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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 11, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 of was a Day for Shishka Bob Bob a que new York a introductions were easy at the first Bob Joseph picnic attended sunday by 36 Roberts one Roberta and two future Bob Josephs. They ran a one mile Bob a Thon bobbed for apples ate Shishka Bob cooked on a Bob a que staged a Battle of the bobs in volleyball and Sang a theme song written by you guessed it Bob Joseph. Roberta Joseph of Framingham mass., helped Lead the theme song to the tune of the Beach boys Barbaraann went to a picnic that had a special name found everybody there had All the same. Of Bob Joseph Bob Bob Bob Bob Bob Bob Bob Bob  Bob Joseph of Napoleon Ohio said that before Sun Day s picnic in Prospect Park i d never met a Bob Joseph in my  there s another one in Napoleon. We used to shop at the same sporting goods store. He spent More than i did but i always got his Bill said Joseph a marketing analyst. Napoleon s other Bob Joseph did t show up. The oldest Bob 71, from East Meadow said he used to get the mail of another Bob Joseph but that Bob did t make it on sunday either. The youngest Bob Joseph 3 /2, came with his father Bob 36, and his Grandfather Bob 62, All from Hamp ton Bays. Much of the afternoon was taken up with introductions i Bob being the favorite. Then came the humor. You look a Little Young to be a Bob Joseph Michi Gan Bob told one of two Staten Island bobs on hand to the amusement of six or so bobs within earshot. Lawyer Bob of Washington d.c., noted that a lot of us Are entrepreneurs ,. And must have an ego which is something else. But maybe that s because All the inhibited bobs Aren t Here he said. Bob Joseph of Anaheim Calif., was unable to attend but sent a photograph and a i Bob tape that was played to general merriment. The Bob Day idea originated with none other than Robert Thomas Joseph of Brooklyn a senior vice presi Dent with William esty advertising after a business Contact was unable to Telephone him one weekend. The information operator told me there were seven Bob Josephs in Brooklyn and they All had unlisted num Bers. I called Bob the next monday and told him that everybody named Bob Joseph must be crazy said the business colleague Chuck Hyman. He was on hand As a kind of honorary  Brooklyn Bob said he sponsored the picnic for a total Cost of $1,000 because i wanted to make us All a  the real bobs wore Bluet shirts bearing their names that was the easy part. Their wives and non Bob Chil Dren wore Tan friends of Bob to shirts and the Crew serving the Bob a que wore red i wish 1 were Bob Joseph to shirts. Judi Joseph of Queens and Alice Joseph of Chicago both pregnant with future bobs wore to shirts that proclaimed their expectations although they said they might Stop Short of naming a daughter Roberta. The Bob from farthest away Alba okla. Arrived by plane Friday and said he was flying Back Mon Day to Tell his children what mistakes they arc making in harvesting his wheat Fields. The last Bob to arrive from Duxbury mass., drove up with his wife Lucille and their two daughters in a police car. The cab drove us to the Park at 110 Mph and we were in a state of Shock Lucille said. So we just asked him to let us out and found a policeman to bring us  the Duxbury Bob s son Bob jr., an army sergeant stationed in West Berlin sent greetings. The final event of the picnic was the election of a new president to organize the second annual Bob Joseph picnic and to run the newly created organization the Bob Joseph society for the discovery and advancement of Bob Josephs everywhere. Oklahoma Bob was chosen to run the society. It la be in Alba or Oklahoma City he said. We re looking for 100 Bob Josephs. We can t go  $600 flashlight sniffs out suspected Drunken Drivers Anaheim Calif. A police across the country May soon be sniffing out suspected Drunken Drivers with a $600 flashlight that s got a built in sensor that can detect alcohol on a person s breath. Researchers have concealed a tiny odor sensor in a Bulky flashlight that can figure the alcohol Content of a person s breath to .001 percent police say. A digital display on the Back provides a Reading in just 10 to 15 seconds. I be been waiting for something like this for 10 years said California Highway patrol officer Rick Stevens. Brian o Neill of the insurance Institute for Highway safety demonstrated the de vice at a recent traffic safety convention in Anaheim. The Institute is a Washington based think tank supported by the nation s insurance companies. He said the Institute hired lion laboratories ltd., of Wales and Maryland based prototypes inc. To develop the Gadget which sucks air past an electrochemical cell that determines the alcohol Content. The $600 device is intended to indicate whether there is enough alcohol on the breath to warrant More comprehensive test ing for the person s blood alcohol level o Neill said. Widespread use of the flashlight across the country could begin within a year authorities say. The Federal National High Way traffic safety administration has deemed use of the breath sniffing flashlight constitutional. A prototype of the flashlight was tested in Charlottesville,-va., at a series of Road blocks last year said it. . Rodenizer. He said officers using the device were Able to detect 68 percent of the motorists stopped whose blood alcohol Levels were at least 0.10 percent while police working without the flashlight netted Only 45 per cent. Overall the device doubled the effective Ness of officers in catching suspected Drunken Drivers he said. 3rd body found after overloaded kayak capsizes Rumson . A workers pulled a third body from a River where a kayak overloaded with five people capsized drowning four people and leading to the Rescue of a 3-year-old boy by a teen age boy. One body was found before sunday s search was suspended and two were recovered from the Navesink River within hours of the Accident saturday evening police said. James Shiftan 13, and his brother an Drew 16, jumped into two boats docked along their waterfront Back Yard saturday after neighbors said they heard cries for help from the capsized kayak. When i got out there All i saw was a Little child floating a Little bit underwater said James Shiftan. I put him in my boat said the youth. He was prepared to use the Mouth to Mouth resuscitation he Learned in health class. He started crying so i knew he was breathing James Shiftan said. He said he brought the boy ashore and spun around to return to his search. By that time police and his elder brother had arrived. The rescued child Richard Torres was hospitalized in stable condition. The body of Richard s brother 5-year old Michael and their Uncle Daniel her Man 23, of fair Haven were discovered by searchers hours after the Accident said police capt. Gerald Kelly. State police divers found the body of Laureano Torres 33, of Rumson about 2 . Sunday. The search was to continue monday for Herman s Roommate Mclvin Walker 22, of fair Haven police said. A preliminary investigation showed the boaters were not wearing life preservers on their evening cruise in the narrow unstable vessel Kelly said. The boat. Was just overloaded Kelly said. Sands or time helicopters National guard troops 300 join fight against Florida wildfire by the associated press up to 300 firefighters including National guard troops dropped water by helicopter and slowed superhighways through the Woods sunday to keep a 26,500-acre wildfire from expanding. The fire 13 Miles Long and 5 Miles wide burned in three counties but posed no immediate threat to nearby sparsely populated areas said Paul wills state division of forestry spokesman. No injuries had been reported in the Blaze which was started by lightning wednesday wills said. He said 250 to 300 firefighters kept the Laze within fire lines in the afternoon when winds were most Likely to spread the flames. He said that without 2 to 3 inches of rain the fire could eventually jump the lines. It s a Cliffhanger situation said wills. No heavy rain is forecast at least through thursday although showers fell North and South of the fire sunday. Heavy winds and an abundance of dry vegetation and Timber in Madison Taylor and Lafayette counties in Northern Florida made the Blaze so Smoky at times our spotter planes Don t even know where it is said wills. Smoke and Haze could be seen As far South As Gainesville about 120 Miles from the outbreak according to the National weather service. The service said the air Quality near the fire was unhealthful and advised people with respiratory ailments to stay indoors. The National guard on sunday dropped buckets of water from four Heli copters. Other firefighters continued Toburn backfires to choke the wildfire and about 60 heavy plows were used to turnover vegetation wills said. We re widening our fire lines. It s important to get rid of the vegetation before the fire can get to it said wills. With All the blowing it looks like superhighways through the  smoke forced police to close parts of Florida Highway 53, where the fire was raging three Miles away in some spots. About six families living near the Road had been cautioned late saturday to pack up and wait for further instructions wills said. But workers controlled the fire at one time As close As a mile away from the inhabited area and an evacuation was t necessary he said. Meanwhile about 50 firefighters in Sarasota in Western Florida sunday battled eight serious fires that broke out the pre Vious night. The largest covered 3,050 acres about 12 Miles East of Venice according to Josie Bahai another forestry division spokeswoman. Most of those fires were controlled by sunday afternoon she said although lightning storms had touched off another series of Small blazes. In the stars and stripes. 40 years ago today june 11, 1945 the american formula for postwar trusteeship Over colonies and mandated areas was approved unanimously by the big five delegates to the san Francisco world Security conference. 30 years ago today june 11, 1955 testifying before the Senate foreign relations committee Secretary of state John Foster Dulles said the . Stands ready to help Austria rearm. 20 years ago today june 11, 1965 the soviet Union announced that its second attempt to land instruments softly on the Moon had failed when an engine did not shut Down after correcting the spacecraft s course. 70 years ago today june 11, 1975 the Rockefeller commission reported that the Central intelligence Agency had conducted a number of plainly unlawful Domestic operations including opening of mail and surveillance of . Citizens  
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