European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. July 8, 1s87 the stars and stripes Snake shortage Cas halt to record at Emp Warden Wash. A an at tempi to stuff a Man and a record 2so rattlesnakes into a sleeping bag win have to wait another year not enough snakes police chief Bob Bisel said sunday. Local people came up with Only about 100 rattlers for i he attempt by Snake handler pave Estop of Corpus Christ i he said. The police chief said Eslep would try it next year and bring a passel of Texas rattlers if necessary. Beisel said some people had Cap tured snakes but let them go after hearing thai environmentalists had persuaded the stale game depart ment to withdraw a contest permit for the Warden Lions club sponsor of the fourth of july Rattlesnake Roundup. The record of 224 rattle snakes in a sleeping bag with a Man was set by a texan some months ago said Beisel. Marine s conviction reversed attorney failed to Check Alibi Washington a the nation s highest military court monday reverse disc rape aim plod murder conviction of a Marine Corporal because his civilian lawyer be "3r Short of reasonable competence in not investigating the Man s Alibi. The decision also set aside the 30-year prison sentence and s 18,000 pay forfeit ure imposed on Cpl Lindsay Scott who is serving the sentence at the military prison in fort Leavenworth Kan. Scott then 25, was convicted in the abduction sodomy rape and attempted murder of mrs. Wendy Street the wife of a fellow Marine at the Quantico va., Marine base. The attack took place be tween 8 . And 9 . On april 20,1983 a Lime when Scott said he was elsewhere. The . Court of military appeals reversed a lower court and sent the Case Back to the Navy for a possible rehear ing. Judge Waller Thompson Cox ill wrote the opinion with two other judges concurring. Scott maintained that on that evening he shopped for a birthday present for his wife browsed 1 to 20 minutes and drank u soft drink in a discount depart ment store and stopped briefly at a drive in restaurant before going Home. When he bar cd he was under suspicion in inc Case Scott hired Ervan e. Kuhnke jr., a civilian lawyer in Humph Ries a. He also liar the services of Marine maj. . Roach. According to the court Scott provided his evening s itinerary 10 Navy investigators and to Kuhnke who did Little to Contact the people Scott mentioned in his Alibi. Scott even had the help of a woman who retraced his Steps found witnesses and gave their names to Kuhnke who the court said did not Contact them. At a Post trial hearing the court said Kuhnke said he did not promptly incs Ligate seek or interview potential Alibi witnesses or pursue any Alibi evidence because he believed that the Case would never come to  the court of military review affirmed he conviction and sentence. Thai ruling was reversed in monday s action viewing or. Kuhnke s performance in Light of the prevailing professional norms we can Only conclude that it Falls far Short of reasonable competence the military appeals court ruled. It said it was apparent that Scott s Alibi would have to be corroborated by the testimony of store employees whom Scot said saw him. Under these circumstances the court said prompt investigation of the defense was  Kuhnke said he had not yet seen the decision and therefore would not com , said Yeisei. Bac l r rehear Contact mint. Plans to scrap locomotive anger Railroad buffs Chicago map train buffs Are fuming Over a a government subsidized commuter rail system s plans to scrap a steam  officials of Mitra the commuter line say the former grand trunk Western passenger engine is missing vital parts and could t Roll out of the company s rail Yard in suburban Blue Island on its own whal if a Rembrandt was Silling in a basement of the Art Institute and someone destroyed it we Are talking about the same Type of situation Here but it s an antique train not a painting that is in danger said Bill Rea a local train , there is More than one of these classic engines left but there is also More than just one Rem Brandt left he  engine s owner Dick Jensen of Forest Park has not paid storage fees since Mitra bought the Yard in 1981, Metra spokesman Chris Knapton said. He said me locomotive is in the Way of planned expansion at the maintenance facility on Chicago s South  Metra wants is inc engine off its land Knap ton said. Since it won t Roll the Only alternative is to Cut it  said the engine s brass bearings have been re moved by Jensen who buys and restores steam in  s a bunk of rust Knapton said it s sad the Way he let it  to reach Jensen for comment were Hunsuc  200-ton passenger engine was built in 1924 for the Del Oil based grand trunk Western a subsidiary of Canadian National Knapton said. He said the locomotive was a copy of a design devel oped by the . Railway administration which ran american railroads during world War i and described it As a Pacific Type engine with three pairs of tall drive App Nao Railroad enthusiasts Are protesting plans to scrap this 1924 steam locomotive now stored in Chicago rail Yard. Ing wheels. You Hale to see it go but thank god it s not one of a kind Knapton said. Jensen has appealed a court order that would permit Mitra to have the engine Cut up for scrap Knapton said a decision on inc Appeal is expected by aug. 1 s. I know there s about 10 and maybe As Many As 30 such engines in existence today in the United stoics said Nick Kallas general manager of the Illinois rail Way museum in Union 111, but it is a True piece of railway history and should not be  Collins estranged husband allowed to remain in Home los Angeles a a judge monday refused to order the eviction of the estranged husband of dynasty Star Joan Collini from the Beverly Hills Home they once shared until the Sale of the House is finalized. Superior court judge Frances Roth Schild instead ordered Peter Holm s at Torney Frank Steinschribe to be Avail Able wednesday for service of papers showing the Sale has been closed. Steim Cribei said he would agree to accept the notice but he told reporters outside court he would Challenge documents claiming the House has been u old. The hearing was part of the property settlement phase of a divorce Ihal has been marked by increasing bitterness Ever since Holm requested  month Alimony. Collins filed for annulment in Decem Ber 19s6, 13 months Afier they were wed. Holm a former swedish Rock Star who became Collins business manager after their marriage has been under coun order since dec. 22, 1986, to leave the Home when it is sold. Collins ii Tony Marvin Mitchelson told Rothschild on monday that Sale of the Home to producer Freddie Fields for $673,000 should be finalized by wednes Day neither Collins nor Holm was in court monday. Mitch ruin Saij his Clu no was in Uin a Lii. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago  a 1947 provisions of the tall Hanley act forced striking Ford motor co. Foremen to abandon their fight for Union recognition and return to work follow ing a sin Day shutdown. 30 years ago today. July 8, 1957 Stanley Smith. Of  . Won $200 for piloting a glider from Elmira n.y., to Baric mass., in Sis hours. 20 years ago today. July 8, iq67 Gen. William Westmoreland said that Allied forces arc winning the War in Vii Inam slowly but steadily however he urged defense Secretary Robert Mcnamara 10 provide More Battle troops. 10 years ago today. July 8, 1977 fire swept through a three Story cell bloc Al the Federal medium Security prison in Danu in Conn killing fun inmates and injuring about 66. Fire marshal Fred to Mann said the Bla i was very Lill " St t by igniting Dol hcs in a washroom. About so prisoners were in the cd Labluck ill the Lime