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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday augusts 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 Joliet churchgoers Welcome Jenco i a the Rev Lawrence Martin Junco celebrated his first Hometown mass on sunday since returning from 19 months Captivity in Lebanon a id implored listeners to Pray for those still held hos Tage. The roman Catholic priest freed july 26. Wore a White Robe for the mass of thanksgiving at St. Ray mond s Cathedral. People of Jolil. Hank you he said quietly .11 he end of the service. I ask you to Pray for my brother who Are still in  Junco Sal quietly during most of the mass but assisted in giving communion. The churchgoers gave him repeated standing ovations. After the mass. Junco mingled with Well wishers at reception. Worshippers of All faiths from Joliet and surrounding towns began filling the 1.200-scat Church two hours before the service. Jenco. 51, spent most of sunday resting at a secluded undisclosed location after a four hour Public Wel come Home motorcade and reception in Jolil on sat urday. Thousands of Joliet residents lined the s rets cheering whistling and waving flags As Jenco Rode in an open convertible. The priest grinned blew kiss Sand repeatedly thanked the crowd. At a Public reception. Jenco said his captors had asked forgiveness before releasing him and gave him Small Cross asking him to Pray for peace in Lebanon. The last time Junco saw his Hometown an Industrial City of 78,000 about 40 Miles South of Chicago was in August 1984, when he celebrated his 25th  a priest. Soon after he left inc United states to head Catho Lic Relief services in Beirut Lebanon where he was kidnapped by moslem extremists Jan. 8, 1985. Jenco was released along an isolated dirt Road in Lebanon s Bcka Valley. His Homecoming saturday ended a whirlwind week in which he flew to West Germany Rome London and Washington. He delivered secret messages said to be from his shiite mosle captors to i Ope John Paul ii the archbishop of Canterbury and president Reagan. However a statement purported to come from islamic jihad the group that held Jenco. Denied sunday that the organization sent messages to the three world leaders Ana said it would never negotiate with them for release of the remaining american hostages. They Are Terry Anderson 38, of Lorain Ohio chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press Thomas Sutherland 55, of fort Collins colo., acting Dean of agriculture at the american University of Bei rut and David Jacobson 55, of Huntington Beach Calif. Mounted patrols get few nays from citizenry Orange. . A when Resi dents of this Small City asked for a greater police presence officials reached Back into the 19th Century for an idea. They set up a four member mounted squad that they say turned out to be surprisingly cheap and effective. Police mounties legendary in Canada were brought to this City of 32,000 Resi dents near Newark in May and they have impressed the police chief mayor and Cit administrator As Well As Many residents. Proponents say the officers can see and be seen More easily have closer con tact with the Community because they Are outside the Iron coffin of a patrol car and have More mobility in the City Busy streets. The squad members chosen from 30 volunteers on the 96-member Force have Strong Esprit do corps. They care seven Days a week for their mounts and helped build stables in a former traffic depart ment maintenance garage. They clean the stables feed and Groom the horses bed them Down and take turns checking their water at Midnight. Their affection for the animals is obvious As they pet. Slap and kiss the horses. It s a lot of work and a lot of hours said officer Jim Cullen. But you could t pry me out of Here with a pitch Fork. I be talked to and met More people in the last three months than in 17 years on the  Cullen and his partner. Officer Craig Burns prepared their mounts for duty tuesday As they do every Day. The squad commander it. Anthony Setaro was out Una e Cit if hamburgers a photo Orange n.j., mounted police Park their mounts and take a Burger break. . Home bought by Juk in 1957 had clause barring Sale to Blacks Washington up1 president Kennedy could not have known about a deplorable clause in the deed of the Washington Home he purchased while in the Senate that barred its Sale to Blacks Kennedy s brother says. The restriction on the residence was part of a plan put together in 1939 by 33 Georgetown homeowners a . News & world report Story says in its current Issue. Kennedy purchased the residence in 1957 when he was a senator and moved out after he was elected president in i960. There was no evidence he was aware of the clause the report says. I have no knowledge of any covenant on the former Home of president Kennedy sen. Edward Kennedy d-mass., said in a statement issued by spokeswoman Melody Miller. I consider such covenants deplorable and know my brother would feel the same Way said Kennedy who last week derided similar covenants disclosed on properties owned by supreme court chief Justice designate William Rehnquist. Restrictive covenants have been declared unconstitutional by the supreme court and arc unenforceable. Black leaders in Boston expressed Shock at the revelation that Kennedy known As a supporter of civil rights would Purchase a Home containing such a clause. It s sad to hear of any prominent offi Cial having a covenant like this Boston City Council president Bruce boiling told the Boston sunday Herald. The covenants Are leftovers from an other Era. Although they re not legally binding they can Send a message to real estate agents Selling the property he said. Rev. Bruce Wall of the twelfth Baptist Church in Boston s Roxbury Section said he was totally stunned that the deed to Kennedy s property contained such a covenant. I m shocked that a former president would have a clause similar to what we be seen from Rehnquist Wall said. The disclosure of the exclusionary clause on the Kennedy properly followed Stormy Senate confirmation hearings on Rehnquist s appointment from associate Justice to chief Justice. The hearings were rocked last week when it was disclosed that a clause attached to Rehnquist s former Home in Phoenix barred its Purchase or rental by non Whites. Earlier in he hearings it was also revealed that Rehnquist purchased a Greensboro vt., vacation i be in 1974 which contained a clause Luu idding the resale of the property to jews. Rehnquist said he was unaware until recently of the 1929 clause on the Phoe Nix Home which he bought in 1962 an sold in 1969. Sick and officer Mike Mcmanus was on vacation. As Cullen brushed his mount. Star the 1,200-Pound Quarter horse stood motionless. Grooming relaxes the horse be fore the patrol begins and is Good train ing for being close to people Burns said. After cleaning the stalls inc mounties Shower and Don their uniforms which in clude Black boots and wide brimmed hats. In their first five minutes on  and Cullen warned a motorcyclist about driving too fast stopped traffic to help a Driver Back out of a parking space on Busy main Street and greeted a half dozen residents. You can t go up the Street without somebody wanting to give the horse Carrot or Apple Cullen said. The Ani Mal is son of a mediator Between  the officers who All Rode horses a youths attended a grueling course at the Philadelphia mounted police Academy. For 10 weeks we ate slept and drank with these horses Cullen said. It s just Tike a partner in a radio car. You buildup a  bums and Cullen said the horses Are an effective Law enforcement tool. They have broken up fights by walking their horses Between combatants. Burns was Able to see a drug Deal a half Block away and trotted up to arrest the dealer. City officials said the program i cheap with feed costing Only j 1.30 a Day. You re not going to find any Gas a that Price said Burns. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 5, 1946 wild poppies blossomed this week in London s bomb ruins. They arc the first wild poppies the City s Center has seen since men built houses in the open Field 900 years ago. 30 years ago today aug. 5, 1956 the British govern ment in London admitted an extensive movement of troops to insure our Posi Tion in the Eastern  meanwhile the . Secretary of state predicted a solution to the Suez canal crisis without resort to arms. 20 years ago today. Aug. 5, 1966 police reported that comedian Lenny Bruce 39, whose off color jokes and penchant for narcotics kept him in trouble with the Law was found dead of a drug overdose in a Home on Hollywood Boulevard. 10 years ago today. Aug. 5, 1976 state health officials in Harrisburg pa., said they Don t know when they will be Able to identify the mystery disease that has killed 22 people who attended an american legion convention two weeks ago  
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