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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, November 26, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. November 26, 1986 the stars and stripes pane 7 heading for a new life a pvt Mon Agnand survivors 140 men 30 women and 13 children of the Vietnam exodus arrive at pm Angeles Airport Moo Don their Way to resettlement in greens Boro Raleigh and Charlotte . They Are the Rem Nants of tens of thousands of Vietnam Hughl auders who aided the is. During the War and resisted communist aggression far Mother i years after lie War s end berate fleeing across Cambodia to Thailand. Initial offering of Sver eagles sold ouf ? of Day Washington a the . Mini now has Silver Ruih to go along with the Gold fever it stirred up Over the put  mini put its new american Eagle Silver Dollar on Sale for the tint Lime monday and promptly foldout the initial offering of 1.4 million coins. The Silver dollars like the Gold eagles were no offered directly to he Public but were sold to authorized bulk dealers who will resell them to Coin shops Banks and other retail establishments. High demand forced the mint to allocate the coins with 28 bulk purchaser being permitted to buy  coins each far below what most of hem had  first Silver dollars Are expected to be available for Public Purchase by Friday. Wild an expected retail Price of Between i6.so and 58.50, dealers Are counting on them being a big hit with  the Gold and Silver coins Are Bullion coins which Means hey Are sold for the Market Price of their Bullion Content. The Gold coins the first general circulation . Gold coins minted in a half Century have been extremely popular even though Gold is Selling for about $380 an ounce. Silver Sells Lor a Little More than j5 an  the supplies of the Silver dollars depleted. Mint officials say it May be two weeks before they Are Able to offer More of  mini has about half a billion Susan b. Anthony Silver dollars in storage because that Coin was a bust when it was produced in 1979 and 1980. Nixon Battles release of presidential documents new York up when Richard Nixon was Ehrlichman said in a published report monday. Nixon is now locked in a struggle with the Federal archivist who is scheduled to unveil a Small portion of the presidential papers on dec. I. The vast majority of the 20,000 boxes of papers and4,000 hours of White House tapes however will re main seated while Nixon fights to invoke the Powers of executive privilege to prevent Public Access. There is no question that it will be uncomfortable and embarrassing for me As Well As others who worked 139-Day ordeal ends of two agree of share new car mount Vernon 111. A after enduring 139 Days of rain heat and cold in a parking lot to win anew car by being the last person to hold onto it the final two Strong willed contestants struck a Deal Mon Day to share the  Hulbert and Brad Meador were among the 53 contestants who first Laid hands on the $9,100 Buick skyhawk at Tyler s Jefferson motors on july 9. Under the rules they had to hold onto the car for 14hours a Day 8 . To 10 p.m., seven Days a week. They could switch hands touching the car but were forbidden to lean or sit on it. That was 4tt months ago. The last of the other is contestants dropped out More than a month ago but Hulbert 23, and Meador 24, stuck it out. The pair endured temperatures Over 100 degrees sunburn torrential Rains and a wind chill of minus 20. Meador became the official Winner with the flip of a Coin. He said Hulbert will take the car and pay him half the  be been through some tremendous rainstorms some tremendous  said Charles Bennett manager of the Dealership. Hulbert suffered sunburn and Meador used a pair of Battery powered gloves to beat the cold weather. In the Nixon while House when All those bats com flying out of the archivist s Cave Ehrlichman wrote in an Issue of Parade Magazine to appear sunday. But All of that notwithstanding it seems to me that it is time to open the doors he  Legal Battles rage Over Access to Nixon s Spe Cial files designated the presidential recording Sand materials preservation act of 1974 As the primary materials for release because they would be most instructive on the abuse of Power Ehrlichman said. He said Nixon s relationship with the government archivist has been the worst in history because of the fight to prevent the release of the information. Ehrlichman said Nixon told him 15 years ago How he intended to dispose of he letters memoranda another documents collected in 25 years of Public life. Nixon considered leaving the papers id his two daughters in Trust for their children or to a presiden tial  course no one will see All of it Ehrlichman reported Nixon As saying. When i retire i m going to spend my evenings by he fireplace going through those boxes there Are things in there that ought to be burned. No one needs to see those things Ehrlichman quoted Nixon As saying. Henry Kissinger Nixon s Secretary of stale and National Security adviser also is trying to prevent Access to the documents. Longshoremen approve pact Philadelphia up longshoremen monday overwhelmingly approved a three year contract that some had opposed because it would reduce the size of work Crews and allow fewer employees to receive a guaranteed annual income. Negotiators had approved the tentative contract on Friday averting a strike scheduled to begin saturday. The count was 787 for and 353 against in voting by eight locals of the International longshoremen s association which represent 3,500 workers at ports on the Delaware River from Philadelphia to Wilmington Del. Besides reducing some work Crews the pact includes National wage acre Emend reached Between the Ila and pier managers and local work rules that lower he number of people receiving the guaranteed annual in come of $2 5,500.the National wage agreement Calls for a pay freeze at s17 per hour for the first two years and a $1 pay hike during the third year of the contract. The eight longshoremen locals who work for a series of piers along the Delaware River known As the of Philadelphia were the Only remaining dockworkers on the East coast without a new contract. On oct. 1, some 10,000 members of the Ila from Maine to Virginia walked off their jobs in a three Day strike but then agreed to a 45-Day Extension. During the Extension the Union and pier manager reached a National master contract. Local unions were then left to negotiate on such issues As guaranteed an Nual wage and work rules. Macdonald suit ruling delayed grocery clerk m month into the contest Meador. A unemployed craftsman spent his second wedding anniversary with one hand on the Hood of the los Angeles a a judge said monday he has not yet decided if he will order a trial on convicted killer or. Jeffrey Macdonald s j1s million lawsuit against author Joe Mcginniss whose Book fatal vision concludes that he is guilty. The Book which was made into a television movie Tell the Story of Macdonald a former Green Beret physician convicted of murdering his wife and two Young daughters in 1970 at his Home in fort Bragg. Macdonald in custody at a Federal prison in Bas trop Texas claims that he and Mcginniss entered into a contract in a bib Mcginniss agreed to write a positive account of Macdonald s fight against the murder charges. Instead co Inonu concluded in Hisook that Macdonald was guilty of the Murden Mcginnin attorney Daniel Kom Slein claims Bis client was not hired to do a Public relations piece an that the writer preserved the integrity of Macdon Ald s life Story As agreed in the contract . District court judge William Rea said he would Rule this week on whether the lawsuit should be dismissed or go to trial. He had tentatively ruled ear Lier that the Case should go to trial but declined to make that ruling final monday saying be needed a Little More  think the fact that be did t affirm his tentative ruling shows the court u troubled pc Nurein said but Macdonald i attorney Gary Bostwi Csc Laid be Wam l worried by the  had said in the tentative ruling that Macdonald has sufficiently pled his fraud cause of action an that there were genuine issues of fact which must be resolved at   
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