European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday september 10, 1978 now he won t bite Mary Scriver lifting the ears of a stuffed dog at Portland ore., Demon Strates How not to get bitten. She says she Learned the ear pulling technique while she was mul Tomah county s first woman do Catcher. After five years of chasing dogs cats cattle and hogs she s hanging up her net and taking up a new Pursuit. I m joining the minis try she says. As a do Catcher you walk into people s lives and people just Tell you  up photo sgt. Calls discharge Victory for Gay rights Colorado Springs Colo. Up an army sergeant honorable discharged As a homosexual said Friday his dismissal was a Victory for Gay rights. Staff sgt. Little b. Douglas 25, based at common link sought in series of explosions Indianapolis ind. A in an Effort to isolate what May be a common link in eight recent bombings authorities have asked area merchants to report unusual sales of batteries or timers that May have been used in the explosions in the Speed Way Section of Indianapolis site of the Indianapolis 500 Auto race. Reports of any suspicious sales May help identify and apprehend any suspects in the Case . Attorney Viriginia Dill Mccarty said. Mccarty said authorities followed thou Sands of leads and talked to hundreds of people in the investigation of the bomb Ings which have alarmed the area s 17,000 residents and baffled police. The most recent and most serious blast occurred wednesday night in the parking lot of Speedway High school injuring three people. There were no injuries in any of the seven previous explosions which be Gan sept. 1. The bombs have All been homemade composed of a six Volt Battery a timer Gunpowder packed tightly in a 12-ounce beverage can wrapped in a Towel and a Coil. There has been no communication from any person or groups claiming responsibility for the blasts Mccarty said. Fort Carson originally made his request for a discharge last june but said the army was holding up the discharge because he refused to provide proof of his homosexuality. Last week Douglas dressed up in a Black gown High heels a wig and makeup and went to mess Hall for lunch. He said he did it to Shock the army into granting his request. The army told Douglas a six year Veteran he had to provide a notarized statement from his sexual partners to prove his homosexuality. Douglas refused saying it violated his and his partners constitutional rights. A base spokesman said Douglas was discharged under a regulation that says Soldier will leave the service if he displays homosexual tendencies. Douglas signed a statement saying he was an Active homosexual the spokesman said. Gays in the army should realize now that they Don t have to violate their civil rights by being forced to reveal who they have been to bed with Douglas said. Douglas who has performed As a female Impersonator at a local bar said the army is prejudiced against Gays. Homosexuals i think make the Best soldiers because they Are More open minded and work harder to show people that they can function just As Well As if not better than heterosexual troops Douglas said. He said he might consider re enlisting in the army if the service changes its policies against homosexuals. Base spokesman maj. Robert Mitchell said Douglas discharge was routine. There has really been no heartburn or concern Over the thing either Way Mitchell said. The Only difference Between this discharge and others was the Little bit of tension he created by his actions at the mess  stateside seventh member of Wilmington 10 paroled Raleigh . Up Wayne Moore the seventh member of the Wilmington 10 to be freed on parole was escorted from the Triangle correctional Center by a parole officer and met by his family at the Gate. Parole officials said Moore would re sume his studies at Shaw University living in a dormitory on the Raleigh Campus. Five other men have been paroled since gov. James b. Hunt or. Reduced the sentences of the nine Black men jailed in the Case. The White woman in the group Ann Shepard Turner was paroled before Hunt acted on the Case. The group was convicted of arson and conspiracy charges arising from 1971 racial violence in Wilmington. Cooper fulfils pledge with $27,770 Check los Angeles a Rock Star Alice Cooper has fulfilled his pledge to pay for restoration of one of the letters on the Hollywood sign with a Check for $27,770 printed on a scrap piece of the recently Dis mantled old sign. The Hilltop sign the unofficial Symbol of Hollywood and the movie Industry is expected to be completely replaced by no vember. Costs to repair the landmark Are estimated at $250,000 and Many famous Hollywood residents have pledged to help. Cooper gave mayor Tom Bradley the Check in a Brief ceremony receiving in re turn a proclamation declaring him a Good will ambassador for los Angeles. The mayor credited Cooper with launching the Campaign to save the sign. Sigmund s crawling around the Yard again Providence . Up Sigmund the wandering Turtle is Back Home at Marcy Neilson s place dining on marigolds and whatever Broccoli it can snatch during forbid Den excursions to the family vegetable Garden. The 15-Pound Turtle estimated at Between 30 and 50 years old caused a stir and grabbed some publicity when Neilson placed a newspaper and trying to find the family pet. It crawled put an open Gate two weeks ago. A neighbor found the Turtle on the Day of its escape but did t know who it belonged to. She called state environmental management officials and they took the Turtle to the City s Roger Williams Park zoo. Zoo director Roger Valles read the newspaper article about the missing Turtle and recognized Sigmund right away. He got the Royal treatment at the zoo Sun lamp bananas and Sweet potatoes Neil son said. Child Falls nine stories without apparent injury Southfield Mich. Up two year old Danielle Searcy fell nine stories from a suburban Detroit apartment build ing but doctors said she escaped without apparent injury. A Providence Hospital spokesman said doctors were unable to find any injuries while examining the girl after her 6 10p.m. Fall. She was transferred to children s Hospi Tal in Detroit for observation. Police said the girl was visiting from Washington d.c., and was in bed next to a roots to repeat has pulling Power new York a about 50 million people watched the first episode in  s repeat broadcast of roots the network estimated. That would be about two thirds of the audience of 76.8 million  said saw the Start of roots in january 1977. The net work estimated a record breaking Audi ence of 130 million for the entire miniseries based on Alex Haley s Best seller. Abc quoting figures from the . Niel sen co., said 38 percent of the to audience saw the initial two hour instalment. The network said its researchers had forecast that 33 percent of the to audience would see the episode. The eight episodes broadcast in 1977 averaged 66 percent of the television Audi ence Nielsen reported. Abc is rebroadcasting the entire miniseries in five instalments. Pentagon proposes arms sales to saudia Arabia Washington up the Pentagon notified Congress thursday of $767 million in proposed military sales to saudi Arabia involving the construction and equipping of army Navy and defense ministry facilities at various locations in the country. They include a $35 million Power Plant for a military base at Khamis Mushy at. Window of a ninth floor apartment on North Park drive. Police believe Danielle fell after rolling Over into a screen which gave Way. Noth ing apparently broke her fall and she landed in a Grassy area at the base of the build ing police said. She was conscious and crying when a fire department Rescue truck arrived at the scene and took her to Providence hos Pital. Police said the impression of her Bod was visible in the Sod. Columnist Elmo Zumwalt former chief of naval operations has announced that he will team with Worth Bagley to write a syndicated column on world affairs. The Date of the first column has not been announced. _ up photo