European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 10, 1966 the stars and stripes Page 5 Indian hero s Birthplace falling into decay Cox news service Sacaton Ariz. The one room Adobe Bouse where Ira Hayes was bom is slowly crumbling Back into the desc. The House sits far from the Highway that slices through the Gila River Indian Community Mil South of Phoenix but hardly a week goes by that a few people Many of them non indians Don t turn off the Highway and go in search of the place where Hayes the most famous native american Veteran was bom. People from All Over come out Here looking for where Ira was bom said Kenneth Hayes Ira s younger brother who lives nearby. There s still a lot of interest in him. Ira Hayes a Pima Indian was immortalized on feb. 23, 1945, when associated press photographer Joe Rosenthal snapped a picture of him four of his Marine corps buddies and a Navy corps Man As the six strained to hoist an Amer ican Fla atop mount Suribachi on the Pacific Island of iwo Jima. That photo became a Symbol to the Marine corps and the nation of the patriotic dedication of its military men. On veterans Day 1954 a 75-foot Bronze Laluc modelled after hat photo was unveiled at Arlington National cemetery As the three surviving Mem Bers of the hag raising party Hayes among hem looked on. The other three died on iwo Jima shortly after Rosenthal s photo a taken. Two months later Hayes was found dead by the Side of the Road near Here. Alcoholism and exposure to freezing weather were filed As contributing fac tors in his death he was 32. Hayes was buried in Arlington National cemetery near the memorial thai bears his likeness. Today Hayes life and his tragic death Are remembered Here with a mixture of Pride for what he did and regret for How he died. Outsiders particularly non indians who come seeking information about Hayes Are treated with Reserve because of what Many Here feel have been unfair portrayals of him and the Community. A Book a television show a movie and a Johnny Cash song placed Loo much emphasis on his drinking problem they say. The Community prefers to remember Hayes As a Marine who died in the service of his country. A three tiered whitewashed Brick Monument with a flagpole atop it Hon ors Hayes in his Home Community of Bapchule. The american legion Post in Sacaton bears his name. Earlier this year a new Community Library in Saca ton was named after him. The fact that Ira came from Here provides All of us with a great sense of Pride said Emmett White a Pima Medicine Man and former Marine. "1 know when people ask me what tribe i m from and i Tell them Pima they say Ira Hayes people know who he was and what he did and that reflects Well on All of  the government used Hayes and the other two Flag raising survivors As the focal Point of a National War Bonds tour in 1945. Hayes was touted As a hero by politicians and the Media. It was a role in which he never fell comfortable a role which Many Here believe contributed to his alcoholism and Early death. He was a quiet Guy very reserved said White. He never talked much about what he  he never thought of himself As a hero said Kenneth Hayes. He said he was just a Marine doing his  that legacy of patriotism and Devo Tion to duty that Hayes left behind Here is reflected in the generations of Indian veterans who followed him into military service. I know i m not alone in saving ibis said White but when 1 went Down lathe recruiting office and they asked me Why i wanted to be a Marine i told them be cause Ira Hayes had been a  distributed by bib new void Tii twi news sir Etc Ira Hayes Mother Teresa dedicates Home in Washington for aids victims Washington a Mother Teresa offering a prayer for the sick and unwanted saturday dedicated a Home for aids victims in a neighbourhood whose residents have objected to the facility. Let us thank god for giving us this Beautiful gift this Home she said at a dedication mass at he build ing located on a relatively secluded Hilltop surrounded by 12 acres of Parkland. The missionaries of Charity the order founded by Mother Teresa is establishing the Home with the help of the Catholic archdiocese of Washington. It will House terminally ill aids patients in the last stages of the disease. A Home that opened last Decem Ber in new York City also is run by the order. Archbishop James a. Hickey said the facility will be a Loving Home for Brothers and Sisters who face this dreaded disease  the missionaries of Charity will offer love and peace to those who have been forgotten As they face death. Here they will find peace he said. At a mass attended by several Hundred people Mother Teresa offered a prayer saying we Pray especially for the sick and the unwanted. The greatest disease today is being unwanted  residents of the neighbourhood where houses sell in the $100,000 Range have protested the Home claiming it will lower their property values. Supporters of the Home said residents also were concerned about living near people with aids which at tacks the body s immune system and has no known cure its chief victims have been homosexual men and intravenous drug users. Church officials say the Home does not conflict with the religion s leaching that homosexuality is wrong. As believers we Are called to respond to those with aids because its victims Are our Brothers and Sisters Hickey said. The Church offers these victims care and compassion not condemnation Mother Teresa to dedication of aids hospice. Appt Hhd pm to Lay off 1,300 at Buick City Detroit up general motors corp. Said it will Lay off 1,300 workers at its Buick City Assembly Plant in Flint because of production cuts. Pm spokesman John Mueller described the move on saturday As an indefinite line rate reduction and said the layoffs Are effective nov. 24. The no. 1 automaker is cutting Back production of its front wheel drive Buick Lesa re Model. The work Force at the Plant is 6,700. Pm announced last week that it plans to close nine plants and curtail operations at two others by 1990, reducing its work Force by 29,000 jobs. Buick City layoffs were not part of hat announcement. The s350-Inulion facility which features state of the Art technology began making Lesa res in 1985. Lesa re sales fell 10 percent in 1986 from 19b5. . Challenger admits defeat by 511 votes Syracuse . A Democrat Rosemary Pooler has conceded defeat in her attempt to unseal rep. George c. Wortley in the 27th District race the closest congressional contest in the slate. It s Tough to come so close Pooler said Friday. But it is distinguished to do so  with More than 165,000 ballots cast. Pooler had 82,354 Voles to Wortley s 82,865, leaving her 511 votes Short according to unofficial totals released by the Onondaga county Board of elections. Although elections officials still had to recount about 4,000 Absentee votes. Pooler said it had become Clear that the outcome would not change. Pooler 48, a lawyer who launched her Public career As a consumer advocate served until april As a Mem Ber of the stale Public service commission. She said she May run again in 1988. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Nov. 10, 1946 Gen. Chiang Kai Shek in an order issued in banking China set noon today As the cease fire hour for his armies. 30 years ago today. Nov. 10, 1956 Britain began partial Loop withdrawal from Egypt and israeli Premier David Ben Gurion promised to pull his troops out when they Are supplanted by the , Middle East police Force. 20 years ago today. Nov. 10, 1966 Early election returns showed the republicans defeating the democrats in most gubernatorial races. The democrats retained numerical control of Congress but the loss of 47 House seals and three Senate seats could Transfer real control to a coalition of republicans and Southern democrats. 10 years ago today. Nov. 10, 1976 demonstrators marched through East Beirut streets protesting the entry of Arab league peacekeeping troops into Christian areas of Lebanon As moslem and Christian gunmen battled in the City Center