European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 16. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 King kept Faith in America Bennett says Atlanta a the Rev. Marlin Luther King or. Was a hero who Newt lost Faith in America despite ils system of segregation education Secretary William j. Bennett said tuesday. Bennett opened a second Day of speeches in King s Hometown by teaching a third a fade class at John Hope Lilc Mcnary school and Laler addressed about 350 adults and children at the Curby Martin Luther King or. Center for nonviolent social change. Bin Neil was invited to at Lanta by corp la soil King the widow of the slain civil rights Leader. It was one or a series of events leading up o the first National Holiday honouring King on Jan. 20 his 57th birth Day would have been on wednesday. There Urc certain people in this of world who make you feel proud o be a human being people whose lives pm fishermen s strike continues body a certain Ideal of moral and intellectual excellence and who can inspire the rat a us to strive for excellence in our own lives 1 Bennett said. He was a hero who believed that America was a nation that despite Long years or segregation was capable of learning what he taught. He knew that few other nations have that capacity. Bennett said. Bennett told of a service that was held at the University of Southern Mississippi where he was leaching on the Day King died. Afterwards "1 joined several other faculty members and students in a seminar on what Rev. King s life had meant and what he has wrought he said. As a result a threat ening sign was placed on my office door and several people made Anonymous threats. That Day we Felt both the great loss of Rev King and the presence of some of the forces he struggled against for so  in Little Rock Martin Luther King Iii said at a Cere Mony attended by about 60.0 people that if his father were still alive he would be working to eliminate a Overly poor housing and poor education. Our work is unfinished be cause people Are still suffering he said. Arkansas gov Bill Clinton praised the elder King As a Man who did Mare than anyone else to break Down Segre gation and make the nation belter. In Washington the National Park service  included recorded excerpts of King s i have a dream speech fit the Lincoln memorial on aug. 28,1963, with hit conclusion free at last free it last thank god almighty we Are free at  poor weather limited the crowd to Only about 500 pc pie but Many joined hand and Sang the song of inc 1960s civil rights movement we shall overcome boat owners leave contract talks new Bedford mass. A fishing boat owners in the nation s richest seaport walked out of contract talks tuesday dashing Hopes that a 19-Day-old strike by Fisher men might be nearing an end. An hour after the session began boat owners asked striking members of the seafarers International Union to leave the room so they could hold a caucus said Jack Caffey Union vice president. We were standing outside standing by waiting to be called in and nil we saw was a mass exodus going out of the room Caffey said. They did t say one word Dave Barnet a spokesman for the seafood producers association which represents the owners said later that the Union presentation was not the Type of presentation i would care to listen to bul declined id be More specific about Why the owners walked out. I fell Hal no further Progress could be made so we terminated to e session he said adding that he would meet thursday evening with his clients before agreeing to new negotiations with the fishermen. Federal mediator Austin Skinner said he was disappointed but would try to gel the parties together again. Union members had been optimistic earlier in inc Day and owners agreed monday to let Union accountants re View their financial records. Union port agent Joseph Piva said relations were it Little less  new Bedford fishermen went on strike dec. 27 in a dispute with owners Over several issues including How to Divide profits from the catch and the Fate of the is 3 million Union pension fund. The walkout has lied up new Bedford a major seaport South of Boston the most prof Itable port in the nation in 1984. The strike is costing about su6.000 a week in unemployment benefits alone according to slate mediator John i Mark. Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. 16, 1946 Gen. Friedrich Christiansen German commander in Holland during the nazi occupation will be brought to the Hague from Hoe Senhausen Germany for trial As a War criminal the Exchange Telegraph in London reported. 30 years ago today. Jan. 16, 1956 vice president Richard Nixon announced in Springfield 111. Hal he agrees with the controversial Brink of War statements by Secretary of slate John Foster Dulles. 20 years ago today. Jan 16 1966 russian officials in Moscow announced that Sergei Korolev the Man who de signed history s first artificial satellite first space ship and finl Moon rocket has died. He was 59, 10 years ago today. Jan 16 1976 in san Francisco Patty Hearst took the stand for the first Lime since her kidnapping nearly two years ago and described How she became hysterical when a government Psychia Trist accused her of plotting her own kidnapping and proudly taking part in a Bank robbery. About 30 boats carrying non Union Crews have icel port since the strike began. The Union represents crewmen on about a third of the 250-Boal Fleet representatives for the boat owners and the fishermen negotiated far Mare than two hours monday for the first time in a week. Boat owners who Are not members of inc seafood producers association negotiate their own contracts with. Union representatives but they generally follow the outline negotiated by the association according to the Standard times of new Bedford. Although new Bedford was the lop port in the nation two years ago in the value of fish landings s 107.7 million on 99.5 million pounds of fish boat owners say skyrocketing insurance and maintenance costs and record poor catches Are cutting deeply into their profits. The Union wants to keep the status quo on inc Crew s share 64 percent on Scallo pers with Crews paying expenses is percent on daggers with owners and Crew Shar ing expenses or 59 percent with Crew paying expenses. The boat owners propose changing the Scallop or Crew share to 53 percent with the Crew paying expenses. On daggers inc owners offer two options 51 percent to Crews which share costs of fuel food and ice or 53 percent with Crews carrying Alt expenses. The boat owners also have proposed closing the new Bedford fishermen s pension Trust and dividing it among members. That would eliminate a 2.5 percent Cut off the Gross catch that goes into the fund. The owners propose giving captains absolute right to hire and fire. The Union is asking for a grievance proce Dure to contest what it believes Are unjustified firings la also wants a hiring Hall so members can be notified when jabs open. Showing her Mettle the statue the Venus from Rivington Street stands among debris and Graffiti in a Section of new York cily. Jack Wengrow sculpted the Art work made from scrap Metal. Fail Well is seeking Healing of dissent wracked Church Bangor Maine a the Rev. Jerry Falwell assuming the Post of interim pastor at a fundamentalist Church wracked by dissent since its founder confessed to adultery said tuesday lie Hopes to bring about spiritual  we re Here for one reason Falwell founder of the moral majority said at a news conference. I m Here because the Church and the cause of Christ in new eng land have both suffered a great  Falwell s appearance at the Bangor Baptist Church was designed in Case internal strains stemming from the oct. Is announcement by the Rev. Herman c. Frankland that he had committed a dully. Frankland once ran for Gover nor of Maine As an Independent candidate. Falwell and said he plans to visit inc Church once or twice a month to help the congregation put the pieces Back  he preached to More than 500 people at the Church tuesday saying tonight s rally is designed to be a heal i slime the Church once claimed several thousand members but the congregation dwindled la a few Hundred after Frankland s resignation. Falwell said tuesday Church attendance had quadrupled from its recent dip and was about 500 on sunday. He said the Church s financial troubles Are nothing the Church can t recover  Falwell said discord within the Church had heightened after Frankland indicated he wanted to remain in the pulpit after his initial admission of adultery with an unidentified woman. In my opinion the Church was committed to staying together and working out the problem Falwell said. When he came Back several weeks Laler and reinstated himself it spelled disaster  Frankland has fulfilled his pledge to leave the Banger area Falwell said. The pastor s departure from his pulpit and from the Community was one of Falwell s condition for assuming control of the congregation. Falwell and Frankland arc Bush graduates of Baptist Bible College. A Falwell aide said danger Baptist had been the biggest fundamentalist congregation in the Northeast before inc crisis thinned its ranks. Frankland 50, is married and the father of four Chil Dren. He first gained prominence beyond Bangor in 1974 through his opposition to the formation of a Gay rights group at the University of Maine. When he denounced the group on Bis program on a local radio station the station responded by cancelling the program. Frankland lost a three Way race for governor in 1978 and More recently led a Legal Battle that won Maine s Christian schools some Independence from state Regula Tion