European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes july 1985 stateside Lee Iacocca puts on earmuffs As a Workman hammers on the base of the statues up photo More Money needed to finish Ellis Island Iacocca says new York a renovation of the statue of Liberty is paid but More Money is needed to finish restoring neighbouring Ellis where immigrants first touched american says project chairman Lee Lacoc we need both of these symbols one of Hope and one of reality because this country was not built on Hope Loa Cocca it took a lot of and a lot of sweat most of a lot of so the statue of Liberty Ellis Island foundation has raised million million in Cash and another million in Iacocca said at a news conference at Liberty the Chrysler chairman said he believes Ameri cans have enough kick to raise the needed amount least million although the original goal was set at million for the combined Iacocca said that probably wont be new Trees and such will push the Price closer to million for the statue of Liberty he the original estimate for renovating the statue in time for its 1986 Centennial was scores of Busy workers stilled their mallets and Ham mers and listened As Iacocca were headed into the Homestretch i dont think the american people Are going to tire out in the i think Treyve got a Strong kick left for this final controversy meets plan to invite former German pos to town Texas a a proposal to coax former German prisoners of War Back for a reunion next year at a world War ii prison Camp has upset some Veter but others of this cites residents Are willing to let bygones be most people dont seem to object to the germans visiting they simply dont think Public Money should be spent to encourage the said com missioner James seven or eight of my buddies got killed Over said commissioner Buster who served in the National guard during the its been 40 but you dont forget things like about most of whom served in the afrika Korps under Erwin spent time in the compound a few Miles West of when former mayor Sidney Johnston recently re Quested in City funds to throw a reception for the expos during a reunion in the commission was flooded with Calls from people opposed to the Sanford said he voted against the proposal which failed on a 33 vote because of the Adverse Many of the callers were veterans and some had spent time in German pow Camps during world War i dont think we should spend tax Money to have a Beer bust for them to get them to come Over Chrisner if they want to  former chamber of Commerce president George Tidwell said the opposition had been disturbing but that he Felt sure Mexia would extend a welcoming in a War and All of that is 40 years he its time to go they Are friends and allies the built in 1942 As the largest of 12 prison Camps in has been converted into a school for the mentally retarded and houses it was a wonderful place no comparison to rus Sian prisoners War German Werner Richter has we were treated Mexia officials began working on the proposal in August for one of the towns events for the Texas sesquicentennial next some former pos have returned since the War s end but never As part of their annual who was mayor last year when the idea was spent four Days in Germany with chamber director Bill Parker and the men talked with most of the 200 expos attending scattered ceremonies in and they got commitments from 40 or 50 of Tidwell that was our one real he we could not get them All together at one new Jersey conservationists return two turtles to the sea a two sea turtles were returned to the Ocean to join other members of their endangered one after being freed from a pipe at a nuclear Power Plant and the other after being rescued from the wheelbarrow of a Man planning to make Turtle officials Robert director of the Marine mammal stranding Center said a four Pound Turtle was res cued in an intake pipe at the Salem nuclear generating station in lower Alloways Creek the other All 2pounder was found with its legs bound in a wheelbarrow at the Home of a port Monmouth Schoelkopf said the Man told a representative of the stranding Center that he found the Turtle along the Raritan Bay in upper Monmouth county and planned to make Turtle soup with appeals court Trees six jailed for Nof standing for judge Texas a six people held for two weeks on a contempt charge for not standing when a judge entered the courtroom have been released on order of an appeals the court of criminal which ordered the re also told Courta Law judge Donald Floyd to re Spond to the groups Contention that having to stand Vio lates constitutional rights to free Floyd assessed a 30day jail sentence june 14 for seven people who refused to stand when he one of the seven remains at the seven were attending a trial for a Man who was appealing a conviction for failure to show proof of Auto Mobile liability lunar laser ranging system being retired after 16 years fort Texas a a device which used reflectors placed on the Moon by astronauts to help substantiate einsteins theory of relativity has been retired after 16 years of the lunar laser ranging system will be donated to the smithsonian institution next officials the laser fired its first burst on july the Day Apollo 11 astronauts placed an 18squareinch array of reflectors on the the laser system is credited with enabling scientists to predict the uneven rotation and or bits of the Earth and thus substantiating einsteins theory of it was designed for the 107inch Mcdonald Observatory which focuses the laser beam and receives particles bouncing from the reflectors Miles the Observatory is in the Davis the system was retired because a More modern one has been dwelling found in South West a a dwelling and other artefacts unearthed in Michigan May represent the earliest record of prehistoric life in the great lakes a researcher a report on the project coordinated by Elizabeth Garland involves five Sites on a 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