European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday september 30, 1977 Knievel gets a delay stuntman Evel Knievel and his wife Linda arrive in court at los Angeles wednesday where he was to be arraigned on assault charges. He asked for and got a delay until oct. 12. His lawyer said Knievel was not prepared successfully separated to plead. Knievel allegedly used a base Ball Bat to beat Shelly Saltman his former pub icy agent who wrote a Book about the stuntman. Knievel says the Book brands him As an alcoholic a Pill Pusher and an immoral person.1 a siamese twins now 2 and they re lonely Manhasset . A Brenda and Linda. 6-month-old siamese twins Sepa rated during a delicate and lengthy opera Tion were reported a Little bit lonely but in Good condition wednesday. Doctors said the prognosis is very Good. They should have perfectly Normal bodies and a Normal the infants Are expected to be released from the Hospital in about three weeks. However it was apparent that the twin girls who spent the first months of their fives face to face attached from the lower rib Cage to a single Navel need a Little time to adapt to their new circumstances. They cry they re irritable and there s a lot of movement when they re not together said or. Rita Harper chief of North Shore Hospital s High risk infant care unit. They just have to adjust to being to ease their transition into individuality doctors placed the twin girls on the same bed. They quickly quieted Down. One became two tuesday when or. Ken Neth Kenigsberg a paediatric surgeon led a team of 20 doctors through the 4vfe-hour operation. During a news conference at the Hospital wednesday he said the operation followed months of preparation. The infants livers were attached their intestines swayed Back and Forth through an 8l/2-Inch overlapping tissue mass and they were joined at the Chest. Except that each is missing a belly Button they now both have All their parts. I Don t foresee any problems Kenigs Berg said adding that the greatest risk country music month y All Washington up preside Tcarter proclaimed october country music month saying the music born in his South Ern Homeland embraces the Joys Sor rows experiences and Hopes of daily was was closing the Abdomen without interfering with the infants breathing. As it happened the operation was completed without incident. The siamese twins weighed a total of 3 pounds 13 ounces when they were born on March 8. They were transferred immediately to the High risk Center and have been there since. Linda described by her Mother As very Friendly and More Active no weighs 9 pounds 3 ounces. Her sister Brenda is described As very she weighs in at 9 pounds 7 ounces. The parents 24-year-old Glenda Mccall a nurse s aide and her 29-year-old husband Arthur both expressed Delight wednesday that the operation had been Success. The doctors said they could do it and i put All my Faith in them Arthur said shaking off questions that he was worried. Said Glenda i was very sad and unhappy. Now i m very Happy. The worst is but when asked if she plans to have any More children she answered quickly this is stateside House oks funds removes upgrade ban Washington up the House wednesday passed and sent to president Carter a $69 billion Money Bill stripped of a provision denying funds to Vietnam Veter ans whose less than honorable discharges were recently measure approved by voice vote provides funds for the department of housing and Urban development and Sev eral agencies including the a. House and Senate conferees worked out a Compromise on the Bill several weeks ago but could not agree on a provision de Nying Veteran rights to soldiers who benefited from Carter s decision to upgrade less than honorable discharges for Viet Nam Era gis. The House insisted on the Benefit ban and the Senate refused to include it. The impasse was broken last week when the House passed and sent to the White House a separate measure calling for denial of benefits. It permits affected vet Erans to Appeal to a review Board. Husband s ashes stolen wife offers Reward san Francisco a a woman whose Luggage was stolen this weekend has offered a Reward for the return of the Case containing the ashes of her late Hus m willing to offer a Reward with no questions asked said Rita Brassart a new Jersey travel agent who is in route to the South Pacific. A tote bag containing the ashes of her husband and three cameras were stolen last week from a car parked at san fran Cisco International Airport. Brassart said that since her husband died nearly five years ago i be always carried his ashes with me on trips because we had an agreement that when i passed away we would be buried Carter proclaims Columbus Day lauds italians Washington up president Carter proclaimed oct. 10 Columbus Day during a Rose Garden ceremony and praised italian americans not Only for a spirit of discovery but also for their emphasis on family Carter blew the crowd a kiss and cited the contributions of italians in science Art music Medicine and government and noted the presence of . District court judge John Sirica and rep. Peter Rodino both involved in watergate probes Sirica the judge involved in the Case and Rodino As chairman of impeachment hearings. Clustered around Carter were other ital Ian americans including assistant labor Secretary Geno Baroni Johnson White House aide Jack Valenti Carter White House aide Midge Costanza who noted being the Only woman and a Host of congressmen. As he was leaving Carter thought of something else. The second largest City in Georgia is Columbus he said As the guests laughed. Alleged daughter of Rasputin Dies at 77 los Angeles a Maria Rasputin Soloviev Bern a dancer and circus per former who claimed she was a daughter of the mad Monk Rasputin has died at the age of 77, officials said wednesday. A City fire department spokesman said the woman was found dead in her Home in suburban Silverlake on tuesday night. Bern was the coauthor with Patte Barham of a Book entitled Rasputin the Man behind the Grigori Rasputin was a self styled holy Man who found favor with Czar Nicholas ii and Empress Alex Andra and gained Power in the russian court. He was assassinated in 1916. Bern first worked As a maid to russian expatriates then became a cabaret dancer on the strength of the Rasputin name. An agent for Ringling Bros. Circus saw her while she was working As an animal Trainer in London and brought her to the United states in 1935. Pan am arranges package tour to China new York up _ pan american world airways has quietly arranged what Trade sources say is the first american package tour to China. A total 120 persons have signed to Fly to Hong Kong dec. 1 and will enter China by train dec. 4 for a 10-Day visit to Canton hang How Shanghai and peking. Pan am shunned any publicity in the organization of the tour and made no announcement in the press or Trade press. It sent letters inviting seat applications to members of its Clipper club and frequent traveler system. The tour was promptly sold out. The sept. 10 letters described the tour Aspan am s first to the people s Republic of China and said it was arranged after the company received permission from the chinese government. Trade sources said pan am planned future Tours to China. . Panel oks unlisted address proposal Albany . A new York Resi dents who Are willing to let the world know their Telephone numbers but not anxious to let others know where they live will soon be Able to have an unlisted a new York Telephone co. Customer will be permitted to have a Post office Box number rather than a Street address next to his name in the directory listing. The Public service commission announced its approval of the proposal by new York Telephone to permit a customer the option of listing either a Box number or Street address. Believe it or not obscene Calls sell Chicago a Bob Greene Chicago Sun times columnist says there is such Athing. A woman called and said that she had joined an obscene phone Call club Greene wrote in wednesday s editions. She said that if you dialled a certain toll free number you could sign up for the club. You left your own number and your number was Given out to other people who called the toll free number and before Long you would Start to receive your obscene phone Calls. She said that hers had already started. "1 thought she was kidding continued Greene but she gave me the number and it s True. I talked to a spokesman for the club. I was told that women get to leave their numbers for free men who it is presumed will make the obscene Calls pay $19 a year for the privilege of being Given the women s numbers. Apparently there Are enough women who want to receive obscene phone Calls and enough men who will pay to be put in touch with those women that the business is thriving said Greene. I had to Call the toll free number on and off for most of a Day before i got anything but a
