European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday. November 21, 1985 refugee becomes millionaire vietnamese refugee Hai to Center is joined by his Cousin right Phim Pham and Uncle Nghiem to in Angeles after winning $2 million in the califor Nia slate lottery. Hai a Fisherman said he spent s200 of his welfare Money to buy lottery tickets. He fled South Vietnam by boat in 1979 to escape the communist government and spent to years in a malaysian refugee Camp before reaching California. Former rep. Mahon Dies in Texas san Angelo Texas a former rep. George Mahon who spent 44 years representing Texas died at a Hospital in san Anglo tuesday at 85. A Nephew Bryan Mahon said the former democratic congressman died of a heart attack. He said his Uncle had been hospitalized for a week following surgery to replace a knee joint. He was the kind of statesman you read about in the schoolbooks said sen. Lloyd Bentsyn a Texas. His was the level of Public service that should be the goal of every officeholder. He was a dear Friend and we will All miss rep. Kent Hance. Who succeeded Mahon As Congress Man for the 19th District of Texas when he retired in 1978. Said. He walked with Kings but kept the common Man s House majority Leader Jim Wright said in a statement that Mahon was the epitome of Honor. For half a Century he faithfully served inc people and Best interests of West Tunas. His lanky Frame quiet Wisdom and gentle humor cast a Long Shadow across the land. Those of us who knew loved and respected him have lost a cherished Mahon was appointed chairman of the House appropriations com mice in 1964 and held the office until his retirement. He was first elected to Congress in 1934, when he was a Young District attorney in Colorado City. Born sept. 22, 1900, near Haynes Villa la., Mahon was brought by his parents to Mitchell county Texas in 190b and was reared on a farm. Amazon Jungle indians have aids virus traces journal notes London up traces of the aids virus have been found for the first time among indians in South America s Ama on Jungle indicating that it May have existed perhaps in a non Cha form in Remote parts of the world for years a medical journal has reported. Britain s lancet reported that doctors in Venezuela tested blood taken from 224 indians from the Amazon and found that nine of them five of them women had antibodies to the virus. Three of the positive results were obtained from blood specimens obtained in 1968. He graduated from Simmons University in Abilene in 1924 and earned a Law degree from the University of Texas. Mahon is survived by his wife Helen his daughter Daphne Holt of Dallas three Sisters a brother three grandchildren and nieces and nephews including . District judge Eldon Mahon of fort Worth. George Mahon fhe photo stateside former astronaut interested in conducting ski research Houston a a private rocket launching com Runny headed by sex astronaut Donald Duke Stayton Hai approached the Pentagon about conducting research in the Star wars missile defense system. Our motto is have rocket will travel Stayton did at a Public seminar on the Reagan administration space plan formally known As the strategic defense initiative. We think our system is precisely suited to support that system because it can be scaled Down for research or scaled up for although Slayton s space services inc. Has not bid fora specific ski project yet Stayton said the company s rocket system. Conc slogan ii could be Spring loaded and ready to go within 20 months. We re just sort of working around the fringes said Stayton one of the seven original Mercury astronauts. Boston Chain of Heaters bans controversial Novie Hail Mary Boston a la was hounded out of Rome by the Pope protested by a carry waving demonstrators in Madrid and picketed by nuns in new York and now the French fill Hail Mary has been banned from a Boston theater Chain. I imagine banned in Briston is going to be posted on theater marquees everywhere this movie plays director John Roberts said one Day after sack Heaters announced it was cancelling the film s run. Shortly after the cancellation the Orson Welles Cinema in neighbouring Cambridge announced it would run Hail Mary for As Long As people want to Sec the movie directed by France s Jean Luc Godard depicts the Virgin Mary As a modern Day gasoline station attendant and Joseph As a cabdriver. Mailman charged with stealing and using automatic Bank cards Roanoke a. A a former mailman has been indicted by a Federal grand jury for allegedly stealing Auto Matic banking cards from people on his delivery route. The 11 count indictment monday charged Bobby Joel Argabright 34, pocketed at least seven letters containing the cards and their secret codes and used them to obtain at Lead $3,800 Between june and september. Calvin Johnson the . Postmaster in Roanoke said of Gabri Ghl resigned last month after . Postal service inspectors began an investigation. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 60 years in prison and a Fine of $30,000. Great White Albatross spotted by Boater in san Francisco Bay san Francisco a a great White Albatross once believed extinct was spotted recently in California Waters. Dave do Santa said he sighted the rare Bird near Cordell Bank North of the Golden Gate Bridge As he was boating. It fico up behind the boat and we fed it he said. It came in with its seven foot wingspan and huge Pink Bill and the Cloud of culls made Way. Then it followed us that what albatrosses the Bird a Short tailed variety of Albatross and the largest in the North Pacific was declared extinct in the 1930s, but 20 foe Werc a Untal on no japanese Island of Morishima in the Birds enshrined in the lore of the sea because they appeared Over the Wake of ships in All weather were All but exterminated by japanese Feather collectors around the Tun of the Century. Inmates work 3,000 hours to raise $73 for famine Relief Jackson la. A inmates it a Louisiana stale prison worked nearly 3,000 hours to give $73 to help peo ple starving in Ethiopia. People n a Fri Imundi in Muic you Mph ethiopian care fund. "1?,�l a him hard Core killers without any feel Ings said Moore who is serving time for attempted murder. Louisiana a mites get an average of five cents an hour Tor their work. Ings account themselves. At lies in the prison Lare of almost 3ft
