European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Mondoy july 29 i aussie kitted Mother in Lau gunman captured hostages Safe Sydney Australia up a Young pop musician who barricaded himself in a cottage after killing his Mother in Law with a Hail of Rifle bullets surrendered meekly to riot police sunday. Minutes before the gunman gave up a policeman raced through a Cloud of tear Gas into the House and rescued two hostages the killer s estranged wife and baby. Kenneth Freeman 21, who had boasted he had seven guns and enough ammunition to kill 200policemen, walked from the Little Brick House with his hands on his  had evacuated residents of the neighbourhood 24 mile from downtown Sydney when the gunman ignored his father s tear Ful pleas that he surrender and fired shot after shot in an Effort to keep police away. The Day old siege ended when policeman William Fahey dashed into the Brick cottage behind aloud of tear Gas. Seconds later he pushed Freeman s Panama Clad wife Robyn 17, out the door and followed carrying he six month old daughter Vicki in his arms. Wearing Gas masks and Bullet proof vests Fco policemen closed in on the cottage when the hos tages were freed. Freeman fired shots at the for a while but then gave up Freeman made his stand in Ahouse near the place where ear Lier this month Wallace Mellish,23, staged a Shotgun wedding and held his wife and baby Host age for eight Days. Freeman started his violence saturday morning when his wife and Mother in Law came to the House to pick up Vicki. The Cou ple had separated recently and had ail arrangement that specified the baby would spend three Days of every week with free Man. Mrs. Freeman stepped out of the car and her Mother waited behind the wheel. Freeman came out of the front door a Rifle at his  saw this fellow come out of the House with a gun pointed atthe car a neighbor said. He was firing As he walked an kept pumping shots into the  the Mother in Law her body riddled with bullets slumped Over the wheel. Freeman forced potshots at but he won t let me go outs the s got a lot of worries a la.5 of the Mother in i allay in the car for nearly two hours before police were Able to attach a Tow line and haul the vehicle away. 9 Rome police wage War on roomers who make a Brothel of colosseum Rome up Rome police announced saturday they have declared War on the prostitutes sexual perverts and Petty thieves who roam the colosseum at night and have turned it into what one newspaper Calls a  the police announced they arrested 60 persons some of whom were caught in Embarrass ing circumstances in a swoop on the colosseum Friday night. They said they would station uniformed officers and Plain clothes detectives at the Colos Seum permanently in an Effort to stamp out a situation called heart patient Hies on third Hay from a and up dispatches London Gordon f o r d48-year-old accountant weakened by four years of coronary illness died sunday night 58 hours after being Given a new heart. He was Britain s second heart transplant patient and the second to die.  priests be ban on birth control dispute Washington a group of roman Catholic priest has told Patrick cardinals Boyle head of the Washington archdiocese that it cannot Fol Low his directive restating the traditional Church ban on birth control. The association of washing ton priests made Public Satur Day a july 19 letter to cardinals Boyle criticizing guidelines recently issued by the Cardi Naland five other Eastern Bishops. The letter criticizes the Wain which the guidelines were promulgated and places particular emphasis on the portion dealing with contraception. Unprecedented action the archdiocese had no com ment on the letter which the association called dented action. An a Prece in response to Thean earlier restatement of Church s past  in its statement the association headed by the Rev. John e. Corrigan said the letter was endorsed by the group s nine member executive committee and by 142 priest confessors in the Washington  sources said there Are 362 diocesan priests in the Arch diocese while there Are 1,223 Catholic clergymen in the jurisdiction some of whom per form pastoral  Corrigan said signers include both diocesan priest Sand others who hear Confes Sions. The National heart Hospital had issued its most pessimistic medical bulletin since trans planting the heart of a 34-year old Auto Accident victim int Forde four hours before moving him into a special heart graft room. The function of the trans planted heart remains Good the bulletin said. But his own organs have not shown signs of the hoped for recovery potential. His general condition remain unchanged and  Hospital spokesman said this meant that Forde s brain Waves monitored minute by minute Hadnot yet Given any indication he was capable of regaining consciousness should his current heavy sedation be ended. Scandalous by one government official. The police acted after news paper reports brought the situation to  newspapers picked up the report and called for Swift action. Even the unofficial Vati c a n newspaper l  took up the Issue and said the colosseum has become Cove of vice and a scene of acts that Are absolutely  the Vatican newspaper urge authorities to Seal off the Colos Seum with Gates and permit entry at night Only to tourists. This situation Dishonour some and offends tourism the newspaper said. It called the1,900-year-old colosseum where Christian martyrs Are reputed Mohave met their death in ancient Rome the most August an most sacred Monument of Rome and at the same time of  the newspaper n Tiempo labelled the colosseum a Gigantic  government official who exposed the situation to newspaper men said tourists especially Young girls Are frequently accosted in the colosseum by youths who commit lewd act Sand then flee. He said the department of antiquities has wanted to close the colosseum at night but has been overruled by higher  recess starts Friday Congress Hopes to lighten Loai Washington up con Gressional leaders gloomy Over prospects of a Long Post Conven Tion session dominated by partisan politics Hope to lighten the Load by pushing through legis lation before quitting for month Friday. But the exodus of Senate republicans Many of them on the convention platform com Mittee was under Way Satur Day threatening to stall action on controversial legislation the House facing similar Absentee ism could be delayed by a fight Over farm and food  with a productive week. Congress will return in septem Ber to a workload that Senate democratic Leader Mike mans Field considers larger than All the legislation considered since january. With the presidential Candi dates running hard and the Campaign in full swing the House membership up for re election and Many senators seeking an other term the Post convention session is sure to be marked by politicking and absenteeism. The Senate will be the Roadblock to final adjournment and the most optimistic Esti mates Are for late september. Mansfield has warned senators to plan a Christmas in the capital. Victim co0hed9 bottled London police probe cannibalism London up Scotland Yard detectives Are reported to be investigating an apparent Case of cannibalism in North London where the victim was cooked piecemeal in a pressure cooker and the flesh preserve Din bottles. According to the sunday Tele graph the investigation began after police found parts of Aman s leg in a pressure cooker in a North London House occupied by coloured Commonwealth  second search showed that the bottles contained human flesh. The sunday Telegraph said . Airline shut Dow London up British United airways closed its Chan Nel islands subsidiary airline for Good saturday when pilots Wenton strike for increased sever Ance pay. The strike left 3,500persons stranded on the Channel islands of Jersey and  closing of the subsidiary left nearly 700 employees without jobs. That when scientists from Scot land Yard were called in they found a Fingernail in a cooking utensil and an Eyebrow in a Gar Bage  newspaper said that examination of the remains was Likely to give Scotland Yard it most challenging test for Many  said the landlord of the House had disappeared. Two other men were being questioned. Germany gets warm weather with More of same forecast Frankfurt up Aridge of High pressure made its Way from the North sea into the Swiss Alps sunday sending temperatures into the High 70sand bringing hundreds of thou Sands of Sun starved germans onto the roads for sunday out Ings. Most areas of West German reported heavy traffic on roads to country and Seaside  and Northern districts had particularly dense traffic a families hurried to bavarian Lake and North sea Holiday areas to snatch a few hours vacation time before another work week. The weather Bureau in Frank Furt said temperatures reached 78 degrees sunday and should stay near that Mark for the next few Days. Spanish Cardinal Dies Madrid up Angel Cardi Nal Herrera Oria 81, Bishop of Malaga died Here sunday aftera Long illness. He was the fourth roman Catholic Cardinal to die this month. Awaiting Senate action . Nomination of Abe Fortas Asj chief Justice and Homer Tho Iberry to fill the supreme coup vacancy gun control legislation with a time consuming Effort require registration and licensing and a floor fight on Effort to provide jobs for the hard co unemployed. Other less Contro Hersial measures also face action. The Only Bills that Congress by Law must pass Are that appropriations measures. Fin work on the defense foreign Aid labor and health appropriations seems certain to be Delaye until the special session. Othel measures almost certainly get Hung up in conference week in the absence of the Kajj  measures stalled conference committees name to Compromise differences be tween Senate and House versions Are military procurement la authorization redwoods Natieal Park vocational education these and the session s major farm and headed for education Bill conference almost certain to be put Over until  the final week the House has scheduled the food Starai and farm Bills. The agriculture committee has recommended i$20 million increase from $225 million to $245 million for the food stamp program but Liber als Are seeking an open end authorization. If they Don t gel it they threaten to bloc passage of the one year extend Sion of the major farm programs. Iowa coed pipers play it Cool in Europe Rome a the scottish highlanders a 74-Girt  from the University Iowa Are spending their of weeks in Europe just sightseeing the pipes Are too heavy to a around said director Alan my said the coeds we play a concept Date thursday my Battersea Park London. Weather . Tern h l 84 65 Albany 91 71 Atlanta 84 63 Boston 82 62 Buffalo 84 73 Chicago 84 67 Cincinnati 84 67 Cleveland 75 62 Denver 81 62 Detroit 96 74 fort Worth 91 76 Houston 85 75 Kansas City 82 66 los Angeles erasures 95 78 Mern Phil 87 76 miami73 65 Minne Apoll m7lnewortm 85 67 new York 88 58 Seattle