European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. May 12, 1986 the stars and stripes Page .5 ssh i path of destruction an Aerial View shows just some of the through Edmund orb late thursday. The twister injured ii residents Tui none seriously. Police said dozens of Homes were destroyed. Louisiana governor 4 others acquitted of rackets charges new Orleans a Gav. Edwin Edwards find i four co defendants were acquitted saturday of  charges in a Federal racketeering and fraud Case involving state approvals tar new hospitals and nursing Homes. -.--. The trial was the second for the governor his brother Marion und three business associates. A trial last War ended in a Hung jury but with jurors Irani no toward acquittal. This time the defendants mounted no Case or their own saying the 1 fell the government s Case was Loo weak to warrant a response. Jurors deliberated for 12 hours Over two Days before finding the defendants innocent in what prosecutors contended was an Ille Gal scheme to obtain slate certification for $10 million Worth of Hospital and nursing Home projects in which some of the defendants held interests the prosecution did t present enough evidence Concrete evidence not enough to take so Many years out of a per son s life said juror Annie Lac lira. You be got to be sure but there wus some doubt. The Case was t Strong enough it was t really a difficult verdict for us to reach said juror Troy Brunei. Edwards his brother and their business associates Ronald Galgoul James Yllic or. And Gus Mijalis Hud been accused of racketeering and mail fraud and All but Mijalis faced wire fraud counts As Well Freedom Edwards said jubilantly you Don l know Whai it Means when someone with unknown victims of 1903 sinking skeletons from Lake Michigan buried Sturgeon Bay wis. Up the pallbearers wore top hats and Bow ties sat urday and kerosene lanterns burned by j, to on the sides of the antique horse drawn Hearse that carried two unidentified victims of a 1903 Shipwreck la heir final resting place. Skeletons of the two men victims of the sinking of the Eric l. Hackney were buried in a turn of the Century style service that also served As a memorial to hundreds of sailors from door county who perished in great lakes shipwrecks. As far As i know no one has attempted to make a list of All those from door county who lost their lives at sea but surely the number must be in the hundreds said the Rev. John Groenfeldt retired moravian Church pastor who officiated at the service atthe Bayside cemetery news reports from the tale 1800s and 1900s frequently mention that ships Many of them sailing vessels Sank with the loss of All hands said Greenf Cadt who is also is president of the door county historical society the Hackley used to ferry passengers and goods Between Menominee mich., and egg Harbor wis., Sank in Green Bay when n sudden storm hit oct. 3, 19d3. Eleven of the 18 people aboard died. Two skeletons were recovered from the Shipwreck in 1981 by divers hired by Frank Hoffmann of Menominee the Effort to bring up the ship failed and the skeletons remained at a local mortuary for five years because no relatives claimed them. Bertha Reinhard s3, raid her Uncle. Carl Perkc was a Cook aboard the Hackney and died in the Shipwreck. She said she was born the same year the Hackney Sank. "1 just wanted to be with him she said. That s Why i came today. Those relics could be him who  rein hard said some people Fet the Bones should have been left with the Shipwreck i m just glad it s finally Well taken care of she said Betty Bultman of Green Bay said her father Stewart Smith worked aboard the Hack try when he was a Young Man. He told me he used to dance with those girls three women who died in the ship wreck she said. Butman said her father died three years ago and she Felt it was Only filling that she attend the service to represent him the Rev. Rodney Mill assistant pastor at the seventh Day adventist Church offered the graveside prayer dear god we Are gathered Here in me Morial to not Only sailors who lost their lives on the ship Hackney but also to everyone who has lost their lives in Wii is Tiro und door county he said. We commit their Bones to you for your Ever watch and care we Pray in your precious  Larouche backers March in Chicago Chicago a p supporters of Polilli Cal extremist Lyndon Larouche marched Down Michigan Avenue to the beat Omar tial music saturday in what they called a declaration of War on drugs. About Larouche backers took part in the Parade including Mark Fairchild who recently won lie democratic nomination for lieutenant governor Janice Hurt democratic nominee for Secretary of slate and Sheila Jones running for mayor of Chicago. This is a Joyful patriotic Parade against drugs Jones said. The 10-vehicle Parade included one float which carried Fairchild and Jones and portrayed the statue of Liberty and an Ameri can Flag. A Hal track atop a flatbed truck carried Hart and Robert Patton 52, a retired air Force major and Larouche Backer running Tor the democratic . Senate nomination in new Hampshire. We re rolling tanks Down Michigan Avenue Fairchild said referring to a com ment Hart made after winning the primary. She promised to Roll tanks Down stale Street in Pursuit of drug dealers. Other participants Rode in cars or marched along the Street to the sounds of taped martial music. Larouche believes that the Queen of eng land runs an International drug ring and that aids victims should Sequara mined Jones accused the International Mone tary fund of promoting drug use so third world countries would have a source of income to pay heir debts she also said the Abc television network was heavily involved in the International drug Trade calling it the nothing Bui co Caine network. We really know nothing about it said Joanne Alfano a spokeswoman for Abc in new York. Fairchild lost week proclaimed himself the democratic gubernatorial candidate after nominee Adial Stevenson resigned to run an Independent Campaign if 1 get the most votes in the general election i would become the governor by right of succession he said saturday. Power tries to take in away from  the governor was surrounded by family friends and the other defendants on the courthouse Steps where he launched into harsh criticism of us. Attorney John Vou. He accused the Republican prosecutor of being an a political Mission to convict democratic officials who could not be Defeated at the polls. His words come Back to haunt  Edwards said. He told this jury to Send a message to the people of Louisiana and brother they sent one. The message is that this is a courthouse not a political Headquarters. The Mes Sage is this courthouse is a Citadel of Justice not a cesspool of Rcpt by lean politics. Volz responded me can say All the bad things he wants to about me. Bul All i Caa say is god bless him so laying he was disappointed with the ver dict he added we Don t go into anything to lose bul we Praise the jury system when we win so Wuhan t complain when we  tie maintained he still thinks Edwards violated the Law and said we did the right  he snid the Case had to go to a second trial so it could be resolved. Edwards is Louisiana .1 Mast successful politician since Hucy Long. He won is straight elections in rising from Crowley City councilman 10 slate legislator to con Gressman to governor. In 1983, he became the first person to win Louisiana s Gover Norship three limes. By his own count he had been investigated by grand juries 14 times. None re turned an indictment until Volz won the Ractel caring charges lust year. The governor s verdict was read first and brought immediate screams and cheers from the Side of the courtroom where his family sat Edwards wife Elaine sobbed and rested her head on the shoulder of their son. Marshals immediately cautioned family members to be quiet Edwards spa in his chair and put his fingers to his lips. He then leaned Forward in his chair in obvious Relief. When All verdicts had been read Edwards stood and said i would like Permis Sion on a Chuff of the defendants to thank the jury and thank the court and the personnel of the  Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today May a 1946 the associated press reported that the United slates was saved from Industrial paralysis when John l Lewis president of the Al United mine worker called u 12-Day truce in the soft Coal strike. 30 years ago today.,. May 12, 1956 the pro Creek under ground announced in Nicosia that it hanged two British soldiers in reprisal for British executions and angered British troops immediately cracked Down on the troubled Island. 20 years ago today. May 12, 1966 Secretary of defense Robert Mcnomara said thai political Dis order in South Vietnam has reduced the effectiveness of , military operations. 70 years ago today. May 12, 1976 Janel culture after being sidelined two Days with a bad clutch Hub broken Oil line and burned Piston in her Vollstedt offy made history by becom ing the first woman la drive a racing car at the Indianapolis motor Speedway