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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, September 15, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday september 15,1986 they measure up As a Rule a worker at a nation it distributor of school supp Uei in san Francisco checks a bid stack of Mien. Saks of school supplies in the United states so far his year hate jumped by 1 1 percent to $7.1 billion efforts to save Marine animals trapped by Glacier suffer setback Yakutat Alaska Jap volunteers aboard coast guard cargo plane carrying nearly s tons or near said saturday they were Short of equipment needed Florescue seals and porpoises trapped when a Glacier dam med a fiord. Workers Hope to save some of an estimated 50 porpoises dying in Remote Russell Lake formerly a fiord open to the sea and a team Leader said the seals might save themselves. When the would be rescuers brought heir equipment together for the first time late Friday they were Short seven of the 12 boats needed to Herd the Marine Mamma i to capture. They also my cried a donated float plane to Cany i hair gear into the Lake Basin 25 Miles from Yak ulal but the plane became useless to the Effort when it arrived without floats. It has been n blow said coordinator Ken Mccann who was trying to buoy the spirits or about 20 volunteers against local scepticism and find a Way to keep the Mission going. We re not saying that we re going to Rescue animal we arc saying that As organizations we believe we should make an attempt said Mccann an administrator at the whale museum in Friday Harbor Wash. The museum is coordinating the Rescue bid with the Sausalito based California Marine mammal Center two researchers watched the Lake during the weekend to Check reports that seals were crossing the mud and ice dam hat the surging Hubbard Glacier pushed across the Mouth of the fiord this Spring. But if the seals can escape it creates a new set or problems. If the seals were rounded up to be flown to the sea the volunteers could Call in a coast guard helicopter to carry them. During that time Mccann had hoped the porpoises could be corralled and prepared for Airlift. But Mccann said he cannot justify calling in the coast guard without a Large number of seals to Rescue. The porpoises must be caught one at a time an Mccann said he would have to rent a float plane Al j2qo to j300 per flight to carry out each one. Scientists helping the group disagree whether the porpoises Are Halmy enough to be saved even if he Logis tics can be solved. The mammals have been sickened by exposure to fresh water As the Lake s Salt water is diluted by rain and Runoff and they arc starving As theirs at water food Supply Din. Stateside rare Blue whale killed in collision with ship los Angeles up a rare 100-ton Blue we talc was killed in a collision with a Large Container ship off the Southern California coast authorities said is foot ship collided with the 75-foo1-on$ female whale in the Santa Barbara Channel Friday morning and dragged the carcass to los Anje Tes har Bor said set. Ron Brydof the i Ort Warden s office. The Blue whale which has a dark Blue Gray body and is considered extremely  mammal was dragged into berth St at the har Bor by the ship which was carrying a variety of cargo. There was no damage to the vessel named the Barber Tampa and owned by the Barber steamship line. 9,600 Telephone workers on strike in Connecticut Hartford Conn. Up about 9,600 Connecticut Telephone workers went on strike saturday after rejecting a tentative contract ofter and the effects began to be Felt among the stale s customers operators and other workers walked off the of Al 12 01 . At Southern new England telecommunications corp., the Dale s primary phone company and set up picket lines outside company offices statewide. The customer is feeling it already said Rick Meli la a spokesman for the Connecticut Union of Tele phone workers. A lot of people rely very heavily on directory assist Ance he said. Right now you could Wail up to four or five minutes for an  . Agent in Korea says misconduct common Washington up army  authorities in South Korea have condoned widespread misconduct by their special agents including drug and alcohol abuse exploitation of agent credential and private use of government property a former agent has charged. Daily alcohol abuse impaired several agents Job performance and led to fistfights with South koreans leaving the american soldiers vulnerable to possible blackmail by enemy groups the former agent said in a written complaint now under investigation by the army. Joseph Ditzhazy who filed the 28-Page complaint with the army inspector general s office also said some intelligence specialists lost their passes for ent Rylo a top secret army facility. Little found in analysis of portrayals of children Washington a a $750,000 Gove Mem paid study of How children arc portrayed in Playboy Penthouse and Musil or magazines is of questionable value because Little of significance was found said a. Member of the panel that reviewed the project. This manuscript cannot stand As a publish Alt and or deliverable product in its present stale said Robert m. Figlio of the University of Pennsylvania on the peer review panel that evaluated he study. "1 seriously question the value of the contribution of this project. Much was searched for. But Little was found he said the study entitled a Content analysis of Playboy Penthouse and Hustler magazines with special Atten Tion to the portrayal of children crime and Vio Lence _ did not attempt to determine the effect of the depictions on readers. Dog tired Pup rescued offer 3 Days Down Well Washington Conn run ayoung Pup appeared Happy saturday with several prospects Lor adoption after the dog was pulled drenched an exhausted from a three Day ordeal at the Bottom of an old Cistern a Veteri Narian said. Richard and Bertha Lamb of Washington said they had heard dog bark ing and whining for three Days before they tracked the sound Friday to an old Cistern in the Woods. Five feet Down the Well in water s feet deep was the Young dog. His paws clinging to a Lille ledge and his tied just above water he was shaking and clinging to the Side of the Cistern where the Cement forms a ledge in. Lamb said there was a Little Frog on Bis Back and we brushed that  Richard Lamb rushed Back to his House to Call for help. With a ladder and a rope and the assistance of two state troopers he was Able to pull the dog 10 safety. I just kept talking to that animal some would know someone was there to help him mrs Lamb said. While she waited for the police to come mrs. Lamb found a can of Bash in the cupboard and fed the dog with along Spatula. When the dog came out of the Cistern Ana was released his Back legs sort of crippled up and was so scared he had broken a leg or something she said. But the dog quickly recovered an was Able to walk by the Lime they got nun to the veterinarian s office she said. Veterinarian Mark Beebe said the dog a Shepherd Collie mix about a year is i m f m Shai considering his three Day ordeal. It s incredible he had that much Mamma Beebe said. He was hungry and he ale and then he went kerplunk and went to sleep he must have slept for 12  the lambs Are angry that cisterns such As the one the dog tumbled into Are left uncovered in the Woods. They should be covered. If an Ani Mal was t that Alert what about a Small child mrs. Lamb said. Beebe said several people had of l � and pm the medium size Doc and mrs. Lamb said she was Tryina to persuade her husband to take tie dog  
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