European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Earthlings urged of Back search for extraterrestrial life san Francisco up earthlings As residents of the Milky Way should support the scientific search Tor extraterrestrial intelligence within our Galaxy an astronomer says. The held has been underfunded and controversial Andrew Fraknoi director of the astronomical society of the Pacific said saturday in opening a two Day seminar on the political diplomatic and cultural implications of making Contact with outer space neighbors. Nasa Engineer Bernard Oliver who has coordinated efforts to find signs of extraterrestrial Intelli gence since 1971, said the explosion of scientific knowledge since world War ii has drastically altered views of the universe and of life s place in it. Today we expect life in some stage of evolution to exist around billions of Sun like stars he said in opening the weekend seminar at the California Academy of sciences. If Only one in a thousand of those cultures is More advanced than we that s still a million super Oliver who Heads a program at Nasa s Ames research Center called set search for extraterrestrial intelligence said the project was an exploration to determine the facts about evolved life. If we detect other advanced life Seti will end our isolation and bring humanity into the mainstream of life in the Galaxy. If after prolonged searches we find nothing Seti May underscore the rarity of advanced life and How precious our 23 chromosomes really arc he said refer ring to the known building blocks of life. Monday february 24, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 two go to the Aid of Britain s Prince Charles As he tries to steady his Polo Pony. Prince Charles leads British Polo team to Victory Palm Springs Calif. A Brit Ain s Prince Charles played a winning game of Polo and basked in the desert Sun at one of America s most palatial estates. A British team of four including the Prince Defeated a . Team As the players galloped across the grass saturday at the Eldorado Polo club swiping at the Ball with their Long handled mallets. Barbara Sinatra wife of Singer Frank Sinatra presented the victors with a trophy. Actors Ali Mcgraw Dyan Cannon Wil Liam Devane and Robert Conrad were among the guests invited to the match. The Prince who arrived in California after a swing through Texas said before the match that he was looking Forward to play ing. "1 need the exercise very badly and my liver needs it even More after four Days in Texas he said. At the Start of the match the . National Anthem was played but the British Anthem did not immediately follow As planned. We be had a mix up of tapes you la have to Bear with us. This is California. We re Laid Back the announcer said. Prince Charles scaled on his horse threw Back his head and laughed. The an them was played a few moments later. The heir to the British throne arrived in the posh desert resort Friday aboard a Royal air Force Jet greeted by 500 cheering residents and a number of his countrymen who waved the Union Jack. Charles was a guest at Walter Annen Berg s estate in nearby Rancho Mirage sunny lands where president Reagan traditionally spends new year s eve. A news conference saturday marked the first time Annan Borg had Ever allowed re porters and photographers onto his 220 acre spread with its 18-Hole Golf course rambling lawns and Man made lakes tucked away among Groves of eucalyptus and Banyan Trees. Annan Borg who served As . Ambassador to Britain during the Nixon administration and his wife Leonora planned sat urday evening s $25,000-a-Couplc dinner dance to raise funds for operation Raleigh an educational project in which Charles and Annan Borg arc involved. Operation Raleigh launched by Charles in 1984, enables Young people to participate in explorations and scientific and medical research in Remote parts of the world. The Prince saying he had a slight Jet lag was greeted Friday by los Angeles Ferraro s son was a or drug supplier on Vermont College Campus police say Middlebury it. A the son of former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro was a major cocaine supplier on the Middlebury College Cam pus and was known As the pharma Cist police say. John Zaccaro jr., 22, pleaded innocent Friday in Vermont District court to pos session of a regulated drug with intent to sell. He was released on his own recognizance. Zaccaro a Middlebury College senior who had been under investigation for Sev eral months was arrested after he sold one Quarter of a Gram of cocaine to an undercover officer thursday police said. A search of Zaccaro s car and off Cam pus apartment turned up a list of people believed to be involved in drug trans actions with Zaccaro according loan affidavit filed by police. Six to eight Grams of cocaine and about $1,500 in Cash which the affidavit said was directly related to cocaine trafficking were found in the apartment police said. The maximum penalty for Possession of a regulated drug with intent to sell is five years in jail a $5,000 Fine or both. I was told by numerous people in the past that he was one of the major sup pliers up there police sgt. David we Mette said thursday. I was told he dealt before when he was Here. He took a year off when he was on the Campaign Trail with his Mother. He was a dealer when he came Back Wymette said. Zaccaro s parents Ferraro and John Zaccaro or. Were not at Friday s arraignment. Ferraro was on a speaking tour in Hawaii and the elder Zaccaro was unable to leave new York because of bad weather. Both issued statements supporting their son. Our son John has had some Legal difficulty Ferraro said. We have hired an attorney to represent him. We love him and have Confidence in him and will be standing beside John is the couple s Middle child. The other two Are daughters Donna and Laura. Vermont gov. Madeleine Kunin said Ferraro called her As a Friend seeking a recommendation for a lawyer. Kunin said she suggested Charles Tetzlaff a status hearing will be held within a month. It just makes me sick. I feel for All of them Kunin said. Middlebury College spokesman Ron Ald Nice said no action would be taken by the school pending the outcome of the Case and that he did not know what action might be taken then. Ferraro a former member of Congress from the new York City Borough of Queens made history in 1984 when Democrat Walter Mondale chose her to become the first woman to run As a candidate on a major party ticket. British Consul general Donald Ballentyne California la. Gov. Leo Mccarthy and Palm Springs mayor Frank Bogart. A Black Rolls Royce limousine escorted by motorcycle officers zipped the Prince from the Airport to the Annan Borg estate. Annan Borg also entertained Charles parents Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip during their visit to California in 1983. Before arriving in California Charles toured Texas to help that state celebrate its . He also paid tribute to Texas billionaire h. Ross Perot presenting him with the Winston Churchill award on tuesday for epitomize no the spirit of the late British statesman. Charles visited Houston Austin Dallas and san Antonio during his Texas sojourn. His wife Diana did not accompany him. . Drug raids by 530 police net Only 27 suspects Washington a hundreds of Shotgun toting police officers wearing Bullet proof vests and helmets arrested 27 people in a raid on a network of drug dealers. More than 530 District of Columbia police officers and backup personnel had hoped to find huge caches of illegal drugs and automatic weapons and to make As Many As 200 arrests when they launched the raids on 69 Homes. The sweep saturday capped a 16-month investigation. At a news conference following opera Tion Caribbean cruise police officials said they were disappointed by the results. Absolutely it did not fulfil our expectations said assistant police chief Isaac Fulwood or. He said police would investigate reports that some suspects had been tipped off in Advance. Fulwood said officers seized about $20,000 Worth of marijuana and other drugs including cocaine. They also seized $14,000 in Cash 13 weapons and a car
