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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, September 24, 1977

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday september 24, 1977 Down in the Depths Jeff Halbert Waits for someone to help him out of a Hole left in a sidewalk in Gary ind., after a Lamppost was re moved. His wife Catherine watches helplessly. She said her husband parked the car walked around to the passenger Side then fell out of sight. Hews hospitalized with bruises. A killed brother 7 n. C. Boy 6, charged with manslaughter Tarboro . A the Edge Combe county sheriffs department has charged a 6-year-old boy with manslaughter in the aug. 17 Shotgun slaying of his 7 year old brother. Dist. Atty. Frank Brown said thursday that North Carolina Law provides no mini mum age for prosecution but As a prac tical matter there is not much in my opinion that the court can do except look at the Case and see that the boy gets any counselling or examination that he  the Law does provide that no person under age 14 be tried As an adult. Younger defendants Are tried in juvenile court and sheriff Phil Ellis said a petition to Transfer the Case to juvenile court had been filed and probably would be considered on oct. 4. In the meantime the boy is in custody of his parents. Brown said charges were not filed immediately after the shooting because of confusion Over the age requirements of the Law. He said the boy who was not identified was charged with manslaughter company president arrested for Korea food poisoning Seoul a the Seoul prosecutor office has arrested the president of a food company whose bakeries supplied spoiled read the government says caused about  cases of food poisoning among Ori Mary schoolchildren. H the prosecutor s office said Chung Sehak president of Korea food Industry co., was arrested along with two others. The children got sick after eating bread supplied in the school lunch program. Most of them have recovered but eight were re ported still in serious condition. Rather than juvenile delinquency because it was a serious offence and anyone else would be charged under the same circumstances. In order to cover everything thoroughly we decided to put everything out in the open and summon the boy and his family and later invoke the jurisdiction of the juvenile court he said. The boy told deputies he climbed up a Chest of drawers in his parents bedroom and got a single Shotgun Shell from a dish pulled the Shotgun out of a closet in the bedroom and loaded it. He then went into the living room placed the Shotgun just above his brother s heart and pulled the trigger As their 3 year old sister watched deputies said the boy told them. The children s parents both farm labor ers were out working when the shooting occurred. The boy s body was found by sheriff s deputies and the Edgecombe county Rescue squad on the Couch in the living room of the family s Mobile Home. Brown said he doubted the boy would be imprisoned. I dont think there is any place in North Carolina to Send  stateside thieves went through Concrete for marijuana Miami a thieves who took 63 Bales of seized marijuana from a . Cus Toms storeroom apparently entered the room by removing Concrete blocks from a Wall and then carefully replaced the blocks when they left officials  marijuana about 2,800 pounds with an estimated value of $750,000, was taken from a storeroom in an underground Public parking garage customs officials  and a customs spokesman said the storeroom was equipped with automatic alarms and secured by single Locke Metal doors front and rear. Customs officials said it appears the thieves May have entered through the Wall because some Concrete blocks appear to have been moved and put Back in place. They said there was no other signs forced entry and no passkey had been used. But a Miami police official said scratches apparently made by a pick of some Type were found on the door. Wou a be robber could t find any victims Des Moines Iowa up a would a was in the Back room and saw the be robber walked into a restaurant and in masked Man enter the building. He ran up Pruuli Cinalu fan into howl in i he a Milf Clairc to pall in lip. Rattle when had Henran into hard Luck he could not find anyone to Rob. George Battle owner of Battle s Barb stairs to Call police. Battle who a Bee alone in the building said the Man fled the restaurant when he could t find anyone. To newsman safer unhurt in Airport mishap paso Robles Calif. A when he s old and Gray lbs newsman Morley safer will have a tale to Tell about the time he was at the controls of a tiny Nicolaides flyer and tangled with an Airport Landing Light. Hell have pictures too. Safer was taxiing the plane without its cloth hang glider Wing along a secondary runway when the throttle jammed paso Robles municipal Airport manager Charles Miller said. The tiny three wheeled plane sped across a Grassy infield and onto the main runway shearing off a Landing Light and breaking its wooden propeller Miller said. Safer who could not be reached for comment was t Hurt in the mishap. Cameras from safer s "60 minutes program captured the Accident Miller said. At that Point they stopped filming and started jumping he said. For a while it was very interesting out  safer does t have a Pilot s License but Miller said he did t need one because the Craft could not leave the ground without its Wing. John Nicolaides an aeronautics professor designed the 25-mile-per-hour Craft to be packed like a Parachute in military planes so pilots would have a Means to elude capture. African Stork eludes captors in North Texas grand Prairie Tex. Up a 4 foot tall Marabou Stork has eluded captors and found a Home near a sewage Plant to the Surprise of people who Aren t used to an african Bird in a North Texas Marsh. A month ago the Stork valued at $2,000 escaped from the City s lion country safari. It was not supposed to be Able to Fly because its wings were clipped. We thought he could sort of half Fly said Park veterinarian Joe Cannon. We did t know he could Fly As Well As he can. He can Fly anywhere he  the missing Bird which was imported along with seven others Birds from Africa was first reported in the area by Bird watchers who wanted to know what an african Stork was doing in a North Texas Marsh. Lion country safari officials Are contemplating using a helicopter to trap the Stork. At least we could locate the Bird and maybe drop a net Over it Cannon said. California High court rejects Alanson s request san Francisco a the califor Nia supreme court has rejected efforts by Charles Manson to have two of his murder convictions overturned. The court denied without comment Man son s request to review a state court of Appeal decision upholding his conviction in the stabbing deaths of Gary Hinman and Donald shorty Shea in 1969. The High court earlier had denied an Appeal from his conviction in the slaying of actress Sharon Tate and six others in two separate los Angeles crimes in August 1969. Manson s latest court action argued that publicity surrounding him and his family of followers deprived him of a fair trial and due process. He also maintained evidence was circumstantial that the grand jury indictment procedure was unconstitutional and that there was no competent evidence to support the indictment. Candy kisses must replace real Smooch at fair Topsfield mass. Up kisses Only Candy ones will be on Sale at the Topsfield fair next month. A spokesman for the annual fair said they turned Down a request from two at Tractive Young women who asked to rent space for a kissing  officials first thought the women planned to sell Candy kisses. But when they found out the women planned to sell real kisses at $1 per Smooch they were turned Down. Captured Pilot sues plane makers Seattle a a former Navy Pilot who spent eight years in a prisoner of War Camp in North Vietnam after his plane crashed is seeking damages from the makers of the plane charging negligent design and defective manufacture cause Dit to crash. Richard Brunmayer filed the civil suit in Federal court against Mcdonnell Douglas corp. And Douglas aircraft co., a division of Mcdonnell Douglas. Brunhaver said he was piloting an a4c attack bomber near yen Phu when it malfunctioned. It was not hit by gunfire he said. He was a Navy officer flying missions off the Carrier Midway at the time. Brunhaver said he was captured and spent about eight years in the pow Camp before finally being released. He was Dis charged from the Navy in october 1974. As a result of the crash the plaintiff sustained substantial damages in the form of severe physical injuries for Ceable incarceration and torture by the North Viet namese impairment of earning capacity and extreme pain suffering and emotional distress the suit says  
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