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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. No camber 27, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 Liberty to Ding her Torch again new York a the statue of of ,. Liberty held her lamp High above new York Harbor again monday after workers hoisted a glimmering 2 ton Torch plated with Gold Leaf onto her upraised hand. Unlike the old Torch which contained Glass panes and was lit from inside. Liberty s new Light is in keeping with the Origi Nal design by Frederick Lupus to Bartholdi who created the 305-foot landmark. The flame is covered with several pounds of 24-karal Gold Leaf and will be illuminated from the outside by spotlights which was Bartholdi s original concept. The old Torch which allowed water to leak inside the statue was removed july 4, 1984. Foundation officials will not Light the new flame until july 3. For the Celebration of Liberty s Centennial. The new flame is part of the restoration of the statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Foundation officials Are aiming to raise $230 million for the joint project. They have raised $ 185.6 million to Date. About two dozen hard hats worked for two hours bolting a a shaped hoist into the flame and its surrounding Balcony before it was raised into place. The raising originally was scheduled for Friday but was rescheduled for tuesday because of bad weather. Officials of the Liberty Ellis Island foundation made a decision to reschedule it again for monday after hearing the forecast for tuesday called for sleet or Snow. William f. May president of the foun Dation said the wind had to be under 20 Mph and it could not to raining or Snow ing when the Torch was lifted. The new lamp was hammered out of Copper sheeting 3/32nds of an Inch thick by French artisans from the Les Metal liars Champinois of reims who have been working Side by Side with american workers restoring the statue. While the Copper joints were smoothed and polished other French workers replicated the Copper Balcony flooring Balustrade and a drum to hold the flame All specially treated to match the Green Patina on the rest of the weathered statue. The Torch was put to Gether and gilded using labor and male rials donated by the Paris firm of Rob workers prepare Liberty s new 2w-ton cold Leaf Torch i fish above Nev York  Godard . R former Singer to be tried in Belushi death i of infill is  a woman who has admitted injecting a  John Blu Shiv Ith cocaine and  blur Ira .1 i rec Day hinge before his  Vas cd cd monday in   for Sci re degree murder. Municipal court judge James Nevon said Cathy a Mclyn Smith. A former Singer must also be Tri cd on i 3 counts of furnish ing and administering cocaine and heroin to Belushi. Star of television s saturday night live and Sui h films As ant Nal  and the blues  Smith s lawyer. Howard Weil Man con tended that she should never have been charged with murder. There s something inherently wrong with the system when a  is charged with second degree murder when she Sim ply acted on the wishes of another person wait Man said outside court. He contended that someone else or the comedian himself had provided and administered the fatal dose to Belushi. Why was 33 when he died. During the three Days of partying. Belushi at times was joined by comedian Robin Wiliams and Academy award winning actor Robert Diniro. Although there has been no testimony to indicate they injected drugs. Smith. 38. Who is free on $50.000 Bond was ordered to appear for arraignment dec. 10. She faces a maximum sentence of 15 years to life on the murder charge and 10 years on the drug charges. Deputy District attorney Lildon Fox said. She claims she last injected  at 3 30 . On March 5. I9k2, in the hotel Bungalow where his body was found be tween 11 30 . And noon on that Day. She said she left the Bungalow before 8 . Deputy District attorney Michael Mon Lagna citing expert testimony said Belushi died sometime after 9 30 . Of acute he Roin and cocaine poisoning. Belushi was never seen to inject him  said Montagna in his closing argument. It was Smith and Smith alone who knew where to get the  to exposure Furns Georgia hero info Florida defendant Cochran a. A a Man who promised to save a Farmer from foreclosure was arrested monday on charges of theft and forgery after a Florida businessman saw him on television and told authorities that the Man had failed to return $2,000 in rented party equipment. Melvyn Dixon 44, of Miami was arrested on two Florida felony warrants said Bleckley county sheriff de Coly. Dixon and his wife Linda made head lines Friday when they offered to buy the 79-acre farm owned by Oscar Lorick for $75,000 and allow Lorick to live there for to rest of his life for $1 a month. It kind of surprises me Lorick said about the arrest. But i really did t know anything about him. I guess i la have to make other arrangements  one warrant charged Dixon with grand theft in connection with the rental equip ment. The second warrant charged him Goez asks judge to drop attempted murder charges with forging several checks against the account of an elderly woman. Dixon. Who has said he owned two construction related businesses was being held in the county jail and had agreed to be extradited to Florida Coley said. Dixon failed to return the party equip ment to a fort Pierce Fla. Rental Agency in july and forged four checks for a total of Sands or time $1,600 on the account of a woman from whom he had rented an apartment said fort Pierce detective Jim Tedder. The owner of the rental Agency spotted Dixon last week on a network newscast de scribing the action to save the Farmer and called police Tedder said. Lorick was scheduled to be evicted from his land nov. 15 after failing to meet payments on a $112,000 debt. New York a Bernhard Roctz would not have been indicted on charges of attempted murder in the subway shootings of four teen agers if the prosecutor had properly instructed the grand jury his Law yer argued in court monday. Barry Slotnick asking that the charges against Goetz be dropped told judge be Phon Crane that prosecutors failed to instruct he grand jury properly on the concept of justification contradictory statements by the victims the victims criminal history and the interest the victims had in the outcome of the Case. At least two of the shooting victims have said that they plan to file civil lawsuits against Roctz. On the afternoon of dec. 22,1984, Roctz shot and wounded four teen agers aboard a subway train in lower Manhattan. He said he acted in self defense when the four sur rounded him and asked him for Money in a threatening manner. The youths have said they were panhandling for Money to play video games. Goetz was indicted in january by a grand jury Only on weapons charges but Manhattan District attorney Robert Morgenthau received permission to present the Case to a second grand jury. In March the second grand jury indicted Goelz on four counts of attempted murder As Well As the weapons charges. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Nov. 27, 1945 it was revealed at the War crimes trials in Nuernberg that Wilhelm pc ill former chief of the German High command plotted with Hitler to assassinate the German ambassador in Prague and thus provoke an incident that would justify the invasion of Czechoslovakia. 30 years ago today. Nov. 27, 1955 Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssuf has named Independent nation Alist is by Kaki As Morocco s first modern Premier. 20 years ago today. Nov. 27, 1965 halfback Gale Sayers of the Chicago bears one of the Best Young runners in pro football history Heads the nil s All Rookie team selected by United press International. 10 years ago today. Nov. 27, 1975 troops Loyal to the portuguese government battled rebellious military police near the presidential Palace in Lisbon As president Gomes tried to crush a pro communist revolt in the armed forces  
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