European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 04, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse I the stars and stripes Friday August 4, 1978 ast 2 years of bureaucratic hassle family finally has child legally Liy Linda Wilson staff writer fort this Angela s pig a up and Down As she grinned i her father from the Balcony of from work at Drake Cavern Sny. Spec. 5 Walter Steen looked with a smile and Wasi i Angela was officially his lighter after almost two years i bureaucratic hassles. P. Is born july 24. 1976 to Steen a in Jaraba Coa. Dominican re natural Mother was Unzem already had 11 children. So Maria Olcen. Who were child-3 to adopt her. Was two months old when Theu Nied custody and paid Jaraba lawyer. Alvarez the adoption proceedings. & told the Steens they could i chive the final adoption papers /1977.hits never arrived and the k a lems was a child without a country til her own country. Germany Diafas her the . Would not allow emigrate without proof of adopt i the army won t list her As my i although i m paying 100 . D to extend his slay in Germany because he could not take Angela Iio find out what happened to theirn sent several unanswered let . Then he recruited the 3rd army div judge advocate jag office in March 1977.nerous letters like All the rest i reply. Steens approached a Germannt tried to adopt Angela in Ger l some of the documents required in were in Castellanos posses s later. Steen received a note Fromius requesting a copy of their mar ise along with More Money As of forwarding the adoption i he Steens who were married in. Not a copy of their marriage cer id mailed it to their brother in delivered it to Castellanos in &. Still did not receive the adopt who said we were doing any a to get those papers sent caste n re Money and even flew Toia. But according to Steen Castel son ittle continued for several More approached various people at in the embassy and v corpses reminds ilog shoppers Rice hikes As a Sharp sudden Rise in f japanese goods is forcing the to charge More for some products lest mail order Catalon. N to add 10 percent to prices of japanese origin in the 1978-79 Sdun of the Catalon. The blamed fluctuations in the Val Dollar and Yea since june when tog went to press and late july. Began appearing in exchanges. Increase apply Only a Ted to the fir. A and products a i code number in the pages in Tel. The but no one was Able to help. Castellano continued to ask for More Money and Steen finally a trip into the Field in february and March. Steen resumed his efforts Togel the adoption papers. By that time he had a new company commander and a new lawyer at a. With their help. Sleen contacted the .embassy in Santo Domingo and Castella nos finally replied with a Telegram saying he had been on vacation and would Send the adoption papers As soon As they sent copy of their marriage License stamped by the dominican Republic embassy i Panama. Once again the Steens wrote for a cop of the License and were still waiting to receive it when the final adoption papers arrived in the mail without further explanation. Steen sat in his living room with his wife and daughter and looked Back through the thick Black notebook which contains copies of All of his correspondence. A was a Long fight but Worth he said As his wife hugged Angela. Spec. 5 Waller Steen with wife Maria and adopted daughter Angela in their after a Long struggle a pfc met Home a tar the the child. Is photo by Pete Milia Arab gunmen kill Plo representative in Paris =5blikaaisi-Ih n. Moder newsmen fined $73 by soviets Moscow a a soviet court Fine two american correspondents $73 eve thursday for not publishing retractions stories they wrote and threatened differ Cut measures if another five Days pts stand the court s order still is not obeyed neither Craig r. Whitney of the new York times nor Harold d. Piper of the Baltimore Sun was present at the hearing Whitney was having lunch in Moscow Sandpiper was vacationing in the United states. They also failed to appear at the july 18 session which ruled their Artl Clauad slandered soviet television. The court issued summonses for the porters wednesday the deadline it set a retractions of their stories quoting Rel tics and friends of georgian dissident Zvi and Gamsa Hurdia that his televised confession was fabricated. The dissident testified at the july 18 hearing that was genuine. Thursday the times was represented i court by a soviet attorney David m. Aat Bant and by its Moscow Bureau chief David m. Shipler. A Clyant informed the court the was prepared to pay $1,675 in court costs and whatever fines Wert Sun already has said it is ready to pay its share of the costs but has not communicated this intent formally to soviet authorities Here. After a discussion on the mechanics of payment. Lev Almazov. The judge told a Clyant the Best Means would be a ban Transfer otherwise the court could confiscate the two correspondents Persona property such As automobiles and clothing. We came to the conclusion it was really silly for us not to pay the court costs and fines because otherwise we could become entangled in a hopeless mess Shipler said. The important thing in terms of Prin Ciple is not printing a however. Shipler said when the pay ment was made it would be made under protest with a statement to the court and Public statement. Another american in trouble with the soviet government businessman Francis j. Crawford was questioned for three hours wednesday at Lefo Tovo prison and said he was Given Back a briefcase handsome books confiscated after his arrest june 12. Crawford a representative of Interna-i1tional Harvester in Moscow is charged with currency violations. He has denied the charge. Crawford was held in Lefo Tovo for two weeks after his arrest and freed in the Cus Tody of the . Ambassador june 27. The Day before the . Government freed two soviet men accused of spying from a new Ark n.j., jail to the custody of the Soviel ambassador to the United states. Temperatures Cesa were wounded they added which ended in � v. French poll and a es0"1 betwee guards. 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