European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday july 15,1987 the stars and stripes Page North accorded Folk hero status name adorns to shirts billboards banners by United press  Oliver North s status As America s freshest Folk hero blossomed monday his face graced to shirts Ami but ions and he was Louied for president. Marine corp commandant and even Roth director Al the Rev. Jerry Falwell s fundamentalist Colic go. In Dallas boys Aston for Ollic North haircuts. I Tulsa okla., a billboard backing the Marine lieutenant colonel backed up traffic. North 43, the key figure in the Iran arms Contra Aid controversy spent a fifth Day in Public testimony monday before the combined House Senate commit tees investigating the scandal. Falwell a television evangelist was applauded Mon Day when he suggested that the president might con Sider him North As the next commandant of the Marine corps or Secretary of  if hey Don t want him in the Marine corps which would be a tragedy i would offer him a Job at Liberty University heading our Roth program he said. Outside the Indiana convention Center in Indiana Polis where president Reagan spoke monday. Ollic for president buttons were being hawked for $2 apiece. A secret service agent bought the first one Vendor Len Rcch scr said adding thai he sold 50 in just 15 minutes. Red slave non spent s 1.000 to put up a billboard along interstate 24-1 near downtown Tuisa thai says America needs More Oliver  he said lie plans to pay for More signs with the next one Reading John Wayne would love Oliver  motor Isle were slopping i hair cars 1o applaud the message Stevenson said blocking traffic. The hottest new to shirt in Boston bears an Ollic for president inscription. It s our Way of showing support for him said entrepreneur Sandi Tobin. The shirt front features Ollie for president in red White and Blue letters and a Small picture of Nonh nestled within the  the Back shows a cartoon Marine bulldog with inc admonition go get pm Ollic a to shirt maker in fort Myers death Fla., offers another Ollic shirt for $12. The Price includes a donation to the Oliver Nonh defense fund which was started by his naval Academy classmates before his congressional testimony. In Salt Lake City cars sported bumper slickers Fea Turing inc inscription crud bless America and Oliver Nonh Between iwo american flags. In Dallas inc Otlie Cul is hot according to Paul Ninast who owns the Paul Ninast Salon. He de scribed North As the new Jimmy  an air plane flying along the resort Beach Between Ocean cily. Md., and Echo Bolh Beach Del. Sunday towed the Banner or. Wake up America. Support it. North and Freedom  even though North s rank was incorrect inc sentiment was Clear. Responding to the craze Western Union is offering a special discount rate for messages to North. Reagan or members of Congress. For 50-word, next Day mail Grams to Washington about the hearings the company is charging $5.95 $5 less than the usual Rale. Unpaid crewmen barred from ship s mess room Revere mass. A nitric been korean crewmen who refused to work because they claimed they had t been paid for three months have been locked out of their Tanker s mess room an adviser to the sea men said monday. The crewmen of inc go go Regent had Caien Only bread since saturday and could not leave the Vicinity of the ship because they have not received temporary visas for the United slates said the Rev. Paul k. Chapman of he seamen s Church Institute of new York and new Jersey. Volunteers affiliated with the Institute took food 10 the Crew monday Chapman said and two attorneys filed a complaint on behalf of them in Federal court seeking pay ment of wages and a Way to return Home. The crewmen work in the engine room and perform maintenance and cargo duties and Are paid the equivalent of about �350 month according to Chapman. They receive part of Ihei r pay aboard ship with the my going to their families in Korea. Crewmen who had t been paid since april contacted their families in South Korea and Learned thai they had t been paid for three months. Chapman said. These men in despair stopped work ing and immediately inc Captain Locke the mess room said Chapman who added thai his Agency gets Telephone Calls daily from . Ports from foreign seamen in similar Straits. It s a Little piece of the commercial world that people Don t know about Chapman said. When the Captain can lock the doors on the mess in s pretty bad , the captains Aren t of such unsavoury  the ship s owner Oddmund Grundstad. Was out of the country and unavailable for comment. Recording to officials at his com Pany. Grundstad maritime inc. In Boc Rotan Fla. The company officials refused to comment. The ship s Captain . Jensen said the korean agent who was supposed to pay the Crew s families had lost the Money Gam bling. Jensen said he offered to give inc men 30 pc Cen of their pay if they agreed to return to work until the dispute was settled but he said the offer was refused. He defended his decision to lock the men out of the mess Hall. When they have More Ihan iwo Beers they Are mean unruly disobedient you name in Jensen said. If these were a Nice Bunch i would t have done  a Knight to remember Kim Beveri Drc 23, accepts a marriage proposal from her Knight in shining Armor Kent Williams 24, in Houston. Williams Rode a while horse and car ried a ring and roses when he paid his Surprise cult at Beveridge s Home. . Sets deadline for student loan repayment Washington not in an attempt to collect js.9 billion in overdue student Loans he department of education is notifying nearly a million defaulters that they must pay before oct. I or be billed for their Loans plus collection costs estimated to be As much As 45 per cent of the outstanding loan. Each year defaulter Cost the taxpayers millions of dollars in litigation costs staff time and fees paid to private collection agencies said c. Ronald Timber Ling assistant Secretary for Posl secondary education. Beginning oct. I inc department will Start pacing these costs on Lolohe  this will be the firs