European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Schoolkids abductors Given life i up three wealthy Young men who kidnapped a school bus full of children and their Driver were sentenced Friday to life imprison ment without possibility of judge Leo Delogan pronounced sentence in the Case of the Young est of Ine Richard under a Mellon of the penal code dealing with Youthful offenders so that he May at some future time gel out of Alt three defendants were impassive As the judge read off the Long list of life sen fences incurred As a result of the july is kidnapping of 26 Chowchilla school children and their bus the bused and the Moth ers of the kidnappers were in the court room during the sentencing and also showed no the father of Fred was also in the the third confessed kidnapper was James who testified thurs Day of details of the Kidnap planning and the three Young All from Wel Todo san Francisco Peninsula pleaded guilty to the crime of Kidnap for for which the penalty is Lite they were tried on the Issue of whether any of the victims had suffered bodily harm and the judge ruled three of the kidnapped children were the judge agreed that the defendants were not Motif stated by malice in the Kidnap and that they did not intend harm to any of the children or the bus intention is not legally re the question was whether bodily harm was he february 1978 the stars and stripes Page disabled fireman wins endurance test new York up the Winner of an endurance race up the stairs of the Empire suite building turned out to be a former new York City fireman who retired four years ago on a disability pension for a Back August Gary climbed the buildings Steps in 12 minutes and 32 seconds wednesday As part of the first annual Empire state building he beat 14 other fire department officials say claiming a Back retired in july 1973 with a tax free disability pension that reportedly comes to three quarters of his annual salary during his last year of Gary had no reason to retire other than the fact that he was in Muhrcke 33yearold said thursday in an interview from their Home in he was perfectly Happy with the she but fire officials decided he was not capable of going Back to full other City officials demanded a full and Complete physical examination and if be is found fit for duty he could be ordered Back to in any the fire department pension fund Board plans la Jackson invited to Russia Washington api Henry m one of Congress most persistent critics of soviet policies has been invited by president Leonid 1brezh Nev to visit the soviet Jacksons office said the senator will decide whether to accept the invitation after he returns next week from no headdress redress Cherokee chief William redbirds Long tradition of presenting a feathered Indian headdress to each newly elected president since Woodrow Wilson has hit a Snag with president at the White House declined the officials relented und offered a representative to acc Cpl the but Redbird wants a personal appoint ment with the president and would like to go in april to make the said his Delia of Ithiel shown wearing the up photo first too Buffalo lost weekend won by couple Upil a Young Flor Ida couple headed North Friday to spend what promised to be an unforgettable february weekend of All the visit began As something of a joke when Jack morning disc jockey at Fla in ran a contest in which the loser would get a trip to Buffalo to see a hockey game and do whatever else there is to do there the entrants had to i dont want to go to Buffalo because the winners or losers were Paul and Jan of a suburb of Marks entered the her losing entry said i think id like to punish Ray he married me and promised id see i Haven yet forget him to Buffalo Stan disc jockey for War in heard of the they said the loser would go up and see Buffalo Snow and go to a hockey Roberts my first reaction was i hoped they didst get we look us called Harris at the station the Ceil he said they wanted to pick a City known for its Snow and picked Buffalo be cause of the blizzard last Roberts said he thought people would really like to come to Buffalo and see nag besides the hundreds of entries Harris received from his own he also got about 400 from Buffalo Many of them Roberts said the couple would be greeted by a High school band and various including a representative of Hugh who also look umbrage Ai the Knock put on his the governor wrote a letter to Jack with a copy to on upholding Honor of new York state for All of us new Roberta he said Carey representative said they present the Marks with samples of new York including wine and the couple will stay at a downtown area Motet and eat in a different restaurant every they were scheduled to see famed mime Marcel Marceau Friday a play saturday night and a Buffalo sabres hockey game sunday before departing for Home they will visit Niagara Falls saturday and go Cross country skiing Roberts even the Weatherman is the is inches of Snow on the turned Brown by dirt and air pollutants in the Buffalo was spruced up with a powdering of fresh White crystals Early Friday Lance is named in complaint Washington up financial Gen eral ban shares charged in Federal court Friday that Bert Lance and his associates violated Federal securities Laws in an alleged illegal attempt at the secret takeover of the Virginia based Bank hold ing a spokesman for financial general said the complaint naming president Carters former budget director was filed in the District court in the securities and Exchange commis Sion suspended trading in financial Gener Al shares monday because of uncertainty about apparent attempt by unidentified persons to buy and offer to buy financial general the firms spokesman also said the suit names the Bank of credit and Commerce International in London and Aga Hasan an arabian other defendants Are Eugene Metag who has acknowledged buying Large blocks of financial general Stock Jack son Stevens Stevens systematic and certain John Doe the complaint alleges that Medger and other defendants Are engaged in an unlawful conspiracy secretly to acquire control of financial Gen eral through purchases of general Slock at Premium prices from a select group of favored the suit also alleges that Lance and outer May have violated ant fraud pro visions of Federal and Virginia securities and fiduciaries financial general is a holding company that controls Banks in Washington and its Virginia and Maryland in new York and in the holding company sold the National Bank of Georgia to another Lance group in banking sources said Lance met with financial generals chief executive William 7 to Lay out his intentions to gain control of the holding when rumours began to circulate about the takeover Metzger and the Bank of credit and Commerce issued statements declaring they were not involved with the London Bank also said it was not buying financial general Stock and was not interested in gaining control of the holding the Sonds of time ims asserting thai dollars will save Europe or win the elder Suleiman Bernard Baruch Laid before the Senate foreign relations com Mittee today an lip Oil program calling for american Purchase of Tut the nonperishable raw materials not sold on Normal us president Eisenhower asked Congress Tor billion in foreign Aid warning that taxes would Rise and More american boys would be drafted in the program were sharply re and Clyde and guns Wool Cotrino to dinner took top Boron in Ibe Mth annul Academy nominations with 10 Nomico Tiwu