European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse August 1977 the stars and stripes Poge 7 boy who heard of fits Fafe on to Dies of cancer of 12 ind a Iscott the Uyen rold boy who Learned two weeks ago in a National baseball Tele cast a secret kept from him for three Yean that he had terminal Bone died who lived in Calumet at Margaret Hospital in Ham he discovered the extent of his illness after a family friends efforts to cheer the boy with a Cai from Chicago cubs outfielder Bobby Murcer went the Friend contacted the cubs and told them of scrolls he asked a team member rail Al the request of a team Murcer called Scott aug 8 before the cubs nationally televised game at he told Scott he would try to hit a Home run for Murcier did even lie hit two homers but the fairytale performance soon turned to after Marc cars Abc Teleai Ter Keith who Hud been in formed by a cubs told the National audience of the Tele phone Call he also said Scott was dying of cancer Scott was watching at the time and found wit what his parents had kept from him for three after learning of the severe nature his Scott spent a very bad said his Dwight what was supposed to be a boys dream turned out to be a expos charge cubans tortured them in Vietnam by Dall Binder Washington Nett two former us prisoner of War in Vietnam believe the Man who tortured one of them and 11 of cellmate a decade ago in a Small Camp rear Hanoi was a cuban military of Jack a retired air Force colonel who fives in said in a Tele phone there is no doubt in my mind that he was r the allegations of torture by a cuban in Vietnam were also made earlier by Leo Nasa cant afford to stay Moon tuned Houston Al scientific instruments left on the Moon by Apulia Astro nauts Are still sending information to but the Diw will not be monitored after thin month because the since Agency cant afford the Johnson Center announced Sci enlists believe some of the instruments will be transmitting for it least four i sure Hale to see them but Nasa Headquarters Lias notified us there will be no funds for operations beyond said Wilb Crl chief of the Johnson space Center payload require ments and operations Branch the Lumir instruments that have lasted the longest and provided the most data Are seismometers that record Moon quakes and objects striking the lunar four seismometers still an in the Bendix which designed the also has provided support or the Roy a senior Bendix said the transmitters will be left but there will be no operate real support for Eichelman said All the data on hand 30 will be offered to the scientific watch Muhammad All Amber Jim 11yearold girl in shape by but her next two matches will be in the with a in record against wants to continue bul the National Amateur unions Junior olympic committee Bas banned she also is battling a charge that she slogged supermarket checker and broke her Aspin says new tank is unreliable Washington i api Les Aspin said monday the army proposed new Xii tank is supplied to average 320 Miles without a major breakdown but in recent tests suffered a crippling failure every 100 the Wisconsin Democrat quoted army analysts As estimating the tanks reliability Lias already been improved to average Iso Miles Between major breakdowns but said this is not entirely a vehicle with Iso my of mean Miles Between failure would have less than a 50 Chance of gelling Corn army Headquarters in West Germany to the nearest Warsaw pact Border without breaking he David an army spokes said spins figures were Correct for a single prototype in the prototype us Xii exceeded expectations in several critical areas of and to reassuring us that we will Field us Best tank for our forces in the he a Complete Cycle of engineering tests and Field testing by army soldiers will be conducted to accumulate Over Miles of these tests will be used to confirm the established reliability goal of 320 mean Miles Between the Xii is to be the army main Battle for the the United states and West Germany Are working out a common design each country it manufacture its own tanks Aspin said army figures show the Lank suffered average breakdowns every 100 Miles during tests in the Spring of last he said the reliability May have been even worse because the tests were con ducted under Ideal conditions thorsness also a retired air Force Colo to Bruce Bomar said the torture sessions took place in iw7 and 1368 and that at least one of the at War later died in the Row tamp the alleged participation of one or More cubans in mistreatment of inc prisoners in what was then North Vietnam was brought out Fay Caputo in queries mailed to defense Secretary Harold Brown and Secretary of sate Cyrus Art aide of the legislator said Bomar said he and his buddies came to Call their torturer after Fidel bul not to his he broke a couple of my he of recalling one of the torture ses Sions in which his arms and tags were a he broke a lot of Carrir Tui and dislocated Zimanyi he said i and inc others became con Vinced that the Man was a cuban by hispanic sounding hid caucasus his explosive Imp Carmint and his intimate knowledge of Slang and humor Fidel was accompanied occasionally by a Junior also of cuban he Bomer said he witnessed Tut incident in which idol struck a us officer ii in 15 times in the face with whal appeared in be a rubber Lur Ninaj his head us id a kind of the who died in the which the prisoners called the was air farce Earl Bomar named the other torture victims As Jim Tom Gynn Perkins Morion Daugh Hubbard and David Dunt of the air and Allen it Raymond Chuck and Larry Spencer of the he and the others who had been abused by Fidel were urged in debrief is by Sale Dopart Mcnol and defense depart ment officials not to disclose after their re lease the possible participation of cuban vie on the ground thai it might adversely affect the situation of servicemen still captive in North who won the medal of Laid Caputo he wanted to expose the in vol Venwal of the cubans in Vietnam be cause of the Carter administrations recent moves to improve relations with the Castro Bomar said was Appal cd at the rapprochement be tween Havana and he said that prisoners had also been tortured by their vietnamese Castro acknowledged m january of last year that cuban military men had been sent to North Vietnam to help fight the imperialists in the War that ended m Shah begins Poland visit Warsaw i a the Shah of Iran and Empress Farah arrived to begin a live Day visit to Peanut woman7 gets courts Praise la apr woman called to court on a charge gaily peddling peanuts on Public property left with the Blessing of the judge in my mrs Clark is to be com Sendai rather than said county judge Morton Kesler in dismissing the charge against Billy Jean Clark on known for a Down years As the Peanut woman to patrons of the Gator bowl sports was cited last week Lor violating a Seldom used Ordi Nance the ordinance prohibits paddlers from slopping Yelling or making loud noises to attract persons or having an attraction which will blockade a sidewalk or other Public a school cafeteria said she sold with the help of her Saven children and seven in order to stay off i was brought up and i brine my children up she 1 dont put my children on welfare Kesler said he liked her Shes worked Bard through the years supporting her family and teaching them the meaning of financial he Shes a woman to be admired by All of
