European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday. March 30, 1987 the stars and stripes or of Ron club spoofs Iran Contra affair Washington a swaying to the heat of hello Pulle and try to remember washing ton s Gridiron club spoofed la. Col. Oliver North and president Reagan in a satirical review saturday that focused on inc Iran Centra affair. The 102nd annual dinner a while tic banquet thai Iione of inc City s most venerable social events also featured a skit in which journalists pretend ing to be Democrat Sang to the tune of with a Little bit of Luck these words the lord above said we must act As statesmen and to the Constitution be lord above says expedite the hearings but with a Little bit of Luck with a Little bit of Luck we will find a Way to string things out Gridiron president James Mccartney of Knight Ridder inc., said in the prepared text of his Welcome we be been Starling this dinner in the dark for 102years, but we never dreamed that the while House would like the idea of keeping the president in the dark so much that officials would make it a National Reagan and his wife Nancy were among dozens of luminaries who attended the expected at the review included vice presi Dent George Bush Cabinet officials supreme court justices members of Congress foreign diplomats and at least 10 governors. A highlight of the prepared script was a rap song featuring a stand in Tor mrs. Reagan leading an exercise workout tape she sings i was Juit a fragile lower. But then i found this amazing happened in 80,1 Gol a grip dispatched John Sean with a gentle my Ronnie was a labor of love. I gave Richard Allen just a casual wan Learned a very hard Way that i like How the Beach Bays with Don Regan i was pushed to the Max. We even had to do the jumping easing him out and finally fired worked up a sweat realty perspire the Gridiron guests heard club journalists spoof former National Security Council officer North tothe tune of hello Dolly with these words i m no Nero i m a hero. 1 did nothing found these Nice mullahs paying top a line from Reagan s scripture now and of cake fellas. Just for Freedom s Sake would love to do it All chorus of no Ollic. Of no no no Ollic that s not exactly what we had in mind. So take the stand your hand. to the tune of the Beach boys i Barbara Ann a John poin Duxler character song let s Arm Iran and the Gridiron s Tower commission to inc tune try to remember Sang to the president try to remember the time in september when you said yes or was it congressional democrats did not miss the spot Light. One skit had a performer playing sen. Robert Lyrd singing to the tune of country inc swords i m a Man who follows the social trends once wore a White Hood but he s made amends. By Givin Little breakfasts for my friends Nice touch for a country Wall Street the supreme court journalists seek ing leaks and Maureen Reagan All came in for the and Iron bewitched bothered and bewildered the Gridiron version of former sen. Gary Hart Sang i m wild again beguiled again a Middle aged flowering child , Boring and bewildering that s me ruling in baby m custody Battle due this week Hackensack no a the Pudgy Bland girl the nation knows As baby m passed her first birthday Friday without Legal name awaiting a judge s decision this week in the historic custody Battle Between the Parent who gave her life under a surrogate _ contract. The judge s Rul ing the nation s first on the legality of such a contract will decide not Only baby m s Fate but Al so whether Mother can be forced to wite had give up the Chad she agrees to Bear under contract. The Case has provoked a worldwide de Bate Over surrogate parenting which opponents say exploits women and amounts towelling babies. Supporters endorse it As a route to parenthood for couples who can not have children. This decision is going to Cany an awful lot of weight in the stale and an awful Tot of weight everywhere else said Gary Skolout the attorney for the baby s father William Case has been played out in Superior court Here for three Harvey r. Sorico will decide whether Stem or the child s Mother mat Beth Whitehead should have custody. He will also Rule on the Validity of the contract to which the two agreed on feb. 6,1985. Whitehead who has two other Chil Dren agreed to be artificially inseminated with Stern s sperm and Bear his child for a $10,000 payment. She then was to relinquish her parental rights Al lowing Stern and his wife Elizabeth to adopt the , when while head gave birth on March 27,1986, she changed her mind turned Down the Money and fled with her Newborn daughter and family to and a private detective hired by Stem tracked her Down 67 Days eater and Sorkow put the child called Sara by her Mother and Melissa by her father in the temporary custody of the stems the trial that resulted when the Sterns sued while head for custody focused on the contract s legality and on which Parent would be most fit to bring up the , a 29-year-old Brick town ship homemaker was portrayed Asim Pulsiver narcissistic and immature by the Sterns attorneys who cast the Stemas stable Loving and possessed of the re sources to give the child a Bright for Whitehead and her Hus band Richard described Stern a Bio chemist and his paediatrician wife As cold and contended mrs. Stem turned to surrogacy because she did t want preg Nancy to interfere with her career. The argued thai the whiteheads were experienced parents with an extended family and that the surrogate contract should not have been court appointed guardian for the baby Lorraine a. Abraham recommended the stems be Given custody and the natural Mother be denied visitation rights for Al least five years. The precedent set by the judge s Deci Sion will apply Only in new Jersey but twill have implications for other courts religious Leaden politicians considering Laws on the Issue adoption advocates potential Surro Gates and child less couples. Since the first birth under a sur Rogate contract in1976, More than 500 babies have been bom under similar Circum stances but no stale regulates the practice. Two Days be fore the closing a Ste go meals the Vatican condemned surrogate motherhood saying it offends the dignity of the right of the child to be conceived carried in the womb brought into the world and brought up by his own Sands of time scouts help crack kidnapping Case Garden Grove Calif up diligent troop of explorers was credited for breaking a Case that led to the Rescue Ofa 15-Monlh-old girl kidnapped from a child care Center Darlene Johnson 18, and her 17-year-old brother whose name was not released were arrested and booked on suspicion of kidnapping la Scott Hamilton said. The infant Victoria Marie dark disappeared from Young horizons child care Center at about 3 . Thursday a few minutes after an attendant noticed a woman who had been inquiring about the facility also was gone it John Woods , described As s-foot-6 and 170 pounds with shoulder length Brown Wavy hair and facial acne first went to the Center just before noon. Woods asked a lot of questions was real interested in placing her child there. She looked All around Woods said adding that Johnson returned about two hour Slater looked around some More then Dis was then that the attendant noticed Victoria was missing also Woods and a group of explorers a Branch of the boy scouts canvassed the neighbourhood near the Center looking for witnesses. These Young men did very diligent work Hamilton said they found a woman who Houghl she had seen the baby at a nearby House police following up on the explorers Lead went to the House where they found the baby and arrested Johnson and he brother he said. The child was resumed to her parents unharmed. It appears to be a random Kidnap Ping Hamilton said. She just wanted a baby and that was priest s pulpit puppet captivates kids Worcester mass. A the most popular sermons these Days at our lady of Lori to Church come from the Mouth of a Duck. Distressed by the relatively Small number of children Al sunday masses the Rev. James j. Aquino last year enlisted the Aid of a hand puppet to bring the message of christianity to his Small listeners. I pulled this Duck out from under the pulpit and started talking 10 him. The congregation absolutely came alive he said. There was Yelling and laughing. It was like somebody was throwing 1100bills at them. Then we did 10 minutes me Andice Duck and now Louie the Duck is a Star. It s not unusual to have 125 or More children atone of Aquino s sermons. When people saw the reaction of the kids they saw the Good of what 1 was doing he was t just being done to fool around at mass. We re doing it to draw he kids closer to us and it s working. The great thing is now the kids Dragi hair parents to in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today March 30, 1947 United mineworkers Leader John l Lewis called on 400,000 soft Coal miners to quit work Fornix Days in memory of 111 victims of a mine explosion earlier in the month in can Irali Alf 30 years ago today March 30, 1957 Pakistan s Bor Der patrols were alerted to keep a special watch for fugitive iranian bandits fleeing with kidnapped american Anita Carrir Carroll s husband and another Man were killed during the abduction. 20 years ago today. March 30, 1967 the British Navy and air Force pounded the Torrey Canyon for two Days with enough explosives to destroy a Large City but the Lank or refused to sink. The bombers hoped to bum the remains of the 118.000-ton cargo of Sticky crude Oil still in its hold 10 years ago today. March 30, 1977 the Laic Peter Inch the messianic newscaster of net work and Faye Dunaway the hard driving executive of the same him won oscars As Best actor and actress
