European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 races places rough riders reports 103yearold vet Teddy Roosevelt and his rough riders walked Dur ing their famous charge up san Juan and it want much of a Hill says 103yearold Spanish american War Veteran Ralph of Pompano is believed the last surviving Soldier of the famous Teddy Roosevelt didst charge up san Juan Hill on a horse like you might said the horses were left in Tampa and never even made it to Teddy All the rough were on foot and walked up the Hill like the rest of it want even much of a just a Little of Taylor is one of 16 surviving Spanish american War and the Only one believed to have fought at san Juan a three Day shootout that ended with the Spanish surrendering and Roosevelt skyrocketing to it does make you feel a Little queer to think youre the Only one he told the fort Lauderdale news and Sun Sentinel in an the United Spanish War veterans marked the 87th anniversary of the Start of that War by laying a Wreath at the hiker an overlooked memo rial in Washington honouring the soldiers who hiked in the tropics during that none of the survivors the youngest is and most Are in nursing legally Blind and wearing a hearing gave up smoking shortly after his 102nd but still drinks one Glass of liquor or wine a his recollection of the War is still War is generally foolish and this War was no Dif said a Brooklyn native who volunteered for the 71st regiment when he was it want a very Well organized said his a combat nurse during world War we came Down to Cuba in Winter clothes because the army never got us our summer clothes in he nearly every regiment was issued a different Type of he when we found a dead american Soldier and wanted to take his we  because our cartridges  fit in their he Taylor survived the Battle but caught malaria and dysentery shortly he credits a bottle of rum purchased by a bunk mate for his Safe we didst have any and we were sick and weak after the Battle of san Juan said Teddy Roosevelt knew our it was he who went to the general to get him to Send All our men after the the order came anyone could answer Roll Call the following morning could go the stars and stripes april singing assassins praises a photo extremist sikhs sing the praises of the two assassins of Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi at a meeting Hall in the which took place at the Golden Temple described the killing in detail and praised the two As Brave children of the babylonian Tablet records sighting of Comet the earliest known recorded sighting of valleys Comet was found on a babylonian Clay Tablet dated 164 the science Magazine nature reported in Stephenson of the University of Durham said another Tablet in the British museum also recorded a sighting of 87 he said the two new dates provide crucial information for astronomers studying the evolution of the orbit of what he called the most famous Comet in the Stephenson said the due to pass Over the Earth later this year for the first time since is unique in being the Only known periodic Comet that can be seen with the Nakea Eye and consequently has been More intensively studied than any until the new All its appearances Back to 12 had been firmly Stephenson adding that the new findings will enable astronomers to construct a More definite orbit deeper into the ancient past and thus create a greater understanding of the evolution of cometary the cuneiform part of observations which babylonian astronomers in ancient times kept under the heading astronomical go Back to 750 they Are damaged and information is extracted with difficult to bag a husband in China Middle aged women have trouble finding Hus bands in despite the efforts of a Small army of Amateur the China daily newspaper re the older women who come to me Are a As their chances of finding a husband Are said go who has received appeals for help since she opened a free matchmaking service last of every five people who have registered with four Are go told China daily in an interview at her basement office in peking Haoyang where she works As a head nurse in the paediatrics de a skilled Hong Niang or has paired off 338 lonely hearts Over the past 20 but along with other workers at matchmaking centers set up across China last year by a women has had Little Success in marrying off Middle aged chinese custom supports a deeply ingrained male prejudice against marrying older Many women now in their 30s and 40s missed a Chance to marry Young when they were sent to the Countryside to work during Mao tse tunes chaotic 196676 cultural the number of female and male single people is More or less but the women have far less Chance of finding a said Shang Langue of the peking Wom ens now on Sale at most bookstores