European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Mendel s honeymoon loan noted Washington up1 Maryland gov. Marvin Mandel s 1974 european Honey Moon was financed by a $ 10,000 loan from a Cecil county md., real estate broker the Washington Post said saturday. The Post said the loan was arranged by Frank h. Harris one of Mandel s top aides from Harold Montgomery who is suing Harris for repayment according to Legal papers filed in Cecil county court. Mandel s problems also include suffer ing an apparent slight stroke several weeks ago and his second trial on political corruption charges. Because of those pres sures he has named it. Gov. Blair Lee Iii acting governor. The newspaper said Manucl has con firmed receiving $10,000 for his honeymoon after his marriage to the former Jeanne Blackistone Dorsey sex wife of a former state senator. I want to collect it Montgomery 58, said he did not know the loan was for Manucl. I Don t know what he done with the Money and i did t give a Damn. I m first a businessman Montgomery said. If you owe me Money i want to collect it. He Harris owed me Money and he did t pay it. The governor owes me nothing. Frank Harris owes me $10.000, plus interest and costs Montgomery told the Post. He said he did not ask Harris Why he needed the Money because it was t any of my business. As Long As he signed the note it did t make any difference what the Money was newspaper said Mandel confirmed that he had asked Harris for $10,000, de spite the fact that Harris earns Little More than the governor s $25,000 salary. Harris in turn confirmed he borrowed the Money from Montgomery and gave it to Mandel. The $10.000 debt never appeared on any of the governor s financial disclosure statements. Monday june 20, 197? the stars and stripes Page 7 Blind kids enabled to see colors a ways happiness in Shaf room Philadelphia a legally Blind youngsters walk into Jerome Werlin s Cin do Block room and with the lick of a Light switch can see the colors of the Rainbow. There s always happiness in that room says Werlin an Industrial Engineer it Mac concept could hold out Hope for thou Sands of partially sighted children across the country whose vision cannot be corrected with conventional lenses. The children Are very much excited about it. They see new exciting colors they be never seen before. They now real ize that they live in a color world said 16-by-22-foot,room at the Overbrook school for the Blind is lit by 13 ultraviolet lamps that make the fluorescent Walls paintings toys and educational aids glow with Radiant color. The ultraviolet radiation is harmless to. The eyes because it is diffused through Mack Glass in the bulbs. Similar bulbs Are commonly found in psychedelic shops to illuminate fluorescent youngsters usually must hold objects within inches of their eyes to perceive any hint of color. In Werlin s room they often can see Brilliant color from several could be a remarkable new tool or. Kenneth Michaile a nationally recognized ophthalmologist and consultant to Overbrook said in an interview. Anything that excites the Low vision child to learn More could produce fantastic results says Michaile who admits he was sceptical when Werlin discussed the project with him last sight is defined As vision worse than 20-200. Overbrook s students have vision ranging from 20-200 to worse than 20-1,000, said Werlin s room however the emission of fluorescent Light can increase color perception up to 600 per cent colors lost to the children in White Light seem to leap out from the darkness. Werlin began working on the room last year. The first class of a half dozen Chil Dren ranging in age from 6 to 11, tested the facility in february. Teachers logged the children s is writing about 12 inches High from the paper. He used to place his eyes directly on the one teacher record Ann saw color on the tic tac toe Board from 5 i feet and also played a game of checkers another instructor recorded. The checkers checker boards and nine desk tops Are every teacher noted improve ments in math and said he and Overbrook director Yonkers cops get raise end four Day sick out or Mir a my Lapi the patrol pm Edne of new York , . A the patrol men s benevolent association Aba agreed saturday to end a sick out that left new York s fourth largest City without regular police Protection for four agreement by the 0-member Aba came after police were assured in Day Long negotiations that Money was available for raises a problem for officials in Yonkers which has been on the verge of bankruptcy for two was the key in the dispute which began wednesday afternoon when patrol men sergeants and lieutenants began re porting ill in a Blue flu epidemic. Although no emergency was Ever declared in the City there was some looting in the downtown area thursday night with several television stores and other shops hit by groups of teen Ager the sergeants and lieutenants agreed to go Back to work Friday night. Mayor Angelo Martinelli said they did a very adequate Job with Friday night better than officials close to the negotiations said a key Factor in the settlement was agree ment by Deputy state comptroller John Feeney to drop his opposition to the City s Selling up to $7 million in Money is needed to help pay the Cost of rehiring 350 Laid off teachers whom the courts ordered reinstated with Back pay. They were let go during the fiscal crisis that for two years has plagued this Community of 240,000 bordering on the North or. Joseph Kerr Hope to prepare a paper this summer showing schools for Blind. Children How to build their own fluorescent rooms for less than $5.000.each of the country s 12 largest cities has a special school for legally Blind Chil Dren said Michaile and the concept could mean new educational horizons for at least 10.000 handicapped concept is not limited to children. I be had partially sighted adults from All Over the world come Here to see this said Werlin. I be watched them see color for the first time and i be seen them e Edge Cit both police and firemen have been with out a contract since 1975.firemen had continued to work during the Job action by police but they began re porting sick in the firehouses saturday afternoon As police negotiations continued to seem the Accord was announced however. President Thomas Flynn of local 628 of the International association of firefight ers said my reports Are that the fire engines Are being totally glowing possibilities Kelly sprout 8, one of several legally Blind children Maneu vers fluorescent letters in a special room which when illuminated by ultraviolet Light enables Many of the youngster in see vivid colors they be never dreamed of. A howler gives holler winning Edge Spivey s Corner . Up Dairy Farmer Dan Mclamb teamed up with his three legged dog Percy saturday and gave the Baleful holler they use to Call the cows Home and won the National hol Lerin , 42. Of Roseboro . And his 8-year-old dog then performed the hymn precious Mclamb said Percy s Mother was Silver poodle and his father was a stranger As he carried the dog to the Micro phone before a crowd of 10.000 packed into a High school football sometimes joins he said but 1 Don t know if he will with these microphones and All these at first he did t. Mclamb demonstrated the whooping Call he uses to bring Home the cows and he was a few bars into precious memories before Percy joined in with a High piercing whine. The crowd of mostly Young people stood up cheering. Mclamb did his cow Call again this time with Percy baying along. He finished first among 30 entrants seeking the Hollerin trophy. The National Hollerm contest is a fund raising event of the Spivey s Corner Volun Teer fire department. Sponsors of the 9 year old noise Competition say its purpose is to prevent the almost lost Art of Holle Rin from dying i mourned. Before Telephone or two Way radios. Farmers could holler to their neighbors or Tell their families they were coming Home or were in distress sponsors say. The Junior Hollerin Competition was won by Susan Parker. 13. Of Fayetteville . The whistling contest was won by Jamesd. Gray of Lagrange . A professional imitator of Birds and animals. The first runner up. Jerome Warren. 6. Of Dunn . Was the youngest Winner of the Day. The conch Shell and Fox Horn blowing contests were won by Bill Lucas of Dunn. The ladies Hollerin contest was won by Iris Turner of Fayetteville. Who did a Basque War cry which stir said had Bee handed Down in her family
