European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes August 1985 thousands of fans attend a memorial service for Elvis Presley at his mansion in a photo thousands pay tribute to Presley on 8th anniversary of his death a thousands of fans toured Elvis Presley mansion and visited his grave paying tribute to the King of Rock v Roll with Flowers and photographs before the eighth anniversary of his a week of tributes and events dedicated to who died at the age of was entered on a memorial service and candlelight March late Betty Lou Watts stood in the drizzle without a Raincoat or a bouquet of blinking fake roses in her hand As she and 200 to 300 other fans waited for the candlelight Vigil to ill stand out Here till Daybreak if i have said of Severna she said she preferred to stand in the rain at the Gates of the White columned House Presley called rather than wait in the shelter of a shopping Center across the Street with the other the closer i am to the better i like she Watts said she would put the blinking red roses on Presley he lit up our she the event was expected to attract or More said officials of Graceland enterprises which oper ates the mansion As a tourist Ken marketing manager for Graceland said the rain would probably reduce the crowds its a Beautiful said Graceland spokesman David we have the memorial service in the Street in front of and then we open the and they Light a Torch from the eternal flame at the grave and bring it then people Light their candles and walk up the drive Way to the grave and then come Back he the services started in shortly after Graceland was opened to and each year the crowd grows Beckwith fans from As far away As Australia and Sweden come to Memphis on the anniversary of Presley death to tour his attend concerts and film participate in trivia and Art contests and Swap Elvis the candlelight service is sponsored by the Elvis coun fan Beckwith the fans troop through the georgian mansions first floor at the rate of a Beckwith admission to the House is for adults and for fans also May walk through Presley two Jet a con Vair 880 and a smaller Lockheed for for visitors May inspect the bus Presley took on Graceland is a private corporation and does not reveal its but Presley will stipulated that income from his estate would go into a Trust for his Lisa now who will receive control when she is Many of the visitors bring gifts such As poems and Teddy or Floral tributes for Presley which is at the South end of the by the Flowers had overflowed the memorial Garden where Presley is buried with his parents and grand Mother and were being placed on display along the Side walk and at one Side of the hearts and Teddy bears Beckwith said the displays will remain on View All the gifts will be stored in a warehouse near we save it he its such a collection you  Bear to throw it judge orders firm of surrender audit Pittsburgh a a Federal upholding Broad investigative Powers of the pentagons inspector has ordered Westinghouse electric to sur Render an array of internal audit reports to the govern the 13th largest defense contractor with 1984 sales of has been resisting a subpoena issued in the defense departments Campaign to uncover waste and fraud in procurement the decision will be appealed because it sets a Poten tial harmful precedent that could Lead to an unwarranted intrusion by government into private said com Pany spokesman Bud government officials were pleased with the said Pentagon spokesman Jim which Sells radar and other electronic gear to the argued that inspector general Joseph Sherick illegally tried to Transfer his subpoena Power to the defense contract audit the subpoena ordered the company to give the reports to the the company argues that the Ducaa had never received any of these reports for 20 District judge Louis Rosenberg said in a 79page of is no this is a new Ball game in which the Star player and the rules Are altogether Rosenberg said 1982 amendments to the inspector Gen eral act gave she Ricks office Power to oversee investigations by various arms of the including the audit which lacks Independent subpoena in a separate the armed services Board of con tract appeals is considering whether the audit Agency has a right to examine internal audit stateside roof of Church crushing couple next door leaven a the roof of a 126 year old Church condemned by City officials in june col lapsed and sent wreckage crashing onto an adjacent crushing a couple in the police police chief William Mckeel said the victims were identified As Augusta whose age was and his Ira the roof just pushing the Brick Walls and a portion of the Brick Wall fell on the Mckee they were dead when we pulled them from the City officials and the state fire marshal were trying to determine the cause of the collapse at the which once was a Refuge for runaway three people killed in collision of two private planes in Texas Texas a two private planes collided near Lake Taw Akoni in Northeast killing the three people in one of authorities both people aboard the other plane escaped injury As it Hunt county sheriffs officials identified those killed As Owens the Pilot of one of the planes his Doug Alexander and his Kurt All of the both commercial were identified As Milford Fred of and Scott of they landed near wills Point in Van Zandt sheriff Travis Shafer 4 riders temporarily trapped As Crane Rolls into Ferris wheel a a Crane crashed into the platform supporting a Ferris wheel at the Illinois state knocking the wheel out of line and temporarily trap Ping four people on the two minor injuries were reported when the used to erect carnival rolled Down a Hill and crashed into the police the ride wobbled then stabilized at a slight investigators said they were trying to determine if the Crane had been deliberately set Blackmun reply to invitation to retire is to the Point Washington a supreme court Justice Harry Blackmun has no at age of retiring just yet and Hes made that known in the shortest piece of writing of his Long judicial Blackmun recently received a letter from a lawyer in inviting him to dont you think it is about time you retired to answer the Call of the fishing and the hiking of the Northwest and permit the president to appoint somebody who is tuned to and will respond to his particular philosophical Bent the letter Blackmun mailed response was Harry uniform hating Chimpanzee killed after attacking policeman a a performing Chimpanzee with a dislike for uniforms and dogs was shot after it dashed out of its trailer in Pursuit of a dog and injured a uniformed authorities the 17yearold Chimp was killed by an of duty police officer after it attacked an officer who had followed it into a Mobile Home Park near the upper Peninsula state officer Ronald Kaltenbach the chimps Jerry told police the animal escaped when the trailer door was giving it a glimpse of a dog the handler told us there Are two things the Chimp hated uniforms and Kaltenbach leashed Mountain lion mauls 3yearold girl at county Park new Texas a one of two leashed Mountain Lions in the parking lot of a county Park mauled a 3vearold who was hospitalized with a Skull fracture and authorities Charlie Natalie Keller of Elmendorf was transferred after the attack from Mckenna memorial Hospital Here to methodist Hospital in san a Mckenna spokeswoman the girl was attacked by one of two Mountain Lions owned by Michael Ottea of said Comal county sheriffs dispatcher Jan both animals were on a but the owner was unable to subdue the