European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday june 9, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 . Border agents spoil italian s wedding Detroit up Marcollo Fontana went to his Bachelor party and missed the wedding. He could t get to the altar because immigration officials would t let him Over the Border. Fontana 25, an italian National went to a bar in Windsor Ontario with his Best Man and a few Bud Dies Friday night. . Immigration officials refused to let Fontana Back in the country the next morning for his wedding saturday. Fontana a Mechanic came to Detroit from Italy in May strictly to get married. He was expected to Exchange wedding vows with Erena Apolloni at St. Anne s roman Catholic Church in Detroit. But when he left the United states he apparently Vio lated terms of his visa and could not re enter the country. At 11 30 . Saturday an hour and a half before the scheduled ceremony Fontana made a last ditch Effort to Cross the Bridge. Instead he spent five hours with . Immigration officials. Back in Detroit his Bride to be Kepi checking her watch. I was going to pick up my Flowers and i saw my Mother sitting at the table crying she said. Fontana and Apolloni eventually experienced something of a marriage ceremony a priest say ing a few words for the couple in a Park in wind Sor but the proceeding apparently will not be Recagni cd As a Legal marriage by either Church or stale. Indian court to decide if Mother will get son Back Salt Lake City a a tribal court will decide whether a while couple can keep their adopted Navajo son or Force his return to his biological motherland life on a reservation which he Cou ple says Means life As an the hearing convenes wednesday in window Rock. Ariz., it will be up to to bal judge Calvin Yazzi to determine the Fate of 10-year-old Michael Carter for seven years the son of Pat and Dan boy born Jeremiah Holloway has made Clear his desire to stay with the car ters but his biological Mother Cecilia Saun dvrs has been Irving to get him Back since1982. F o years after giving him up. Sounders could not be reached for comment at her Home on the Navajo reservation in new Mexico. She has said she was 18, unmarried and unemployed when Michael was was through Saunders aunt. Poly Dick that he Carters made arrangements to adopt the boy in 1980. The Carters said a lawyer explained to Saunders that she was giving up All rights to her Carters said that when they took custody of Michael he was suffering from an acc like skin disease had dental problems and scars on his Ankles that looked like cigarette Burns. The hearing will be the latest in a so Ries of courtroom Battles that began five years ago when the Carters were told by tribal officials that the Navajo nation did not recognize the adoption and would try to regain state judge upheld the adoption but the tribe took its Case to the Utah supreme court which in december 1986sent the Case to tribal court. To raise $25,000 for Legal fees the Carters have mortgaged their Home in Spanish Fork about 60 Miles South of Salt Lake City and their car. They say returning Michael to Saunders would be condemning him to life As an outcast. They have a name for indians Whoso away from the reservation and live with whiles. They Call them apples red on the outside but White inside said Carter who is a plumber. His wife is a Short order tribe and Saunders say in is important that Michael learn his heritage and tribal customs. Carter agrees but says having a Hance to be a respectful healthy human being also is important. There is some thing to be said for a Good education food in your stomach and a warm House to live tribal attorney Brit Clapham said the Carters will get a fair hearing and that it is not unusual for the tribal court to Grant adoptions of Navajo children to we have done in this Case is assert the rights of the tribe As afforded under the Indian child welfare act Clapham said. The Law aimed Ai pre serving tribal cultural integrity super Sedes slate statutes in custody cases involving Indian children even those living off he reservation. Rep. Howard Nicolson Rulah i april delivered to president Reagan Michael s written plea to stay with the car lers. He said the president expressed sympathy but lacks jurisdiction. Meantime. Michael appears to be Tak ing the hearing in stride unlike past court proceedings thai the Carters say threw the boy into somber moods and caused him nightmares. This time he s handling it real Good. I m not really sure Why. Before i seemed More of a threat to us and i think with time you get a Little More confident that things arc going your Way mrs. Carter said maybe he s confident because things have taken so pal contributors plan takeover Falwell s ouster Decatur. Of. A about 150 contributors to the pal television ministry prayed and protested Sun Day saying they own pal and want the Rev. Jerry Falwell to Down As its Leader. It s ours. It belongs to us. We paid for said Joe Haviland. President of the association of pal part ners an organization formed a month ago to rally pal s contributors to exert their influence Over the group which held its Georgia organizational session sunday in a suburban Atlanta Church claims 5,000 members nationwide and has announced plans to set up chapters in several states. The group contends the estimated 517,000 people who have contributed to the ministry Are the owners of pal. Pal broadcasts round the clock religious program Ming via satellite and owns nearly $200 million Worth of property around fort Mill s.c., concentrated in heritage Usa a Christian theme Park. As pan of his fund raising the network s founder there. Jim Bakker offered those who would contribute $ 1,000 or More to pal three nights free stay each year in the heritage grand hotel at heritage Usa. Those people were honoured with the title lifetime the association s chief Legal counsel Ai Gorncy Rob Ert g. Zanesky of Bridgeport conn., said the arrange ment ise rounds for the contributors to claim ownership. The group plans to file a lawsuit this summer in Federal court in Columbia s.c., he said. This was not a donation Zanesky told the bought an interest in a thanks Jimmy former president Jimmy Carter accepts a plaque from residents of a building that he helped renovate on new York s lower East Side. Rosalynn Carter holds a painting Given to them by a local artist. Love blooms eternal amid tomatoes Zucchini lettuce Louisville by. Up flanked by friends relatives shoppers and fruits and vegetables James Miller and Dar Lenc Schuler became husband and wife in the produce Section of a grocery store w Here they first met. Miller 38, and Schuler 40, said their wedding vows amid Zucchini and Heads of lettuce at Markwell s Pic Pac where they met last october during the first of the store s singles nights. The became engaged in december. The Bride tossed a bouquet of Broccoli. Store owner Lee Markwell and some friends paid for the wedding reception Al a nearby hotel and gave the couple two air tickets to anywhere in the Continental United slates a four tiered wedding cake and a videotape of the ceremony. Schuler said she had been dragged to the singles night by a Cousin and Miller said he just happened to be there when they met and started chatting. Two hours later Miller and Schuler left each with the other s phone number. They began dating when Miller an electrician altered to fix a broken ceiling fan in Schuler s apartment. Who would have guessed that a \ Isil to a grocery store and a Chance meeting would turn into a lifetime of Loving Miller said. He said they lived on opposite sides of Louisville and probably would never have met otherwise. The couple plans an August Honey Moon in san Francisco. Markwell has sponsored five single nights Al his store. He said several other couples who met in the store Are now dating and at least three arc engaged. There Are lots of lonely people an few Safe ways for them to meet Mark Well said. I wanted something to pro Mote the store and fill a need for our customers. This wedding is the grand i
