European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday september 14,1977 rare Breed Richard Alderman. 18, who Breeds and Sells rabbits in Hinsdale mass., Dis plays two unusual bunnies that were heart attack victim among a litter of eight born four months ago. Both of the female rabbits have Only one ear. Up photo pulitzer prize poet Robert Lowell Dies new York up Robert Lowell the iconoclastic pulitzer prize Winner held by Many critics to be the nation s greatest contemporary poet died of a heart attack in a new York taxicab monday night at the age of 60. Lowell an outspoken social activist who was sentenced to a year and a Day in prison for refusing the draft during world War ii was stricken while Riding from Kennedy Airport to the Manhattan apart ment of his former wife Elizabeth hard Wick. He was returning to the . From visit with his son in Ireland. A spokesman for his publisher. Farrar Straus and Giroux said the poet was pronounced dead on arrival at Roosevelt hos Pital. Lowell a native of Boston won the pulitzer in 1947 for his volume of poetry. Lord weary s Castle but his life Waymarked As much by controversy and per Sonal upheaval As by Praise for his outspoken social activist and Paci fist he was imprisoned in 1943 As a conscientious objector who refused to report for the draft. Two decades later in 1965, he again found himself in the Center of Public controversy when he rejected president Lyndon Johnson s invitation to attend a White House arts festival saying he Felt dismay and distrust of . Foreign s poetry Drew heavily upon his calvinistic upbringing in new England and upon the catholicism to which he converted then was married three times. His 1940 marriage to novelist Jean staff Ord ended eight years later and in 1949. He married Hardwick. The couple had on daughter Harriet Winslow Lowell bet Ore their marriage dissolved in divorce in 1973. At the time of his death. Lowell was married to Caroline Blackwell. Who live sin Ireland. Lowell was born on March 1. 1917. With poetry As a family heritage. An earlier american poet. James rus sell Lowell was his great Grandfather and Amy Lowell poet and critic was his Cousin. He was educated at St. Mark s school i Southboro. Mass. And attended Harvard for two years before transferring to Kenyon College in Ohio where he studied poetry and graduated in 1940. In addition to the pulitzer prize. Lowell was recipient of the poetry prize of the american Academy of arts and letters. Stateside five tons of pot found floating off Florida coast Riviera Beach Fla. A an estimated five tons of marijuana was found float ing in the Atlantic off the Florida Carroll of the Palm Beach county sheriff s office vice intelligence unit said about 200 Bales of marijuana with an estimated Street value of $3 million were found floating in an area stretching about 60 Miles along the coast. He said they were taken to the . Cus Toms offices. Carroll said he did t know where the marijuana was headed for or How the Bales got into the Ocean. I0-Ferm congressman won f seek re election Olney Iii. Up Veteran rep. George e. Shipley d-i1i., has announced that he will not seek an Lith term in con Gress because of ill , 50, said in a statement i made a pledge to myself and my constituents when i was elected in 1958 that i would be a full time congressman. I have had Back problems the past three years which has made it impossible to devote full time to the Job. Therefore i have made the decision after several months of thought to not lie a candidate for Donald h. Watson 45, Shipley s brother in Law and Bis administrative assistant forthe past 19 years said he will seek the 22nd congressional District Post. Louisville bus Drivers Honor picket lines Louisville by. Up bus Drivers today disregarded their Union leaders and honoured Wildcat strikers picket lines for the third straight Day halting service for More than 40,000 Louisville riders. Earlier officials of the transit authority of River City had promised full Protection for Drivers who crossed the picket lines which were set up late Friday night after members of amalgamated transit Union local 1447 rejected a Marc offer on a new contract. Pickets outside the Marc bus barn in Louisville is West end said they would not resume contract negotiations unless they were guaranteed full amnesty from reprisals for the Job action. But Marc officials said amnesty was out of the question. Motorcyclist s conversion converts the judge South Hadley mass. Up a South Hartley Man s Early conversion tothe metric system has saved him a traffic Fine. Robert m. Adams 22, avoided a Speed ing Fine when he told Hampshire District court judge Alvertus j. Morse he thought his motorcycle s speedometer measured Kilometres per hour instead of Miles. Adams said he thought lie was going Only 50 Kilometres per hour 30 . In a 4t-. Zone. Instead he was travelling Early 50 . 80 said. Morse laughed through much of the Testi Mony Thea placed the charge of file with out a Fine. Elizabeth Taylor others Mark Queen s Jubilee Newport. . A actress Eliza Beth Taylor and her husband former Nav Secretary John Warner joined about 225 other persons Here to Honor the Silver Jubi Lee of England s Queen Elizabeth ii. Other guests at the $75-a-plate dinner at Beechwood mansion were sen. Claiborne Pell . And Alan Bond head of the australian racing Syndicate challenging for the America s cup. Among the no shows were gov. J. Joseph Garrahy and sen. Charles Illinois Republican called to say he was unable to attend because of a political development in Washington Warner said. The event benefited Newport s English speaking Union and the american sail training association. Flynt arrested in Atlanta on obscenity counts Atlanta a Magazine publisher Larry Flat was freed on $25,900 Bond after police charged him with Selling and distributing obscene materials. Flynt who came to Atlanta to test the City s obscenity Laws was arrested and charged with one count of Selling obscene materials and two counts of distributing obscene materials. Involved were Flynt publications Hustler and Chic. Indian president undergoes surgery in . New York up Indian president Neelam san Jiva Reddy underwent successful surgery at the memorial Sloan Kettering cancer Center in new York a spokesman for the Center said. Doctors removed a Small tumor from the upper left lobe of the left lung and found no evidence the condition had spread the spokesman said. The president is in Good condition and is expected to leave Hospital in about week the spokesman said. House bans Aid for upgraded vets Washington up after defying president Carter s amnesty program for Vietnam Era servicemen both houses of Congress now have voted to deny automatic veterans benefits to those whose undesirable discharges were upgraded. The latest action on the legislation sup ported by veterans groups and opposed by the administration came monday when the House passed the ban by a 321-75 vote. So sure of Victory were House leaders that they scheduled the vote under suspension of rules requiring a two thirds approval. The Bill would require appropriate Dis charge review boards to determine on a Case by Case basis whether it would have upgraded a discharge under generally applicable standards. A favourable determination would entitle the Veteran to benefits. A Serviceman denied the benefits would have the right to Appeal the decision. The Senate approved a similar Bill last week and differences May have to be worked out in a House Senate conference. This is a matter of equity said chair Man Ray Robert d-tex., of the House vet Erans affairs committee. Do you want to pay a deserter the same amount that you pay a Silver Star Winner the Bill also would Amend the term de Serter to cover 180 Days of continuous unauthorized absence so such persons would be barred from veterans benefits even if they received upgraded discharges. The congressional budget office Esti mated 72.6 per cent of the 161,000 Vietnam Era individuals with undesirable Dis charges will receive upgraded discharges and without passage of the Bill would become eligible for benefits
