European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday january 27, 19b7 the stars and stripes Pago 5 Zipper deflects Bullet saves detective s life Chicago a a jacket tip per that deflected a Bullet and saved a police detective s life did not sur Vive he shooting inc officer said sunday. The upper was Bent and torn from he Impact of the Bullet sgt. Albert Green 42, said sunday from his Hospital bed. It had to be Cut out Green listed in satisfactory condition at West Lake Community Hospital in suburban Melrose Park said he bought inc civilian jacket at a discount store for 129. He was shot thursday night when police were called to a Dis Pute at an apartment building. A thur Morie 35, of Maywood was charged with attempted murder and aggravated Battery. Pastors say rights marchers give Georgia town bad name Cumming. A. A a Day after this All White Community was crammed with up 10 25,000 marchers demanding racial tolerance ministers complained sunday thai dimming had been characterized unfairly. But a . One of 56 people arrested in the South s largest civil rights demonstration since the 1960s, said he would work to oust the officials who welcomed the marchers. The marchers had come in response to a Jan. 17 attack by a jeering crowd of 400 Kun jux Klansman and their sup porters who pelted about 75 marchers with bottles rocks and mud. Televised images of that attack spurred saturday s huge turnout thai left behind sonic would be marchers in at Forf Worth stepping out from Dallas Shadow fort Worth Texas a Resi dents Here May have More political clout than anywhere Ken he nation now thai fort Worth is Hometown to both he speaker of the . House and the speaker of the Texas House. We be always been overshadowed by said chamber of Commerce spokesman . Maenius. But not any rep. Jim Wright a Texas succeeded Thomas p. Tip o Neill a mass. As speaker of the House in Washington with the Advent of the 100th Congress and democratic stale rep. Gib Lewis was recently re elected to the slate Post in Austin. Lewis and Wright whose districts overlap to include most of the City now Wield authority Over committee assign ments and Are in a Strong position to help shape political opinion the two have said they won t play pork barrel politics and an1 interested simply in making sure their Hometown gels its fair share of state and Federal benefits. But that does t dim the glow from civic leaders in fort Worth which depends in Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today ,.Jan. 27, 1947 scar face Al Capone 48. King of crime during the prohibition Era. Died of heart failure Al his Miami Beach. Fla estate. Capone spent seven and a half years in pc Dora prisons. 30 years ago today. Jan. 27, 1957 a general electric co. Executive said an atomic engine for military planes had been built and was undergoing tests in Idaho Falls Idaho. 20 years ago today. Jan. 27, 1967 defense Secretary Robert Mcnamara said the United states would not deploy a missile de sense system to protect american cities against nuclear attack. The decision was made despite the Assumption that the soviet Union would construct anti bal Islic missile defense belts around Princi pal soviet cities. To years ago today. Jan.7, 1977 Secretary of stale c Yrus Vance ruled Oul the secret monitoring of his Telephone conversations reversing a controversial practice of his pre Deresser Henry Kissinger. Part on defense contractors such As hell helicopter and general dynamics and is Bent on attracting More Industry this puts us close to the Power source and gives us input into the Politi Cal Arena we would t have otherwise said mayor Bob Bolen. And it s also an Issue of civic Pride. They re when somebody interviews Jim Wright when he s at Home it won t be Boston you see in the on National television Loire said it la be fort Worth. And reporters will be writ ing about us More. It will mean More visibility now than a recent Harris poll that found that while local folks thought a Tot of their City people outside fort Worth did t think about it much at All. Fort Worth with More than i million people in its metropolitan area is As distinctly different As it is close to Dallas its sister City 30 Miles to the cast. The Balcones escarpment runs Between the iwo dividing dry West Texas and its almost treeless grazing land from humid East Texas and its Green croplands. Fort Worth began As a Rowdy Frontier cattle town and clings 10 that identity today although its Collar is whitening under the influence of High technology industries such As Tandy corp., Bell helicopter and general dynamics. And because of its Blue Collar past it has tended to be More democratic Han Republican Zed Dallas. Wright. 61, was first elected in 1954 to the 12th District Seal and became majority Leader in 1976. He has been summoned regularly to the while House. Lewis who owns a Label making firm Here represents Texas b9lh District and won election to the speaker s Post in 983. Lanka when More i Han i my packed Char Ter buses were filled it looked like Forsyth county is the worst place in the world to live and is filled with the most hateful people the Rev. Gary armes told his sunday congregation at the first Christian a Nurali. I wanted to shake the to and say that s not so " it s a shame that the world cannot know what Forsyth county is really said the Rev Bulli Franklin of first Baptist Church gumming a Community of 2,800 peo ple that is becoming a suburb of Atlanta was quiet sunday. The few businesses which normally arc open were open and a few customers walked the streets. No police state troopers or National guardsmen were visible not at All like said Wanda Tullis Dis Patcher at the sheriffs office. A Welcome to Forsyth county Strung across he mule was still i Here. Roger Crow a businessman who be came the town s spokesman said the March and the events leading up to it might delay local integral Ion. To Etc events of Fth task two in was Proba Bly will prolong the feeling by Blacks that they cannot move Here safety Crow president elect of inc cumm ing Forsyth county chamber of Commerce said Sun Day. On saturday the marchers were shielded by 1,700 National guard troops called Oul Byzov. Joe Frank Harris and by 600 state and county Law enforcement offi cers. The marchers were jeered by about 1,000 people. Members of the army Reserve s co a 489th eng. To based in Middletown Iowa wait in a c-141 transport at Des Molnes for Takeoff on � flight la icon waiting for Takeoff a phobia Dura us part of the reserves by ulnar trails 87" program. The troops will be gone it Days and will build a of form of Imp left Road in Northern Honduras. Gas prices jump 3 cents in 2 weeks los Angeles up the retail Price of gasoline jumped three cents a gallon Between Jan. 9 and Jan. 23 and will continue rising if retailers pass on their costs to Consumers the Lundberg Survey said sunday. The biweekly Survey of about 16,000 gasoline stations nationwide showed the average Price of All grades of gasoline is now 90.96 cents a gallon. The amount of the increase is virtually the same As occurred Between dec. 19 and Jan. 9, and More increases can be expected if retailers arc Able to pass through their higher wholesale prices to Consumers sur vey publisher Trilby Lundburg said. The average wholesale Price in creased even More translating to an apparent margin loss in the nation s retail ers of Over a Penny she said adding that the same margin loss was reported in the last Survey. Despite the current upward Price adjust Menis the . Average pump Price for gasoline is still More than 29 cents a gallon lower than one year ago Lund Berg said. Logically prices should return to pc 1976 Levels of $1.20 or More per gallon but whether or when they do depends nol Only on the crude Oil Market but on american motorists consumption choices and requirements she said. Al self service pumps which account for 75 percent of All gasoline sales the average Price of regular unleaded inc biggest seller is 83.39 cents a gallon. Regular leaded is 78.75, and Premium unleaded is 97,14. At full service pumps regular unleaded is Selling for $1,11.47 a gallon regular leaded for ii.06.01, and Premium unleaded forsf.10.g7. The Price of gasoline is increasing partly because of increases in crude Oil prices and partly because of increases in related costs such As insurance and taxes Lundburg said
