European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 18 a photo Walter Polovchak in Chicago with his sound were his parents rights violated i just want to be an american by Sharon Cohen associated press five years 12yearold Walter Polovchak became the subject of an International tug of War when he refused to return to the soviet Ukraine with his the 17yearold youth whose custody Battle at one Point warmed up cold War rhetoric says he misses his parents but has no regrets about his decision to stay in Here is better than my the Freckl faced youth said in halting English in if i had to do it id do it All he said in flawless English in an interview last week in i still love this i want to stay these Days with styled wire Frame glasses and Blue on the surface at thoroughly he works part time at a Hes visited Disney he likes Rock music and and he attends summer right now Hes much More american than said his Julian lets face Hes been in the presence of american Polovchak has no intention of leaving his new although the courts have cleared the Way for his return to his a Federal judge said his parents rights were violated when the government issued an order barring the boy from leaving the United state appeals courts have said the youth never should have been separated from his but these for All practical came too who lives with his and a turns 18 in october and can decide where he wants to he plans to apply for citizenship the Early decisions in the Case have done irreparable said Harvey an attorney for the american civil liberties which represents his Anna and Michael the Legal wrangling began in july when Polovchak who had come to the United states in january to reunite with family decided to return to the Ukraine because they were Polovchak ran then wound up in where he was removed from his parents within he was granted he later became a Ward of the state and then a permanent the Acle contended that the Polovchak had no lawyer or translator at that first juvenile court the soviets calling it a Kulas claimed he had evidence that the parents were tools of soviet Polovchak has Little Contact with his who live in a town called he last saw his Mother in before the family returned and his a bus in 1982 when he returned to Chicago for a court Polovchak also said he heard from his brother about nine months ago and has never seen his 2year old except for a newspaper of i miss my he said in an interview last but this is something i wanted to Doi wish they could have in the past five Polovchak has enjoyed the benefits of travelling to new York and new Jersey for interviews and he also has visited California and Wisconsin and recently went with his and her parents to Disney world in at Steinmetz High school on the Northwest Polovchak relishes his relative in kind of glad i can just walk Down the Street without being he Polovchak considers himself an average student and Hopes to attend College but has no specific career he also is hesitant to discuss the adjustment problems he mainly it was said the soft spoken youth who uses Short with the help of a private Polovchak Learned and has taken speech drama classes in he also understands polish and Polovchak said he was anxious to get his High school diploma next year and become a that my to get a Good education and he i just want to get it Over and be an  our compounds butt my w6 Haw Arm of Justice the for 6ar can today Cross word by Eugene Sheffer across 1 Hunts for 6 spokes 11 versed in a language 12 show plainly 14 Park athlete 15 bar tending measure 16 be in the red 17 sponged 19 audience 20 budget item 22 snapshot 23 Wise one 24 fantasy 26 took the wheel 28 ate 30 Calendar 31 knights Superior 35 tilts 39 roses love 40 cheers bartender 42 tiny bit 43 Persona 2 grata 44 biblical 3 King 46 alias 47 Indian 4 Falcon 5 49 Singer Mick 51 cyclopean feature 52 set right 53 tog up 54 Cleaves Down 1 not As Swift 6 7 8 9 10 Oregon City brain for Short was aware funny pages sight throws out eager excavate not idling cold spell of Yore answer to yesterdays Puzzle 11 Norse Inlet 13 botched up 18 greek letters 21 Western Lake 23 old print color 25 chess piece 27 Conger 29 yens 31 minstrels instrument 32 teem 33 impostor 34 sea dog 36 put on plays 37 subway coins 38 Bright 41 College study 44 attention getters 45 stallions mate 48 turn right 50 tonics partner average solution 817 time 28 min 11 20 31 5t 32 53 33 21 28 48 17 25 44 22 29 40 26 34 12 15 30 41 49 52 54 27 35 45 23 42 50 19 36 46 10 37 13 38 817 Hubert have anything 1o talks a Cau just keep talking until i think of 9oaethin3 to talk about inc worker lash