European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 1, 19b7 Koch ends stay in Hospital 3 Days after suffering stroke new York a giving a smile and a thumbs there is no evidence of any facial weakening slur in Lien. Mavor Edward Koch left the Hospital sunday ring of speech or muscle weakness said Barren. He the stars and stripes Page 5 Givin a Smil an a thumbs p sign mayor Koc left the Hospital sunday after treatment fora minor stroke. What you see Here before you is a 28-year-old brain in a 61-year-old body Koch told reporters outside Columbia presbyterian medical Center. My intention is to bring the body. Down to the age of the brain. I intend Wolosc some  i have a wonderful Job As mayor he added. I intend to be Here for a Long  Koch flanked by his doctors and private Nuree said he had promised to follow their advice to diet and rest. Or. Robert Barren one of his neurologists pronounced Koch in excellent shape following a com plete exam that morning. Ther i of facial slur ring of r weakness Sai. Estimated the Chance of a recurrence at .05 percent. You la ser that i m not slurring said Koch refer ring to one of the symptoms he had suffered. But i he mayor spoke softly to reporters and walked slowly. Asked if Koch seemed less exuberant than usual Harryl said. That was by our  noting demonstrators across inc Street who were protesting the conditions of homeless people housed in a nearby armory Koch mayor of the nation s largest City quipped i feel Al  the mayor was stricken thursday As he was being driven to Harlem for an appointment. He complained of nausea dizziness and slow speech. On Friday Doc tors said he had suffered a minor stroke. Blind Sailor sails to Bermuda for repairs Providence r. I. A Blind Sailor Jim Dickson is heading for Bermuda rather than Nantucket to seek repairs for his boat s autopilot and talking computer spokesmen said sunday. Dickson who had set out to become the first Blind Penon to sail Solo across the Atlantic Ocean decided to Lurn Back to Nantucket on Friday after the crucial equipment broke. Bui a Good night s sleep revived him and he decide to press on to Bermuda spokesman Steve Graham said. He s in excellent spirits Graham said. He basically said it s Beautiful out there the weather s great and i m going to go sailing.1" Dickson still wants to continue his voyage to plym Outh England but a final decision will not be made unlit after he arrives in Bermuda Graham said. Early sunday Dickson was 360 Miles North of the Island and on his Way South said another spokesman Paul Pel Ronollo. He is expected to arrive in about three Days and his advisers plan to Fly there to discuss whether he will continue the trip. Although Dickson can no longer use the talking computer to find out his position wind Speed an direction Graham said he should have no trouble reaching the Island. We re giving him a course through radio and he has his Seraille Compass Graham said. Well obviously meet him and take him in past the  the autopilot which relieves sailors of the need to constantly hold the Tiller and allows them to keep up sail White steeping is also broken meaning Dickson May have to take his sails Down and Drift White he is sleeping petronello said. Dickson decided to head for Bermuda in pan be cause the weather is better there and in part to avoid the need to re Cross the East coast shipping lanes one of the most dangerous parts of the journey Petronillo said. He s past the shipping lanes. He s past the Gulf Stream current pc Roncero said. The hardest part of the trip is behind  shark sightings close . Beach East Hampton . A the threat of rav Enous Sharks Halls swimming along is Miles of resort Beach while a famed shark Hunter pulls in a big catch. No it s not the plot to a summer movie but a unusual weekend on Long Island s posh East end More than 15 Miles of beaches from Montauk to East Hampton were closed to bathers on Friday when about a dozen Sharks were spotted near a dead whale that washed up on the Beach in Ama Gansell. The 40-foot-Iong Sinback whale was buried in the Sand Friday but officials said town beaches would remain dosed until at least tuesday o make sure the Sharks left the area. Shark Hunter Frank Mundus pulled in two Sharks saturday including a 551-Pound Tiger shark while fishing from a boat about a Quarter mile from he Shoreline police said. Mundus the Model for the Captain Quint charac Ter in the movie jaws has been fishing for Sharks is Nee 1951. Annetta Petersen of East Hampton said she did not think Many people were unhappy about the swimming ban. The people who Are disappointed Are those who paid a lol of Money to rent a House for the month of August she said. Stuart Arkin of new York City was one of those people. It was to be his Only weekend in the surf this summer. Everybody was kind of bummed out me included. We re on the Highway and we hear there Are Sharks and we can t go swimming he said to vent his anger Arkin decided to fish for Sharks from the Amagansett Beach where inc whale washed ashore i feel weird about doing it with the Cross staring me in the face he said referring to a wooden Cross with the inscription "7 aug. 6, 19s7. Mister whale which someone had put on the whale s grave. The threat did t keep everyone out of inc water though police were patrolling the beaches in four wheel drive vehicles Michael Braff 31, of new York City said he jumped in the surf for a Short Lime saturday it does l upset me he said. A woman who would identify herself Only As Yelena headed for the water in East Hampton with a surf Board. If i m destined to die in the Ocean then i will she said. Falwell says pal must fire Bakker s parents making payments on in Oul of his own pocket every month but now they want him to turn it  Mill . Up the Rev. Jerry Falwell said sunday the pal television ministry must fire the parents of disgraced founder Jim Bakker because they Are paid annual salaries of j 7,000 each and have done no work for  Falwell inv cd to take Over pal when Jim Bakker resigned in March Over a sen scandal said he did no know whether the elder bakkers have been fired cd but said it has been discussed. Raleigh Bakker 80. And his wife Fumia is. Could not be reached for comment but a son Norm said his brother Jim was furious when the ministry shut off the couple s Telephone and tried to talc away their car. Dad came Home from vacation and they had taken his phone Oul he said. He got a notice he s to turn his car Back in. And that s his own car. He s been when the elder bakkers receive their Pink slips they will join other Bakker relatives sacked by the ministry. Norm and his wife Dorothy were fired in june and Bakker s sister Donna Puckall was dismissed in May. In another development a ministry official said pal paid Al least $60,000 to Send Tammy Bakker Loc Alifornia for drug rehabilitation and when she kicked the habit shortly before her husband left the ministry he rewarded her with a $600,000 House. Don har Disler spokesman for pal and Jim Bak Ker s former bodyguard said hat while Tammy recovered in the Hospital Bakker sold inc couple s Home in Palm desert calif., and paid $600,000 for a House in Palm Springs As a gift for his wife. Apptt the Happy couple in denes wonder wheel a Rit. Couple weds on Ferris wheel new York up wheelchair bound Betty Lind and her Fiance. Bob Olds were the first couple to be married atop Coney Island s 150-foot Ferris wheel in a ceremony saturday that marked Lind s Triumph Over physical disability. I wanted people like myself to realize Hal despite handicaps people can live full and adventuresome lives said Lind who has been confined to a wheelchair by multiple sclerosis. Lind 48, and Olds 60, decided to take their wedding vows on the wonder wheel after read ing about another nuptial agreement made on the famous ride almost 40 Yean ago. Denos Vorderis a greek immigrant and for Mer Pushcart Vendor proposed to his wife at the top of the wheel in 1948, promising her that if she accepted he would buy her the wheel. Thirty five years later he fulfilled that prom ise paying j2 50,000 for the 150-foot Ferris wheel and restoring in. Vorderis offered to provide a wedding Cele bration to the first couple to marry on his amusement ride. Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. Ii 1947 Cape. William Odom landed his converted a-26 bomber in Chicago with a round the world flight record of 73 hours and 5 minutes. 30 years ago today. Aug. 11, 19s7 mobster Johnny Dio is ordered out of the Senate hearing room by rackets committee chairman sen. John l. Mcclellan d-ark., because of the commotion he caused when he entered the room. 20 years ago today. Aug. Ii. 1967 american Vietnam War casual ties approached the 90,000 Manv with 146 dead Andi 064 wounded the previous week. Meanwhile sen. Mike Mansfield d-mont., said the Johnson administration was  in having the United canons Security Council seek peace in Vietnam. 10 years ago today. Aug. 11, 1977 roman Catholic extremists Bai lied British troops in Belfast protesting a visit by Queen Elizabeth ii. About 1.500 rioters carried Black hags symbolizing a Holics killed by Fri Lii Iron i in eight years of Clarian bloodshed