European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday March 26, 1987 Senate filibuster blocks vote on Contra Aid Washington a the son ale failed for inc third and final Lime wednesday to end a filibuster blotting action on a proposed freeze of . Military Aid to inc Contra rebels in Nicaragua. The vote was 54-46, sin Short of the total required 10 break off the debate. Bui it was sufficient to indicate that inc Democrat can rally the majority Vole that will be needed if they arc to succeed later this year in rejecting future re. Quests for Aid instalments by president Reagan. It is obvious we Are not going to gel cloture sen. Robert c Byrd. . Old reporters shortly before inc  republicans for the most part Are blocking action on Iii measure so i Don t think there is any Point in staying on this Byrd said. But he said he believes the exercise had been Worth while because it certainly made inc Point that we should have an accounting of the Money that has flowed to the contras from All sources private As Well As Public. The proposal would have Frozen for six month $40 million in Aid approved last year to provide time fora Complete accounting of All sources of Contra assist Ance private As Well As Public. Democratic leaders have said their real goal was to demonstrate that they could Musler the 51 Voles needed to kill the Aid program completely later on. The Reagan administration seeks to give the con Las j105 million in Aid for the fiscal year beginning oel. I. On tuesday the Senate split 50-so on the question of whether the filibuster should be ended. On monday he vote was 46-45. It takes 60 votes three fifths of the 100 senators to choke off debate. Teen turns in Mother for 72 hijacking to Cuba los Angeles a a 15-Ywr old boy told police he was the infant car ried by a couple who hijacked an air plane to Cuba Back in 1972, saying he decided to turn in his fugitive Mother because she had abused him. Ida Mccray Robinson 36, was arrested at her Home in Sacramento on sunday and served with an old warrant charging her with air piracy said Fri spokesman Dennis Joyce. She was brought id los Angeles tuesday. Ever since 1 can remember. I be known about it the hacking her son Atiba said after the arrest. When i was Little my sister tried to Tell the police on her and she got a  Robinson s alleged accomplice Allen Sims was convicted of the hijacking and is serving a 50-year term. A Pacific Southwest airline Jet was commandeered shortly before it landed at los Angeles International Airport and was forced to Fly to Havana. Atiba said he called police saturday after his Mother and her Boyfriend punished him for leaving Home to stay with a Friend without permission. They were talking about killing me and stuff the boy to d the los Angeles times claiming that he was lied up and a plastic bag was placed Over his head police said the boy s first Call was handled As a child abuse Case. I told them everything that had happened Atiba said. At first they did t believe me because they could t find in the arrest warrant on the  Joyce said the hijacking warrant finally was found in a computer record Check. We be always been looking for her he said. Robinson s Mother mid her daughter clipped Back into the coun try in 1975. Converted ferry unveiled As nation s 1st floating a new York up the cily tuesday unveiled inc nation s first floating jail a former Staten Island ferryboat anchored at riders Island where 162 men will be held on the Waters of the East River. Correction officials said the men held on the float ing prison will be Low risk prisoners nearing the end of their sentences. They were expected to be imprisoned aboard the former Phi. Joseph Merrill or. By this weekend. You have got to be pretty Damn Nice to gel on this ferryboat said mayor Edward Koch on a Lour of the spanking clean vessel. Rows of cols with a personal locker next to each one lined the decks. Sunshine bathed the scene As tugboats chugged by and departing flights soared out of nearby la Guardia Airport. Officials said there was Lillic threat of escape despite an absence of bars on hundreds of windows. Some 23 correction officers will Pairol the decks of the Vernon c. Bain named after a Warden killed in an Auto acc Itlene in 1985. Koch dismissed criticism of Cost overruns for the ferryboat prison saying in would have been built no matter what the Cost to alleviate chronic Over crowding. The boat was renovated at a Cost of $4.4 million but Deputy mayor Robert Esnard. Who supervised inc project said the pier the ferry is lied to was a sur  the Cost to strengthen the pier which will eventually have a second ferry lied Loil was a whopping 13.8 million. New York City mayor de Koch Center and other City officials tuesday to per the nation s first Bnting jail. A photo $685,000 awarded to Indian who signed Over drilling rights Muskogee okla. A a . District judge has awarded $685,000 to a Cherokee Indian who was penniless and living in a car before he Learned of and Gas was being pumped from his land. Austin Walker 47, sued the government after learning that in 1983, he had signed away for �4,000 leasing rights to property he owned in Creek courtly although subs an Lial Gas and Oil had already been pumped from Nis land. Judge h. Dale Cook said in his ruling issued thurs Day thai the Legal process had broken Down when the Bureau of Indian affairs allowed an attorney who rep resented inc Oil company Brislow resources inc., to Alio serve As Walker s attorney. Court records show Walker was inn items in 1983 v. Licit lie went to the Bureau of Indian affairs office in Mui Gugce to ask if he had a Check for a grazing lease on lilt Creek county land he inherited from his grandmother when Walker Lold a clerk he knew nothing about a least he allegedly signed with Brislow for Oil and Gas production on his land he was sent la Rex Herren of the Bureau s office of the solicitor which provides Legal advice to indians. The Oil and Gas drilling agreement had apparently been signed by someone else who had false rep Rose Nina himself As owner of the land court to Ards indicate. Cook said Herren notified court officials and the Oil company lawyers about the erroneous drilling lease. He said an employee of fris now resources contacted Walker and offered him Money to sign a new leasing agreement. But Walker when he signed the agreement for $4,000, was not told Here was substantial Oil and Gas production on his land nor did Bureau of Indian affairs officials discuss with him whether the lease terms were fair the judge ruled. An attempt to reach Walker by Telephone wednes Day was unsuccessful. Walker s attorney John h. Bayd Sion said he also has been unable to reach him to Tell him the news. Walker who now has a House and car probably did not know of the re ing unless he had read in it a news paper Bardston said. Private Eye s name arouses suspicion Honolulu a new York private detective Tom Selleck says some callers think he s pulling a prank when he gives his name Over the phone. I be had people say yeah Well i m Gary Gram and then hang up said Selleck. Who shares his name with inc actor who stars in the Hawaii based to series magnum  Selleck who worked for inc Fri for 26 years operates Tom Selleck investigations and Security in new York. When i make restaurant reservations people arc disappointed when i walk in Selleck 57. Said. I May not to famous but i m the  Sellek says he s never met the other More famous Tom Selleck. Bui 1 sure would like  Sidleck said. I understand from people i be talked to who have known him thai he s a very Nice