European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday. May 26. 1986 the stars and stripes Faugh for of bins by Richard c. Cross Washington up the Penta gon has agreed after yearlong discussions with Clini Eastwood to help him shoot a movie about a brutal sergeant with a drinking problem As Long As he alters the script. With Easi wond wearing the stripes the sergeant was to have been. In army greens. But the army did not think the character fit the be All you can be image so it refused to cooperate in Mak ing the film Heartbreak the new army image Dixon i go with that kind of said one Pentagon official close to he negotiations with a Astwood s production co. So in december Eastwood whose lip Curling sneer has fore Shindo de death for1 bad Guys from the Serupa shrouded loner in westerns to dirty Harry took his script to the marines. The brass right up to the commandant Gen. . Kcal jct liked.11 but the script did not make he defense department s Day. Even defense Secre tary Caspa r Weinberger got into the act. Filmmakers rely on Pentagon approval for movies about the military mostly be cause it owns the craps hat add to real ism. Producers of top gun a movie about Navy Nicks paid he defense department Between $1-5 million and si.8 million for the use of aircraft carriers ind planes he official cd Fri Marine Hel Kopier at Camp Pendl Clon Calif., Cost Eastwood sij24 an hour to rent. More expensive outside rentals arc pos sible if the Pentagon refuses to cooperate with a filmmaker but Eastwood wants to do something thai he feels people will be proud of that he will be proud of and what he Calls patriotic the official said. The original Story line is about a Marine gunnery surge and who has fought from Korea to Grenada winning the medal of Honor along he Way. Bui he bounces in and out of the serv ice a problem Drinker and a problem for police. The defense department which views Macho Lints As Good for recruitment if the image is favourable strongly recommended deletions of Many expletives and toning Down language and scenes of undue Vio in one an earring is ripped from ills car of a new Marine and another re Cruit is punched. The action connotes excessive brutality by a noncommissioned officer towards trainees and docs not reflect the training environment dictated by departmental policy said a May s Pentagon memo. Further it frowned on inaccuracies portraying the 1,300 marines who do poured on their voyage to Beirut Leb anon in october 1983 to tight in Grenada and said the film must not show a Marine making a Call to stateside Headquarters with a Telephone credit card. In fact a Soldier with the army s 32nd airborne div did make a credit card Call from Grenada during the invasion. The memo from Pentagon spokesman Robert Sims whose duties include movie script approvals said approval for ill inclusion in the present of Brennda action would not be Sims suggested making the Story and the Caribbean Island entirely in a May 12 idler replying to a phone Call from Eastwood Sims wrote the Marine corps has already received defense department approval for cooperation on this project subject to its being Able to resolve with you the con Cerns we have about historical accuracy language undue violence Etc your willingness to work with them on these subjects is most reassuring.". Sims Drolc that he discussed the movie with Weinberger and Kelley and All of us Hope for a result in which the depart ment can Lake great Pride and we appreciate your assurances on that score.". To make sure a Marine officer has been assigned to keep an Eye on the shout ing of the film. Bon her leaves . To rejoin Sakharov in exile Boston a p pc Luna Bonner has left the in led states preparing to return to her husband Andrei sakha Rov and their life in soviet exile leaving behind a family she May never see again and an America impressed by her courage. Bonner 64, came to the West for medical treatment last december. She left Boston s Logan International Airport at 7 30 . Saturday Alicr a final news Confer ence. Three generations of family members along with friends waved goodbye As the plane taxied away. Daughter with her we feel very fearful it May be the last time Well see or hear from her said her daughter Tatiana Yankee Erich who accompanied her Mother on the first leg of her Jour Ney. "1 feel a great sadness parting with my Mother children and grandchildren Banner said at the new conference. I want to return to him but it is extremely sad and extremely difficult for Many reasons i fear the isolation in which we have lived our last two years in Gorky. 1 fear life under constant supervision under the lenses of hidden cameras used every where.". Mother children grandchildren Banner arrived at the Airport with her 86-Ycar-dd Mother two children three grandchildren and at least 10 friends. Banner with spend her final week in the West meeting european Heads of state on behalf of her husband before returning to Gorky the soviet City where the couple lives i exile. It is hard to return to a life without Freedom she wrote in a letter to America for the associated press on the eve of her departure. It will be hard once again to accustom myself to a policeman at my door to being openly followed on the Street to a life in which hidden cameras and microphones Are trained on she is a hero said rep Barney Frank a mass. He has applied for a visa to accompany Bonner to Moscow of Yelena Donner "1 fear the isolation june 2, along with rep. Dan Lungrin a Calif. She is a great lady i must said Sidney Drell Deputy director of the Stanford linear accelerator Center in California. When Sclena Banner meets physicists especially the newer generation of physicists she sensitizes them As Only another human being con Drull was one of scores of scientists Bonner urged to remember Sakharov often called one of the greatest physicists in soviet history. She could have done much More but she was operating under rest rails Del said referring to Wal Bonner said was her pledge to soviet authorities not to hold news conferences. Condition of Isa the pledge was the Only condition of her visa granted in november after Many entreaties and a Long hunger strike by her husband. Banner had suffered a heart attack in 19sj. Bal refused to see soviet doctors saying she distrusted them. In january doctors Al a Boston Hospital bypassed six arteries to her heart. Two months Laler. She underwent a procedure to Clear an artery in her right leg. Between operations she flew around the country to press the Case of her husband a Nobel peace prize Winner sent into internal exile in 19bo, and 10,000 other soviet dissidents. She managed to open up one vital link Between her husband and the West Drell said. Rarely got packages until her trip the registered packages Orel i had sent sakha toy were always signed by someone else and the dissident rarely got them. Since her arrival the package receipts have been signed a. Sakha Rov thank you but All Contact May end when she returns 10 Gorky Drell said. It s a if she s going into a Black Hole he said. How will we Ever hear about them to will we Ever know what has happened to them pig pranks on Parade As new be Perinar ans celebrate Gainesville. Fla. Up1 of newly graduated veterinarians went crazy As loons in keeping with tradition at the University of Florida sneaking pigs into professors offices and releasing hot islands of fleas in an administration building. They Don t Hurt anything Jackie h us son a Secretary at the school s administration office Saith of the pranks. In fact. They get downright creative sometimes. Graduating students who for years have carried on Ute tradition of the pranks aug redecorated two new trailers behind the vet school to look like a Tacky subdivision. The two trailers dabbed Kirkwood estates in Honor of Kirk Delall Dean of the veterinary school Are to be used As Resi Dences by vet students Hutson said Elizabeth Wright one of the student pranksters helped place a 40-Pound pig in the auditorium where incoming students were attending an orientation session. He had a pretty Good time Wright said of the pig he though it was pretty she said the students got the pig into the building in a shopping cart and used beep ers to Monitor the movements of guards. They were caught on their first attempt but succeeded on the second try Wright said. We procured1 the keys for the offices she said not explaining the exact procure ment procedure. That was t the students Only porcine prank. Or. Neil Becker a pig specialist at the school was greeted by a 60-Pounder when he opened his office door. He could not be reached for comment bul he report edly was less than pleased the pig sort of us you know defecated All Over the office Wright said. He had a Good time though. You know How pigs Sharon Carter a Secretary at the school was attacked by it swarm or fleas when she opened her office door. Wright said the students bought the fleas from a company thai Sells insects to universities for research. She said they were try ing to eel mosquitoes but settled for fleas by the thousands. The students also had less spectacular pranks. They reversed the men and women signs on bathroom doors and unscrewed the water pipes from toilets. When the toilets were flushed the unsuspecting user Wai treated to an Impromptu Shower Hutson said there also were reports the students had released a 5-foot Black Snake in the administration offices. We Haven t seen it yet Hulson said but we re still holding our
