European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday october 23, 1977 a stroke of Beauty actress Model Farrah Fawcett majors is close to having a Ball in her celebrity match at Mission vie to Calif., against 52 Days 3,046 Miles actor Dick Van Patten. She looked Beautiful had great moves and lost the set 6-3. Up photo Irish bartender ends record run san Francisco a with Ohio Grasshoppers and Rocky Mountain Bliz Zards just a memory a foot sore Irish bar tender jogged to the Steps of City Hall on Friday completing a 52-Day, 3,046-Milecross-country run that he started just after getting married. Tom Mcgrath 27, who began the Mara Thon aug. 29 at new York s City Hall Plaza said his feat qualified him for guinness Book of world records honors As having made the longest and fastest run across the United states. He said he did it to set an example for president Carter s Energy program and for physical fitness. The Small but muscular irishman with a fun Manchu Mustache trotted into a cheer ing crowd of about 100 at the municipal building s Steps waving the Flag of Ireland and holding hands with his wife. Mena who waved an american Flag. Mena and two friends from new York Jim Manion 38, and Ricky Barberi 33, had accompanied him in a camper and on a motorcycle. Mcgrath kissed his wife accepted a can of Beer from a Friend and poured it Over his head soaking his Gold Jersey Green gym shorts and track shoes. Asked what kind of shape he was in the genial Mcgrath said in a lilting Brogue i feel almost dead. It was much More severe than i had he said he ran an average of 60 Miles a Day and the worst part was getting up to face it each morning. I was tempted to quit every Day. It became More a mental Battle than a physical Battle. The Only thing that kept me going was the thought of my friends in new York and my family in the Grasshoppers which formed a swarm around him in Ohio and the Bliz Zard in the Rockies weren t his Only Haz Ards. Mcgrath said he injured an Arm when a truck brushed him in new Jersey got drenched in Iowa when it rained 10 inches in two hours and barely avoided Rattlesnake in Nevada. Dogs attacked him All across the coun try he pulled a hamstring crossing rugged kit Carson pass in Alpine county Calif.,and was shooed off Many a Road by High Way patrolmen. He said the worst terrain he faced was "744 Miles of Shrub and desert when i ran across Nevada and Utah. It can get pretty lonely out stateside 2 new Stamps encourage Energy conservation Washington up a pair of 13 cent Stamps has been put on Sale by the postal service to encourage Energy conservation. The Stamps picture a fiery Sun glowing Light bulb House and gasoline can. One carries the words Energy conserva Tion the other Energy hopefully said postmaster general Benjamin Bailar they will serve to encourage the Public to focus on. The question of How much Energy we have available. And How we can develop new sources of Energy in the future. The truth is that this country in fact the entire world is in danger of losing its ability to maintain necessary reserves of Energy at reasonable costs he added. The postal service is making an initial distribution of 160 million Energy Stamps. Con indicted for filing 60 phony tax returns Fresno Calif. Up Ernest Norman who is serving a Federal prison term for theft of government property has been indicted on charges of filing 60 phony income tax returns from his prison cell. A Federal grand jury issued the 61-Couni indictment charging false tax returns and mail fraud against Norman who is a Pris Oner at the Federal correctional facility at terminal Island in Southern California. The . Attorney s office said Norman sought $28,933 in tax refunds on the 60 phony returns. Authorities said the returns were file with the internal Revenue service Center Here Between March 16 and March Zzz of this year while Norman was in prison. They said the returns were mailed in postage free Justice department Enve Lopes made available to All Federal prison ers and that each false return had a w-2 form attached showing the Justice depart ment As the employer. The Justice department is in charge of operating the Federal prison where Norman is an inmate. Summer Drivers averaged 2.3 Gallons Gas daily Washington up licensed american Drivers last summer consumed an aver age of 2.3 Gallons of gasoline a Day government figures show. The Energy department said a record 317 million Gallons of gasoline were consume daily by the nation s 136 million licensed Drivers. A new report said consumption during the 100-Day summer Peak driving season was 3 per cent higher than during the 1976 Bicentennial summer. The highest regional consumption was recorded in the heavily populated East and North Central states which averaged 106 million and 107 million Gallons per Day respectively. The lowest consumption recorded 11 million Gallons a Day was in the Rocky Mountain states. South Central states averaged 45 million and far West states 48 million Accord ing to the report. 20-foof fall hospitalized Karl Wallenda 72 Sarasota Fla. A High wire Are and that Wallenda was in Good condition la list Karl Wallenda 72, has been Hospital with a possible whiplash aed after falling 20 feet while rehearsing a Wallenda a great Grandfather is head stunt for a television movie about his dare Devil life. It was my fault said Wallenda after the Accident. Ill be More careful next Sarasota memorial Hospital refused to release any information about his Condi Tion or injuries saying the family asked that details not be released. However Hospital officials had said ear which has been stricken by High wire trag Edy in past years. He was practising what he once de scribed As his most dangerous trick when he fell. Two members were on bicycles supporting the ends of a bar while Wallenda sat perched on a chair on the bar be tween the cyclists. My pole slipped Forward said Wallen re � v ,.her that a rays showed no broken Bones a. I was taking it a Little Congress has t quit yet but sets Date to return Washington up Congress May in that event Byrd said he would limit not know when it will quit for the year but sessions to every third Day and allow con it knows when it will return. At noon on Jan. 17. Senate democratic Leader Robert Byrd after conferring with speaker Thomas o Neill announced the Date for convening of the second session of the 95th Congress. Byrd also said he Felt the Senate could dispose of All pending Bills except con Ference reports on or before nov. 5. F Trees on the Energy and other Bills to work without being interrupted by quorum Calland Roll Call votes. Byrd said he had discussed that plan with o Neill who seemed to think Well of it indicating the House May adopt a is Miliar schedule. Byrd originally had hoped for adjourn ment in mid october. Polanski answer promised monday Santa Monica Calif. A a lawyer has promised that movie director roman Polanski and producer Dino Delaurentiis will testify in court monday about Polanski s foreign travels while he i awaiting sentencing in a sex Case. Attorney Douglas Dalton said Polanski who had been scheduled to appear at a hearing Friday was delayed by a one Day airline strike in Tahiti. Polanski has been hired to direct the film Hurricane on tahitian locations. Delaurentiis is the producer. Dalton said Polanski and Delaurentiis would explain Why the director was photo graphed in a Munich Beer Hall at a time he said he would be working in Tahiti. We will show that his purpose in being in Germany was business said Dalton. He conducted meetings with a German film distributor. Polanski who has pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual Intercourse with a 13-year old girl is Awa Ting sentencing. However Superior court judge Laurence Ritten band has ordered him to undergo three months of psychological tests at a califor Nia men s prison. Last sept. 19, Rittenband granted a 90 Day delay in the Start of the tests to allow Polanski to finish his film. But on sept. 29, newspapers carried the picture of Polanski surrounded by women and seated at a table full of Beer mugs in Munich. If Polanski s explanation does riot satisfy Rittenband he could order the director to report immediately to the men s prison at Chino to begin the diagnostic tests
