European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday april 17, 1986 stateside governor candidate Stevenson treated for fractured Vertebra Hanover Iii. A democratic gubernatorial candidate Adlai Stevenson is being treated for a Back injury suffered when he was thrown from a horse Campaign aides say. Patrick Fleming a spokesman for mercy medical Cen Ter in Dubuque Iowa said Stevenson 55, would not need surgery for the problem and would probably require Nei ther traction nor medication. Bicyclist attacks youngsters on bus after spitting incident Boca Raton Fla. A a bicyclist furious at having been spat at forced a school bus to Stop boarded it and attacked youngsters he blamed for the incident police and school officials said. However the bus Driver and students said someone in a passing car had actually spat on the Man and the Carver Middle school students were Only laughing about it according to principal Kelly Brown. Five youngsters aged 12 to 14, were attacked. Their injuries ranged from choke Marks on one youth s neck to bumps on the head and a skinned Elbow. According to witnesses after the spitting incident the Man pulled in front of the bus making it Stop. Then he pried open its doors and attacked each of the students on Board when he was finished he opened the doors got on his Bike and peddled away. . Travellers to Nicaragua file suit Over customs searches los Angeles a a group of . Citizens who travelled to Nicaragua have filed a Federal lawsuit charging their civil rights were violated by customs inspectors who took documents from them and seized or photocopied them. The lawsuit was filed by the new York based Center for constitutional rights on behalf of 12 individuals and five organizations against the . Customs service an the Fri. We re alleging that there s a practice on the part of . Customs for singling out passengers who travel to and from Nicaragua. They seem to dislike what they View As their political perspective said plaintiffs attorney Barrett s. Liu. Lilt said the lawsuit seeks to Slop the government from singling out travellers Between the United states and Nicaragua for special customs treatment and to Stop customs agents and the government from Reading the material they seize. The lawsuit seeks no financial damages lilt said. Khad Afy figure target bullets have bad Impact on neighbor los Angeles a a Man who reportedly used a photo of col. Moa mar khad Afy for target practice was arrested after a neighbor complained that .22-caliber Rifle bullets were hitting his place next door police said. Jeffrey doctor 35, who was arrested at his North hol Lywood Home has been released on $15,000 bail. Investigators responding to the neighbor s complaint found a picture of the libyan Leader riddled with Rifle shots in doctor s Home it. Ken Small said. Doctor told police he was angered by libyan sponsored terrorism that led to a . Air raid on Libya. Gripping experience a photo a youngster finds a Handy place to stand during a show in new York by the Mumme Tschanz mimes. The 8-foot High foam rubber figure held members of the audience some of them literally in the Palm of its hand. Judge orders state department to release Haig records to paper Washington a a Federal judge ruled tues Day that the state department must turn Over to the Washington Post the daily summary of office activities of Alexander Haig when he was Secretary. The Post in a Freedom of information act request asked the state department for All meeting logs Telephone Call logs daily schedules trip itineraries personal calendars and diaries from Jan. 1, 1981, until he resigned a Secretary in june 1982. After a Long dispute about the Broadness of the request the department released copies of Haig s daily schedule and trip itineraries but denied Access to All materials concerning meet ing and Telephone Call logs and personal calendars. A department spokesman said the denied documents were personal records of Haig and not subject to disclosure under foia. The Agency also said Haig did not main Tain a personal diary. Following a court decision in another Case the Post dropped its request for personal diaries and Telephone messages and pursued Only records of schedule typewritten transcriptions of documents compiled on a daily basis by members of Haig s staff. The department denied the request saying the documents Are personal work aids of the Secretary. In a 21-Page decision . District judge John Lewis Smith or. Ruled that the requested materials constitute Agency records within the meaning of the Freedom of information Law in Light of the totality of circumstances surrounding their creation maintenance and he said the records were compiled by Agency employees Haig s personal Secretary and receptionist As part of their daily work routine using Agency provided materials and resources. He also said the materials were placed into Agency files. Third Smith said the records Are within the control of the state department. And he said the non use of the records of schedule by the Secretary further warrants the conclusion that the materials Are subject to foia. Smith concluded that where the creation and maintenance of a document evinces numerous indicia of Agency record keeping under circumstances totally lacking in Inci dents of personal use the document May be deemed subject to disclosure under the act. The court s decision that the records of schedule Are subject to disclosure does not limit the defendant s right to withhold portions of the documents under a valid claim of statutory exemption pursuant to the wanderer reluctantly returns to Alaska from .s.r. Little Diomede Alaska a a Man dubbed the wanderer by Rural alaskans and held by the soviets for nearly two weeks after he strolled across the fro zen Bering sea into their territory has re turned with some reluctance to the United states. John Weymouth 33, of san Francisco was brought to this Rocky windswept Island from neighbouring big Diomede Island by a soviet helicopter tuesday evening. He said he was helped onto a Landing pad carved out of sea ice. He said he had been treated Well while in custody although he was interrogated several times. Welcome Back said an observer. I did t want to come Back said Wey Mouth As he was led away from the Large Orange helicopter by the Village Public safety officer. Weymouth stepped out of the helicopter with a Backpack and sleeping bag. Quite a show he said As he saw nearly All of Little Diomede s 154 residents along the Steep Snow covered Hillside watching him As he was released to . Custody. The mostly yupik eskimos waved and shouted at the soviets As they sat in their helicopter. One resident held up a package of american cigarettes trying to work out a Trade. When the helicopter landed villagers shouted things like we Are Friendly and Welcome to to the ." but their com ments appeared to be directed to the Sovi ets rather than Weymouth. The crowd was kept Well Back of the helicopter which stayed on american soil Only about 20 minutes. The soviets said Weymouth was arrested april 9 for violating their Border. But wit Nesses at least one of whom videotaped Weymouth s solitary stroll across the ice said he crossed the International Date Lin april 2. Little Diomede and big Diomede about three Miles apart Are the closest land Points Between the United states and the soviet Union. The soviets prohibit americans from travelling to big Diomede which is uninhabited except for a military outpost. Weymouth Nephew of san Francisco columnist Herb Caen wound up in Little Diomede off the Seward Peninsula in Northwest Alaska after wandering for months in generally Road less sections of Western Alaska. He made his Way with the help of Villag ers and by finding Odd jobs. Some of the people of Little Diomed Ewere critical of Weymouth s attitude and actions. Shirley Preszler who teaches grades six through 12 on the Remote Island said his unusual walk into soviet territory set a bad example for her students who repeatedly Are warned not to stray across the Border. We re making an object lesson out of this for the kids Preszler said. We Don t want to see him treated As a hero. He was the most disrupt Ful person Here. He treated the people like garbage. By crossing Over he showed a total disregard and disrespect for them and possibly endangered Weymouth was allowed to stay overnight at a Nome jail after being questioned by alaskan state troopers the Fri and army intelligence officials said. His Mother Estelle Barrett had arranged for an airline ticket to return her son Home to san Francisco later wednesday authorities said
