European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday August 21, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 5 Steve Rebenberg 28, watches Uncle Sam a 4-year-old Rattlesnake pull a Wagon crawls along covered Wagon at Ben Lomond s a demonstration of one of the tricks Rebenberg and his father have taught some of their 40 pet rattlers. Up re emerging into Public life Nixon planning overseas visits Washington up Richard Nixon is planning visits to Europe and to China and other far Eastern nations in a major step toward a full scale return to Public life. Informed sources said saturday the sources said the former president s foreign travels probably will begin next month but will not for the time being in clude the Middle East where sensitive diplomatic moves Are under Way to revive israeli egyptian peace said he does not want to do any thing that could be construed As interference in that diplomatic initiative. The sources said Nixon who resigned inthe face of almost certain impeachment refugee guilty of filing 1,600 fake tax claims los Angeles a a vietnamese to filed 1,600 fake tax returns to claim 1300,000 in refunds has been sentenced to prison by a judge who took him to task for Tealing from the country that gave him anew Home. . District judge Irving Hill said Hon Duong was guilty of the biggest scheme i have Ever seen and chided my Friday for dealing from the country that warmly a hospitably took him in. Duong. 26at sentenced to three years in prison and fined $5,000. Duong who came to this country in 1971 to a student and holds a business administration degree from Cal state los Angeles stood before Hill with tears reaming Down h is face. I realize the wrong thing i have feel said. Defense attorney Jan Lawrence Hudrlik said Duong became obsessed eth the idea of bringing his 20-Roemberfamily to the United Stales from communist Vietnam. The attorney said Duong and his common Law wife Hong the by 27. Who have two children. 1 and 2 years old live Din squalid conditions without proper clothing or medical attention and did no Benefit from the Money. Duong has accounted for Only 130.000 of the Money and said the rest was stolen from him. However Hilt said the missing funds could be in some hidden place foreign or duo pleaded guilty july 18 to two counts of a Federal indictment alleging that he and his wife had submitted More than 1,-600 fake state and Federal income tax returns in 1976 and 1977 using fictitious thai and vietnamese names. Assistant . Attorney Leonar Sharenow said the couple filed for 1300000 in refunds and received 1150.000, which was placed in More than 100 savings accounts opened under phony . Who pleaded guilty to one count of the indictment was scheduled for sentencing aug. 25. Four years ago this month has received number of invitations from foreign nations and has decided to Start accepting them apart of his gradual emergence from life in aides they said have alerted the state department and the White House Ona Courtesy basis of the plans that Are developing. It seemed doubtful that would be Able to accompany him on the arduous travel schedule apparently inthe offing. She suffered a stroke two years ago and still shows slight signs of paralysis. Although the sources said Nixon s pre Cise itinerary is still incomplete China would be a 1972 visit marked what Many consider his greatest foreign policy Triumph an the peking leadership was unfazed by his watergate visited China As a state guest shortly after his resignation the Only overseas trip he has made since leaving office and the Only major excursion from his Sanclemente. Calif., hideaway until last Janu Ary when he attended Hubert Humphrey funeral in Washington. Since then however Nixon has begun easing Back into the limelight publishing his presidential memoirs attending a Ball game in califor Nia and making a triumphant visit to Ken travel would give him the Chance to re emerge in the very Arena reconsiders his own the Arena of foreign policy and International his re emergence into Public life. Nixon said on a television show Friday he plans to accept some speaking engage ments in the months ahead. He disclosed he is writing a second Book about the next 20 years for the free Cleveland recount won by Kucinich Cleveland up mayor Dennis Kucinich went into the record books Satur Day As the Winner of one of the closest elections in Cleveland history with an official recount showing he beat Back attempts Tothrow him out of office by 236 votes. The Cuya hoga county Board of elections completed its tedious ballot by ballot recount or just Over 120,000 paper ballot cast in the City wide recall election aug. 13 and reported 60,250 Clev Elanders voted to keep Kucinich in office while 60,014 voted to remove official result gave the 31-year-old Kucinich youngest big City mayor in the nation a Victory by 50.2 percent to 48.8 per cent of the of margins with a great Deal of reluctance and Dis May in my heart we must conclude Dennis Kucinich won by the smallest of margins said Kenneth Fischer attorney for the re Call committee to save Cleveland the Pri Mary group behind the drive to kick Kuci Nich out of the City backers picked up 1ss votes Dur ing the course of the recount. Kucinich handheld a 391-vote margin earlier in the week when the elections Board certified the pre recount results. Elections Board officials who met sat urday to conclude the recount took the Opportunity to direct some criticism at Kuci Nich and his supporters. The mayor had lashed out at the Board for using paper bal lots in the recall election and charged that the use of paper rather than machines in creased the Chance of fraud. Elections Board director Virgil brow said voting machines impounded after the june 6 Ohio primary for recounts in a few close races would not have been ready for the aug. 13 recall the recount of the recall balloting proved one thing it proved the accuracy and integrity of our election procedures said Robert Hughes Cuya hoga county re publican party chairman and an election Board member. Those who would criticize the Way this election was handled i think they owe an was not present at the election Board session saturday. But his executive assistant. Bob Weissman considered the second most powerful person at the City Aii was there. On behalf of mayor Kucinich i d like to thank the Board for conducting a totally fair and impartial was All Weis Sman would say. The of time aug. 21, ims Axil Sally St year old Portland Maine native named Mildred Gulara who broadcast Over Ikena radio to american troops caring Ike War left Rhein Maln Abt a Washington to face a grand jury treason inquiry Akong with Tokyo . Al ims president Eisenhower called on stale government to oppress unlawful forces in the school Lotief Nafea controversy and issued an implied win ing that he would Csc Federal troops again. If necessary to Back up Federal boart or Ders. Aug. Al ims gop presidential Candi Date Richard m. Nixon Cave Dowa the nne support to president Johnsoa s refusal to order a Vietnam Bombac Katt
