. Between Wednesday's morning rain and afternoon heat, the girls occupied their time by reading and making trips to the family's Only a handful of area banks had lines forming Wednesday, but at Eagle Savings Association, 580 Walnut downtown, Ron Goins unfolded his lawn chair at the Skywalk entrance Tuesday night. Currently renting a house in Western Hills, Goins hopes to be able to buy a house In Harrison.

He arrived at 8 p.m. Tuesday and was happy to be Joined by other prospective borrowers. The first of his "neighbors" In line, Vedah Ringwald, arrived about 10 a.m. Wednesday. From the number of inquiring phone calls, lending Institutions in the area are expecting more applicants than last year for the special loans, but officials doubt heavy lines will begin before Friday.

Only a few have begun to make special provisions. Kissell Mortgage Banker Co. In Provident Tower is already planning to begin accepting loan (See LOANS, Page B-2) BY LARALYN SASAKI Enquirer Reporter Four teen-agers and a ferret set up camp Wednesday morning at the doors of the Manufacturers Hanover Mortgage Corp. in Springdale. The teen-agers were being paid to sit in line for first-time home-buyers seeking low-interest mortgage loans.

Applications won't be taken until Monday for the 11.875 Interest, 30-year mortgage loans, but lines of sleeping bags and lawn chairs are already forming outside lending institutions statewide. Fixed-rate mortgages on the open market in Cincinnati ranged from 14 to 14.75, according to a survey by the Cincinnati Board of Realtors last week. Catherine Ferrari, spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Development, said she heard that 1 ivn The Cincinnati EnquirerJohn Curley Jr. FIRST IN line to apply for low-interest mortgages are Ron Goins, left, and Don Howard, both of Western Hills. They arrived Tuesday at the 580 Walnut St.

office of Eagle Savings Association on the Skywalk downtown. customer. Recently a computer letter from such an outfit called Lake France Resort, In New Paris, Ohio, came addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Cincinnati Technical College.

The letter listed nine prizes, ranging from a new Cadillac to a new telephone, and assured Mr. and Mrs. Cincinnati Technical College that they were big winners. Mother Offers $2,000 For Clues To '78 Death Coal-Fired Boiler Spurs EPA Suit Frank Weikel "There appears to be an interpretation problem between the state and federal EPA, and our company is caught in the middle of it," Boyea said. "I think they're being a little unreasonable." The boiler has gone unlit this year, and it was used about 20 days last year, Boyea added.

"I'd think they'd be patting me on the back for not running it." Ohio's clean air limits on particulates in coal smoke went into effect in July, 1975. Then, no particulate control equipment was on No. 2 boiler. EPA GAVE Erving until July, 1979, to install controls. On Oct.

14, 1983, EPA issued a Notice of Violation. But, the complaint said, Erving continued to operate the boiler. This is the first time EPA has asked a court to force Erving to clean up boiler No. 2, assistant EPA regional counsel Carey S. Ro-semarln said Wednesday.

BY BEN L. KAUFMAN Enquirer Reporter Erving Paper Mills is being sued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency because, the agency said, the Lockland firm ignored pollution limits on a coal-fired boiler. Erving's No. 2 boiler has belched unacceptably dirty smoke into the air for nine years, EPA charged.

EPA's suit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati asks Chief Judge Carl B. Rubin to make Erving clean up boiler smoke and to fine the firm $25,000 a day for clean air violations since 1975. ERVING. A privately held Massachusetts corporation, makes paper at its Fox Paper Division at Lock and Cooper Streets and employs about 135 people.

Wednesday, general manager Gary J. Boyea said he had only used the boiler "under state approval" in the 20 months since he came to the Lockland facility. DOROTHY STOLLA is tortured by the memory of a police officer's telephone call to her home March 12, 1978. The officer asked for her daughter's dental records. The girl had been missing for two weeks.

Her worst thoughts came true. A girl, found lying nude in a snowbank along a Colerain Avenue ditch, was her missing 17-year-old daughter, Charmaine. She had been dead for days after being strangled. The memory of the smiling face of her daughter and the thought that her daughter's murderer has never been caught have been a living nightmare for Mrs. Stolla.

The other day, after talking with Hamilton County police, she decided to make one last effort to find Charmaine's killer. Mrs. Stolla deposited $2,000 in the Delhi branch of the Provident Bank. The money will be given to anyone who supplies information leading to the arrest and conviction of her daughter's killer. Mrs.

Stolla told me she thinks some of Charmaine's friends know who the killer was, and "I hope $2,000 will draw out the information." Hamilton County Sheriff Lincoln Stokes says the case is still open on police books, but LOTTERY NOTE: Many people who picked four correct numbers in Ohio's million-dollar lottery found it difficult to get their $41.70 winnings from lottery dealers. Several winners complained to this column Monday and Tuesday that they were told to return later for their cash because the seller didn't have enough money. Lottery officials gave two possible reasons for delays. A large number of winners may have already depleted sellers' cash or sellers may have just turned in cash to the lottery commission so they didn't have money on hand. Lottery sellers can pay off winnings up to $599.

Incidentally, at least eight Cincinnati area lottery players are eligible for a loser drawing that could earn one of them $1 million. Jean Marshal, who heads the Cincinnati area lottery, said that as of Wednesday, eight local residents will be among 100 lottery players whose losing tickets have been picked for a million-dollar drawing Aug. 25 in Columbus. Lottery players can turn in 10 losing tickets to become eligible for the drawing. The smallest "loser prize" will be $1,000.

no new leads have turned up in the past couple of years. Anyone with information concerning the death of Charmaine Stolla can call Capt. Ray Hulgin at 825-1500. The caller can remain anonymous. SPEAKING ABOUT "turning someone in," if you know someone chiseling on welfare, you can call the Hamilton County Welfare Department at 632-6150 to get the case investigated.

You need not give your name; only the name and address of the person and the reason you believe welfare fraud is being committed must be supplied. THOSE WHO peddle time-sharing recreation property will try anything to lure a.