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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 18, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 rival tuna boats play Chicken on the sea Marshfield. Mass. A an 800-Pound tuna Worth j3.350 prompted a fierce Battle Between two compiling groups of anglers who spent More time lighting each other Tor Possession of the prize catch than in reeling it in. The coast guard local police and the slate Marine fisheries division were finally called in to Settle the dispute be tween the two groups each of which temporarily hooked the tuna about 13 Miles off the Gloucester coast. This is a first said Thomas Galgana who was awarded the tuna after the week end Battle. I be caught fish with Hooks in them but i be never had anyone Chase me around town about it claiming it was his  Galgana 37, and his 32-year-old brother Michael were fishing in the Stellwagon Bank aboard the Michelle Lee when they hooked the huge tuna. Nearby the seven Crew members aboard sea Hope i said they had hooked the same tuna moments earlier. They said the rival boat stole it and hauled it aboard their vessel. When the Brothers refused to give up the fish they said their boat was rammed by the sea Hope i and then boarded by a Man who backed off when they fired a distress flare in the air. The dispute ended after the sea Hope 1 followed the Michelle Lee 26 Miles to Green Harbor in Marshfield where authorities were waiting. They ruled that the tuna belonged to the Galganao. It was the old saying about Possession being nine tenths of the Law said Petty officer 2.c. William Weghorst of the Scituate coast guard station. The sea Hope i apparently hooked the fish then lost it when the line was snapped he said. The sea Hope i is owned by International seafood of Gloucester which is affiliated with the Rev. Sun Myung Moon s unification Church Weghorst said. Gunter Fry Staller a spokesman for International seafood said the sea Hope i was still fighting with the tuna when Lagana grabbed the fishing line and attached his own line to the fish. The Galganao sold the tuna to a Japa Nese businessman for $3,350, said assist ant harbormaster Lawrence bouncy ii. Jewish groups Are targeted by bombers san Francisco a a pipe bomb exploded monday at an office of the humanist parly and police defused two other bombs found at a rabbi s Home and near a jewish Temple filled with people at tending Rosh hash Ana services. The explosion caused minimal damage and no injuries. No arrests were made. The 12 15 . Blast damaged a door and window said party spokeswoman Nicole Myers. Two party members were inside when the device went off she said. Myers said the party has branches throughout the world. The organization s  include an end to discrimination jobs for All and free health care he said. Anti zionist literature was found at the Sites of All three bombs. The three bombs arc similar in Type and were probably planted by the same individual or group said police inspector Tom Dickson. All three have been found with messages attached that were anti semitic in  the second bomb was found on a Wall adjoining a Temple school behind congregation Beth Sholom. The bomb which was 12 inches Long by 4 inches in diameter was discovered by a school employee who telephoned police about 8 45 ., said sgt. Philip Toland. About a dozen people were evacuated from nearby homed but the synagogue is located farther up the Block and was t evacuated. The Temple school was unoccupied police said. Toland said the police bomb squad de fused the device within two hours of its  said the third bomb defused about 3 . At the Home of rabbi Jacob Traub had the explosive potential of a hand grenade. $84 million communications satellite launched by shuttle is reported dead los Angeles a an $84 Mil lion satellite put into orbit by the Crew of the space shuttle discovery last month apparently is dead Hughes communications inc. Said late monday. Engineers at Hughes a division of Al Segundo based Hugnes aircraft co., have been working to revive the satellite known As syncom 4, since the problem cropped up a few Days after it was launched aug. 29. Hughes did t disclose the problem until last week. It is doubtful that continuing efforts to revive the communications payload will be successful the company said. Hughes said it considers the satellite a total loss and will file a claim with its insurers for the full $84 million value of its insurance policy. Hughes investigation indicates the prob Lem May have been the failure of a Cable linking the uhf multiplexer and the trans Mission Antenna the company said. The multiplexer filters and combines Sig nals from uhf transmitters into a single transmission Cable. Preliminary test results Are not expected for several weeks the company said. Syncom 4, known As least 4 by the Navy was to be part of a four Craft net work providing global communications for the is. Navy. Another satellite. Syncom 5, will be launched from the next shuttle flight to Complete the network Hughes said. The company said there in t enough fuel aboard syncom 4 to fire it into a lower orbit that would permit a Salvage operation by shuttle astronauts. A sister satellite syncom 3. Went dead in orbit after being launched last april and remained lifeless for four months until it was jump started by space walking Astro nauts Bill Fisher and James Van Hoften last month. There had been concern that syncom 3 might have been Idle for so Long that in had Frozen and might not be Able to be re started. But the company said monday that it had been sufficiently warmed up and is to rocket itself into a higher orbit on oct. 29. The other two satellites comprising the network arc doing Well officials said. Syn com i was sent aloft in August 1984 and syncom 2 three months later. Of a Denis demand end to conf race stalemate Manchester . A about 150 Junior and senior High school students marched out of school monday and went to the mayor s office to demand settlement of i hair teachers contract negotiations. The superintendent of schools said the students will be disciplined. The students were demanding an end to a stalemate that has Cut extracurricular activities in City schools. Teachers who have been without a contract since june have refused to work extra hours leaving no supervision for activities such As dances sports student newspapers and student groups. Superintendent Richard Henderson said most of the students were from Parkside Junior High school though some were from West High school. They left school and paraded to City Hal where they swarmed into the Street and demanded to Sec mayor Robert Shaw. We re tired of being affected by it said an unidentified student from West. All of our extracurricular activities Are being  Henderson said discipline will be up to each principal but added that leaving classes during school hours is a Clear Viola lion of truancy policies. He sent two school buses to City Hall to take the protesters Back to class. Shaw has said he will meet with students but not during school hours. A perplexed Shaw said the pupils he has spoken with want the District to give the teachers what they want but do not know much about the contract dispute which centers on wages. " what do they want i ask. I Don t know How much do teachers make i ask. 1 Don t know How much of a raise is the mayor offering i ask. I Don t know " Shaw said. I d like them to Send students Down Here who have some knowledge of exactly what they re discussing he said. A group of Central High school students marched to inc mayor s office Lasi week in a similar protest. Los Angeles labor dispute medical welfare workers stage sick out los Angeles a More than 2,100 county medical and welfare workers angry Over stalled contract negotiations stayed off the Job monday forcing closure of 10 Public health clinics and curtailed services Al others officials said. The action was the latest in a series of sick outs that began earlier this month. The Union representing the workers has denied responsibility for the Job actions. But spokesman Phil Giarrizzo said he expects the sick outs to continue until a con tract settlement is reached. A meeting of members of local 660 of the service employees International Union was scheduled for thursday night and officials were considering asking for authority to Call a strike he said. Toby Milligan a health department spokeswoman said 10 of 23 county clinics had to be closed because of Lack of staff. Services were curtailed and appointments rescheduled at the others. The Large county hospitals had minimal problems and shuffled staff to handle the shortages she said. Don Deise the county s senior assistant administrative officer said 910 of 1,935 nurses and clerks called in sick at four county run hospitals and the Public health service which operates a variety of medical clinics. Chinese general Dies peking a Xiao Hua 69, the general responsible for indoctrinating red guards with the thoughts of chairman Mao tse Tung during the cultural revolution has died in peking official news re ports said. In addition. 1.208 of 2,680 welfare work ers called in sick at 15 of the county s 32 department of Public social services offices he said. Little Progress was being made in negotiations with local 660. Whose members have been staging the sick outs intermittently since sept. 6, he said. Local 660 represents about half of the 60.000 workers. The remainder of the county employees Are represented by a Union coalition and Deise said Progress was being made in those talks and he expects a settlement before the end of the month. Contracts with the Seizu and the unions represented by the coalition expired aug. 31. The self s pact has been extended on a Day to Day basis while the coalition s was extended until sept. 30. Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today sept. 18, 1945 Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur instituted an information program to convince the japanese of inc Empire s defeat and its War guilt to eliminate militarism and to encourage democratic principles. 30 years ago today. Sept. 18, 1955 radio reports from Buenos Aires said the Argentine govern ment hurled four divisions of troops and three bomber squadrons against two rebel strongholds in an attempt to end inc two Day civil War. 20 years ago foday. Sept. 18, 1965 the defense depart ment announced a november draft Call of 36.450 men the biggest since the korean War including the first draftees for the Marine corps in 13 years. 10 years ago today sept. 18, 1975 the Federal Dan on sex discrimination in College athletics threatens to destroy Many University athletic programs John Fuzak president of the National collegiate athletic association told a Senate panel. He urged Congress to exempt Revenue producing sports such As football and basketball from the ban  
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