European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 5 a Harbor Seal who makes his Home at the Cincinnati peeks through a Hole in the ice to get a feel of heat is but ice is Nice the subzero temperatures prevailing in the the Harbor Seal is normally found in North Atlantic coastal Waters of the United so Charlie Proba Bly was feeling much at Home in his present a photo More than one Way to get soaked some suds Pep up was Day blues up two men named hoping to alleviate the Wash Day blues with a few Are offering a laundry bar where customers can get soaked along with their laundry is just about the most Boring thing in the said Pete who teamed with Pete Harnar to open suds n it seems to me its just a workable Harnar said about running a bar and a self service it gives vegas Blaze May have soldered undetected san Francisco a the fire at the Las vegas Mem grand hotel which killed 84 people in november May have soldered for several hours before it was a fire official said copter rescues 9 from ship in North sea Shetland islands a nine norwegians were winched up by Neli copter from a fishing vessel battered by Gal Force winds and 30foot Waves in the North Britain press association re the news quoting the norwegian Rescue Center at said the Mea were removed from the Hareid fjord and ferried to the stat fjord Oil drilling two were injured and transferred to a hos fire administrator Gordon Vickery said at a news conference that a ventilation system probably cleared smoke from the soldering fire out of the hotel allowing the Blaze to go undetected for the fire was one of the worst in history according to the preliminary report issued by the fire administration at the news injured 679 people besides the 84 who the report confirmed the finding of local investigators that an electrical Short in a combustible concealed space near a pie Case in the Deli triggered the Vickery said that smoke detectors nor Mally would have sensed the shut off the ventilating system and engaged much of the ventilation system in the hotel was faulty and in Stead helped fuel the fire by providing it with a fresh air he someone a Chance to sit Down and enjoy themselves while there doing a distasteful manager Lynda Ferlemann said the Day time crowd includes housewives who Gener ally sip Only soft drinks and watch soap operas on the bars but As night she said the Beer drinkers take the business is housed in two stores connected by a duds has 20 Wash ers and 20 suds has chairs and pinball Beer is by the draft or soap is by the Beer drinkers Are notified by an electrified sign Board when their Wash is those using dryers Are wed just As soon people leave their clothes in the dryer and drink said there Are a few three plastic bags full of clothes that never made it Home with their owners sit in the Back of the one Guy came in Here to watch monday night football and had a great Moore he left about and saw a big Load of laundry in his he said he knew hed forgotten Rains kill 23 in Philippines Philippines up Torren tial Rains inundating the Southern Philippines for the past 18 Days have killed at least 23 people and caused million Worth of Relief authorities murder rap May stick after 20 years Cleveland up Cleveland fifth homicide victim of the new year was shot More than 20 years ago and the Man who shot him May end up being tried for homicide detective James Farmer re ported the bizarre which had its be ginning at on when two men got into an argument in a doorway on Cleveland East it wound up with one of the Clyde then shooting the Fred then and fleeing the Ray was taken to a Hospital and treated for a gunshot wound in the right shoulder and then it turned out to be More serious than doctors for Ray spent the next 20 years in a wheelchair As a Farmer said Thomas gave himself up two Days after the saying he shot Ray in he was tried and found guilty of shooting with intent to wound and spent two years and five months in the Ohio a world War ii died at Wade Park veterans Hospital last 7 and the coroners Given this week to homicide said rays death was the direct result of the wound he suffered two decades a ruling on whether Thomas can be charged with murder is being delayed until the Cuya hoga county John returns from his vacation in Flor Carter says state of Union is sound7 Washington up president Carter told Congress Friday the state of the Union is sound but the United states faces serious some of which could be solved by legislation he pushed unsuccessfully during the past four i firmly believe that As a result of the Progress made in so Many Domestic and International areas Over the past four our nation is More com passionate and Freer than it was four years Carter said in his final 76page state of the Union but our nation has serious he inflation and unemployment Are unacceptably the world Oil Market is increasingly there Are trouble spots throughout the world and 52 american hos tages Are being held in Iran against International Law and against every Precept of human he the state of the Union is our Economy is recovering from a a National Energy plan is in place and our dependence on foreign Oil is de new support in world we have new support in the world for Pur purposes of National Independence and individual human we have a new will at Home to do what is required to keep us the strongest nation on the message which in no transition years a president normally would deliver in person to a joint session of Congress consisted largely of a Catalon of Carters he defended the education depart which was created during his administration and which president elect Ronald Reagan has pledged to the department has successfully combined nearly 150 Federal education pro Grams into a streamlined organization that is More responsive to the needs of educators and he Carter defended another Reagan target the Salt ii he said he is convinced the treaty is in our nations Security interest and that it would add significantly to the control of nuclear i strongly support continuation of the Salt process and the negotiation of More far reaching Mutual understandings on nuclear Carter also urged Congress to reconsider National health an idea on which the lawmakers have repeatedly turned a cold of time in the stars and stripes 30 years ago today 1951 the chinese piping regime refused the latest United nations peace proposal and called the plan for a ceasefire in Korea 20 years ago today 1961 a speech by soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev de tailed his blueprint of How communism would take Over the he is not needed for the 70 years ago today 1971 former Interior Secre tary Stewart Udall was arrested in Virginia and charged with concealment of Mer Udall claimed the arrest Over a 90cent package of cigars was a Horri ble