European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes monday july 7,1986 spec. 4 John Wherry sets Flop he military police boat White patrolling the american sector of Berlin s wins be. Bern maps duty station cruises Lake continued from Page 1 Are formal but not hostile according to he Crew of the military police boat. We More or less acknowledge each other s exis tence a nod when we pass by close enough to be seen. Thai s about the extent of it Wherry and Dennis received training in water safety life saving and related areas before taking the boat assignment which is one of several unusual military police missions handled by the 287th my worked the Berlin duty train before taking the patrol boat assignment and Dennis wore the special uni form of a checkpoint Charlie military policeman. The jogging suits worn aboard the patrol boat were selected because they can be discarded quickly should the soldiers have to jump into the water and the soften the military presence in a recreation area. Prillwitz took the military police boat Job in 1974 after he lived of the constant Ravel associated with captaining a River Barge along the Rivers of West patrol boat is powered by an eight Cylinder Chrysler engine capable of 225 horsepower and a lop Speed of 38 Knols he said. The boat will travel 30 to 40 Miles during regular patrols and occasional escort duty Pri Jawitz said Prillwitz supplies the voice that booms out Over the loud speaker to warn German boaters away from the Border. When the boat is Laid up in Winter he does the necessary maintenance to prepare for another summer of patrols. This summer is the first and last one aboard the boat for Dennis and Wherry. The duty is rotated each year. Wherry work is part of the Job. When they Are off on monday there is no military police presence on the Lake. Their workday starts at 11 . And ends at 7 . In Between their two or three two hour patrols Aday. They practice the skills they need on the Waterways of Berlin Dennis on patrol they regularly pass the Skyline of Potsdam and the Glenicke Bridge Over which u-2pilot Francis Gary Powers crossed in 1962 and this year soviet dissident Shch Aransky crossed tothe West after their release by the soviet Union. The lonely sight of the Heiland skittle is also along the route. West berliners used to Cross to the Church by ferry before the Border was closed in 19s i Prillwitz the Church stands empty on the Shore of the Havel River Between the guarded Wall behind stand the buoys in the River. It is Only one of the sights along a most unusual duly tour. Give me Liberty or new York Kupij sweltering tourists poured into the rejuvenated statue of Liberty again sunday and Park service rangers who drove angry visitors outland closed Early on opening Day shut Down ticket sales after four disorganization in the statue saturday resulted in the ugliest scene of an otherwise euphoric Liberty weekend and there appeared to be consider Able confusion left on in the City soared to 98, the hottest july 6 since 1911, and officials said thai in the Observatory decking the statue s Crown it was probably near 110. There were reports that on the stairs leading to the Crown tempers were again beginning to fray. Sammy Romero 35, of Lubbock Texas said it took his family 4 a hours to get up to the Crown and Back and people Are losing their tempers. There was on woman screaming what s going on Here can t you gel organized but his wife Yolanda said it s been great. The statue of Liberty is just As Beautiful As i Island superintendent David Moffit said the Day went smoothly except for the usual the Harbor in new Jersey a cast of More than 13,000 assembled at giants stadium for the three hour spectacular engineered by television producer David Wolper to officially close the weekend. It involved Bevy of stars a chorus of 1,000 voices 1,000 tap danc ers and 200 Elvis Presley , who initially said he was ready for 18,000 visitors sunday later said the number would be Hel to 10,000 less than the 12,000 that visit the statue on any routine weekend Day. A total of 11,000 came tothe Island in just half a Day saturday. Asked what time the statue closed rangers gave times anywhere from 5 . To 9 . The line at the Circle line Dock in Battery Park forthe $3,25 ride to the Island stretched into a two hour wait sunday before sales were Cut off at i .saturday was the first Day the Public could visit the statue since it closed for renovation 54 weeks ago Offil said the 11,000 people who showed up on the half hourly ferries was twice the number expected and we did t adjust to he flow of the visitors Moffit said the Circle line was told not to Send anymore people saturday but the boats kept coming. When the last Boatload of visitors discovered to Hsiai be was being closed several Hundred indignantly re fused to leave. They said rangers began shoving the toward the doors shouting get out gel out about a dozen people refused to Board the last boat out saturday night sitting Down on the grass and most said demanding to be " worm have been unconscionable to arrest anyone yesterday he said. It was a great Day. We dont want to go around arresting people on a Day Hie yesterday.". Instead be said rangers relented. We took them up into the statue and gave them a Quick tour and the finally agreed to leave Moffit said. They were taken Back to the Mainland on a government boat. briefs 346 Auto deaths so far Chicago a Street and Highway death across America through the Long Independence by weekend totalled 346, police the weekend began the National safety Council had predicted 500 to 600 people could Dieon the nation roads Between 6 . Thursday and Midnight sunday local times As an estimated 34million americans took to the roads. By 3 . Not sunday 346 deaths had Bee reported with California accounting for 28 fatalities and Texas 24. Syrian troops in Beirut Beirut Lebanon not syrian troop Back in Beirut for the first time in four years were on patrol saturday in an expansion of their10-year military Roie in Lebanon. At least 200 soldiers armed with machine gun and rocket propelled grenades patrolled the Street of the moslem Western pan of the lebanese capita to Back lebanese army and police units enforcing a week old peace and Security special forces trained to combat Street warfare and sabotage set up roadblocks an checked cars and identity card. Pakistan protesters rally Karachi Pakistan not tens of thou Sands of anti government protesters rallied Here and in other major cities saturday As Bengazi Bhutto the opposition Leader resumed her Campaign for elections to oust president Mohammed Ziaul Haq. The rallies were held to observe the ninth anniversary of the overthrow of prime minister Zulfikar All Bhutto Binazir Bhutto s father an the imposition of mania Law by Zia. Bhutto was hanged in 1979 after being convicted of murder and conspiracy. Mubarak Hart meet Cairo Egypt up president Hosni Mubarak has met with sen. Gary Hart ekcbto., and has urged Washington to expedite requests for More flexible terms for . Economic Aid to Egypt. Emerging from a one hour meeting with Mubarak Hart a member of the Senate armed services committee who is expected to run forthe democratic nomination for president in l9ss, said he discussed Middle East peace regional Security and .-Egyplian relations. Heart recipient Dies Pittsburgh a a West Virginia Man who had been Kepi alive for three Days by an artificial Jarvik-7 heart has died two months after the device was replaced with a human heart officials said Howard Nicholas 42, of Elkview died at presbyterian University Hospital Hospital spokeswoman Cindy Mascara said. Nicholas suffered from cardiomyopathy a de generation of the heart muscle before he was Given the plastic heart to keep him alive until he could get a transplant. Marriage vows renewed Buenos Aires. Argentine up an Esti mated 50,000 people Sang hymns prayed and renewed their marriage vows saturday in front of Buenos Aires downtown Cathedral in a Mas Sive protest against proposals to legalize Juan Carlos Arambul archbishop of Buenos Aires told the crowd that divorce would shake the great value of society and Worsen growing instances of drug addiction violence and juvenile he then administered a mass renewal of marriage vows to murmurs of i do from the crowd. Flying congressman Dies Washington a _ former rep. Peter Francis Mack jr., who was known Ai Illinois riving congressman after completing a 33,000 mile around the world Goodwill tour in 1911,has died at inc age of 69. Mack of suburban Potomac md., died Fri Day at the Shady Grove adventist Hospital nursing supervisor Barbara Clement , a Democrat served seven consecutive terms from 1949 until his defeat in 1962,
