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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, May 19, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 19, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago  19, 1947 Warren Wright faultless Winner of he Preakness a week earlier captured the 125,000-addcdwithers mile at Belmont Park. 30 years ago today. May 19,1957 Pope Pius Xii dramatically reaffirmed the roman Catholic Church s opposition to communism by Call ing upon its Bishops o follow the example of a polish Saint who was tortured to death by cossacks 300 years earlier. 20 years ago today. May 19. 1967 president Johnson said he sensed improvement in the National attitude toward the War in Viet Nam but conceded that the United states still faced a Long period of Frusina lion. 70 years ago today. May 19, 1977 Menachim begin scheduled a meeting Wilh labor party chief Shimon Peres to form a coalition government after begin s liked bloc won the most seals in israeli elections. Paroled rapist secretly put in North California location san Francisco vol Law rence Singleton the Man convicted of raping a teen Ager and hacking off her forearms has finally been placed Al an undisclosed location in Northern Cali fornia department of corrections officials took Singleton to the secret location saturday in Hopes of ending he 23-Day Man Euver in which he was moved from one protesting Community to an other. Bob Gore a department spokesman would describe he Community Only As somewhere in Northern  he said that if Singleton s location is discovered then we will simply move  Singleton 59, was convicted in 1979 of kidnapping and raping Mary Bell Vincent then is and chopping off her forearms and leaving her o die in a ditch in stanislaus county. She survived and is now married and living at an undisclosed location in California. Singleton was sentenced to 14 years in prison the maximum Al the time and earned parole through work pro Grams and Good behaviour after serving eight years and four months of t he sen tence. Since his parole was granted of. April 25, the stale has spent same$90,000 on shuttling him around Cali fornia under guard while seeking a Community that would accept him. County after county went to court to keep him out of their areas but he California supreme court ruled last week that local judges could not Block slate officials from Parolino him to a particular location. His last reported location was Al Corrito a suburb near san Francisco where local police said word of his arrival leaked out 15 minutes after they were notified of his presence Al Corrito police said their phones were Busy with Calls from complaining citizens. On saturday a group of citizens rallied at cily halt to protest his pres ence. Gore said the problem could be solved if police help keep the Loca  
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