European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday june 24, 19b7 the stars and stripes Pago 5 county won f say no no of who who Carlsbad . A the question was no where or Why or even what but who who. Four residents and two land owners petitioned Eddy county to change the of who who drive in the la Huena Section of town to Applewood Lane. Three other families wanted to keep the who who. The county commission voted unanimously Tat week to leave i who who. Who who Dweller Tom Marek told the commission that Elmer Skinner who came up with the who who for reasons unknown moved away shortly after naming he Street when Only two families lived on it Marek said Applewood would be More in keeping with the names of other streets in the area. But who who resident Ron Mccracken argued thai just because the Strewl has a funny and different should not be a reason to change Vietnam Era deserter will be discharged from Marine corps quant1co, is. A a Vietnam War deserter who surrendered after being at Large for 17 years is being discharged from the Marine corps for the Good of the service instead of being court Martiale the marines said monday. Douglas g. Blanc who has been held at the Quantico Marine base since june 9, admitted to being guilty of charges of desertion dealing in the Black Market and threatening to kill another Marine said gunnery sgt. Dean Chamberlain a base spokesman. Beane 39, of Rochester vt., had faced trial on those charges in Vietnam when he deserted. He was arrested in Australia As he applied for a visit the United slates. Beane Wilt be restricted to the base until his separation is Complete which should be in several Days Chamberlain said. The decision to give Beane a discharge on other than honorable conditions was made by it Gen. Frank e. Petersen commander of the Marine corps development and education command Al Quantico based on Beane s request for separation. The decision was made on the recommendation of the command staff judge advocate col. . Mchenry Andreane s commanding officer maj. . Rippy Chamberlain said. Beane was arrested in december i Australia where he had lived the past 17 Yean. He was applying at the time at the . Consulate for a passport so he could visit his sick father in Vermont. Australia s highest court blocked his extradition in april on grounds the arrest warrant was invalid and because Beane had not committed any indictable of sense in Australia. Beane who was 17 when he entered the marines surrendered to . Authorities and was returned to the United states on june 8. He remained in confinement at Quantico for nine Days until he was allowed the run of the base. He descried in 1970, two weeks before Iskoui of duly in Vietnam was to end. The charges against Beane when he deserted included currency Manipula Tion solicitation of another Marine to assist to Black marketing . And for eign currency communication of threat to kill that Marine and a previous desertion Chamberlain said. When Beane was recaptured the marines said the disposition of his Case could Range from a discharge to a court martial. Technically he could have faced the death penalty if he had been convicted of desertion. My Hopes Are that they will take into consideration the time. I want to see my family he said in an interview with a Vermont television station after his re turn to the United slates. I want to see my parents at Beane s father Donald Beane lives i Rutland vt., and suffers from circulatory ailments and other problems. Beane s Mother 59-year-old Christine Beane of West Rutland it said she spoke last week with Beane s Marine lawyer maj. David Henderson and he Ted her to be almost sure it the Dis charge was going to mrs. Beane has no Telephone and said the family received word of the discharge late monday afternoon when officials at Quantico called her granddaughter. She said she then called her son from her granddaughter s phone. He was really Happy and looking for Ward to coming Back Home she said. Beane has a wife and children in Australia and is expected to return there after a visit with his family in Vermont. Court rejects claims by sex gis others exposed to radiation or. G. Octo Bunett with a Puin do stay. Computerized data available to doctors Chicago a doctors can tap a vast Library of constantly updated medical knowledge by using a per Sonal computer and a Telephone developers of the system announced monday at the american medical association convention. The system contains data on More than 2,000 Dis eases including the latest information on aids and will help physicians consider All possible diagnoses suggested by a patient s symptoms spokesmen said. I think we re probably More Complete than most textbooks on Medicine said or. G. Ocio Barnett a professor of Medicine at Harvard medical school in Boston and a Developer of the computerized system called a doctor can subscribe to the service for a one time fee of j30 to Jio depending on whether he or she is an Ama member and use it for an average s5 to j10 per session said Ray Mcglothlin jr., head of soft search inc., the company distributing the data. Francisco up1 the 9th circuit court of appeals ruled that families of servicemen and others who suffered cancer As a result of radioactive fallout from atmospheric nuclear tests cannot sue for damages. An estimated 250,000 military personnel and civil ians were exposed to radiation Irani nuclear weapons tests end the number who eventually died is unknown but is Likely to ran in the thousands said Alan Sparer a lawyer for the plaintiffs the appeals court ruled monday in a consolidated set of about 40 cases brought on behalf of people exposed to radiation in nuclear tests Over the marshal islands and the Nevada test site Between world War ii and 1963, and american prisoners of War at Hiro Shima and Nagasaki. Most of the plaintiffs Are families of servicemen now dead. As a general Rale he United states is immune from lawsuits by its employees and other citizens resulting from its governmental activities. In he cases before the appeals court the plaintiffs Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. June 24, 1947 the Senate overrode president Truman s veto and voted the Taft Hartley labor Bill into Law. The Law provides for government injunctions to halt National emergency strikes for Al least so Days. 30 years ago today. June 24, 1957 South korean officials turned thumbs Down on any talks with communist North Korea and said the Only Way to achieve korean unification was through Force. 20 years ago today ,. June 24, 1967 the Senate censured sen. Thom As j. Dodd of Connecticut for personal use of political funds but rejected a second charge that he had double billed the Senate and private groups for travel expenses. Dodd was Only the sixth senator in . History to be censured by his Peers. 70 years ago today. June 24, 1977 after lecturing the human Fly on breaking the Law a Manhattan criminal court judge dropped charges against George Willig the 27-year-old toy designer who scaled the to Story world Trade Center. Sought damages from various government contractors such As the University of California which operates the los Alamos ., and Lawrence Livermore Calif laboratories that design nuclear weapons. Lit seeking the damages the plaintiffs challenged a 1984 Federal Law known As the Warner amendment which says the government is the Only remedy in lawsuits arising from atomic weapons testing. That Law eliminated government contractors As defendants in such suits. The appeals court decision upholds a lower court ruling that affirmed the constitutionality of the Lawand dismissed both the government and the contractors As defendants in the 40 consolidated rates. Battleship Captain hospitalized after truck hits his car Long Beach Calif. Up1 a truck slammed into Pic Back of a car driven by Cape. W. Lewis Glenn jr., Captain of the battleship be Jersey monday officials said. Glenn 46, was admitted to Long Beach memorial medical Center with head injuries and was expected to remain hospitalized for at least two More Days Hospi Tal spokeswoman Shawn Fonde aghast said. His condition was listed As serious but not life threatening. Lewis had slopped in a traffic Lane to allow his son. Russell 13, to deliver a newspaper sunday morning when his car was struck from behind by the truck police said. The track Driver told police he had reached Down to pick up some papers when his track rammed into Glenn s automobile. Glenn was trapped in his vehicle and was freed by firefighters Glenn assumed command of the new Jersey in 1985 and is scheduled to be promoted to rear Admiral when his tour of duly ends aug. 8. The new Jersey was launched dec. 7, 1942, and fought in world War ii the korean War and the Viet War until is third retirement in december 1969. It was ordered returned to Active duty for a fourth time in 1981 and was commissioned Jan. 28, 1982, by president Reagan ,
