European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday March 31,1986 comedians Tell their jokes to ease unfunny problem stateside los Angeles a a Star studded cast of funny men and women joked for a serious cause saturday night As the comic Relief Benefit for the homeless asked a National to audience to give Money to help people on the Street. With hosts Billy Crystal whoops Goldberg and Robin Williams the show at the Universal Amphitheater was carried live on the Home Box office Cable television net work in the East beginning at 9 . The three hour Galawas taped for the West coast audience. In an opening skit Goldberg portrayed a homeless Wel fare Mother living in a cardboard Box House with her two children played by Crystal and Williams. Our House is one you can put windows in anywhere Goldberg said. Williams parodied president Reagan in another skit. I understand the plight of the homeless. I have some friends who Are losing their mansions Williams said. The opening segment ended with a plea by Goldberg for the homeless the Bottom line is it could be you  stand up routines by 40 of the biggest names in comedy were sandwiched by sad pictures of people without Homes. Sid Caesar who performed with fellow comedian Carl Reiner said backstage he feels horrible when he sees homeless person on the Street. You feel like you want to do something but you just can t Stop and help everyone in the Street he said. Our phones Are jammed. It s really going great said Jacque Fiorentino co producer of the show. A report on the amount of pledges made saturday was not immediately available he said. Technical problems kept about 60 smaller stations nationwide from receiving the audio portion of the show for the first 20 minutes said Pat Filli of Hob. Scam probed paper reports Boston up a Federal grand jury for 17 months has been probing a mass credit card scam allegedly car ried out by followers of extremist political Leader Lyndon Larouche the Boston Globe reported saturday. A Brief filed Friday by assistant . Attorney Daniel 1. Small claims that the failure of Larouche followers to respond to Federal subpoenas has stymied the probe the report said. The Brief said the records subpoenaed show a massive pattern of credit card fraud involving Larouche follow ers who overcharged Magazine subscribers. Four businesses described by the Globe As associated with the far right Larouche and two individuals identified As keepers of the corporate records were held in con tempt last november for failing to respond to subpoenas. They have appealed the contempt holding to the first circuit court of appeals saying they were not properly served. Small said arguments on the Appeal Are slated for april8. The Brief indicates the Federal probe began after individuals who were solicited to Purchase magazines published by the Larouche organization were encouraged Topay with a credit card. Instead of a $ 15 or $20 or $25 charge they had a $500 or $1,000 or in some cases a several thousand Dollar charge Small said. It was essentially a Way for these entities to get hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars  the main thing is to make the funniest show possible but not to Jam it Home or proselytize or beg every five minutes. Puhl Eleeze Williams said before the show. The Only restriction is time he said. If you re doing Well there s a tendency to want to go a Little longer. If you re not doing Well there s a tendency. To want to Goa Little  the cast included Steve Allen Harry Anderson Jerry Lewis Madeline Kahn John Candy Bette Midler David Steinberg Richard Dreyfuss and the fire sign theater. Also on tap were Michael j. Fox Estelle Getty Mary Gross buddy Hackett pee wee Herman Michael Kea ton Eugene Levy Howie Mandel Pat Morita Martin mull Minnie Pearl Joe Piscopo Gilda Radner Carl Reiner Rob Reiner Dick Shawn George Wendt Henr Winkler and Henny Youngman. Let s just say it s the greatest collection of funny peo ple since Charlie Chaplin dined alone said Crystal. In new York about 160 homeless people turned out saturday night for a free meal and comedy show at the improvisation a night club that normally showcases the City s struggling comedians. Following on the heels of the live Aid concerts for african famine Relief and the barmaid concert for Ameri Ca s struggling Farmers comic Relief was the brain child of screenwriter and producer Bob Zmuda. Hob agreed to allow local Cable companies to carry Hob s signal on a free Channel increasing the show s potential audience from 14.5 million Homes to 39 million. Money raised by viewer pledges will be disbursed to health care for the homeless projects in 18 cities Albuquerque Baltimore Birmingham ala., Boston Chi Cago Cleveland Denver Detroit los Angeles Milwaukee Nashville Tenn., new York Philadelphia Phoenix Ariz., san Antonio Texas san Francisco Seattle an Washington . Up Phot not a wimp shrimp a mantis shrimp is nothing to be Messing with As Bob Snodgrass head aquarist at Scripps institution of oceanography in la Joiiya calif., knows. He donned gloves to show off the jumbo shrimp caught in san Diego Bay recently. The Rainbow coloured Shell distracts fishermen from the dangers of the shrimp s switchblade like appendage that move faster than humans can see. Tenn. Policeman hospitalized after accidentally shooting self Nashville Tenn. Up around 20 policemen responding to a Call that an officer had been shot rushed into the criminal Justice Center and discovered the officer had wounded himself accidentally. Metro officer John Burnett was hospitalized in stable condition at metro general Hospital with gunshot wounds in his left hand and leg. Burnett 39, a 13-year Veteran Only recently had been discharged from the Hospital after a motorcycle Accident. When he came into work this morning he was showing one of the ladies his pistol said assistant police chief Sheruc n Nickens. She gave it Back and then he put it in his Holster and it shot him in the left  an emergency Call went out when the shot was heard and some 20 officers rushed to the scene before the Callas cancelled. Astronomer says Milky Way moving in space at million Mph Tucson Ariz. A the Milky Way is one of thousands of galaxies being pulled through space at a million Miles an hour toward what could be a Distant immense and As yet undiscovered mass an astronomer says. Roger Davies an astronomer at Kilt Peak National Observatory near Here is part of a seven member . British team that discovered the motion by studying about 400 galaxies in a roughly spherical Region 350 million Lightyear in diameter. What we be got Here is a Large part of the universe which appears to be moving together toward the direction in the sky marked by the Southern Cross Davies said. Ama recommends revision of pilots7 medical standards Chicago up prospective airline pilots would be More rigorously scrutinized for heart disease and its associated risk factors such As smoking and obesity under a set of medical standards released by the american med ical association. The new standards which represent the first major Revi Sion of medical standards for selecting civilian pilots since 1959, also called for relaxing vision requirements and recommended that diabetics on Oral medication not be automatically denied flying certificates. The changes Are subject to final modifications and approval by the Federal aviation administration which could take up to three years an Faa spokesman said. Miss Abele icon finally restored placed on permanent display Baltimore a a miss Abele icon that was shown once and then put into storage at a museum is a rare 14th-Century byzantine work depicting the easter scene according to an Art expert. Or. Gary Vikan curator of medieval Art at Walters Art gallery and a specialist in Eastern Mediterranean Art said the icon a 10-by-14-Inch tempera painting on Wood has been restored and is now on permanent display. Pm announces Price hikes on cars averaging 2.9 percent Detroit up Genera motors corp., in a move designed to stimulate sales under its current buyer incentive program has announced it will raise prices by an average 2.9 percent on its 1986 Model cars effective wit april 14 shipments. Pm said the increases Are necessary because of higher labor and other manufacturing costs but do not apply to cars ordered before april 12, the Date its 7.7 and 9.9 annual percentage rate program is set to expire. Boy 13, receives heart from last minute donor new York up doctors sat urday saved the life of a 13-year-old boy who came within hours of dying before a last minute donor was found and a heart was transplanted in an easter gift of life. He s very Pink and now he has a Chance said a weary Laura Kirschbaum the boy s Mother after visiting her unconscious son Robert. The boy under went a six hour heart transplant at Colum Bia presbyterian medical Center. The boy s father Dan said his son told doctors before he was sedated because of his worsening condition Friday night i m worried about my Mother and  Robert was in critical but stable condition at the medical Center after doctors implanted a donor heart in the boy s body and removed the enlarged heart that had weakened his other organs. Doctors said the next 48 hours would be a critical period for the youngster. The child was born with a congenital heart defect but was Active until october oblast year. Or. Greg Smith one of three surgeons who took part in the operation said Robert came within hours of dying after his condition became extremely worse within the last few Days As doctors conducted a desperate nationwide search for a donor heart. After receiving word from a National Clearing House that distributes donated or Gans the heart arrived Friday night on a Learjet at Teterboro Airport in new Jersey from a Midwest City that doctors declined to identify. The heart was then taken by ambulance to the medical Center. The boy s parents who live in Pomona n.y., in Rockland county have maintained a Vigil at their son s bedside for the past several Days sleeping in a Hospital lounge. They have two other children Rachell 12,,9