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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, February 9, 1981

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 6 the stars and stripes february 1981 vet wheels himself in search of business loan a a Vietnam who claims he has been a hostage to his wheelchair for 16 wheeled him self 12 Miles to Oklahoma City to seek a Federal Eddie whose legs were blown off by a land mine in is seeking a Small business administration loan to keep his Edmond firm Beesley left his Edmond Home in the morning and arrived Here that same of Drivers honked in a few stopped to give kisses and hugs and one stopped to push him a he has been turned Down in previous at tempts to get sea Loans for his which Sells wheelchairs and adaptive de vices for the Beesley claims the government should help him because of the sacrifices he made in he said Hes not in not asking anyone to go an extra India teacher win Schweitzer prizes Catholic schools get biggest Ever donation Baltimore a a 74yearold building contractor has donated Mil lion to establish a scholarship fund for Catholic schools in the largest single do nation Ever to the archdiocese of Balti Henry Knott said he was giving the Money to the Church to set up the fund in the name of his archbishop William Borders said it was the most generous single donation in the history of the at a news conference announcing the Knott cited the greater need for Tui tons to support parochial schools today because so Many Lay teachers have re placed teaching Knott said he and his wife Are making the gift since god has been very Good to and we want to share it a hostage denies involvement with Iran woman Loup a former hostage Michael who was accused by his captors of impregnating an iranian woman and threatened with a said that the charges were strictly in a news conference following a heros the Marine staff who headed the Security detail at the embassy in denied any involvement with the the who at one Point threatened to hold Moeller for trial even if the other hostages were had said the woman was hanged by her brother to preserve the family it was strictly Moeller they had asked me to cooperate on some things and 1 this thing was part of them trying to get me to 20 bears among plaintiffs in environment suit a Twenty Griz Zly bears who inhabit the Kot tenia nation Al Forest in Montana Are listed among the plaintiffs in a suit filed in District court in Washington by environmental groups seeking to halt mining exploration in the a hearing on the suit is scheduled for March the suit contends the mining exploration would threaten the 20 which inhabit the Cabinet Mountain wilderness area in the National Forest in Northwestern the Ursus were listed As plaintiffs in a rare Legal Man Euver that is a symbolic gesture in defense of an animal that has its Back to the Bill a wilderness society the suit was filed in an attempt to halt a Copper and Silver exploration project planned by an International min ing former hostage plans Book on Captivity new York not one of the for Mer hostages in Barry Rosen of and his signed a contract with the literary agent Julian Bach to represent them in the Sale of a Book and a series of the who Are on a secret holi Day of about 10 will then choose a writer to help them prepare a Book that will in no sense be a quickie about the 444 Days of the said he said that who was press at tache when he was taken served with the peace corps in Iran some years ago and is fluent in he overheard a Good Many things from his captors that his fellow captives did not Bach the agent said the Book would Deal with Rosens feelings about Iran under the Shah As Well As under the and would include material on How his Captivity affected his wife and victims describe loss of fingers to radioactive rings a a Doc Tor who works in an Indian teacher who describes himself As a Vagabond in the name of god and classical guitarist Andres Segovia on saturday were named winners of the Albert Schweitzer prizes in humanities and the awards Are made every five years in the three categories in memory of Albert a doctor and humanitarian who established a number of missions in Winner of the music prize was who two years ago celebrated the 50th anniversary of his first musical performance in the United the humanitarian prize went to Sadhu itt Avirah of who Calls himself a Vagabond in the name of god and teaches and ministers to the the prize in Medicine went to Lar Rimer who founded the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Gerald who helped establish the North Carolina historical and scientific foundation which presents the said Segovia was chosen not Only for his music but for his work teaching Young people the Segovia began piano lessons while he was growing up in but developed a love for the his fathers attempts to get him to take up another instrument and he held his first Public concert at age itt Avirah was born in 1922 to roman Catholic parents and studied philosophy and theology before deciding to become a a Short time he was Given a dispensation from the order to become a Vagabond in the name of while serving in the Indian he did without food to feed hungry later he gave up All his possessions and devoted his life to helping his Only posses Sion is a begging he also founded an or for the study of religion and the hindus Call him simply or Mellon was born in where he took up the study of at age he specialized in tropical diseases 100 feared dead in fire new Delhi Apas Many As 100 people were feared dead and 500 injured when a fire swept through a circus in the Southern Indian City of news agencies the press Trust of India said scores of schoolchildren and women perished in the fire at the enclosed in a Large and went on to found a Hospital Albert Schweitzer in the Arbi Bonite Valley of Hai the facility treats More than people a the established five years ago on the 100th anniversary of Schweitzer will be presented april 23 at the University of North Carolina at winners Are selected by an Anonymous panel of five International the prize consists of a medal and Shinn said this May be the last year the awards Are Given because the foundation has had difficulty raising Money to pay for the prizes this year were provided by the City of new Hanover and the prize in Medicine was donated by Burroughs a pharmaceutical transportation costs of the winners and their families Are paid for through contributions from a Fife offered inspector Post in foreign service Washington up Robert dismissed As ambassador to Al Sal Vador for publicly criticizing the Reagan has been offered an administrative position in the foreign a state department official the Law which protected him from an outright firing gives White 90 Days to accept the position of departmental inspector or resign the foreign inspectors review embassy operations to determine if they Are functioning Secretary of state Alexander Haig swiftly removed White last forbidding him to remain in his Post for traditional Farewell parties and appearances until a successor is a state department spokesman said White had been offered a position at the appropriate but declined to identify the but another who declined to be said White was considering the inspector it is not an unusual position for an ambassador to the official it can be considered going into a holding he can make a contribution in the position and wait until this blows until a Job opens he up a panel of state lawmakers has Beard from Western new York residents who described having fingers and parts of their hands surgically removed when they contracted cancer after wearing rings made from radioactive Beatrice of the Buffalo suburb of told a state task Force that she lost three fingers and half of her left hand after wearing a Gold wedding ring bought in 1941 and later found to be Russell of who lost a Finger to cancer after wearing a radioactive told the hearing that officials didst bother to Check out the origin of the Given him in 1940 and enlarged six years Glenn director of the state health departments office of Public said officials believe the radioactive Gold was used in cancer treatments during the 1930s and it later was obtained by Haughie melted and moral majority seeking names of film borrowers gunslingers trick backfires in Bank Holdup Bessemer a one of three Holdup men at the first citizens Bank shot himself in the hand while twirling a pistol on his Finger like a police the mans injury was police said after the Fri took three Young men into custody following a High Speed Chase and shootout with the Money was recovered when the three men were officers the amount was not booked into Mecklenburg county jail on charges of armed robbery were Eddie my his Milton and Johnny All of the three were held on Bonds of and police did not say which of the men had shot a moral majority is asking the Washington state Library to identify borrowers of a 21minute movie entitled achieving sexual Maturi the request to librarian Roderick Swartz was made by Michael the group s state under provisions of Washington Public disclosure in not sure yet How we will respond to assistant attorney general Tom Bjor Gen there May be a conflict Between the act and Library Nancy the Library Deputy director for it is Library policy nationwide that circulation records Are confidential unless borrowers give permission for their names to be the produced by John Wiley and sons of new is a scientific film on physiology and sexual development throughout the life she she refused to say How Many times it had been because the Library sends its materials to any local Library requesting borrowers could include people throughout the Bjorgen refused to release the Farris let but officials said Swartz probably would decide this week whether to Grant the moral majority spokesmen said Farris was on a Retreat and was not immediately available for  
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