European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 28, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 bidders fight to give dog new Leash on life b Andrew  Angeles times los Angeles like two connoisseurs determined to own the same work of Art the rivals bid against each other at the auction Friday. In is and $10 increments the asking Price spiralled from a Starling Point of $14 into the hundreds of dollars. At stake ownership of a stray while dog about i % years old with the puck ered face of a Boxer one Blue Eye Andone Brown. On one Side was an unemployed Man who wanted the dog so badly that he had been arrested while trying to steal it from a Pound and who subsequently won the hearts and financial backing of the los Angeles police department Anda mysterious blonde. On the other Side was an animal Wel fare activist determined to save the Pooch from falling into the hands of what she called an irresponsible Ani Mal  As if in slow motion the bidding went on "$280, $281$290, $291. $420, $421 " the rhythm faltered Only when the Price reached $500. The animal rights woman then announced her final bid $650. The Man topped it by one Dollar. Victory in the strange auction went to David Mills 30, who was arrested at the West Valley animal shelter Mon Day night. He told police he had come for the impounded dog because it re minded him of his previous pet Boxer named buckwheat that was killed by a car in july. Mills who lives alone and docs Volunteer Handiwork at a senior citizens Cen Ter said he did not have the $48 in fees needed to adopt the dog and was afraid it was going to be destroyed by the shelter. At the Devonshire police station in Northridge area of los Angeles sympathetic officers collected More than $50to Aid him. We re used to arresting people who Don t give a Damn about other people s property officer Paul Robi said. But who wants to Send a Guy up the River for trying to get a dog Mills pleaded guilty wednesday to trespassing after a burglary charge was dropped. He was placed on two years probation. Meanwhile publicity about the Case prompted interest from others. The stage was set for the auction when the animal passed the Standard seven Day waiting period before a stray can be adopted said Tom Walsh District manager for the City department of animal regulation. Such auctions arc held whenever More than one per son is interested in adopting a Pel and arc quite common with horses but extremely rare for dogs. Mills arrived at the shelter s loading Dock before 7 30 a.m., confidently carrying a Rcd and White braided Leash and accompanied by Robi and a blonde woman in a Black jogging suit who would not give her name but said she was a lawyer. Mills opened the bidding at the $14minimum. An immediate counter bid of $100 came from Barbara fabricant who said she represented the humane task Force and was there to prevent Mill from getting the Boxer. I feel he s an irresponsible animal owner she said. This was no Way to gel a dog. If he can t afford the dog can he afford to feed the dog to care for the dog the bids Rose. A third bidder dropped out at $200. Onward and upward went Mills and fabricant. Am i bidding against the whole land fabricant asked when the Price Rose Over $250. Although he won the Boxer with his $651 bid Mills total Bill including fees for licensing and neutering came to $721.86. The woman in the Black jogging suit calmly signed Over More than $600 in traveler s checks telling him remember the lecture you got about staying within the  i kind of feel guilty about it Mill said commenting on the extraordinary expense his backers had to cover but at least the Money goes to a  advertising handgun toll angers Detroit officials Detroit a City officials Friday expressed outrage Over a radio station s billboard that lists the number of people killed by handguns in Detroit but station officials said they re just trying to help solve the gun problem. It s a disgrace said mayor Coltman a. Young. It s a shame to sensationalize tragedy and death and that s what this is  the billboard beside a Busy freeway shows a hand gun firing a Bullet through a meter Reading 366 and moving toward 367. Southfield based Wyt am said 366 people have died of handgun related injuries in the metropolitan area this year. The sign which was posted thursday includes the station s phone number and slogan talk to  the billboard will not keep a running account of gun related deaths but May change occasionally said Sta Tion manager Joe Bacarella. Thirty nine other outside advertisements will be posted throughout the Detroit area to try to persuade people to Call in to the station s talk shows to discuss Detroit s gun problem he said. I think my first reaction is that i d like to add to the tally of victims the person who Hough of this awful idea said William Mclaughlin. President of the metropolitan Detroit convention my visitors Bureau. Bacarella said he expected some people to react negatively to the billboard. Of course we re concerned about the image of de troit he said but the billboard did t make the image the image was already  Bacarella said the station has received several Calls about the billboard most of them positive. Memorial service sixteen coffins containing bodies of victims of the aug. 3 collision of an Aero Mexico Jet and a Light plane Are at Rancho Palos Verdes calif., for  Morial service. The crash killed 82 people. . Publishing House sold to German firm new York up Nelson Dou Bleday or. Friday announced the Sale of the Doubleday and co. Publishing Housetop Bertelsmann a.o., a West German Media concern for $475 million. Doubleday is chairman of Doubleday and co., a privately held company founded in 1897. It is one of the nation s largest Book publishers. The company owns 95 percent of the new York mets but the Sale does not include the team. Club president Fred Wilons owns the other 5 percent. J. Monon David a limited Stock Holder in Doubleday and co. Made an $80 million bid for the firm s stake inthe mets. In the announcement Nelson double Day and Mark docs scr president of Bertelsmann said the Price for the pub Lishing House was $475 million plus con Tingent payments for the Sale of certain unspecified assets. A . Spokesman for Bertelsmann which is headquartered in Gutc Ryloh said the assets to be sold included unused land. The Long rumoured Sale of Doubleday which publishes some 500 books a year and has annual sales of about $500 Mil lion is subject to approval by the Bertelsmann supervisory Board the 300doublcday shareholders and . Regulatory agencies. The transaction is expected to be completed before the end of the year. The Sale of the company at this limes an Opportunity for All of our share holders to realize significant value in their investment and would Combine two leading publishers built on the Cornerstones of tradition and family ownership Nelson Doubleday said. Docs scr said he was delighted to Welcome Doubleday to the Bertelsmann International family and looks Forward to furthering Doubleday s Success in America and to preserving their tradition and  every alaskan getting $556 in yearly Oil dividend Anchorage Alaska up every Man woman and child in Alaska will receive a Check for $556.26 just for living there thanks to the state s annual share the wealth program it was announced  $296 million will be sent to All 531,911 permanent Alaska residents the state department of Revenue announced. The amount will be $556.26 per applicant. A very healthy sum said Dick Monkman Deputy commissioner of Revenue. It came As a Tittle Surprise Monk Man said. The amount tops $403 checks sent last year. The first checks this year will be printed monday and staggered mailings will Start next week Monkman said adding that every alaskan including babies will have the Money by Christmas. The number of alaskans receiving checks represents All alaskans who had lived in the state for at least six months by the Spring application deadline in other words everyone who endured Alaska s Long Winter. Alaska began sending its citizens Money in 1982. This will be the fifth year checks have gone out. Although Alaska s Oil fuelled Economy has been hard hit by the world Oil slump and the state budget has been drastically Cut and workers Laid off none of this has affected Alaska s Giveaway program. No politicians want to tinker with it saying that no matter How bad the econ omy gets the state will Send its citizens checks unless people vote to Stop the program which is doubtful. The dividend program is the most efficient Means of giving the Overall Economy of the state a boost he said. The Money spent through the dividend program creates More jobs and gets out into All sectors of the  a certain percentage of All the state s Oil revenues is placed in an untouchable Rainy Day savings account known As the permanent fund. This fund now holds $7 billion and was created to make Alaska solvent when the Oil runs dry