European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday september 17, 1978 in a Snappy mood an animal control officer holds aloft an Alligator found with several other exotic critters in a backyard swamp in Ell gardens Calif. Up photo upset neighbors Call Rhiw Bell gardens Calif. Up Ger Ald Bixler s neighbors had been complain ing about alligators walking Down their Street. Armed with a search warrant animal control officers and firefighters raided a swamp near Bixler s Home thursday and seized the wandering Alligator three snap Ping turtles and nine assorted desert an swimming turtles. When i arrived said Burk Bussiere director of the Southeast animal control town offs of help them shelter i thought i was on the Disneyland Jungle  Bussiere said the fire department drained about 3,000 Gallons of water from the swamp before he got a noose around the creature and pulled it out snapping. He said the three foot Long Alligator could not be classed As Friendly. Bixler 35, was charged with violating arrested. Pair vows court fight to adopt Foster child Moab Utah a a retired postal worker and his wife vowed a court Battle to adopt their 16-month-old Foster daughter after a panel recommended against the move because of the couple s age and the publicity surrounding the Case. This is outrageous. It s got to be politics said Milton Walston 50, the father of six other children after the Deci Sion Friday by five adoption workers. It s terribly terribly upsetting. How would you like to have your baby snatched from you arms while Walston and his wife Barbara talked of fighting on the couple s Home town of Moab mobilized in their behalf. Flyers were circulated carrying the baby s picture and demanding that the state end its brutal and inhumane treatment of the Walston family. Kerrie who has been raised by the Cou ple since she was two months old was taken away by the Utah division of family services on tuesday. She left screaming and crying said mrs. Walston 47. Over a Hundred angry phone Calls were made to the governor s office leading tothe closed panel hearing on Friday. In rejecting the Walston claim the panel of adoption specialists said so much Public attention had been paid to Kerrie that the child s natural Mother and rela Tives would be Able to find her. The panel also said that no other couples had been considered As potential parents. Her Mother has known All along where that child has been said mrs. Walston. She wants us to have the baby. And she told them  mrs. Walston said family service work ers told her she was too emotionally involved with the  How can you not get emotionally involved with a 16-month-old girl she asked. Stateside bavarian Heads Back to Bangor on purpose Bangor Maine a Erwin Kreuz he plans to stay about four weeks with the West German brewery worker who be Kenneth and Gertrude Romine of nearby came a celebrity when he mistook Bangor for san Francisco is returning sept. 25 this time on purpose. A spokesman for the equitable life Assurance society owners of a shopping mall Kreuz will help open oct. 5, said Kreuz s stay will be paid for by equitable. Last october the 50-year-old Bachelor from Bavaria who does t speak English mistakenly got off a chartered flight to san Francisco during a Stopover in Bangor. He spent three Days wandering about the City before realizing it was not san Francisco. When the word spread Kreuz became an instant celebrity and was introduced to Well known mainers including gov. James b. Longley and Andre the Seal. The san Francisco examiner then paid for him and an interpreter to visit the California City. But Kreuz accustomed to a climate More like Maine a said his heart was Stillin Bangor. This time the insurance company spokesman joked he plans to come to Bangor on purpose and the mall owners Are hopeful he does t get lost on the  old town. The couple who speak German befriended him the first time around. Erwin Kreuz scientist says there s High Hopes for hops Miami Beach a a British scientist says hops the stuff used to make Beer can also be used to paint the Saloon and build the pub. Or. Gerald . Griffin of Brunei University Uxbridge told the american chemical society convention in this Florida City that spent hops thrown away by Brewers can be used to make particle Board for furniture and drying resins for paint. It s really a reflection of the age we live in that we Are All scratching around in trash cans to see what we Are throwing away Griffin said in an interview. But itis  judge refuses Early release for Mitchell Montgomery Ala. A . District judge Frank m. Johnson or. Has re fused to order former attorney general John Mitchell released from a Federal Pris on Camp ahead of schedule. The judge has also denied Mitchell s re quest for a further hearing. The former Nixon Cabinet member serving a one to four year term at the fed eral prison Camp at Maxwell air Force base for his part in the watergate cover up has been granted a parole effective next Jan. 19. Mitchell accused the Federal parole commission of Bias and vindictiveness " in refusing to release him earlier. He filed a court suit seeking immediate release. Court Battle Over woman cop gets promotion Philadelphia up Penelope Brace has finally become the first woman police detective in the history of the Phila Delphia police department. The promotion for Brace marked the end of a 4-year court Battle in which she charged the department with sex discrimination. Brace and the Justice department charged the City with discrimination in a suit filed in 1974. The american civil lib erties Union later joined the Case. I m glad the City decided to obey the judge s order but its Anticlimactic Brace said. Brace who has been an officer for 13 years passed the detective examination in 1976, but the police department with the backing of mayor Frank l. Rizzo refuse to promote her. Rizzo had said she was incompetent an should be fired. Free school okd for illegal aliens children Tyler Texas up although their parents Are in the United states illegally Chil Dren of aliens Are entitled to a free Public education which eventually will Benefit Testate a Federal judge has ruled. . District judge William Wayne Justice issued a permanent order against the Tyler Independent school District saying it could not charge tuition to the children of illegal aliens in an Effort to offset the rising Cost of education. Justice said educating the children would be beneficial to the state the school District had contended that the Sharp increase of illegal alien children in the state had placed a financial Burden on Texas schools. Tyler officials argued that the parents should be forced to pay tuition if their children were to attend classes Jln otihiit5 brf�m8ht by mexican american Legal defense fund on behalf of group of children of mexican families who Are in Texas illegally. Greta Gorbo s 7 924 Cense fetches $750 bought by a new York Phy. A. Bidder Lor