European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 agents seize phony toys Worth million while Reagan fiddles up photo a member of the International ladies Gar ment workers Union holds a sign blaming president Reagan for the increase in for eign clothing and textile about clothing and textile workers gathered in last week to protest the increase in the Union members Are trying to have legislation passed that would limit imports to about 37 percent of the a customs agents capped a four month investigation by seizing million Worth of counterfeit including nearly fake cab Bage Patch dolls treated with a flammable officials the phony toys were found in rental Stor age lockers in Fremont and san As Well As on docks in Oakland and san agents the which stretched Over two was announced Friday in the toys were brought into this country by a san Jos based import said Rollin a san Francisco customs six allegedly illegal aliens who worked at the warehouse were arrested by the immigration and naturalization he in addition to the cabbage Patch officials said they seized nearly phony Gremlin 130 phony rolex 24 Cartons of robot 17 car tons of it and other assorted dolls and said the phony cabbage Patch valued at about 1 May be similar to those blamed for injuring and poisoning several officials customs officials said the dolls had been soaked in kerosene based the investigation began after Santa Clara police discovered some of the dolls after checking a burglary at a storage locker in that Klink Ferraro was shocked7 by the Lack of Solidarity new York a Geraldine Ferraro said sunday that she was shocked by the failure of italia americans to condemn reports during her democratic vice presidential Campaign that linked her family to organized with a few Ferraro ital Ian american organizations and politicians remained mute while she fought the re which involved her John and her the stories that filled the newspapers with innuendos about family connections to organized crime Hurt More than just me and she told the National Organiza Tion of italia american they Hurt every individual in this room whose last name ends in a the Lack of Solidarity in the italian nostalgic reunion ends it was a tearful Farewell for War brides Long a tears flowed As Well meet again sounded the final note sunday for a nostalgic reunion of world War ii War brides aboard the ship that brought Many of them to the United states four decades everybody was saying their farewells All morning How could we do this again exchanging addresses and phone said Eloise who married a army signal corps service Man in about 300 War brides gathered this week end aboard the Queen the British luxury liner used As a troop ship during the the ship was returned to use As a Cunard then purchased by Long Beach in 1967 and converted to a dockside hotel con mention the women Sang the bittersweet wartime Well meet dont know dont know at a final get together sunday on the Howell souvenir programs were passed around for signatures and Farewell she at a banquet the women danced to All the Good songs of the she including sentimental journey and White Cliffs of All the girls who didst have a husband there danced with each just like we did in England during the Howell a Long Beach resident who served As an official hostess for the Howell is originally from the London suburb of according to the Justice women and 212 men entered the United states under the 1945 War brides a majority of them were Howell but the War brides at the reunion rep resented 20 including Austria and and there was one male War Bride Jorgen whose was with the coast guard in Nielsen was working As a wartime translator when they his special status at the reunion earned him a shirt that read americas Sweet heart on one Side and i was a male War Bride on the the reunion was the idea of Barbara Sci Betta of Pacifica and Ellie Shukert of san both daughters of War who teamed up on a history project and wrote the nonfiction love and War the War brides of the brides will have another Chance to Swap memories in a reunion is planned by the South Hampton City coun cil in and a Council member was at the reunion to invite the women to its shooting May have killed space shot space Houston a an american proposal for a space Mission was cancelled because a soviet guard shot a army major in East Ger a National Magazine aviation week space technology said in its april 15 edition that president Reagan had planned last month to invite the soviets to join with the National aeronautics and space administration in a space the proposal was to be included in a speech Reagan gave to the National space club in Washington March the same Day Arthur Nicholson was the Magazine Reagan deleted the invitation from the speech because of the the Magazine the Magazine said the overture May have included a proposal that a cosmonaut Fly on the space shuttle to repair the crippled soviet salyut 7 space the soviets have just been forced to abandon the salyut 7 space station because of new malfunctions with the vehicle that prevent proper radio command of the Sta aviation week american Community shocked not Only but the reporters who covered her said who was accepting an award As italia american woman of the Ferraro said she has been unable to de cide whether the Campaign was Worth the pain it in remarks to reporters before her Ferraro said she would make no decision on seeking future political office without the consent of her she said she still is weighing the possibility of challenging Alfonse when he runs for reelection in and plans to make a decision in she said she will not announce her decision until the fat Kitty cat thinner after Legal suit a a fat cat named Kitty is now slightly part of the estimated left to her years ago is the latest chapter in the tale of Kitty cat unfurled when Linn county circuit judge James Goode awarded Arlean Howes from the estate a Man left to the 10yearold cat when he died in Decem Ber 1983 at age who worked As a housekeeper for the late John Bass and his from 1977 to had sought maintain ing that the Bass couple had promised her Money and household goods for her she sued the attorney handling the cats Roger in May claiming that Bass had promised to include her in his after a on Day Goode ruled on Friday that Howes services were Worth and that she had been paid leaving a balance to be paid from the estate of Bass specified in his will that Reid use the proceeds from the estate to care for Kitty when Kitty purrs her the House and property will be Given to the City of Tangent for use As a historical