European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 21,1977 the stars and stripes Page 3 downed Giraffe Dies As Effort to help fails animal keeper Ruth Giles 21, cradles the head of Victor the Giraffe at mar Well Park zoo in Marwell Hall eng land As the 18-foot-tall animal is lifted from the position in which he has remained since last week with the Aid of a Canvas Sling made by the Royal Navy. The 2,000-Pqimd East african Giraffe had t been Able to stand since he did the splits. He apparently fell while trying to mate with one of the zoo s three female giraffes. He seemed to have trouble breathing during the at tempt to lift him and died suddenly of what a veterinarian called Shock. A Pooch Power horse Power twelve year old Lori Pritchard of Omaha neb., catches up on her read ing while being towed on a skateboard by her great Dane. A photo a mounted policeman appears to be adrift in a sea of cars As he patrols a parking lot at the Frankfurt International automobile show. Up photo