European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 16, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 Fossil strengthens link Between Birds dinosaurs Washington Dpi Fossil ones 225 million years old found entombed in Texas mudstone have been identified As remains or the oldest known Birds strengthening the evolutionary link Between dinosaurs and Birds. Texas tech University pal onto Logist Sankar Chatterjee said the Crow size Birds with powerful Hind legs and a Tail resembling that of a tiny Dinosaur arc 75 million years older than the bavarian Bird reptile previously considered to be the ear Liest forerunner of today s Birds. He said this week the discovery indicates Early Birds were much More widely distributed around the world than generally believed before the late cretaceous period 70 million to 135million years ago when Birds began to flourish worldwide. The find was reported by the National geographic society which has supported the research of Chatterjee and his students for six years. Chatterjee said in a Telephone interview from his lab in Lubbock Texas that the fossils were found two years ago by students using Jack Ham men to break up the mudstone in a Quarry near Post Texas. He and his students thought they were Bones from baby dinosaurs and stored the away. He said it was during the past six months that he realized the fossils were from a previously unknown creature. Chatterjee Calls the Bird Procoavis for ancestral Bird. Most of the fossils found so far be Long to two Birds an adult and a Juve Nile but Chatterjee said More Bone fragments Are being found now that he and his students know what to look for. The fossils include the Light hollow Bones Birds need for flight a wish Bone a breastbone like that to which powerful flight Muscles Are attached in modern Birds and a Skull with Bird like features. Although no Feather impressions were found in the Rock Chatterjee said a forearm had a series of bumps to which feathers probably were attached. Also found were Pelvis and Hind leg Bones that resembled those of a Small Dinosaur. The National geographic society says most scientists Trace the ancestry of Birds to a Small meat eat ing fast running Dinosaur. Chatterjee said he believes his pro Travis could have flown from tree to tree but probably was unable to sus Tain flight for significant distances. The creature previously believed to be the oldest forerunner of Birds i called archaeopteryx a 150 million year old animal that was three fourths reptile and one fourth Bird. It was found in 1861 in a Limestone Quarry in Bavaria and is now on exhibit lit the British museum in Lon Don. Artist s Conception of Bird that roamed America 225 million Yean ago. Overjoyed1 family receives Call from freed former Green Beret Robert Schwab Iii App Toto Atlanta up Robert Schwab or. Was jolted from a predawn sleep by the ringing of the Telephone. How Are you asked the son he thought was dead. Robert Robbie Schwab Iii 44, was calling thurs Day morning from Bangkok Thailand to say he had been released after a year s imprisonment in Vietnam. The Vietnam Veteran had been captured when he sailed to Vietnam from the Philippines in a 17-foot plywood Dory 15 months ago. I am overjoyed the elder Schwab said of the Call. Schwab said his son one of the heroes of the evacuation of Saigon after american troops pulled out told him he was Pale but Tine when he called from Bangkok at 3 . He said he had not heard from his son since he left the Philippines in april 1985. Robbie Schwab who stocked his boat with plastic jugs of water and navigation equipment was released wednesday after confessing he violated Vietnam s criminal code and promising not to repeat his crime radio Hanoi said thursday. Robbie marches to a different drummer the father said. Apparently they thought he was a  the former Soldier was trying to Rescue a girl he called Mai the daughter of a family he befriended in Vietnam and her Niece said his aunt Nan Pender grass. When he left the Philippines he left a Long almost Book length article about where he was going and what he planned to do she said. Thai was the first we heard of the  when asked if the vietnamese woman was his son s Girlfriend Robert Schwab chuckled and said that s just not the  he was devoted to her Pendergrass said. But she was about 17 and Robbie was in his 30s by then. From my understanding in a High class vietnamese family like that the Little girl the Niece was the  Ever happened Between Robbie and  the elder Schwab said the girl had begged to leave Vietnam with his son during the evacuation. He thought that was not a Good idea the father said. She was still a child and had a Fine family  later Robbie Schwab who spent five years in Viet Nam Learned from a refugee in a thai refugee Camp that the girl had been jailed twice for attempted escapes Ana decided to Rescue her. Robert Schwab said to the Best of his knowledge his son did not reach his two friends. He was hoping to bring them both Back he said. Pendergrass said her Nephew was always quiet and had a wry sense of humor. We corresponded for a number of years i have kept All his letters she said of her Nephew who ran a restaurant in the Philippines. He described himself once As an american adventurer. Blasting old offshore Oil rigs May injure turtles Houston not two major Oil companies have postponed further dismantling of old offshore platforms with dynamite after environmentalists expressed concern that the explosions might be killing rare sea turtles and other Marine life. The two companies Exxon and nocal acted at the Behest of the environmental group  says the Large number of dead Kemp s Ridley while Federal officials Are not yet convinced there is a yes seem the National Marine fisheries service an am of he Commerce department has asked for a limited eight month moratorium on the blasting until the matter is better understood. At this time there is no direct evidence the use of these explosions is the causative agent said Charles Karnella acting chief of the protected species division at the fisheries service. But there is cause for concern. The number of standings has been higher than in the  the service s regional office in St. Petersburg fla., recently requested that the minerals management service the Interior department Agency that oversees Oil operations on the outer Continental shelf impose the moratorium so that it could be determined if the blasting violated the endangered species act and other Laws. A similar request was dispatched thursday to the army corps of engineers which is responsible for Waters within state jurisdictions. Under the Federal Law such platforms must be Dis mantled within one year after they go out of service. Several older less productive offshore rigs Are being dismantled because of the plunge in world Oil prices. It has Long been Standard procedure to drop an explosive charge Down the legs of platforms. The blast severs them 15 feet below the mud. Nocal had planned to Start dismantling its Vermi lion no. 35 platform near new Iberia la., last sunday. According to a count compiled by the fisheries service 73 Kemp s Ridley turtles were found stranded an dead on beaches in Galveston Jefferson and Cham Bers counties Texas in March april and May of this year