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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 13, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 5 los Angeles a the daily Bruin Campus newspaper of the University of Californi Aat los Angeles in a front Page Story has accused some italian language instructors of shaking Down male students for Money and coeds of dates. Three teachers were mentioned in charges that male Stu Aper Ofat fifes Shakedown dents were told to pay $4 to $5an hour for tutoring from other teaching assistants or risk flunking. One girl was quoted As saying she was flunked after turning Down a Date and another was reported saying she received an undeserved a after granting Date. Fire leaves Ohio City Gas less Sandusky Ohio a a fire id a substation saturday knocked out Gas service to this North Central Ohio City of 35,106 people with temperatures near the Zero Mark. Gas is the main source of heat in the area. Many residents headed for a Large temporary shelter erected bythe american red Cross and heated electrically. Others chose to stay at Home and use Wood burning fireplaces or electric  number of elderly patients at a rest Home were transferred to an infirmary. Kidnap suspect returned to la. New Orleans a the Man accused of the nov. 20 kid Naping of 3-year-old Brenda an Maquar was flown to new Orleans saturday on Federal kid Naping charges. Frank Willis Castile 30, had been held in los Angeles since he was arrested in Needles Calif for the november Kidnap ing. A resident of Fresno Calif., Castile was arrested following nov. 23 Auto Accident near the California Arizona Border. Hews injured in the Accident but the child was not Hurt. Traverse City Mich. \ a signs saying think Snow Are a familiar sight inthe Winter recreation area around traverse City but after 21 consecutive Days of Snow fall things changed. Oil Union firm near agreement los Angeles a the of chemical and atomic worker Union said saturday it has reached tentative agreement with the Union Oil co. That could Settle a nationwide Oil strike. The agree ment covers refineries in los Angeles and san Francisco. Historically a settlement with one company has resulted in a nationwide agreement. Nearly 60,000 workers walked off jobs in 24 states Jan. 4 soon after negotiations broke Down Over a Union demand for a 75-cent an Bour wage increase. Town Fili ally gets enough Snow one Large marquee carrying the motto was changed a few Days ago to let s Stop thinking Snow and enjoy  now with several More Days accumulation on the ground the sign reads  one killed 26 Hurt in bus crash Sacramento Calif. Up a bus carrying san Francisco area skiers to Squaw Valley skidded on rain swept interstate 80 and plunged Over an embankment killing one person and injuring at least 26. The eastbound bus was one of three chartered by a ski club to take skiers for a Day on the slopes of the Sierra. Hawaii newspaper walkout ends Honolulu a members of unions ended their walkout saturday which had disrupted publication of Honolulu s two leading newspapers for three Days. The walkout was staged after the wire service Guild struck commuter rebels face trials new York a six commuters on the Long Island rail Road Are awaiting trials on charges of theft of services for alleged failure to show their tickets to  said they did so to protest delays overcrowding and Lack of heat on trains. The associated press and the members of the unions honoured a one Man picket  handling of a copy while a strike was under Way was one of the issues involved in the  Union spokesman declined to make a statement. V  or. S 9 credited with Hijacker s return Miami up Willis Jessie decided almost immediately upon arriving in Havana Las August that he would rather risk prosecution As a plan Hijacker than have his 3-year old daughter raised in communist land. That was the key decision the thing that tipped the balance West Virginia con Gressman Ken Hechler said  spearheaded five months of delicate negotiations with Cuba that ended Friday night when Jessie and his daughter Patricia sue returned Here from Havana via Mexico. The congressman and Jessie sex wife 22-year-old Mary Jane Jessie were waiting at Miami International Airport when the 27-year-old accused army deserter from Holden w. Va., got off a plane from Mexico City an was taken into custody by Fri  was jailed under $200,000 Bond on charges of sunflowers oranges Aren t the Only crop in Florida As this lineup of lovelies on a Florida Beach goes to show. Teens killed in fiery collision Guthrie okla. Up charred Kansas License plate was one of the few clues Satur Day to the identities of six teen agers killed in a fiery car truck collision Friday night. The car carrying the teen agers pulled from the shoulder of interstate 35 South of Guthrie into the path of the Semi trailer truck loaded with 40,000 pounds of Frozen meat. The car exploded in flames upon Impact with the  Driver Harold Clayton Watts 42, of Strong City kan.,suffered a Cut above one Eye. The truck shoved the 1956 auto445 feet before it ran Over the car officers said. The truck then turned onto its Side and scooted about 100 Yards. Bodies of the victims four boys and two girls were strewn for about 100 Yards along Roadside embankment. Hijacking a single engine plane he hired last aug. 4 to take his daughter on an Aerial sightseeing tour of Naples Fla. He had taken the Chubby Little girl from his Home in West Virginia aug. L and . Jessie with tears streaming Down her Cheeks took custody of Patricia sue at the Airport and exchanged brie words with her sex husband before he was taken to jail by Fri agents. It s been a Long an tortuous experience mrs. Jessie said. I m so glad it sover and that the baby is Safe and All  imprisoned Hechler said Jessie was put Ina prison near Havana soon after he arrived in Cuba. Patricia sue was turned Over to a cuban family in  said he never under stood Why he was imprisoned and i Don t think he knew if that was the Fate of other hijackers Hechler said. Jessie came to the conclusion almost immediately that it would be better to return Home than have his daughter raised in a communist country. That waste key decision the thing that tipped the  said he began negotiations with the cuban govern ment for the release of Jessie soon after mrs. Jessie came to him seeking help. Swiss helped we have been working since mid a u g u s t with the Swiss embassy in Havana the depart ment of state and the Fri to put the pieces together an persuade the cuban authorities to let him come Back with his daughter the congressman  was flown to Mexico City on a cuban airlines plane taken into custody by mexican immigration authorities who then declared him an undesirable and put him on a flight for Miami. Mrs. Jessie said her daughter was Well cared for by the cuban family in Havana eve though she got the measles and Chicken pox. She was taker tothe prison Camp every Day and allowed to see her  family had some child Ren her own age and she brought Back some pictures of her with the family. We Don know the family s name yet mrs. Jessie  said mrs Jessie held no bitterness or animosity toward her sex husband which is quite remarkable considering what she has been through. I also have to Admire Jessie for his decision that he wanted his daughter to grow up in Afree country even though he knew he would face stiff penalties by returning the congressman  hearing has yet been set on the hijacking charges.9 Man will never Fly society9 is deflated by Dick West Washington up Dur ing the Apollo 8 Mission one of the astronauts spoke poetically of the eternal loneliness of the Moon As a card carrying member of the Man will never Fly society i Felt that same sense of isolation while the Apollo Crew was being honoured at a join session of Congress. The astronauts were a smash hit receiving about a dozen standing ovations. After the Cere Mony i telephoned an official of the society at our Headquarters in Kitty Hawk n.c., and gave him the bad news. Those astronauts really socked it to us i said. What do we do now demand equal time head  damage bar already been done however. Even if we Man aged to get the lawgiver Back together to hear our Side 1 doubt we could restore their Faith in Man s inability to Fly. As a result we face the Sam sort of morale problem that has undermined the Flat Earth society. That group was hit by wholesale resignations after the publication of photographs Token by the  photos ostensibly depict ing the Earth As seen from the Moon showed a greenish globular object. Many die hards accepted them As proof that the Earth was , of course the photos did t prove anything. A lot of greenish globs usually show Upin the snapshots 1 Lake too. Nevertheless it appears that the never Fly society despite its Brilliant Success in debunking the Wright Brothers myth is of the Brink of  As the society is concerned the Only Comfort j could find in the astronauts appear Ance before Congress was the comment by capt. James a. Lov Ell or one evening after his return to Earth he said he looked up i at the Moon and could hardly believe that 1 was there. Eventually perhaps the Astro nauts will perform some feat that is so incredible nobody willbe Able to believe it. Including the  so the society May be Able to rebuild its shattered , poor losers that we Are there is nothing much we never flys can do but sulk and seek Solace in our  our motto is Birds Fly Man   
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