European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes May radio ideological victory7 by the Cox news service Miami Luis Era smiles broadly behind his Gold Frame Glass and slowly shakes his radio Marti is the Best thing to happen to cubans in a Long it is the first time in a Long time that the government has kept a Promise to he radio Marti is an ideological it is a psychological Victory for the cuban then a naturalized american citizen who came to this country from Cuba 24 years ago and who now owns an engineering looks sharply at the ques when i left Cuba i had nothing in my i could not Tell my family i was i have not seen my family in 24 i May never see them but All of that is we Are at War against a you when we Are at the heart will Hurt and the sacrifices will be he radio the Spanish language equivalent of the voice of began beaming into Cuba the which carries music and has caused cuban president Fidel Castro to limit immigration agreements with the United Cuba born american citizens Are no longer Al Lowed to travel to and a december agreement Between Cuba and the United states that would have allowed about including Politi Cal prisoners and their to immigrate to this has been put on the ban also stops the return of another cubans who came to this country in 1980 in the Mariel the United states claims those assigned for deportation Are either criminals or mentally but cubans Here say while they May not be Able to get family members out of Cuba or to go there and those Are Small prices to pay for fighting their War against i have family in we All have family in says Rafael but that is a minor the key Issue Here is a slavery there Are people fighting in Cuba and people dying in the heat of the mornings and afternoons the sound of radio Marti can be heard along the streets of Little the largely Cuba populated area of Southwest we Are listening to it put of says a Young girl in a restaurant in the Hub of the cuban Community we just wanted to hear what they were what they Are saying is largely a straightforward mix of news and entertainment tailored to the cuban on radio Marti you can hear the latest baseball scores baseball is a passion in Cuba but you arc also Likely to hear the latest on cuban troops being killed in it is just such a mix that Many Here say will make Castro there Are a number of radio stations in the Miami area which have signals reaching says William a spokesman with the Federal communications but most stations do not attempt to report those kinds of events that might be of partic radio Marti programming is relayed from Washington do to Marathon Wand in the Florida untied states United aftan fic Ocean radio havanas signal could Jam More than 200 am radio stations in the including radio Cut Flora guff of Mexico radio a am station broadcast at 1180 on the dial with an Antenna pointed directly at will Send 14 hours of news and entertainment re lat and Cuba radio martyrs signal my Blanket the entire Island at and most of it during the up ular significance to for such As developments in ethic where cuban forces Are helping fight anti marxist it is important for the people in Cuba to know that maybe As Many As Young people a month Are dying in says Castro has sent Young people out to die in and Nic people there do not really understand that a lot of Young cubans Are Spanish language radio stations have thrived in Miami for since Havana is less than 200 Miles those signals have been reaching Cuba every most Are vitriolic in their denunciations of the Castro and the cuban government which beams its own propaganda radio into the United states has been electronically jamming those stations jamming Means that an annoying tone is transmitted Over the same frequency As a making it difficult to listen radio Marti has experienced Low level Russell on the Miami Spanish language Castro often is painted in much More vivid ideological hues than he is on radio newsmen on the Miami based stations routinely refer to Castro As the tyrant and to Cuba As a red base in the and some cubans Here say radio Martis Only fault is that it is too fair toward we should paint the picture in the horrible terms that it says Guillermo a former cuban attorney who now is a the United states is handcuffed in this matter by its commitment to fair distributed by the new York times news service Roommate didst Zap it on East German Border shoots Down his tall tale of pupils balloon Pittsburgh a Teny Earold Heather Mcginn sent her Pink balloon aloft As part of a fifth Grade and she was thrilled when an american Soldier in West Germany wrote her with an exciting tale of Security conscious gis shooting it Down on the East German but the army said Friday that 4 Michael Franklins Story was a Well mean ing hoax and that he will apologize to the i regret it now As a tasteless and in sorry i did of the 1st 2nd at told his superiors but heathers Mother int so sure her Getty heirs Settle los Angeles up heirs of the late Jean Paul Getty have reached a settlement after 18 months of Legal haggling that divides the billion family Trust ranked second in size Only to the Ford foundation Trust into six daughter will i think Shell be a Little disillusioned about believing said Marge of suburban Wilkins town it was an exciting thing for her to think her balloon had travelled that of children Are very Heather was in class at Bernadette school in Monroeville when the army admission came on March 27 Heather and her class mates had sent aloft Iso helium filled bal loons from their schoolyard As part of a National contest sponsored by the weekly a newsletter for school age Chil each balloon contained a card with a students age and school asking the finder to write the school saying where it was according to the Sis Ter Carol the balloon that travelled the farthest was to win for the sister Arch it was a Clear Nice sister Arch we got five Back in mostly from the state col lege area about 130 Miles Northeast of who was shipped overseas from his Home near state College on april wrote Heather a letter which arrived at the school this is very but heres the Franklin your balloon was almost across the West German and East German after a major series of phone Calls and it had to be done quickly my Roommate got permission to shoot your balloon before it floated Over the Bor youre very Lucky it didst go Over be when the East German soldiers find an address from the states on the they harass whoever lives in still very new so in not sure what i can and cant say about what happened with your Franklins letter made Heather a local celebrity and inspired at least one newspaper she want in the running for the because the weekly readers May 10 contest deadline had in Reading the it sounded far fetched to but who am i to say sister Arch it just seemed so yet sometimes bizarre things said we thought it was such a funny Franklin said Friday he and a Friend actually found the balloon about april 1 in about 150 Miles East of Mon my Friend and i thought it would be neat to mail the card from Germany be cause it was so far Franklin he didst realize that it would ultimately get to the Point where it is said Judy an army spokeswoman in William Mulvey of the army Vii corps in Stuttgart said Franklin will write and Telephone and will Send her a certificate and other mementos to show her Shes something