European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. September 17, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 75,000 Jam non aligned bloc obstructs los Angeles mexican test . Mission Walters says los an leu s Dpi More than 75,000 people turned ing to Slop is this knee Jerk voting whereby non aligned countries condemn the United the non aligned tend to vote with the soviet Union 8ft.2 percent of the time he said. That s not Navy target practice has residents cringing Martha s Vineyard Fries of halt bombing of is and Boston a since world War ii Navy bombers have tested their aim on no mans land a Barren 628-acre Island off the Cape cod coast. Now residents of near by Martha s Vineyard say the War like screams of jets Don t belong two mile from exclusive summer Homes. In sounds like you re watching a War movie. I be been out fishing with Vietnam vets and they begin to cringe. It s like a Flashback said Elizabeth Bryant a select Man in Chilmark. Who wants the bombing to Stop. The bombs arc All dummies that carry smoke charges to indicate whether pilots hit their targets. Last month county commissioners wrote to the Navy offering to buy the former re sort Island which inc Federal government leased during the War for target practice and finally purchased in 1952 for $67,500. Chilmark selectmen now Are considering a proposal to seek an environmental Impact statement a move that supporters Hope would Force the Navy to Stop the target shooting. Martha s Vineyard is a tourist attraction. A bombing Range two Miles from the Southern Shore is rather incompatible with the no. 1 Industry which happens to be tourism John Alley chairman of the Dukes county commission said in a Tele phone interview wednesday. I. Margaret Reed a spokeswoman for the South Weymouth Nas said the Navy has no plans to Stop the bombing or part with the treeless Island which also serves As a Refuge for migratory Birds. It is the Only place in new in land where pilots can go and drop their Ord Nance she said. We have been told in writing and quite often by the National wildlife service thai our bombing site is not Only perfectly compatible with the wildlife but that it duos them a service because it keeps Man off the Island. And Man is their biggest once Home to a Small fishing Community the three mile Long Island was Pur chased in 1914 by an englishman named Joshua Crane who used it As a summer Home said Henry Scott of Chilmark who has researched the Island s history. No Man s rhymes with omens and May have been taken from an Indian family or a town in England he said. During the War the government took judge says no new trial in rape Case despite woman changing testimony Redwood City Calif. Up a judge denied a new trial for a convicted rapist and ordered him to begin serving a sin year term even though his alleged Vic Tim said the attack never happened. San Mateo county Superior court judge Thoman Mcginn Smith said he believed the victim Sulieti Malimali 23, recanted her previous testimony because she was coerced by the rapist John Vasey 58, of Bur Lingame. You be been out on bail Long enough the judge told Vasey who had been free on $50.000 bail since 1982. Smith said there was no solid evidence that Malimali a native of the tongan is lands who worked in Vaiscy s Home As a housekeeper lied at Vaiscy s trial but i feel that she had an intent to deceive the Malimali had testified earlier that she lied at Vasey s rape trial because she feared her husband would leave her for having had sex with Vasey. The Case was similar to an Illinois Case earlier this year in which Cathleen Crowell Webb recanted her testimony that had convicted Gary Dotson of raping her in 1977. A Chicago judge refused to free Dolson but gov. James Thompson granted the con vict clemency. Vasey s attorney Howard j. German said he was stunned at the judge s decision and will Appeal. We re disappointed is a vast understate ment he Saia. Surprised shocked. There was no evidence of any in an affidavit filed in july Malimali inventor Dies at 80 Camden . A George Edwin Smith an inventor of communications equipment including the first practical two Way police radio and the lightweight Walkie talkie has died at 80. During world War ii Smith invented a lightweight walk in talkie and sent two experimental samples to the Marine corps which purchased 10,000 of them. Said Vasey did not Force her to have sex with him in october 1980 despite her ear Lier testimony that he crept into her bed naked pinned her against the Wall and raped her. She also said in the affidavit that police had pressured her to testify against Vasey telling her he had raped two other women. During a hearing last wednesday Mali Mali said she lied about what really happened because she was ashamed of having committed adultery and was worried about her reputation. She said she decided to Tell the truth when she Learned through a Friend that Vasey had been convicted of rape and would have to go to prison. "1 Don t think the judge could Point to any evidence of that said Malimali s at Torney Ellen Chaitin in referring to the judge s opinion that the woman had been coerced to change her testimony. That could be the judge s gut feeling but gut feelings have no place in court. I m really surprised at his Possession by eminent Domain and has con trolled the i Send Ever since. Today All military planes must request permission to drop Dummy bombs filled with Sand and smoke charges on targets set up on the Island. Reed said Light paths arc tightly restricted to cause absolutely positively the least distraction to Cape cod she said. In a heavy month we re talking two to three missions of 10 minutes duration Lei s say five Days a she said. The planes that use it go out drop the bomb and go. That s the smoke charges occasionally ignite grass and Brush fires thai can be seen from Martha s Vineyard. Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today sept. 17. 1945 while police mood by helplessly More than 1,000 housewives looted food stores and markets in Toulouse France in a mass protest against rationing and insufficient food supplies. 30 years ago today. Sept. 17, 1955 radio reports from Buenos Aires reported armed forces Loyal to president Juan Peron battled a lightning wave of army and Navy uprisings in Argen Tina. Both sides claimed Victory As the fight ing raged on. 20 years ago today. Sept. 17. 1965 defense Secretary Robert s. Mcnamara announced that 60.000 civilians will be hired to replace Mil itary personnel in non combatant jobs free ing 75,000 military men for combat duty. 10 years ago today. Sept. 17, 1975 in a Washington news conference president Ford confirmed the existence of secret agreements with is Rael to Supply the country with ground to ground missiles and f-16 lighters
