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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday september 8, 1985 air Force waives Sanction Grants my contract to be Washington a the air Force citing National Security waived a disciplinary Sanction against a division of general electric co. On Friday to award a $42.8 million contract related to the my i Silc. The contract awarded to be s re entry in stems operation in Philadelphia Calls for production of Mark 2 re entry vehicles for the my. The Pentagon said. Mark 21 is a special cannister in which the warhead of the my fits. It carries the warhead Down into the Atmo sphere after the main rocket is released. The my carries up to 10 warheads. Last March. Be was banned from receiving any new contracts following its indictment on chair is of defraud ing the Pentagon of $800,000 on .1 nuclear warhead con tract. Be pleaded guilty May 13 to i of counts of submit Ting false claims and Lime cards and War fined $1,04 later the ban on receipt of new contracts was narrowed to just the re entry systems operation the unit that a is Imol cd in the fraud charges. The air Force has said the ban will remain until various remedial actions arc completed and the government can weigh he effect of indictments returned against several go executives. The air Force said Friday however u has always re served the right to waive the ban for contracts that arc clearly necessary to preserve National Security and it said the my contract is one of them. The air Force plans to deploy the first 10 my missiles Laic next year. Congress has approved deployment of 50 missiles half the amount sought by the Reagan administration. Cut vend councilman Dennis Kudnick last week announced be will run for the Ohio governorship. Kudnick who was joined by his wife. Sandy said be win kick off his Campaign with a 450-mile walking tour through the state. Teens flee courtroom after judge orders them to return to Mother Decatur Iii. A two teen agers fled from the courtroom Friday when Macon county associate judge . Sappington ruled they must leave their father s Home Here and return to their Mother and Stepfather in Rural Tennessee. Relatives at the scene wept and cried out As the two fled to a hallway where Traci Harrelson 13, in tears was caught and held by a Deputy sheriff. Her brother Rodney 16, eluded pursuers and fled out of the Macon county courthouse. The search for Rodney continued late Friday authorities said. Traci was turned Over to Tennessee authorities. About two hours after fleeing the courthouse Rodney called a reporter for Wand to in Decatur. If i went Back to Tennessee i d go Back on the Moun Tain where i was facing being beat to death or be put in a reformatory reporter Kathy Balamos quoted him As say ing. I did t feel like facing either one of those. So when they told me to go Back i just ran  the teen agers Mother Judy Earls has Legal custody of the children and a court order from Tennessee ordering them resumed to her and their Stepfather Steve Earles at the family s Mountain Home about 30 Miles from Chattanooga. But their father James David Harrelson of Decatur wants them to remain in Illinois. Rodney and Traci recently fled Tennessee and came to the Decatur area where they had visited him in the past. Would you go Back to a place where my son is afraid for his life Harrolson asked in a choked voice after the scene at the courthouse. Would you run away Rodney told the to station that his Stepfather told me before i left if 1 did what i wanted to and had fun he d beat me to  the teen agers had lived with their Mother and step father for about five years. Rodney and Traci have said in interviews that the Earles Home has no running water utilities or Telephone. They a they consider their Stepfather to be too strict. Rodney says that he was beaten by his Stepfather and that there were efforts to turn him and his sister against their father and paternal grandmother. During an earlier court proceeding attorney Milo see jr., appointed to represent the teen agers interests suggested they be placed in a Neutral Selling away from their parents while courts decided where they should live. But Joe Darflinger who represents mrs. Earles said courts already have recognized her right to her children and found her fit to care for them. Rep. Kindness to Challenge sen. Glenn in 86, aides say Washington a rep. Thomas kindness r Ohio has decided to run against sen. John Glenn a Ohio in 1986, aides to kindness said. The congressman intends to announce his candidacy Nejl wednesday when he May make a number of stops around Ohio said John Sparkman kindness administrative assistant. Last april kindness announced that he was forming a committee to explore the possibility of challenging Glenn who unsuccessfully sought the 1984 democratic presiden tial nomination. Kindness said in april that he would delay any final decision until he could gauge his name recognition in Ohio and potential financial support. Kindness former mayor of Hamilton Ohio is a fifth term congressman and currently serves on the House judiciary committee. He has introduced a constitutional amendment in the House that would permit but not re quire prayer in Public schools. Woman willing to go to jail Over City s hang up about Wash Ocean Ridge Fla. A Charlotte Duncan says she is willing to go to jail if she must but she refuses to Stop hanging out her washing. A town ordinance forbids hanging laundry from Balco Nies windows porches and Starrs unless the area is screened from the Street and Duncan says she does t see Why that should be so. In a letter to town manager Lester Baird she said she failed to Sec what could possibly be objectionable about the sight of clean colourful clothing cheerfully flapping in the  if delicacy is a problem i could dry the undies inside a , even though that seems a bit archaic As Well As amusing she wrote. Joseph Kennedy ii reportedly gets family s of to seek office Boston a Joseph p. Kennedy ii reportedly has received his family s Blessing to run for the vacant Lieuten ant governor s office of Massachusetts in 1986. But he says he is not now a candidate. If you re asking me whether i m running for this office at this time my answer is no Kennedy a son of the late sen. Robert f. Kennedy told the Boston Herald. But he also said he is not foreclosing doing it by any stretch of the  the newspaper reported thursday it was told by an unidentified source that Kennedy 32, is strongly lean ing toward seeking the democratic nomination for the Post and that serious discussions were held with his family. The talks were said to have included his Uncle sen. Edward m. Kennedy a mass. Plains ga., Trust reorganizes to help rebuild tourist Industry Plains a. A the Plains historic Trust has reorganized in the Hope of preserving Jimmy Carter s Hometown and luring Back the tourist business that faded away along with his presidency. Plains population 687, was thrust into the limelight in 1976 when Carter was elected to the White House. Al though thousands of tourists still visit Plains each year the tourist traffic has dropped since Carter left  "1 think we be been Silling Down too Long and not taking advantage of the opportunities that we be had Over the past few years said . Wise who was elected president of the Trust. Among those elected to the Trust s Board of trustees was former first lady Rosalynn Carter. Seminole Indian believed to have been 104 Dies in Fla. Hollywood Fla. A a woman believed to have been the oldest living Seminole Indian has died on the tribe s reservation leaving behind at least 168 descendants. The death certificate for Mary Jimmie Osccola lists her age As 94, but her eight surviving children say she was a least 104. Osceola was matriarch of the tribe s Bird clan and ancestor of nearly All the Bird clan members. My Mother had Many reasons for heartaches but she was always Happy said her daughter Betty Osceola. She never complained. She was a Good lady " Mary Jimmy Osceola lived on the Hollywood Reser vation since the mid-1940s. She was an Active member of the Baptist Church. Survivors include eight children at least 50 grandchildren at least 100 great grandchildren and at least 10 great great grandchildren  
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