European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 28. 1986 the stars and stripes Page a photo tropical heat wave Bob Paolucci who lives in the Kaphahn area of the Bland of Hawaii crouches to avoid the heat Gener ated by glow moving Lav flow from Ellanea Volcano. A Shower of molten Rock spilled Over the coastal Kahn air Road an the Southeast Side of the Island wednesday. Farmer Happy to be out of a but problems Over debts continue mount Carroll Iii. A a Farmer accused of hiding a 120,000 tractor and plow from his creditors was freed after two Moths in jail wednesday to spend thanks giving with his family bul the fight to keep the land his family has Farmed for three generations is not Over. I m doing a lot better Duane Knise 47, said minutes after his release it la be great to spend the Holiday with my family and friends Carroll county judge John w. Rapp or. Ordered Kruse s release on a $10,000 recognizance Bond. The judge had jailed Kruse for contempt of court sell. 2s after the Farmer failed to produce farm equip ment that had been used As collateral for a $217,000 loan from production credit association a farm loan Agency established by the government. Kiuse has maintained thai the missing equipment disappeared from a Field in May. He told the court thai he thought the pc had repossessed the equipment after he failed to keep up the Foan payments. Kruse s lawyer Mark h. Merritt said he and attorneys for the pc forged an agreement that allowed the Farmer to be released in Exchange for a Promise to appear at scheduled court hearings. The Only stipulations Are that he appear in court when directed that he not leave the state without per Mission and that he notify the court of any change of address Merritt said after the 15-minute hearing. The attorneys for the pc said All along they would drop their opposition to his release if he agreed to the  Kruse has appealed the contempt charge to the slate appellate court at Elgin but the Case is not expected to be heard until March or april Merrill said. Meanwhile Kruse must continue to fight foreclosure proceedings started last fall by the Federal land Bank of St. Louis and creditors efforts to repossess other assets on the family s 500-acre spread near Lan Ark in Northwestern Illinois. . Investigation changes hands Providence . A the slate s trial court wednesday hailed its investigation of possible Crimi Nal wrongdoing in the office of attorney general Arlene Violet in favor of letting her successor conduct the probe. Superior court presiding Justice Anthony a. Gian Nini said the court s judges accepted attorney general elect James e. O Neit s proposal that the court with draw its appointment of a special prosecutor to Lead a grand jury investigation. Giannini said the judges were not bowing to pres sure from Violet or other republicans who contended either that the appointment of Providence attorney Leonard Decof As special prosecutor was unconstitutional or that the court should have selected an attorney from outside Rhode Island. If or. O Neil had not come Forward with this suggestion i can assure you the court would have to attn used its investigation Giannini said. The court unanimously decided nov. 3 to launch the investigation but did not announce its decision until after the nov. 4 election in which o Neil narrowly Defeated Violet. Her loss was widely attributed to prosecutor Al mis conduct by staff members and allegations of wrong doing in several major cases. A fraud Case against the state s largest construction company was dismissed four Days before the election. Although o Neil does not take office for five weeks Giannini said be had asked stale police to begin the investigation for the attorney general elect. Gas Price fixing suits dismissed los Angeles a a Federal judge has Dis missed a decade old series of suits brought by five Stales accusing major Oil companies of conspiring to create a gasoline shortage and fix prices in the 1970s, officials said wednesday. The suits bought by California Oregon washing ton Arizona an Flonda had sought damages that could have totalled billions of dollars the luminary judgment dismissing the suit a returned tuesday by . District judge  Gray of also awarded the companies Legal costs. Ali furnia assistant attorney general  exclude Legal fees could be in the High six figures for each state. Dove said California would ask Gray to reconsider his decision on grounds that he wrongly applied cer Tain precedents in making the decision. Failing that we will Appeal to the 9th circuit court in a Francisco he  suits were filed by the Stales Between 1973 and 1977 and named 16 Oil  the original defendants seven remained Atlantic Richfield co. And nocal corp. Of los Angeles Chev Ron corp. Of san Francisco Mobil corp. And Exxon corp. Of new York Royal dutch Shell group of Houston and Tew inc. Of White Plains , most of the others settled out of court in Hii decision Gray said there ii no sign of a paper Trail pointing to a conspiracy.11 Cuba accused of torturing killing prisoners United nations a . Ambassador off Nan wallers introduced a Resolution in a general As Sembly committee on wednesday that accuses Cuba of torturing and murdering political prisoners and other violations of human rights. The Resolution Calls on the . Commission on human rights in Geneva Switzerland to include on its Agenda consideration of the human rights situation in Cuba and to prepare a report for submission to the general Assembly. Countries already Given such attention Are Guate Mala Al Salvador Chile Iran and Afghanistan. Wallers said Cuba has the largest population of political prisoners per capita in the  in a speech to the general Assembly s social com Mittee he said there Are 15,000 political prisoners in cuban jail. The population of Cuba is 9.8 million. Cuba meanwhile circulated resolutions charging the United states with violating the rights of hopi and Navajo indians and of puerto Tricam. Walters said 1.4 million cubans have fled Fidel Cas Tro s Cuba but As far As i know there Haven t been any indians seeking Asylum in Cuba.1 we will be glad to give the cubans As much Access to puerto Picans and american indians As we get to political prisoners in Cuba he said. The Resolution says Cuba has consistently refused a Cess to outsiders wishing to investigate the human rights situation and has expelled foreign journalists for having attempted to interview cuban citizens and report objectively on the human rights situation in that  Walters said he launched his Campaign to help Polit ical prisoners in Cuba after he Learned that his efforts to gain release of Middle East hostages although unsuccessful had Given Hope to them. He said that if a move is made at the United nations cuban prisoners will learn sooner or later hat the world has not forgotten  stick up note gave Bank robber away Aberdeen miss. A a Man has pleaded guilty to being the poor spelling Bank robber who handed a Teller a stick up note written on the tack of one of his Mother s checks. The robber threatened to blow up the Bank with explosives strapped to his body but had some trouble spelling several of the words in the note. This is a Slick up the note said. This is my gun and this is my bum. Gerald Keith Rodgers was arrested by the Fri hours after the citizens Bank of Byhalia was robbed april 29 of $4,5so. He pleaded guilty tuesday in . District Courland faces up to 20 years in prison and a j 5,000 Fine Rodgers note asked the Teller for $3,000, but when the Teller responded that she did not have that much Money he showed her what appeared to be a bomb strapped to his body. Don t make me mad he said. She then banded him $4,550. As be left the Bank on foot the Teller activated the Bank camera which look Bis picture. Although Rodgers had tried to cover bit Trail by scratching out his Mother s name and address on the Check he failed to scratch out her account number. California governor picks new chief Justice san Francisco