European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday september 7, 1978 out of his tree to Lamar Mclean a Man s Home is his ficus tree. The 19-year-old Miami youth built this one and has been living in it for three years. Although Mclean s treehouse has All the modern conveniences building inspectors say the 3 Story House is a fire and safety Hazard and they want it torn Down. A 2 women get 30 years in slaying of husband new York a two lesbian lovers have been sentenced to 30 years to life in separate prisons after being convicted of murdering the husband of one of the women. Carol Taylor 29, and Elizabeth Taylor 40, who Are not related said they actually were being punished for their lesbian relationship. Carol Taylor whose husband Herbert 30, was murdered received 25 years to life for conspiracy to murder. On the same charge Elizabeth Taylor was sentenced to a maximum of life in prison with the parole Board to fix a minimum. She also got a 7-year maximum for the criminal solicitation or hiring the killer with the minimum to be fixed by the Board. On the same charge Carol Taylor jogging revolution makes expert an also ran Chicago a Jim Petersen has turned the Corner he s 30, balding and what s More does t think there s much of a Market for the line of advice he pens. Petersen for six years has been Playboy Magazine s Playboy advisor on sex and other problems of readers. Everyone is into jogging today. Look at the Best seller list six books on jogging and none on sex. I guess we re really into the me generation he says. Was sentenced to 28 months to seven years. Under state Law the two Are eligible for parole after 30 years although it need not be granted. After a mistrial last april the two were convicted june 7 of arranging a $10,000 contract for the murder of Herbert Taylor. Taylor whose life was insured for $100, 000, was shot to death March 14,1976, in the House where he lived alone after his wife left. The hired killer has not been apprehended. The two women lived together and Carol Taylor was said to be unwilling to yield custody of her sons to her husband. During her appearance tuesday before Justice Harold Hyman of state supreme court Elizabeth Taylor labelled the Case the most disgusting unfair trial anyone could get in a in a separate appearance before the judge Carol Taylor said she was tried for gaiety not for murder. I was tried As a Hyman called Carol Taylor the Mother of two Small sons completely evil a self appointed he said Elizabeth Taylor Mother of a teen age son and daughter took part in the murder to satisfy her sexual and financial desires. The state said intensity of the lesbian relationship concern for the custody of the children and the insurance Money of $100, 000 were motives behind the murder. Stateside Idaho gov s car f firebombed family guarded Boise Idaho a gov. John Evans car has been firebombed and he and his family Are being guarded by state troopers and agents a state official reported tues Day. A device similar to a Molotov cocktail was ignited under the Gas tank of Evan s Ford Ltd outside the executive mansion monday said state Law enforcement director Kelly Pearce. A passerby extinguished the fire with a Garden Hose. The car was heavily damaged. Evans was inside the mansion at the time and was unhurt. Two agents from the state Bureau of investigation have been assigned to travel with Evans who is campaigning for re election and an undisclosed number of troopers will guard the governor and his family Pearce said. Four threats on the governor s life have been made since he took office in 1977, but no threats were made recently Pearce said. Cross burned in front of station showing roots Nashville Tenn. A a Cross was set ablaze on the Lawn of Abc affiliate wage Midway through tuesday night s repeat telecast of police spotted the flaming three foot High Cotton wrapped Cross on patrol and later found an empty bottle which May have contained gasoline. Tom Smith the station s news Anchor Man said on the newscast following the first segment of the made for television drama about the history of american slav Ery we Don t know Why it was put there unless someone objected to the showing of switchboard operator Dot Green said some callers had complained about the show when it was first aired in 1977, but she said there had been no telephoned objections this time. The show based on a Book by Henning Tenn., author Alex Haley depicts the Story of How Haley s ancestors came to the . From slav Iro inca haywire computer keeps University closed Boulder Colo. A the 21,464 students at the University of Colorado Are getting a extra two Days of summer vacation because of an overworked computer. The opening of the fall term scheduled for wednesday was postponed until Friday after officials discovered the computer that printed the students schedules had gone Hay Borchers vice president of academic affairs said some seniors were closed out of required classes while freshmen were assigned in their places. In other cases students were denied Access to classes that weren t filled. The number of schedule mistakes was so great Borchers said that it was easier to Start All Over again rather than ask students to straighten out the problems on their own. The computer apparently bogged Down Over the weekend when it was unable to handle the volume of professors last minute changes in classrooms and class sizes Borcher said. The delay will not lengthen the academic year a spokeswoman said. 2 men charged with shooting into soccer crowd Ecorse Mich. A two 18-year old men were charged tuesday with at tempted murder in a soccer match shoot ing that left five spectators wounded. Alvin Pritchett and Ronald Hall stood mute at their arraignment before judge Carl Rhoads in Ecorse municipal court. He entered innocent pleas for both ordering the men held on $10,000 Bonds to await a sept. 14 hearing. Police said the two were arrested Sun Day after witnesses described two motor cyclists who Rode across the soccer Field left after spectators began throwing cans and bottles in protest and then returned with a gun.,some six to 10 shots were fired into the crowd of about 100 persons police claimed. Three of the five wounded spectators at the Detroit soccer league game Between club italia and the mexican sport club remained hospitalized tuesday. Two other men were treated and re leased from the Hospital. Maine s Beer tax to be$1 million less in 78 Augusta Maine a those who favor Temperance May Call it Good news but those who keep track of tax revenues Call it bad news. Maine s income from the state s Beer tax will be off by a million dollars this year predicts Louis Page who oversees the malt and wine division in the state s Bureau of alcoholic beverages. Maine Beer distributors pay the excise taxes 56 cents for a Case of 24 twelve ounce cans As they buy Beer from the breweries. An increase in the Legal drink ing age from 18 to 20 and a Law requiring deposits on bottles Are believed to be contributing to the flatness of Beer sales. Sun Man sets free fall Mark from helicopter Buena Park Calif. A Holly Wood stuntman Dar Robinson set a world s record for free fall plummeting More than 286 feet from a helicopter to a huge White airbag at Knott s Berry farm a spokeswoman for the amusement Park said. The 286.1-foot fall was documented by land surveyors . Cook co., said Joanne Matos. It topped by More than 50 feet the Previ Ous record of 232 feet set by a. J. Bakunas for a Hurt Reynolds movie Robinson s Cushion was a 30-foot-High Nylon airbag measuring 60 feet by 120 feet. The 31-year-old stuntman designed it him self. The feat was filmed for a forthcoming Abc to special on stuntmen and Stu two men. Weather & sports gnus Bear new Gnu in Kan. Topeka Kan. Up weather and sports gnus residents of the Topeka zoo Are the proud parents of a male Gnu Bulle tin. Zoo director Gary Clarke who named the new Gnu said All three gnus were doing Fine. Clarke said zoo employees had not been Able to get bulletin away from weather but that bulletin appeared to weigh about 20 pounds. Bulletin is the first Gnu born at the Topeka zoo Clarke said. Weather and sports were brought to to Peka after they were born at a zoo in fort Worth Texas
