European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday september 15, 19bo South Carolina prison inmate John Davis. After 40 years he no longer wants out . Prisoner is 104 looking Forward to 105 Columbia . A John Davis has added another year to his record As South Carolina s oldest prison inmate Cele Brating his 104th birthday and looking Strong enough to make 105. All i need is a Nev body he said As he hobbled slowly up the Steps of the prison Chapel to the birthday party a local Beauty school holds for him every year. Davis was convicted in Dillon county in 1922 of larceny and burglary which was a capital offence in those Days. He says he was Only trying to get a refund from a dry goods merchant for an ill fitting suit. He says he got is and a watch. Sentenced to life he escaped after six years but was recaptured two months later. In 1930 he broke out again and did t get caught for a decade. Commerce official feels recession ended in july Washington not Courtenay m. Slater chief economist of the com Merce department said that the recession apparently ended in july and predicted that the Economy will show growth in the third Quarter. Although administration economists had begun in recent Days to suggest the end of the recession. Slater s projection for the Gross National product was a startling reve lation because both administration and Pri vate economists have said repeatedly even As late As this past week that they expected a third Quarter decline. Should Slater s new Outlook prove accurate the 1980 recession will Nave lasted Only six months which would make it the shortest recession of modern times. Man jumps safely from world Trade Center. ,., i �4 turn h film tint inn rat it to new York up a parachutist crossed an electrified Fence and jumped from the 11 Din floor observation deck of the world Trade Center. The Man landed on the Street below got into a waiting car and was driven away. A guide on the observation deck of the South Tower saw the Man on the roof Edge but when he called to the Man the parachutist turned around looked it the Pride and jumped. Tourists said the Man we Waring i Backpack that opened to a red and Vista rectangular Parachute in the air. Lou Norcia manager of the Bose Mica deck said visitors expressed no Porti Chr Surprise at the jump. They fit it was pin of the routine he Laid. But for the past 40 years he s been be Hind bars and although Freedom could be his for the asking now. He s Long past want ing it. As the prison system s Only aaa rated trusty Davis has All the Freedom he can use anyway. The rating system determines the level of Security and privileges for a trusty. The birthday Celebration was a solemn affair in which mrs. . Bal Cha and Stu dents from her Waverly school of Beauty culture Sang hymns and read psalms to the deeply religious Davis. He sat by himself in the first Pew erect and attentive with one hand on his knee and the other on the handle of his Cane. Afterwards Davis delivered a Stern ram bling lecture to his will wishers on some of his favorite subjects. Like aging human beings Are like Gar ments. The longer you keep and Wear them the less fresh and new they  and patience things 1 prayed for 40 years ago same of it has just  and righteousness the Devil can fool you quicker than anything on  then he blew out the four candles on his birthday cake and uttered some final words on nutrition. Sweets is against my condition he said. Why would i be dumb enough or stupid enough to eat something that s against my condition Nobel prize chemist Dies los Angeles a Willard f. Libby who won the 1960 Nobel prize in chemistry for developing the radioactive dating methods that can determine the age of once living things Back to 50,000 years died at age 71. 103-lb. Gregory starts  White House walk new York a emaciated from fasting and acting against the Adrice of i physician Dick Gregory set out from the United nation of a silent walk right to be White House. The object of the 225-mile walk Gregory said was to help bring a peaceful end to he american iranian conflict and to world hunger. Weighing 103 pounds and b Ike ism Day of what us doctor deserted a Starrat Loa  Gregory Airbed Here after 4v1 months i Iran where he ssh it sought a prayerful solution to the or Iran conflict Oier hostages taken at to is. Embassy la Tehran last not. 4. Army sergeant deactivates extortionist s bomb Florence . A a Small bomb was found at a jewelry store following u extortion demand and an army ordnance expert was called in and deactivated it. Sgt. . Gregory d. Hentschel a supervisor with the 48lh ordnance Delach meats fort Jackson said in e Small Box contained a Quarter Pound of int. New apply Melcs Mark set in Apple seed squirt Murphysboro id. A the 29lh annual Apple Festal s apply plus saw two records fall for Apple seed squirting this year with the old Mark in the mens division being bested by Over 13 feet. In Hughes let a Slippery Apple seed squirt from his thumb and forefinger to a world Mark of 37 feet 1% inches Eclips ing the previous record of about 24 feet. Betty Hue woo the women s Dot Issott with a pop of 20 feel 8 i inches. When Hughes positioned his Elbow m foam pad on the table at the Start by line be pointed at the three foot Mark at the Brick Street predicting that s when Shell  a Roar went up in a crowd of 100 As the seed soared 37 feet police Block would be Brooklyn Bridge jumper new York up a stuntman magician wearing a loin cloth and a Strait Jack Al climbed the Brooklyn Bridge with the idea of jumping off but was stopped by a police helicopter and emergency services officers police said. After he was forced off the Span the Man identified As Tony Vcra said Fie would try to jump again. I want some excitement in my life. I m going to do it again. I just want to jump he said As police led him away. Vera climbed the Manhattan Arch of the Bridge and stood on top apparently at tempting to fasten his straitjacket As police scaled the Structure to get him Down. Police said Vcra was a professional stunt Man magician who works in Manhattan. Bid to extort $40,000 from vegas hotel tails Las vegas a an Umici Essul attempt was made to extort 140,000 from the Sahara hotel by a caller who said be had planted a bomb in the bold an Fri spokesman said. Agent Bill Jansen said the caller threat ened to explode a bomb in the hotel if his demands Wen w t net. " attempts to my the $40,000 failed when the  did not show up behind another strip hotel when be had demanded the payoff be nude. No bomb went off at the hotel at the deadline and no bombs were found a said. A Sahara spokesman said to customers or guests had been evacuated from the hotel and business went on As usual Der ing Ibe bomb threat. Jansen refused to discos details of be incident although u do say of at Ped was questioned  and released. The threat corns of tit Heeb of ust month s to mag of her not warn wheel Cassio at Lake Tab in which � million was demanded by Lac extort lariats. 2 dozen Pep squad members faint during game Baton Rouge la. A about two dozen members of a High school Pep squad fainted during a football game and doctors blame the heat and anxiety during the game for fifty of the girls All members of the Pep squad at Southwood High school in Shreveport became ill while in the stands at the game and nearly half of them fainted authorities said. Synthetic pot pills to be available in cancer study Washington is the go pm men win make synthetic marijuana pills More widely Aiau Able for experimental treatment of nausea and yowl Ting la can Vium Tuuu Fulg in a if cer patients undergoing drug therapy. Surgeon Genera Jouflas b. Richmond said the pills to be distributed uder the sponsorship of the National cancer inst naturally grown Marilu aaa. The status of marijuana itself would Catbe affected. In making toe formal  Rahmond Emp husked that the win re main an experimental drug. But u win u Duck to itt