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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 20. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 burglars get 5 Hendrix Gold records Seattle a five Gold re cords honouring recordings by the late Rock Star Jimi Lac matrix have been stolen his father said monday. They re not really Gold Only re cords painted  James a. Man Drix said. It s sentimental value More than  the records which were hanging on a Wall were stolen Friday. Polk speculated that burglars who broke into the House on nov. 4 and took a television set video cassette recorder and microwave oven returned for the records. The family appealed to any collectors who come across the records to Call police. Hendrix. Who was born and raised in Seattle is perhaps Best known for his electric guitar performances of purple Haze and foxy lady in the late 1960s. He died of a drug overdose in London in 1970 and is buried in Renton South of Seattle. Discipline of 2 Border agents recommended in Medvid Case Washington not dip us immigration and naturalization service com missioner Thomas Ferguson monday recommended the demotion and suspension without pay of two Border agents who forcibly returned a ukrainian Seaman to his ship last month the agents who have not been identified would each receive pay cuts of about $4,000 a year under the action recommended by Ferguson. The action must be approved by the ins commissioner Alan c. Nelson. Ferguson recommended that one agent be suspended for 90 Days and the other for 45  recommendation came As newly re leased court documents showed that govern ment officials feared violence if they tried to remove the Seaman Miroslav Medvid. From the soviet Grain ship for a third interview. In a statement to a Federal judge earlier this month a Justice department lawyer warned that a court order requiring another interview could result in the death of people or harm to people because we would have to invade a russian  the documents showed. The judge decided not to halt the ship. Medvid s status became the focus of a nearly two week stalemate Between american and soviet officials after the Border agents forced Medvid Back onto the ship oct. 25, soon after he jumped into the Mississippi River near new Orleans. The agents said they inter viewed Medvid and determined that he was not seeking political Asylum. Two Days later Medvid was removed from the ship and interviewed by slate department personnel who  they were convinced he wanted to return to the soviet Union. Despite congressional protests and several lawsuits the freighter with Medvid aboard sailed for the soviet Union on nov. 9. Officials had previously said that the agents could have been dismissed Over their decision to return Medvid in violation of Federal guidelines on the handling of Poten tial defectors from the soviet Union. A spokesman for the ins said the punishments recommended monday were a  it s a significant loss of income for both gentlemen said Duke , the spokes Man. He said the two agents receive Sala Ries Between $21,800 and $28,300 a year. The service has refused to identify the agents to protect  Austin said. According to Justice department officials one of the agents has worked for the Border patrol for 19 years. The other has worked for the patrol for More than 10 years. Nelson has said that the Apinis acted hastily and should not have sent Medvid Back to the ship until immigration supervisors had reviewed his Case. According to immigration officials the two Border agents had violated guidelines that were designed to give special consideration to soviet seamen who jump ship. The guidelines require Border agents to hold a soviet Seaman until immigration supervisors and in some cases the state depart ment have reviewed the Case. In the Medvid incident the officials said he Border agents acted without consulting their supervisors. The guidelines were tightened several years ago after the attempted defection of a Man who jumped from a soviet fishing boat onto a coast guard Cutter in 1970 the coast guard returned the Man Simas Kudirka. To soviet custody Over his protests prompting a National juror. Research duo will watch Tor Humphrey off Hawaii Walnut Creek Calif. A two researchers who helped lure Humphrey the wayward whale Back out to sea said Mon Day that they will search for the mammal in the Waters off Hawaii. Mark and Debbie Ferrari who slept Only four hours a night during Humphrey s 25 Day Inland journey say they should be Able to recognize the Humpback. By photographing the whales and Matching the distinctive pigmentation patterns and fingerprint like grooves below the lips the Marine biologists say they have been Able to identify specific individuals for study. We have about 25,000 slides Debbie Ferrari said. We be identified about 470 males and 178 calves so  she said finding Humphrey is important because it will increase understanding of humpbacks which Are endangered. For one thing Well be Able to get an idea of his migration time she said. If he s there As soon As we arrive in january then Well know the maximum amount of time it took him to get  researchers also want to Check whether Humphrey s skin recovered from the Peel ing it suffered during its three week fresh water wanderings in the Sacramento River system last month she said. After More than three weeks Inland rescuers lured Humphrey More than 50 Miles out of the potentially deadly fresh Waters to the Pacific Ocean by playing tape record Ings of feeding humpbacks. Debbie Ferrari 34, said she and her 35 year old husband still Are recuperating from the massive Rescue Effort. We slept just four hours a  she said. Mark lost 20 pounds. We volunteered All our Lime. But it was Worth it. The Story had a Happy  she has been studying Humpback whales since 1975, working four months a year off the coast of Maui photographing individual whales from above and below the Ocean surface. She was joined by her husband five years later. I get a strange feeling when 1 go in the water to photograph  he said. Being in the water with animals that sic is an Awe some  Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Nov. 20,1945 the French Assembly reaffirmed the leadership of president Charles de Gaulle rejecting his offer to resign and giving him a mandate to continue efforts to form a coalition government. 30 years ago today. Nov. 20, 1955 the Bell x-2 experimental plane de signed to explore the Thermal Barrier encountered at speeds above 1,200 Miles per hour made its first powered right. 20 years ago today. Nov 20, 1965 . Air cavalrymen remained locked in Battle with communist troops in the sixth Day of bitter fighting near the cambodian Border while . Infantrymen fought off four communist attacks in the la Drang Valley according to press reports. 10 years ago today. Nov 20, 1975 the Fri conducted a six year Campaign to destroy or. Martin Luther King or. As Leader of the civil rights movement according to evidence made Public by the Senate intelligence committee. Rear adm. Demars nominated for promotion new position Washington a president Reagan has nominated rear adm. Bruce Demars for a promotion and new assignment As the Deputy chief of naval operations for submarine warfare the Pentagon said monday. Demars 50, is currently the assistant Deputy chief for submarine warfare. If confirmed by the Senate he would be promoted to vice Admiral and receive his third Star. Demars would replace vice adm. Nils r. Thunman who two weeks ago was nominated to become the next chief of naval education and training. Trumped up Tower Developer Donald Trump has unveiled this Model of his proposed television City skyscraper in new York. The 150-Story Tower will Rise 1,670 feet above Man Hattan and the spire and Antenna will give in an Overall height of 1,910 feet. The famed Empire stale building with 102 stories lopped off by a 222-foot to Mast reaches 1,472 feel the new building will House a television and movie production facility  
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