European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. June 7, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 wooden leg helps Castaway stay afloat Hudson. Fly. A. A Man who Spini two Days Drifting in the Lulf of Mexico after his boat cans Rcd says he never gave up Hope of Rescue talked aimlessly to his dog and relied on his Balsa Wood leg fur buoyancy. Thai s the Only Pood thing about that bad leg  Ward Shiflett. J2. Said Anim his Hospital room. Shift cell s Iii he was five or Sis mites of Shore on May is and .1,1s trying to Start a called motor when his 14-foot boat was Capri cd by the Wake of a larger fast moving boat. At first he said he citing to the boat but when it started in sink he grabbed a life jacket u floating Seal Cushion and rags his Lhasa Assn. Shanetl. Whose leg was amputated in 19hi As the result of injuries received five years earlier in a car Accident said he Lay on his stomach hooked his Good leg Over to to wooden leg and rested his face on the Cushion. That night a fierce storm kicked up Waves he described As k feet High Shiflett said in his first interview since his Rescue by u pleasure boat my 21. "11 was just like being inside of u  Shiflett said he never gave up Hope thought about . Envisioned a big Jug of cold milk and talked just about any old thing to rags. He was just walking around the Cushion some like he was gelling Loo warm so i put him in the water for a Lillie bit la Cool  he said. Shiflett said he put the dog Back on the Cushion. He walked around it Little bit licked nit in the face Laid Down and  a helicopter flew nearby but failed to spin him. A cup la hours later Shif Lell was rescued by Johnny deck Ham of Naples Warui was boating with his family. Shif Lell visas pulled from the water end busied and deny United with deep cuts on his arms and the stump where his artificial leg is attached below the knee. He was Naved from intensive care last weekend at Bay Onet Point Hudson regions of Odieal Center. He re counted the ordeal tuesday in a taped interview with Hospital spokeswoman Chris Duffy who submitted questions from Tampa area reporters. He did not want to be interviewed by Lite press 53 kids flunk peace Day Dalton mass a fifty three pupils who apparently forgot the lessons of \ recent pc Aee Day have returned to Elass after a fight that seriously injured one student. The no Swacus Middle school pupils who cheered on he three Fig hrs May to finished serving one la three Day suspensions thursday and were due Back in school Friday said principal Philip Lennan. James Dean is rested thursday at Home after being released wednesday from Berkshire medical Center. He was hospitalized for five Days with a concussion broken Riband collapsed lung. The fight came a week after the school held peace Day to Leach its 493 fifth through eighth graders How each person May contribute to world peace. Fifty Lorec students including Dean were sus Pended. Assault and Battery charges also May be filed against 10 14-year-old boys. Of Dnard shift cell rescued from he sen. Is is led by his wife Deborah in his Hospital Rimm l port Richey Fla. Congress must of contract 747 picked As presidential plane Washington a the Pentagon says it will buy two Boeing 747 jumbo jets pending congressional approval to replace the aging Boeing 707s used As air Force one. The presidential aircraft acting air Force Secretary of Dward c. Aldridge or. Selected the four engine 747 in Competition Between Bic ing and Mcdonnell Douglas which had hoped its three in inc do to would become the new while House jetliner. Maj. Mike Perm an air Force spokesman said thurs Day the enact Price for the two new planes could not be disclosed until a contract is signed after congressional approval but total Cost would be under the s280 million figure contained in an appropriations Hill already passed by Congress. A separate authorization measure however. Hus so far failed to win approval of the House despite Blessing from the Senate. The Issue Likely will be resolved in u House Senate conference committee. An air Force statement said the new planes to be delivered in late 1988 and Early 1989, will have Complete inboard site of the Art communication equipment including secure voice terminals and cryptographic equip ment for writing and deciphering classified messages the air Force has been interested in upgrading the presidential aircraft for years but until last fall had never received a go ahead from the while House. President Reagan stands to Lake few rides on the new planes the first of which would be delivered barely before his retire ment in january 19h9, i Eirini said the 747s would carry about 70 passengers and 2j Crew members compared with the 400 passengers carried by the commercial version of the huge Jet. He said they would have a Range of about 6,000 Miles. The first of the 707s entered the presidential Fleet on oct. 12, 1962, during the Kennedy administration. The second 707 was accepted by the air Force on aug. 4, 1972, and first used by president Nixon on feb. 8, 1973. The spokesman said the air Force plans to leap the two Boeing 707s in support of the vice president. Cabinet officers and other senior government  latest Huckleberry finn fan soviet Union s new . Envoy Washington a Yuri Dubinin the soviet Union s new ambassador to the United states says he admires Mark Twain wants to get to know the american people and Hopes for improved .-sovict relations. He also said he has no intention of staying As Long As Anatoly Dobrynin the Man he replaces. Embassy officials some in the uniforms of the soviet army a Navy waited with bouquets of red carnations to erect the new ambassador thursday As his train pulled into Union station from new York City where he had served briefly As ambassador to the United nations. The Silver haired ambassador dressed in a Gray pin Stripe suit Shook hands and exchanged greetings along the line he said Dobrynin a Washington fixture for More than two decades was a hard act to follow the new ambassador old reporters in accented but Clear  that his goal is a belter relationship be tween the United slates and the soviet  i would like to gel to know your people your country your achievements the 56-year-old soviet Diplomat said. Dubinin volunteered that he has a Strong interest in Mark Twain the author of Huckleberry finn and Tom  several Days ago i visited the Home of Mark Twain in Hartford conn., the ambassador said it was very instructive for me. Mark Twain is a writer Well known in our  Dubinin was Sameti to succeed Dobrynin Only two months after taking up his duties at the United nations. Dobrynin has returned to Moscow after 24 years in Washington to become Secretary of the soviet communist parly. So dict envoy Yuri Dubinin ind Hii wife Una