European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 9, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 sex gop sen. Javits Dies of Gehrig s disease West Palm Beach Fla. A Jacob k. Javits a Liberal Republican and civil rights Champion who overcame the club Biness of the . Senate and became one of its most respected members died Friday night. He was 81. Javits who suffered from Amy trophic lateral sclerosis a progressive muscle and nerve disorder also known As Lou Gehrig s disease died at Good Samaritan Hospital. The disease hampered his physical move ment but never dulled his Sharp mind. Life does not Stop with terminal illness. Only the patient stops if he does t have the will to go Forward with life until death Over takes him javits said in 1984. Javits represented new York in the sen ate for 24 years a record for the state. He was a minority within a minority a re publican in a democratic controlled Cham Ber a Liberal in a generally conservative party. His liberalism his jewish Faith and a personality More arrogant than outgoing kept javits Isom gaining easy acceptance from his colleagues. When i Rose to speak in those Early Days the whole chamber was absolutely still still and cold he recalled. Javits survived those who snubbed him growing in reputation and importance. In the Early 1970s, a poll of Senate staffers named javits the most intelligent senator and the second most effective. When he left it he was the top Republican on the for eign relations committee consulted frequently on world affairs by presidents of Jacob javits in 1971 file photo both parties. He was born on May 18, 1904, on Man Hattan s lower East Side. His father a for Mer rabbinical student in Austria worked in the garment Industry and As a janitor. His Mother who was from Palestine sold dry goods from a Pushcart. He worked his Way through new York University Law school As a Bill collector and went on to become a successful attorney in practice with his older brother Ben. He got his first taste of politics in the 1941 mayoral Campaign of another Liberal Republican Fiorello la Guardia then served in world War ii with the chemical warfare service returning Home As a lieu tenant colonel to resume his practice. His first run for Public office in 1946, was for Congress in a strongly democratic District on the upper West Side that included Columbia University and part of Harlem. He held the seat for four terms. The Odds also were against him in his next race for state attorney general in 1954. He faced a famous political name Franklin Roosevelt jr., and Defeated the son of the former president. In 1956, javits ran for the Senate against mayor Robert f. Wagner jr., son of another democratic party Stalwart. Again javits came from behind and won. For More than 20 years javits was immune from Strong democratic challenges. But in 1980, one year after he Felt the first symptoms of his disease he was unseated by a virtual unknown from his own party Alfonse d Amato. The conservative used what javits called a ghoulish Campaign attacking the incumbent s health and age. Javits frequently said he became a re publican not in spite of his Liberal beliefs but because of them. I joined the Republican party because it was the Reform party he said adding that when he first entered politics he associated democrats with corrupt big City machines and Southern racism. Javits saw himself As the last of a line of Liberal new York republicans that began with la Guardia and extended through goes. Thomas Dewey and Nelson Rockefeller. It was Rockefeller As Dean of new York republicans who for Many years protected javits from conservative challengers within the party. Ironically it was also Rockefeller s presidential ambitions that thwarted javits dream of being the first jew to win or even to seek the office. Every political wants the Gold ring he said late in life and called his inability to run for president his greatest  i can t say Nelson had any design to Cut me  javits said. He just did t see anybody  in the Senate jails was known for his ability to take highly Complex legislation such As a pension Reform Bill and Shepherd it through both houses. A natural negotiator he had a Talent for sizing up a situation and proposing a Compromise acceptable toll sides. Javits also was proud of his role in limit ing the War Powers of the White House establishing the Model cities program Aid ing the arts and providing education to the handicapped. Marcos brought gems Worth up to $10 million to . Washington not the value of jewelry brought into the United states by the family of former Philippines president Ferdinand e. Marcos is estimated at $5 million to $10 million by the . Customs service Reagan administration officials said Friday. Marcos and his entourage also brought $1.5 million in philippine pesos into the United states according to a document filed Friday in Federal court in Honolulu the associated press reported in new York a representative of the filipino commis Sion seeking the return of properties held by the Marcos family said the administration has a moral obligation to release documents and other items Marcos and his entourage brought to Hawaii. Administration officials said customs officials were about 90 percent finished with listing the valuables and the Many financial business and personal documents that were aboard the two c-141s that carried the Marcos family and associates and their baggage and property from Clark a to Hawaii last month. They said that after customs finished preparing a de tailed inventory of the cargo Justice department lawyers would examine the various documents to see if they provided evidence for any criminal investigations involving possible violation of american foreign Aid regulations or corrupt practices Laws. The state department also said Friday that it had agreed to a philippine government request for an inventory of the valuables and documents that Manila could use to claim property that it asserts properly belongs to that government. At the same time officials said customs officials Are holding detailed discussions with the Marcos family about Burford drunkenness charge thrown out the property and asking family members to say which specific items they want to claim. By the Middle of this week one official said the . Attorney in Hawaii will ask the Federal District court in Honolulu to resolve the claims Between the Marcos group and Manila. The United states government is trying to play the honest broker he said. We Don t take sides we Are an interpleader the Legal term for someone Between two competing claimants. Administration officials said wednesday that they were using the interpleader strategy in which they will allow the Federal courts to decide what to do with the Marcos possessions. The officials said this would both help Dis Tance the administration from the dispute and keep both Marcos and the Aquino government from getting the material immediately. Arlington a. A a county judge Friday struck Down an intoxication charge against Anne m. Burford former chief of the environmental Protection Agency after her lawyers said she might have been obstreperous but was t drunk in a Jailhouse scene following the arrest of her husband Robert. Mrs. Burford was charged with Drunken Ness in Public Early sept. 21 after she appeared at the Arlington county jail de manding to see her husband who had been booked on a Drunken driving charge. Rob Ert Burford director of the Bureau of land management in the Interior department is scheduled for trial april 2. Four officers told the court Friday that mrs. Burford was arrested on the Mise Meanor charge because she bore a Strong odor of alcohol and was repeatedly Bellig Erent following her husband s arrest. She was in the car when he was arrested. Her attorneys maintained that an odor of alcohol was insufficient to prove drunk enness and told the court that her argue tentative Ness was prompted by her concern for her husband then recovering from heart surgery and by her instincts As an  general District judge Eleanor Dobson granted a defense motion in mid trial to strike Down the charge. Virginia state trooper James h. Hamp ton said he came across the Burford s car As it was parked on the shoulder of interstate 395 just outside Washington and deter mined that Robert Burford was drunk. Anything i did she interrupted. She kept butting in. And argued Over everything Hampton said. Arlington county police Corporal Dave Green testified that mrs. Burford after arriving at the jail complained that her Hus band was being illegally  if convicted mrs. Burford would have faced Only a $10 Fine and $20 court costs. Mrs. Burford resigned from the Epa in 1983 in the Wake of six congressional investigations into allegations of mismanage ment at the Agency. Prosecution rests in alien smuggling conspiracy trial Tucson Ariz. A the prosecution rested Friday in the 4 /2-month-old alien smuggling conspiracy trial of three clergymen one nun and seven laymen Active in the Sanctuary movement. Defense attorneys were expected to begin arguing a series of motions this week including requests for acquittal. Prosecutor Donald m. Reno or. Said after the court session that the government had accomplished what we set out to  four of the 25 witnesses called by Reno were cited for contempt by . District judge Earl h. Carroll after they refused to testify even with immunity. At a news conference defendants Reite rated their concerns about conditions in Central America and what they termed unfair . Immigration  they can convince me what i be clone is criminal i la admit it said the Rev. Tony Clark. Carroll did not Rule on a motion by de sense lawyer Ellen Yaroshefsky to allow the jurors to see three churches in Tucson and Nogales Ariz., and in Nogales Mexico. The government says Many of the alleged criminal acts took place at the churches. On Friday morning Reno s final witness government agent John Nixon concluded five Days of testimony recounting the transportation of six Central americans from Arizona to California. Two roman Catholic priests a presbyterian minister a nun and seven laymen Are charged with conspiring to smuggle Central americans into the United states. The government contends that Salvado rans and guatemalans aided by the Sanctuary movement activists through an under ground Railroad network of churches and synagogues were coming to the United states for economic betterment. The defendants maintain they were act ing lawfully in helping people who were fleeing persecution.  in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 9, 1946 Joan Craw Ford won an Oscar for her role in Mildred Pierce and Ray Milland won pne for his part in lost week end which was named Best picture. 30 years ago today. March 9, 1956 Western Powers May ask the United nations for a Resolution demanding that is Rael and the arabs keep the peace in the Middle East. 20 years ago today. March 9, 1966 lord Astor member of the millionaire Anglo american Waldorf Astor family died in the Bahamas from a heart attack. Astor 58, was a Central figure in the 1963 sex and Security scandal brought on by an affair Between John Profumo and Christine Keeler. 10 years ago today. March 9, 1976 in Chicago Jerry Rubin former Yippie and anti War activist said the Chicago 7 were guilty As hell of government charges that they conspired in 1968 to Cross state lines to incite riots