European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 11, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 new Earl thinking about disclaiming title Cumberland Maine a the new Earl of wham Lite says he would rather remain the old construction Foreman of Cumberland thank you just the same. A like it Here in Maine says Richard War Tulcy 34 who Learned monday he had inherited the tide i Britain. I enjoy my Job and i m not sure i would want to give it ail up to  a reporter in Yorkshire in Northern England in formed Wortley by Telephone of his inheritance on the death from pneumonia last weak of the fourth Earl Alan Wortley Mackenzie 52, who had no sons. Wortley s late father was the Earl s Cousin and Wortley is the Earl s closest living male relative. I m Happy to be the Earl but As for moving i had other plans for the summer Wortley said in Telephone interview. Mackenzie was buried tuesday to the strains of a Dixieland jazz band playing when the saints come marching  there has been no official notification of the inheritance but Wortley said tie has known since child Hood in new Haven conn., that he was in line for the title. Family history has always been a source of inter est because of the family s Blue blood he said. But becoming cart was not something he coveted. When the Telephone can came from England i had my Stock answer that i had prepared when i was 12 years old " i m an american and i m going to stay that Aspmo new Ead of wham file with ancestor s picture. Way but now i be gotten All these phone Calls and it s More interesting. Maybe it s Worth a trip he said. It certainly would be a Nice Way to visit As something special rather than As a regular  the earldom dates from 1826, and the family seat at Wortley near Sheffield in Yorkshire includes a4,800-acre estate that is run by a Trust from which the late Earl received an annual allowance. Wortley said he was not sure whether a recent change in Britain s inheritance Laws would affect what he would receive As part of the title. His parents visited the family scat and he had seen photos of it but he has been to England Only twice and neither time did he get a Chance to visit Wortley. He said he would Contact the countess of Wharncliff Teto learn More about the title. Charles Kidd editor of the authoritative Book on Britain s peerage Debra it s peerage said Wortley did t have a Choice on accepting the title. He is already the Earl whether he likes it or not if he wants to disclaim it he must do so in writing to the lord Chancellor within a year of succeeding to the title Kidd said. The lord Chancellor is Brit Ain s highest Legal officer. Wortley s title would make him eligible to sit in the House of lords but As a . Citizen he cannot take his place Here according to the government British information services. Wortley has a younger brother in Rochester n.h., but the older Man is heir to the title. Wortley has two boys Ages 3 and 7, and the next in line is the 7-year-old, who becomes the Viscount Carllon. Low rate Omraam production reportedly of d Washington a defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger has authorized the Start of Low rate production forthe Omraam air to air missile Clearing a hurdle for the new weapon informed sources said monday. The decision based on recommendations provided by the defense acquisition Board last week is expected to be outlined in a formal directive within the next few Days said defense officials who asked not to be identified. Weinberger is convinced that the pro Gram remains on track despite congressional concerns about the adequacy of flight testing and he docs not want to order delays that could boost the pro Gram s Cost said one source. The air Force has acknowledged that its developmental test program for the missile is months behind schedule. But the service also says its us record has improved to 30 successes out of 35 trials and that the new missile remains an essential weapon for the 1990s. Weinberger s decision will allow the. Air Force to award contracts to two manufacturers for 180 so called interim de sign Omraam missiles. Some of those missiles will be used for additional test ing while the remainder will be used to introduce the missile to the air Force s fighter wings in the fall of 1988. The Omraam advanced medium Range air to air missile is a so called smart missile that has been under development since 1981. While the air Force is responsible for developing the new missile the Navy plans to Purchase the weapon As Well. As envisioned a fighter Pilot equipped with the 12-foot missile would use the radar on his plane to detect enemy air Craft at Long distances. He could then fire and forget the Omraam toward the enemy plane with the missile using its own Small radar to Home in on the enemy plane i Sicad of having to be guided by the Pilot. Proponents say the missile will allow pilots to fire from farther away and to quickly attack multiple targets. During the Early stages of the development Effort the Omraam program was plagued by technical problems an Cost overruns. It was salvaged last year Only after Weinberger provided Assur ances to Congress that the Pentagon could Purchase 24,335 of the missiles for s7 billion in 1984 dollars. Spiritualists dance to reach spirit of the Condor Frazier Park Calif. A a dozen spiritualists Shook rattles and danced to the beat of Deer hide Drums in a harmonic Circle at a Remote con Dor Lookout atop 8,830-foot mount finos in a Purifi cation rite to reach the spirit of the California con Dor. Even though All the wild condors Are now caged in zoos Down m some Smo Opplis the Condor is still with us in spirit said organizer Dave Desante of Bolinas an employee of the private Point Reyes Bird Observatory. What this ceremony is doing what we Are doing is dancing to the spirit of the Condor because its spirit is still out there flying in the wind Desante said. None of the giant Carrion eating vultures remain in the wild and there Are Only 27 in zoos in los Angeles and san Diego. The . Forest service announced May 11 that it would undertake a review of almost 384,000 acres of the los padres National Forest including the Sespen Condor Sanctuary which had been withheld from leasing and mining operations. The Forest service is seeking Public comment to help decide what to do with the land keep it As is modify it to accommodate some changes or release the land entirely. Forest service spokesman Eari Clayton called it Aroutine review. We Are not considering letting mining or Oil development anywhere near the Sespen Condor Sanctuary he said. That is All Good and wonderful if it s True said Desanc who formed the committee for wild con Dors two weeks ago after hearing of the Forest serv ice s plan. Among the dancers was self described Witch mor Rigan Conway Mucha who said she is a High priest Ess of a Southern California coven. We worship a Mother Earth Type of goddess so we therefore have a stake in the Earth and its survival and the Condor symbolizes this struggle she said. Downed copter found in Ravine Augusta Mont a wreck age of a medical helicopter missing since Friday was found in a Ravine tuesday afternoon and authorities confirmed that All four people aboard it were dead. Two searchers in a Small aircraft spotted the wreckage near 8,500-foot arsenic Mountain about 60 Miles West of great Falls Mike Ferguson chief of the state aeronautics division said. Those aboard it were identified As the Pilot Jim Meyer drs. Gary Stoick and Mike Grimes and a registered nurse Don Berndt All of great Falls. 11 men charged a a Gest Ever loan shark ring broken Boston up the Justice department said tuesday it cracked the biggest loan shark ring m America s his tory end arrested nine of 11 men charged with collecting j3.5 million from 350 victims. This undoubtedly is the largest loan sharking operation seen in the United states James Ahearn Fri Boston director told a news conference. The 11 suspects include two former police officers and a Bank director and All but two were arrested tuesday in the two year state and Federal investigation of organized crime in Boston. A Federal grand jury returned an 82 count secret indictment monday against the 11 suspects charging them with Loans harking racketeering and mail fraud. More indictments Are expected. The men Are charged with loaning More than s2.5 million to about 350 peo ple from 1982 to 1985 at interest rates of up to 7 percent a week and 350 percent a year authorities said. They collected More than $3.5 million in repayments from victims including people who believed they had legitimate Bank Loans authorities said. What you have Here Are people from every walk of life from every race an Creed and i mean every race and Creed who were victims of this opera Tion said Jeremiah o Sullivan of the Justice department s new England organized come strike Force. O Sullivan declined to say whether any victims were injured in the loan shark operation which he said involved fear intimidation and Force but suggested that the ring was not Independent of other organized crime groups