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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 6,19b5 the stars and stripes pages big demand for used husband in Maryland Westminster my. A a woman who put her husband up for Sale As a joke says she got about 60 Telephone responses to her newspaper advertisement some of them serious. Now she a panted a retraction. I had no idea we would have any reaction like  said Louise Homer 40, a nurse at a Baltimore area Hospital. The notice husband for Sale cheap appeared in the Carroll county times for three Days Las week. The advertisement included the following description comes Complete with Hunting in fishing equipment one pair jeans two shirts boots Black Labrador retriever and 50 pounds Venison. Pretty Good Guy but not Home much from october to december and april to october Hunting and fishing seasons. Will consider  the volume of Calls mrs. Homer received prompted her to run the following and in Friday s newspaper re traction of husband for Sale cheap everybody wants the dog not the  mrs. Homer said one woman told her she should not complain. The caller said her own husband was having an extramarital affair. She also heard from a woman who is raising her children alone without the financial and emotional sup port of a spouse. But three fourths of the phone Calls were from people sometimes entire offices of employees who got such a Good laugh from the and ". V wanted More information mrs. Homer said. She said her husband Charles Homer appreciated the joke. Abc chief denies family pressure crime Story about Kennedy Monroe cancelled new York a the author of a Book on Marilyn Monroe charged Friday that Abc to bowed to pressure from the Kennedy family in cancelling a "20-20" Seg ment linking John and Robert Kennedy to organized crime through the actress. Roone Arledge president of Abc news and sports was quoted As saying his Friend ship with Ethel Kennedy had nothing to do with the decision not tour the piece thurs Day night. I would t censor anything just because in was going to offend a Friend Arledge was quoted As saying by daily news gossip columnist Liz Smith. I be already offended Over half the friends i have Anthony Summers author of goddess the secret lives of Marilyn Monroe charged that the cancellation was a result of biased news management and political  of the executives who screened the pro Gram i understand Arledge is a close Friend of the Kennedy family Summers said in u Telephone interview from Chicago. The "20-20" segment was based on sum mers Book which maintains that organized crime had obtained compromising information about Monroe and the Kennedy. Maurie Perl spokeswoman for "20-20," said Arledge has a number of friends and they do not determine who gets on the  he has standards by which he continues to make decisions she said. Arledge told Smith the segment Pur ported to show a link through organized crime via Marilyn Monroe which Compro Mises the Kennedy. But in did t prove anything happened beyond the possibility probability of an affair Between Marilyn and  Smith also quoted arc dec As calling the segment a Sleazy piece of journalism that was just not Good enough for  Abc took exception to those quotes. He never used that word Sleazy. He never used that phrase said Carol Olwert a spokeswoman for Abc news. But Smith stood by her column. I m sorry but that s exactly what he said to me Smith said. I even asked him is that really what you want to say " Smith said Arledge is one of her Best friends and he probably did t mean it As a reproach to his people. But he did say that. He did use the word Sleazy and even i was sort of taken  a Wustin the news Magazine s executive producer and Barbara Walters who co anchors the slow wanted the segment aired said Perl. The piece originally had been scheduled to run a week ago but was cancelled. It was Cut from 25 minutes to 17 minutes before being rescheduled for thursday night. Finally it was bumped in favor of a piece on police sniffer dogs. Perl said Abc has no plans to air the piece in the future. Abc news management determined that there was not enough information available despite the extraordinary efforts of our 20-20 investigative team to clearly substantiate the newer and More controversial aspects of our report Perl said read ing a statement. Man saved from runaway boxcars Detroit a a state trooper leaped aboard two runaway boxcars that were speeding by at up to 40 Mph and brought them to a halt in an Effort to save an elderly couple trapped inside a car being dragged along the tracks. Trooper David hair 38, managed to set the brakes and Stop the boxcars after the crushed automobile had been drag ged about a mile. One of the crash victims later died. "1 saw them coming at me but it was hard to say How fast Haire said after thursday s Accident in the Detroit suburb of Northville. And i saw the Man waving at me out of his window and he seemed to be shouting but i could t hear what. "1 ran up As fast As i could and at the right moment i reached out and leaped for the ladder on the Lead car. I Don t remember if it Hurt or not but when i grabbed it it just seemed to pull  Haire said he found a wheel that looked like in might work the brakes and began turning in. It took a while but we started slowing Down and com ing to a halt he said. The boxcars property of the Chessic Railroad apparently broke away Al a Yard Wesl of Detroit and rolled downhill about five Miles before being stopped. Investigators estimated the cars reached 30-40 Mph As they rolled through several Crossings. The freight cars rumbled through a Busy crossing at Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 6, 1945 the Cabinet of Premier Prince Haruhiko Higashi Kuni resigned in Masse in Tokyo rather than carry out Gen. Macarthur s sweeping order for restoration of civil liberties in Japan. 30 years ago today. Oct. 6, 1955 France flew More troops into French Morocco to Battle rebels. Mean while French Premier Faure s government wobbled on its North african policies As the social Republican party made up of Gen. De Gaulle s followers threatened to pull its ministers Oul of the Cabinet. 20 years ago today. Oct. 6,1965 Pope Paul i returned to the Vatican from a visit to new York City. 10 years ago today. Oct 6 1975 officials in Washington said thai after nearly a year of hard bargain ing the us. And Spain achieved a breakthrough for a new agreement to maintain four major american military bases on Spanish soil. Seven mile Road and slammed into two cars knocking one aside but dragging along one belonging to George Yokich and his wife Calanc both 68, said trooper David o Dell. Haire said he was in his patrol car when he spotted the runaway cars dragging the Detroit couple s vehicle. He said the Yokichi car was on its Side wedged under the Lead freight car which was loaded with Auto parts. He said he raced after the cars because he knew they were headed for an overpass and i was afraid the Auto Mobile would fall off the tracks there and hit the Street  Haire began a four Day leave after the Accident which he called the worst experience of his 12 years As a state policeman. I Don t know How he was Able to do it All said sgt. Leonard r. Gorelski. I m very proud to have him As a Michigan state  Chessic general Foreman . Bowles said the Railroad would investigate How the ears rolled Oul of the Yard. Mrs. Yokich died after being Cut from the crushed car. Her husband was in stable condition Friday at St. Mary s Hospital in Livonia Hospital spokesman Audrey Mccona Chie said. She said Yokich was being treated for cuts and bruises and tested in Case of More serious injury. The Driver of the car that was pushed aside at the crossing we treated and released o Dell said. 18-month-old girl shot to death by brother 3 Nipomo Calif. A a 3-year-old boy shot his 18-month-old sister to death Friday with a High powered Rifle his Mother owned to protect the family from prowlers investigators said. Colleen Balti was killed with a .243-Calibcr Rugur her Mother had loaded and left in the living room after hearing noises outside the Home thurs Day night said san Luis Obispo county sheriffs officer John Hastie. Cindy Abatti the Mother heard a shot when she got up of Flay. Hastie said. She went to the Vicinity of the noise he said. The Rifle was on the floor and the boy was coming away from it holding his  the father Anthony Abatti was away working in Northern California said Hastie. The boy s name was not released. Hastie said the couple has no other children. Aids victims hold service to remember Rock Hudson los Angeles a friends of Rock Hudson said Friday they still were Uncertain How they would dispose of the actor s ashes. I think everything is up in the air Al the moment said film director Ross Hunter. I think it s a Little Early. The Shock is set Ting in now. It s pretty  Hunter said Paul Sherman Hudson s new York based attorney would be involved in the funeral arrangements and had not arrived in los Angeles. Hudson s body was or maled shortly after he died wednesday Al age 59, follow ing a year Long Battle with aids. Hunter said publicized plans to scatter the ashes at sea were speculative. About 500 Landec carrying mourners held an hour Long memorial service thurs Day in san Francisco. It was organized by aids sufferers from the groups mobilization against aids and people with aids Alliance. Or. Hudson contributed his enormous popularity around the world in the fight against aids and said yes i will allow myself to be identified " Paul Boneberg spokesman for the mobilization against aids said in a Telephone interview Friday. He was the most famous person with aids in the world. To do that was a great great thing Boneberg said. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is an affliction in which the body s immune system becomes unable to resist disease  
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