European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 17, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 dyad Taylor lose to the sea swimmers oceans apart Are United in defeat Miami Fla. A the two swim mers seemed oceans apart one a gab by extrovert who unabashedly hustled sponsor Money and publicity the other a devout woman who stepped into the surf with determination and a soft prayer. But in the end Diana dyad and Stella Taylor shared a common Fate. Each challenged the sea and lost. It was dyad 28, who first gave up swollen and screaming at her trainers tuday As they insisted she abandon the 103-Kilometer crossing from Cuba tothe Florida keys. She had covered More than 70 Miles meters in 41 hours 49 minutes since sunday afternoon but was pushed off course by winds and had not made it Halfway to her targeted Landing. I can t quit now she begged from the water inside her heavy mesh anti shark Cage. You Don t  she had overcome violent nausea jellyfish stings and terrible swelling of the lips and Tongue caused by Salt water and the stings. She pleaded to swim on but navigator Rich do Moulin Shook his head. The wind just pushed us too far West he said. When do Moulin patiently repeated that it was useless to go on she wept. Taylor 46, had been swimming strongly since leaving gun Cay in the Bahamas monday morning. She had a Brush with a shark which her attendants shot and killed but pressed on with a song. There s Noth ing in the Ocean that can Hurt me she Sang. She too was bothered by nausea and jellyfish stings but. Had stroked smoothly to within in Miles of the Florida coast by tuesday afternoon. Then just As Victory seemed certain the cur rent began pulling her North. The land curved Westward and the Gap from her to the Shore widened. She called it quits about 3 . _ i am tired she admitted when she came ashore. I would have continued the swim but the boys made me give Italy  she was 32 hours and More than 160 Kilometres from her starting Point. Dyad had said frankly All along that she was swimming for Money. She retained an agent sold rights to news organizations and signed sponsorship deals with makers of toothpaste and bottled  entourage at sea included train ers navigators a helicopter Supply service and a $55,000 shark Cage built As part of a $134,000 budget. This swim could set up my whole future she said before starting. Taylor emerged from obscurity. She had solid credentials in Marathon swimming including two successful swims across the English Channel but she received Only sparse publicity be fore the swim. She had a pair of support boats and two men on paddle boards to shoo away Sharks. Dyad met reporters and cameramen at poolside in Havana before her swim. Taylor prayed alone in her room before leaving Bimini and recited rosaries for herself and dyad. She had once studied to become a nun stopping just before final vows. Both women swam More than 60 Miles the distance dyad said is recognized by Marathon swimmers As the re Cord. But whether either set a record is unclear. Dyad said she followed rules of the International Marathon association. But she said she was not in a Marathon race therefore no record. Taylor was not in a race either and got out of the water three times when a shark menaced her. Dick Mullins spokesman of the swimming Hall of Fame in fort Lauderdale was asked about records. As far As this swim being recognized who can say he said. It will be a Public opinion Type of  dyad coming ashore at key West said simply i Don t think there is an other swimmer alive who has done what i be done  terrorist suspect wants political Asylum in . Burlington it. Up a lawyer to suspected West German terrorist Kris tins Berster said tuesday she will seek to Cal Asylum in the . Because she fears Ferber life and is seeking  but Federal officials said they doubted Asylum will be granted. The Exchange came As Berster 28, pleaded innocent to another charge that the entered the  illegally last month in Canada. She had already denied seven immigration charges stemming from her alleged kempt to sneak into the country by Elud ing a Border crossing station and carrying tue iranian passport. Is. District judge Albert Coffrin de Nied a defense motion that her 1100,000 bail the reduced and set a sept. 12 trial Date for to and three americans accused of help ill her try to sneak across the Border it 5burg.vtdefense lawyer Dennis Schlenker of Al any . Asked that bail be lowered be cause Bis client bad no wish to flee the country and. In fact is in the process of eking political Asylum. Miss Berster feels she would be in Dan i ii she leaves the United states be a. She does t want to flee she is look Engfor what we might Call salvation  Hartford bus system must Correct unequal services or lose . Funds Washington up the transportation department in a ruling it said will have a significant Impact on other cities tuesday charged the bus system in Hart Ford conn., violates minority civil rights by providing better service to White suburban riders. The department threatened to Cut off Federal transit Aid to Connecticut unless a plan to eliminate the discrimination is pre pared by sept. 15. Connecticut officials have promised to meet the deadline a department spokesman said. It was the first Federal crackdown on differences in bus service to White and minor Ity neighbourhoods. Department officials said the same Stan Dards win be applied to an City bus system getting Federal transit Aid meaning those of virtually every major City in the nation. Officials of the department s office of civil rights said the Hartford bus system which has received $17 million in Federal funds during the past two years discriminates against minorities in two ways there Are Many express buses for people commuting from predominantly White suburbs to work in the City but re verse commuting express bus service for inner City residents who work in the suburbs is poor or  buses assigned to local routes and used by minorities concentrated in the City Are older and less Likely to have air conditioning than buses serving the suburbs creating a difference in the level of serv ice provided to Whites and  both types of discrimination violate the 1964 civil rights act and must be eliminated the department said. This is a precedent making decision said Ellen Feingold the department s director of civil rights. With this determination we Are saying that our Public moneys must be used to provide service fairly. The poor and minority communities cannot be Cut out of these uses of Federal  a department spokesman said All Feder Al transit Aid to the Connecticut depart ment of transportation which relays such funds to Hartford could be Cut off if the Hartford discrimination is not eliminated. He said James Shugrue commissioner of the state transportation department has promised to develop a plan by sept. 15 to Reform Hartford s bus service and to re assign buses immediately for More equal interim service. California county makes it illegal to go Skinny dipping Santa Rosa Calif api and nip nudity. The ordinance said is of Fennii Rosa Calif. A anyone older than 10 caught sunbathing in the Buff along the russian River can be socked for a $50 Fine under an ordinance approved tuesday. A second offence could mean six months in jail and a $500 Tine under the strict new rules adopted 4-1 by the Sonoma county Board of supervisors. The Only vote against the ordinance came from supervisor Eric Koenigshofer. Who said current Laws against Public sex and lewdness were adequate. Under the ordinance which goes into effect immediately a first offence would be an infraction and subsequent offences would be misdemeanours. The two Page ordinance bans nudity in Public places and private places exposed to Public  nudity said i offensive to the senses of persons residing in the Vicinity of such places because it interferes with said residents free use and Comfort Able enjoyment of their  much of the property in this resort area about 50 Miles North of san Francisco is owned by movie Star Fred Macmurray and his friends say he was not pleased. Other area homeowners had complained of Public sex by nude sunbathers. The ordinance also applies even when such nudity is not sex any motivated or otherwise  the vote Jas greeted with heckling Boos and catcalls from a crowd of about 150, most of whom said they had sunned themselves a nature in the past. The River belongs to no one they shouted. It s our  Federal regulations based on the civil rights act prohibit discrimination in rout ing scheduling or service including the frequency age and Quality of buses As signed to specific routes and the location of stops on specific routes. Bordach withdraws cooperation Washington up Gary Bow Dach the sex racketeer turned informant in Federal investigations of organized crime said tuesday he is withdrawing his cooperation because the government will no longer protect his life. Bordach under . Marshal service Protection from prison reprisal since he began informing on his former crime Syndicate cronies last fall said he was told he must return to the Federal prison system. They said it is costing too much Money to maintain the Protection they Are now giving me Bordach said. I have advised them i will not be testifying on any matter at any time for any Agency pertain ing to any investigation or  a source in the Senate permanent investigations subcommittee which heard Bow Dach s testimony about prison slayings last week confirmed a decision was made late tuesday to return Bordach to the prison system. The marshals have had to keep three shifts of elite guards on duty to protect Bordach in his current secret hideaway because its Only Security is their presence the source said Bureau of prison officials say Bordach is being Given his Choice among Safe mini mum Security prisons for the remainder of his incarceration on his own 1971 loan sharking conviction. But Bordach claimed there is no Gua Rantee of his safety. Bordach said his own underworld informant tipped him last weekend that crime Bosses have placed a $1 million Price on his life and no prison will be Safe from their reprisals