European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 6, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 mercenary plot to storm court stopped gunmen recruited through Magazine ads Anderson ind. A nine heavily armed gunmen hired through ads in a Magazine for military buffs and Mercena Ries were arrested before they could carry put a plot to storm a courtroom and free an inmate being tried for manslaughter police said tuesday. We believe that they would have killed people if the situation did t work out the Way they expected it to said state police sgt. Tom Davidson. Four of the men were arrested sunday at a Motel Here by officers from several Law enforcement agencies said Madison circuit judge Fredrick Spencer whose court was the target of the alleged plot. Four More were arrested at the Motel whose trial began tuesday in Spencer s court. Everyone entering the courtroom tues Day was searched and examined with a Metal Detector and a Plain clothes police Man stood guard inside with a Shotgun. Davidson said authorities could t be sure whether All those involved in the plan had been captured. We Don t think we re out of the Woods yet until this trial is Over and Jaske is Back at the state reformatory he said. Jaske is charged with involuntary Man Slaughter in the december 1983 death of fellow inmate Clinton Page in a hazing Inci Dent at the Indiana state reformatory in nearby Pendleton. He also is charged with monday night and another was arrested in Battery and with being an habitual offend Anoka Minn., Early tuesday officials said. Or. Obviously it would have been a discs Jaske of Michigan City was sentenced Ter said Davidson. They have the fire from St. Joseph county in january 1977 Power and manpower to carry it out. Of for first degree murder and was serving a piously the local deputies would have been out manned and  police confiscated 10 handguns four Semi automatic rifles four shotguns knives and hundreds of rounds of ammunition from the men at the Motel authorities said. Authorities said the men were hired to stage the escape of Roger a. Jaske 33, life sentence at the reformatory police said. Police in their raids found plans calling for the abduction of two circuit court employees and specifying assignments for each of the men inside the courthouse said Spencer. The men became involved in the plot after answering advertisements in Soldier of Fortune Magazine Spencer said. He re leased the information shortly after jury selection was completed tuesday afternoon. The Magazine based in Boulder Colo., had announced monday it would no longer accept classified ads for mercenaries. Associate editor James Pate said he could not explain the policy change and referred such questions to publisher Robert k. Brown who did not return Telephone Calls. Davidson identified those arrested As Richard d. Alery 28, of Anoka Minn. Robert d. Crump 23, of Abilene Texas Robert e. Underwood 25, of Greenville Texas James m. Riggs 27, of Enterprise Ala. Arthur e. Littler 22, of Bailey Colo. Jody r. Jerome 24, of Sandusky Ohio Paul a. Buffington 19, of Cuya hoga Falls Ohio Mark a. Waite 21, of Newburg . And Anthony s. Karen 20, of Gar Den City . Karen is a member of the . Marine corps Riggs is a civilian helicopter instructor at an army base in Alabama and Alery described As the Leader of the team is in the army Reserve Davidson said. He did not know the men s ranks. Our Best information now is that Jaske and his associates have been planning some kind of escape for about a year Davidson said adding there is no indication the men were involved in any organized gang in or out of prison. He said the men had been recruited Over the last year and that All knew what they were being hired for. Davidson said plans for an escape were discovered in a search of Jaske s cell last fall and that a state police undercover offi cer infiltrated the gang. The undercover officer was with four of the men when they were arrested sunday Jaske said. We had them away from their heavy artillery Davidson said adding police were concerned about trying to arrest the men when they were armed with heavier weapons. They were in our undercover trooper s room sunday afternoon talking Over their plans he said. Two other men were arrested later Sun Day and another two when they arrived sunday night and Early monday Davidson said. Alery was arrested in Minnesota Early tuesday he added. All of the men were being held tuesday night on preliminary conspiracy charges police said. Minnesota officials said Alery was being held in the Anoka county jail pending extradition to Indiana to face a conspiracy charge. Family highlighted in barmaid concert loses farm Dodgeville wis. A a couple sobbed As they watched the 310-acre farm that had been in their family for More than 80 years sold at a foreclosure auction in five minutes tuesday saying it was like we be lost one of our Best  sue and Ken Massey whose letter about the family s plight brought the farm crisis Home to millions when it was read last fall at the nationally televised barmaid concert stood with their five children during the Sale on the Steps of the Iowa county sheriffs office. Raphael Peterson a feed supplier who said the masses owed him about $65,000, was the successful bidder for the Hollandale egg farm. His $45,000 bid topped a $41,965 offer from the Farmers savings Bank of Mineral Point the Only other bidder. I m feeling a tremendous void said mrs. Massey 29. There s an emptiness like we be lost one of our Best friends. Hopefully Well have some weeks of Well deserved  Massey whose family owned the farm More than 80 years said the ordeal had strained family Bonds but that love and communication had held them together. I be been so Low it s been terrible said Massey 34, choking Back sobs. I just want to say to All the Farmers who have considered suicide you be got to make it. You be got to stay with your  Massey who Farmed the land said he also was Happy with his Job As a farm labourer at a state agriculture Experiment station in Arlington. Mrs. Massey is a part time Secretary at a veterinary clinic. Peterson said he would consider an arrangement allow ing the masses to continue living on the farm but mrs. Massey said staying there would be painful. When you go through something like this it scars you she said. All our Hopes and dreams were  she said she feared for the future of her children Ages 18 months to 10 years. The farm was not just their playground it was their Ken and sue Massey with 18-month-old Naomi. A photo future she said. That land could have put All five of them through  during the sept. 22 barmaid concert a member of the band Alabama read mrs. Massey s letter while photos of the Massey family were flashed on a giant video screen behind the band. Mrs. Massey said the family received about 150 letters Many containing Money from people who had watched the telecast. She said she and her husband sent Back the roughly $2,000 they received and asked donors to give it to farm Aid instead. We Felt that saving our land and our Home would t even touch the Root of the problem she said. The concert which featured Many top Rock and country music stars was held to Benefit families who were losing or had lost their farms. The masses said they were surprised that they were never contacted by barmaid after the concert. Barmaid never received a copy of mrs. Massey s letter which was sent to the band said Bill Wittliff writer and producer of the movie country and a Friend of country Singer and barmaid organizer Willie Nelson. The Money has not gone to individual Farmers nor can it Wittliff said in a Telephone interview from Austin Texas. Instead he said the $7 million to $8 million raised has been used to fund food pantry for farm families crisis hotlines Legal assistance to Farmers and College scholarships for children of families that have lost their farms. The Massey s farm was sold to pay debts accrued by Bett or eggs inc., a corporation owned by the Massey family. Mrs. Massey said the troubles began in 1976, when the family had to buy $19,000 Worth of feed Corn after a summer drought. Falling egg prices inflation High interest rates and declining land values contributed to the business failure she said. Aids researcher predicts Early breakthrough on cure san Francisco up or Mathilde Kim co founder of the american foundation for aids research said tues Day she envisions an Early breakthrough on a cure for the disease. Within a year or two we expect our research will Lead to drugs that will work Kim told a news conference to help kick off the National episcopal Church conference on the aids crisis. We Don t expect a one drug break through she said. Instead it will be an evolutionary thing. Hopefully Well know soon if our current research can find a cure. This is our Ray of  Kim a biologist who has been in the forefront of aids research said she is sur prised at some views of the aids epidemic. It s nonsense from a biologist s stand Point to believe this is a Gay Man s disease said Kim. Aids is a Multi faceted and Complex disease that has a Way of frighten ing people and has caused Many to distance themselves from it. Well it has gone Well beyond the Gay Community. It s time for americans to Stop being judgmental and time to Start applying our traditional sense of Charity and understand ing she said. That s what this conference is All about people from across the nation gathering to Exchange ideas and work to Ward stamping out  the right Rev. William e. Swing Bishop of the episcopal diocese of California said his Church decided to hold the nation Al aids conference because we cannot stand by while people Are dying from this  swing said the leaders of every major denomination were invited to attend the conference and about 10 of the largest will be with us this  from the Start he said we were aim ing and we still Are aiming to establish a National network of concerned  a lot of right Wing groups see this the aids epidemic As god s Wrath on Ameri Ca he said. To this Point at least there is a mainline reluctance to speak out and get involved. Certainly we Don t View it As god s Wrath. It is everyone s concern be cause it touches All our  Kim in reply to a question said she is perplexed by president Reagan s View of aids research. The president spoke eloquently about his concern in regards to this disease but when he released his budget proposals for the new year he Cut $51 million in aids research she said