European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june 12, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 Texas Feen lands huge Tiger shark in 2-hour Battle Houston a a teen age Fisherman May have set a mate record by snagging an 1,120-Pound Tiger shark he fought for two hours before reeling it in off the Galveston coast. Larry Simmons jr., 16, Okaly said he did t realize How big the creature was until it had been brought aboard his father s fishing boat. "1 thought it was about 700 pounds he said in a Telephone interview. He Simmons father was kind of scared when they were pulling it up because it could have taken one of the wire men crewmen  the record for a Tiger shark is 1,010 pounds set in 1983, said Clarence Beezley. A Texas Parks and wildlife department spokesman. He said the latest catch would have to be verified before a could be listed As a record. Although a Fisherman normally would slay in a chair secured to the boat s deck while trying to land the shark. Simmons was on his feet the ensure time. All we had at the time was a harness and it did t work too Well Simmons said. Simmons father Larry sr., and crewman Ken Cox helped the youth land the shark Friday night about 30 Miles  in the Gulf of Mexico. The catch earned Simmons first place in the Ith annual shark and sport fishing tournament at Galveston. The female shark was 12 feel 2 inches Long and swollen to a Girth of 88 inches Simmons said. It was carrying 52 pups he said. Guard funds May be lost if governors limit exercises my were a Icaca Lor a Loc longtime Milwaukee mayor feels too old to run again Milwaukee api Mil Var Henry vrar5. 1  Anh if k Znuj n by nor if an Dlack a military writer Washington the director of the Pentagon s National guard Bureau in the Farsi such explicit warn ing has threatened to Cut off Money for the National guard in any slate if its governor prevents troops from being Scal to Central America. It Gen. Herbert r. Temple or. Included the warn ing in a Tetter urging Ohio gov. Richard f. Celeste to reconsider his refusal to allow Ohio guardsmen to participate in military exercises in Honduras. Temple s Fetter was dated june 5 and its delivery to Celeste was reported earlier his week. In releasing the test at the Pentagon on wednesday however. National guard officials cited the funding warning As the first such direct threat to a governor. They also said the idler made it dear the Reagan administration will not Back Down in enforcing a new Law that strips governors of their authority Oblock overseas training assignments even though the Law is now under court Challenge. Ohio is the first stale to actually deny permission for guard participation in an overseas exercise since the Law was amended last year said Dan Donohue a spokesman for the National guard Bureau. So this has become the first occasion on which Cit Temple has spelled out the consequences. We arc going to enforce the Law until such Lime As a court rules otherwise Donohue said. The Law enacted last year is being challenged by a group of 12 states led by Minnesota and including Hio. The Law repealed the authority of governors to Block overseas training for their guard units unless the needed for focal emergency. Gro of it was passed at the insistence of defense depart ment officials angered by what they viewed As inc refusal of some governors for political reasons to a Low guardsmen to be Scal to Central America to undergo two weeks of Active duty training. The governors of Ohio Massachusetts and Vermont have said they do not want their guardsmen deploying to such countries As Honduras where Contra guerrillas maintain support bases in their War to overturn Nicaragua s leftist sandinista government. The first Federal court hearing on the Stales lawsuit is scheduled for next monday and it is not known when a ruling will be issued. Celeste however was Given a july 1 deadline for informing Temple whether he would drop his order barring the participation of Ohio guardsmen in the Honduras exercises. I urge you to reconsider and advise me of your decision by july i 1987, so that exercise preparations May proceed in an orderly fashion Temple wrote. As you know. Section 108 of title 32, United Stales code provides for Complete or partial Wilh holding of Federal funds from the National guard of a state that fails to comply with Federal  during peacetime the National guard is a state. Militia under the control of a state s governor. But it is the Federal government that provides most of the financing normally 95 percent of the total. In the Case of Ohio with 21,000 guardsmen and 3,000 full Lime employees the Pentagon provided �223.6 million to the slate in fiscal 1986. Nationwide the Pentagon spent $8.6 billion on the guard in fiscal 1986, maintaining a Reserve Force that totals 450,000 in the army National guard and 114,000 in the air National guard. Mayo y w. Mater the nation s longest serving big City mayor announced wednesday he will not seek re election nest year be cause at 69 he feds be is Loo old. Maier. First elected in 1960, announced his dc7i i in at a news Confer ence that included mme of his familiar blasts Ai mate and Federal governments for culling Back on or an Aid. Pressed for reasons the feisty mayor who to been a  critic of presi it Reagan s a .-.isiralion, cited his age. I or a next feb. 7. "1 said the president was Loo old to be president at 70," he said. I believe it s True of me too. It s Lime for a Guy Al 70 to Start doing some other things. Maier did not say what he planned to do after leaving office next Spring but he commented that one of the most enjoyable limes in Bis life was a period when he did free Lance writing. When this term is Over Nel april it will Complete a 28-year administration he said my Early goal was to beat for Mer mayor Dan Hoan s record by four Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today., june 12, 1947 presided Truman addressing Canada s parliament warned the world that . Support will be confined to countries determined to govern themselves and who would permit others to do likewise. 30 years ago today. June 12, 1957 a High defense official disclosed evidence Typl showed spec. 3 William s. Girard enticed a japanese woman in Japan closer toward a guarded area before killing her. The United states had surrendered jurisdiction to Japan. 20 years ago today. June 12, 1967 a tenuous peace prevailed in he Middle Easl As inc cease fire agreements Between Israel and Egypt Jordan and Syria appeared to be effective. To years ago today. June 12, 1977 in a blazing assault backed by Jet fighters dutch troops in Assn the Netherlands plucked 49 hostages from a terror filled 19-Day ordeal aboard a hijacked train ending the longest mass hostage siege on record. Years. Succeeded and it is now a National record for cities of 500,000 population and  he credited his administration with overcoming Many problems and helping make Milwaukee one of the most Liva ble Large cities anywhere in the  certainly Many problems remain but old Mother Milwaukee has aged very very Well he said. As accomplishments he cited Down town  moves Industrial development the City s solid a Bond rat ing recreational and cultural enrichment efforts and Community re Newal and Low Cost housing programs. The mayor choked Back tears As he came to the end of his prepared statement say ing and. Of course i am grateful to the people of Milwaukee and i thank them for Over 2 a decades of  after a losing bid for mayor in 1948, Maier a Democrat won election to the state Senate in 1950 and won re election in 1954 and 1958. He won the mayoral election in 1960 and was never seriously challenged in seven re election bids. Spending spree Susan Elliott a 20-Yi a old bookkeeper Hui West Hampstead n.y., raises her bands in Triumph after buying u $20,000 Camano z28 with part of her winnings from a radio contest. Under the rules of the contest Elliott had top and All her $50,000 in winnings within 24 hours