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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Murdoch May become citizen to buy major to stations May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 Washington a australian publisher Rupert Murdoch told members of a government Agency on Friday he will be come a citizen so he can Clear a Legal hurdle and become an owner of six of the biggest television stations in the United one of the Agency members James a Federal communication commission said Murdoch told him he would not apply for the Transfer until he became an another participant in the meetings said he believed Murdoch would sell his newspapers in new York and Chicago to comply with the Murdoch who owns daily newspapers in new Boston and san Antonio along with papers in Britain and Australia is discussing buying six metro Media owned stations in new los Dallas and or merging his film company with Murdoch and metro Media chairman John Kluge met on Friday morning with four of the five acc commissioners and commission officials involved in approving station according to commission spokesman Willam Russell said Kluge and Murdoch had lunch with commission chairman Mark Fowler on in new Howard a spokesman for Murdoch said Only Neotia Sands of time tons Are in Progress among Rupert news Marvin Davis and twentieth Century Fox concerning the possible Transfer of certain metro Media prop until negotiations Are no further statements will be an acc official said the commissioners were told there would be a news conference announcing the Deal on news America is Murdoch american a Colorado and Murdoch own twentieth Century a commission Rule that could stand in the Way says an owner of a newspaper can not pm More than 5 percent of a broadcast station in the same Murdoch newspapers and Kluges to stations overlap in new York and Roy chief of the fecs video services said waivers have been granted in the past that give an owner some time after a Purchase to sell off either the newspaper or the broadcast he might come in and ask for a limited waiver to give him time to divest of the newspapers or to spin off the Stew Art Quello said he sees no bar to the if Murdoch meets the citizenship Standard and does not ask to keep the Law prohibits noncitizens from owning More than 20 percent of a to Licensee or 25 percent of the licensees Parent battling the storm a photo Carl Buchan struggles to right his boat during a sudden storm thursday in a race near Seattle Shi Shole dozens of contestants were dumped into the water when the 50mph winds but there were no Buchan won an olympic Gold medal in the 1984 summer games at los in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today May 1945 All German forces in Holland and including Helgoland and the frisian surrendered to Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery 21st army 30 years ago today May 1955 in a speech at Chancellor Konrad Adenauer said that the new West German army would not take draftees until a much later 20 years ago today May troops and communist led rebel forces exchanged gunfire across the Ozama River bisecting Santo Domingo in the dominican a military spokesman reported a rebel buildup of More than men North and South of american 70 years ago today May 1975 Newsweek Magazine reported that massive Bloodbath had begun in Cambodia and thousands had already been the re ports were said to have come from intercepts of Khmer Rouge radio Navy commander court articled for lying about affair with lieutenant san Francisco up a military court martial panel Friday found James Wyatt Iii guilty of Vio lating the navys officer and gentleman code by living with an unmarried Junior officer at a Remote outpost and lying to a Superior officer about the panel found him innocent on two other counts of lying to his Superior officer about the who had a previously spotless 19year record with the stood without emotion As Harry Robins read the the five member officer including one deliberated about an hour before returning the verdicts after a five Day the which was to be decided later could include discharge from the loss of pension rights and a prison term for the lying i made an error in Wyatt my judgment in my personal life was impaired because i was in Navy prosecutor Hohenstein said the Issue was not whether Wyatt was in love with Ettienne but whether he deceived his commanding offi cer when questioned about their personal a Navy spokesman said the court martial was not about love or personal relationships but about whether a Junior officer in a unit should have that kind of relation ship with a senior has an accomplished military career and was described As one of the top air intelligence officers in the testimony at the trial showed Wyatt spent some nights at boat rights apartment while the two were serving in the same Squadron at Moffelt in the last half of both officers also testified they lived together in a trailer during a six month deployment in 1984 on the Indian Ocean Island of Diego the Crux of the government Scase is that Wyatt told his commanding that there was no affair going it was it was it was Hohenstein he admitted not volunteering any information about the affair to his superiors because he thought they already defense attorney Robert Bryan said the key Issue was whether Wyatt intended to deceive i dont think he would jeopardize his Many years in the service by doing the lawyer that is just Stu Boatwright said her affair with Wyatt is Over and she testified against her former commander under a Grant of immunity from but she agreed with Wyatt that neither of them allowed their relationship to interfere with military double amputee held in Houston shooting Houston up a double amputee confined to a wheelchair was held Friday by who expect to charge the Man with crimes ranging from robbery to kid napping to attempted Edward Gale whose legs were amputated above his was arrested thursday night following the Holdup of a hamburger stand and the shooting of a Crawford faces a number of said police spokesman Raul Cor charges will be Correa everything has been sent to the District who is handling the he Crawford was involved in attempted Mur a couple of abductions and a of if the woman that will change Roberta Rose was in poor condition at Ben Taub Hospital after the which began about 7 thurs Day when a Man arrived at Mary Anns old timey pointed a Caliper pistol at owner Mary Ann and robbed the restaurant of about said Brian he give me All the Money in the Rowell he and i made Eye he had horrible he looked like he hated hated my Foster said the gunman crossed the Street in his wheelchair to another parking lot and waved a passing car to the Man pointed a gun at the woman Motorist and started to get in the Back the Jennifer said she had time to think about what was happen ing while the Man pulled his wheelchair into the Westerhoff said she jumped from the moving the car rolled into a trash and Westerhoff fled on foot As the Man tried to get out of the Foster said the gunman got Back into his wheelchair and went several Hundred feet into the parking lot and confronted Hinkle walking to her he shot her once in the apparently because she would not give him a police Foster said the Man went through Hinkles reloaded his pistol and rolled to the far Side of the a car occupied by two people pulled up to the Man and he pulled his gun on the gunman entered the abandoning his wheelchair and forcing the Cou ple in the car to drive about an hour the gunman released the hostages and left in a police said the suspect directed the taxi Driver to a site where another wheelchair was located and then he was captured shortly after he left the  
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