European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. May 9, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 dead Marine s stolen meccas  Twenty nine Palms Calif. A thirty six years after Bobby Mcgee s medals were stolen his Blind 85-year-old Mother pot them Back reliving the Shock of the Day she Learned the Marine had been killed on Okinawa. It was just the same thine All Over again 1 had three very bad Days Mary Mcgee said wednesday. She. Wept As maj. Gun. . Monahan returned the medals to her in a ceremony at the Marine base in her desert Hometown. It is an Honor for me and the Marine corps to return to you the medals of your fallen son Monahan said calling her a terrific lady.". My acc said she did t know what to say other than thank  Robert j. Mcgeejr. Is buried on Okinawa where he died May 21. 1945, at the age of in said maj. Kerry Gershaneck. Although Little is known about the death we know he was killed in action hcs Ald. My acc was posthumously awarded the purple heart the Asiatic Pacific Campaign medal and the world War ii Victory medal All stolen by a burglar who broke into his Mother s Home  City in 1950. My acc s voice still reflecting the Burr of her native Scotland was Strong As she told How her son s death shattered her and How that feeling returned last month when a Marine sergeant called. The Marine said a postman described As a born again Christian identified Only As brother Frank had found a Box containing the medals in a trash bin in new York City on april 17. Somebody out there has a dirty conscience and 1 Hope it catches up with him she said of the burglar. "1 just thank god there was Man like this brother Frank who had a  she and her husband separated after her son died. In 1950, she was wintering in Florida when the burglar broke the lock on her Back door. The thief look Money jewelry and the medals which she had stored in the Linen closet thinking someday i la gel those things mounted she said. The postman said he found the medals and two photo graphs of Mcgee plus a Metal identification disc in a cardboard Box slacked with other boxes in the trash. Brother Frank Siirid his favorite pastime when he s not working � going through other people s garbage and hut s How he found it pursuing his Hobby  the medals were Given to Marine officials in no. York and they traced Mcgee through the military personnel Liaison s office in St. Louis. Her son had always dreamed of being a Marine. Everything was Sunshine arid Light for him. When he was a Little boy All he wanted to be was a Marine. You walk into his room it was like a Tunnel with Model air planes and such. He looked at marines us if they were gods from  she said. She said she never realized he would be shipped overt seas and that if she d known ii she would have tried to keep him from going. .-.-.-. Ii was close to the end of the War. What could happen but you saw what happened she said. Americans tested after visiting Kiev Whitworth thought tourists exposed to Low radiation Israel wanted data by the associated press tourists from Michigan and new York who visited Kiev during the chernobyl nuclear Plant Accident were exposed Tolow Levels of radiation but nothing like that faced by residents of the ukrainian City officials say. Six members of a tour group from Michigan who spent 2vi Days in Kiev underwent whole body radiation tests wednesday at the Palisades nuclear Power Plant near Covert. Mich. About 50 new yorkers have been tested since re turning Friday from the soviet Union. In All the cases officials said the Levels of radiation measured on the travelers1 bodies clothing or Luggage posed no threat to their health. Chance of leukaemia Bill people exposed to the same Levels As the Michi Gan students for longer periods of Lime As in the Case of those who live in Kiev have a sharply greater Chance of contracting leukaemia and other cancers said Robert English health physicist for Consumers Power co., which runs the Palisades Plant. William Bickham the Utility s chief radiologist said the average person could expect to receive about 200 Mil Lirums of radiation a year and that the people tested wednesday showed about 7h times that amount he said the health effects of Low level doses of Radia Tion Are imprecise but that those Levels of radiation could increase a person s Chance of getting cancer by a negligible .045 of a percentage Point. We were told the amount of radiation we received was the equivalent of three  said Michael Sto line a Western Michigan University math professor who was on the tour with his wife. I feel reassured but i Don t feel reassured for our pals in Kiev said Philip Dietrich a Kal Amnion Law yer who was on the Lour with his wife. Tried to leave Early Dietrich said group members unsuccessfully tried to leave Kiev Early but were reassured by soviet officials thai they weren t in danger and were told by  officials there was no need to alter their schedule. In Hindsight. I wish we had left  he said. We were concerned. We did try to make arrange ments to leave but everyone reassured us that we were in no danger after a while we believed it. The group left Kiev on May 2 and returned to the United states on sunday. In new York hundreds of travellers returning from the soviet Union since last Friday have been tested by Walker testifies san Francisco up1 admitted spy ringleader John Walker has testified that he recruited former Navy buddy Jerry Whitworth As an operative by suggesting thai Sracy not the soviets would receive the stolen . Military secrets. Israel was fighting our Battles for us and we were with holding some weapons from hem Walker said he Lott Whit Worth. Walker was under defense questioning wednesday. Walker a retired Navy chief warrant officer confessed in Baltimore last year to organizing a family spy opera Tion. He is the government s Star witness in the espionage ease against Whitworth a retired Navy chief Petty officer he was on the stand for the Sixl h Day. A Milo Holly Blanchard of Michigan. Is tested for a Dupion. The stale health department and 50 showed radiation exposure on their belongings said department spokeswoman Frances Tarlton. At least half the 50 had absorbed Low Levels of Radia Tion in their thyroid glands from apparently eating or drinking slightly contaminated products she said. None of the Levels measured represent any major health  1974 and 1983. He also is charged with lax evasion. If convicted the Davis. Calif., Man could receive a maximum sentence of life in prison. Defense attorney James Larson pushed Walker to explain Why he suggested to Whitworth thai Israel was the buyer of . You thought Israel got Short shrift in sharing Intelli gence with us. They would strike a sympathetic Cord in Whitworth Larson said. Yes Walker responded. ". He again said he never told Whitworth during the nine years he spied that the material was going straight to the soviet Union. Walker said he also suggested the buyers were members of organized crime allies or the military periodical Jane s fighting ship. Larson stressed in repeated questioning that Whitworth did not know the russians were getting information. To emphasize the paint he asked Walker to repeal that he has testified in the past that Whitworth informed his wife he was working for the United Stales in a secret sort of  Walker said under Cross examination by Larson that he used the same Story with each member of his family who became involved in the ring his son Michael brother Arthur and even his wife Barbara who was no a direct participant in the Sale of documents but was aware of the operation. He said he never told family members or Whitworth about the soviet agents partly because of the risk but also because i did not want everyone in the ring at you Call it to know what was going on Larson asked. It would have been a breach Osc curly obviously Walker said. 7-eleven says most support sex Magazine removal Dallas a the decision to Stop Selling adult magazines in a eleven convenience stores hag prompted about 15,000 Telephone Calls and letters most supportive an official of the Chain s Parent company says. Allen lilacs vice president for Public relations of Southland corp said wednesday 92 percent of the letters and phone Calls have supported the withdrawal of the publications. A customer Survey showing a substantial decline in support for the Sale of play boy Penthouse and forum contributed to Southland s decision to Stop Selling the magazines which was announced april 10, said Liles. Liles said Southland never reveals he results of its customer surveys but said the decline in support for the Sale of the magazines was  in an interview last August Southland chairman John Thompson said customer surveys showed that eleven s customers favored the convenience store s Sale of the magazines. Southland in announcing its policy re Versal Hail pointed to testimony in hearings conducted by the . Attorney general s commission on pornography. Southland had its own representatives at those hearings and had concluded that there is a growing Public concern about a lie link Between pornography and child abuse said lilacs. His comments were made in an interview after Southland s annual meeting on wednesday. In another development Southland re ported a first Quarter loss of sss.5 Mil lion. Officials blamed the loss on the drop in Oil prices which has affected Cit go Petroleum corp., Southland s Tulsa based refinery