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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, May 15, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes May Tutu urges lawmakers to join fight against apartheid Orpi african Bishop Desmond Tutu monday urged the California legislature to join the crusade against apartheid because if racial War Breaks out you will not be Able to sit on the in an 18minute speech before a joint session of the 120member Tutu urged political and economic pressure aimed at ending his governments segregationist for goodness help implored the 1984 Nobel peace prize help us exert pressure political pres sure but above All economic help us bring about this tremendous new help us so we can be together help for we dont want to spill blood in our help us to avoid armageddon because if racial War Breaks out in South you will not be Able to sit on the Tutu was introduced by Assembly speaker Willie Brown of san Francisco and assemblywoman Maxine Waters of los the leaders of a legislative Campaign to halt state investments in Compa Nies doing business with South their efforts include proposals to end state pension fund investments in firms with South african ties and to pressure the University of California to divest roughly billion invested in such Brown is a voting University later addressed a rally of at the University of California at Berkeley where he received a three minute standing Tutu credited Berkeley with being the Birthplace of the anti apartheid movement in the United you Are quite something he told the when god looks Down on Earth he have you seen my Chil Dren in Berkeley As on other stops on his five Day he thanked his audiences for help in raising Money for anti apartheid up photo to actress Selma the Gruff voiced court Matron on the no ctr series night died monday of lung cancer at age bodies locked in Bungalow with baby air Force captains 2 girls found murdered up authorities said they have no motive or leads in the slayings of an air Force captains wife and two of her three daughters whose bodies were found locked in their Bungalow with a scream ing neighbors heard the toddlers terrified cries for three Days before calling deputies to the Bungalow near Pope air Force where they found the bodies of Catherine Katy and daughters and authorities said they were killed thursday while Gary was at officers training at Alabama Maxwell air Force it was a brutal said sheriffs spokesman Harold there saying their throats were but i wont verify that until we get the autopsy Little said the living room of the House showed slight signs of a we do not have a motive or leads at this but a special team from the state Bureau of investigation is at the scene Little who was due to finish the eight week course May called the Cumberland county sheriffs depart ment saturday because he was worried that his family haunt answered his Telephone but Deputy Brenda Price Only left a note on the door of the House for his wife to phone her officials the note still was on the door when Deputy William Coleman responded sunday to Calls from the East Burns Jeanette and Robert Coleman found 18monthold Jana unharmed but alone in her i went to the window and saw her standing there in the crib i called out her and she held out her arms to baby Sitter Julie crawled through the baby window be cause the doors were he gave me the baby through the window and she stopped crying and was clinging to said who then took Jana to a neighbors House and fed her milk and she was eating so she got sick and threw the food Czerniak the toddler was hospitalized then placed in the care of an unidentified the Seefeldt said they had heard Maria crying off and on for three Days but did not Alert deputies until officials said the baby was quiet when the Deputy left the note on the troubled Maryland in conservators hands a old court savings and loan was put into the hands of a conservator monday and withdrawals were limited to per month per account to Stem a run that began after widespread reports of severe management Harry Hughes said the Federal Reserve Board will Send in 350 examiners to help state chartered associations move into the Federal insurance later another Maryland savings and loan Asso Merritt commercial savings and loan voluntarily filed for conservatorship under the same terms As old under an order issued monday by circuit judge Martin old courts Day today operations will be Man aged by the Maryland saving share insurance a private association that insures about 100 state chartered Thrift the order also limits withdrawals by customers to per month for each despite the depositors anxious to pull Money from their accounts lined up monday at some of old courts seven branches in the Baltimore Maryland officials moved to take control of the privately insured savings and loan to halt heavy withdrawals that began thursday after published reports of serious management monday Merritt filed for and said the same limit on withdrawals would apply when Merrit opened for anxious depositors lined up outside Merritt branches monday following reports that the private insurance association had asked Merritt to sell a 39story office building under construction in downtown Merritt officials announced earlier that they had found a Hughes said the Federal examiners should com plete their work within a few in addition to assisting savings and loan associations that want to join the Federal they also will identify assets that can be used to borrow Money from the Federal the governor said he Hopes the larger state firms will be Able to move quickly into the Federal but he said he thinks the private insurance system will continue to underwrite Small Many of them neighbourhood Type thrifts he said Are financially state attorney general Stephen in his request for appointment of a said old court faces a liquidity crisis that will cause it to fail to meet its oblige 33 Banks fail since january 1985 failure of Iowa Story county state Bank Marks 33rd Bank dosing in this year and brings to 20 the total number of Banks to fail due to farm loan tons and the document disclosed that the association has borrowed million from the Federal Reserve since exhausting its line of and that the Thrift will have trouble paying certificates of Deposit and construction loan commit ments that will come due Over the next three the document also alleged that old court has broken numerous Laws and including those concern ing insider Loans to owners of the it listed million in unsecured Loans to directors and their family members million in overdrafts on Check ing accounts held by officers and old courts two main Jeffrey Levitt and Allan who together own 82 percent of the did not return Telephone Calls for comment on the Hughes returned to his office cutting Short a visit to the Middle he immediately met with aides and officials who have been working on the Hughes met with his Sachs and three representatives from the Federal Reserve he worm not Dis to but said the Sale or merger of old court would be a Good with the exception of old it appears that the management of these associations is Hughes said during a break in meetings monday he urged Maryland citizens to maintain Hughes also said he would Call the state legislature into special session if but hoped the problem could be solved without taking that during the last few old court has been offering one of the highest interest rates in the nation on its Money Market since it was purchased three years ago by Levitt and the association has grown in creasing its assets from million to  
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