European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 16, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 non candidate Jackson raised $520,000 Washington nvt1 Jesse Jackson who says he gets More bang for his political Buck than any older presidential candidate has raised More than s 520,000 so far and Hopes to double thai with two major fund raising events this month in new York and Chicago a spokesman did. Among Jackson s democratic rivals Goy. Michael s. Dukakis of Massachusetts reported contributions of $4.7 million by the end of june sen. Joseph r. Biden or. Of Delaware 13.3 million rep. Richard a Gep Hardt of Missouri s2.3 million former gov. Bruce Babbitt of Arizona and sen. Albert Gore or. Of Tennes see $1.4 million each and sen. Paul Simon of Illinois just under $ i million. Jackson who has not formally declared his candidacy for the democratic presidential nomination was not required by Law to file a financial report with the Federal election commission last Mon i and was the Only democratic hopeful who did nol do so. But his press aide Frank Watkins said Jackson s Campaign had raised $520,266 As of aug. 10. Jackson said in his Hometown of Greenville s.c., that finances would be a key Factor in determining Whethe he would formally become a candidate in the fait. He said he remained optimistic that he would announce his candidacy around labor Day but added that his family was concerned about his safely. He said he received 3h death threats in his 1984 Campaign for the nomination and that 14 people had been arrested As a result. The secret service declined to comment on Jack son s claims. Jackson who was in Greenville for the filming of a segment for the lbs new program "60 Minucci to be aired in he fall told reporters his finances Ait nol what we want them to be but they Are improving and that is a critical Factor in miking a final examination. He did not elaborate on the deals threats except to say just like the Kennedy have had to wrestle Long and hard with running for president because of the risk i have had to do the same  Watkins said in Washington that Jackson s personal safety was som Ching he factored Inlo his decision to run in 1984." n this Campaign he said nothing has actually happened there have been threats bul it has nol Esca lated to that  Walkins said Jackson began raising Money last Jan uary and in that month raised si0,110. Income has increased steadily each month since then and last month $205,930 was raised he said. Jackson s Campaign manager mayor Richard Hatcher of Gary ind., has put considerable emphasis or. Fund raising Walkins said. The key fund raising events will be in Chicago on aug. 28 and in new York on aug. 31. Jackson s Campaign Effort is lean and somewhat unpredictable. He Seldom travels with More than two aides and often changes his schedule. Aides aware of inc criticism that Jackson is often Laic sometimes have to drag him away from encounters with individual voters. But Jackson says he chaos comes from creativity and maintains that he can accomplish More Wilh less Money than any other candidate. He has suggested1 that government would do Well to follow his example. Walkins said the Campaign had fulfilled the require ments for receiving Federal Matching funds raising at Casl $5,000 in each of 20 states from contributions of less than 1250 from individuals. The Federal funds will be available to the candidates next january. Jackson along Wilh four other presidential hopefuls three democrats and one Republican has declined to accept Money from political action committees. Fired Block pharmacy student offered Job Bock Tifton a. A a pharmacist who fired a Black College student from his store because of her race is offering the woman her Post Back. Tommie Faye Bateman 22, in her final year at Hie University of Georgia s College of pharmacy was fired tuesday after one Day at the Cox Ewing North Side pharmacy co owner Robert f. Co said. Cox said Bateman was fired because he feared negative customer reaction because of her race. But John Ewing a partner in the phar Macy said thursday that Cox Matte a mistake and offered Baleman her Job Back. If we had known it was going to Hurt her this bad we would t have done it Ewing said. We d Lake her Back Tomor Row if she wanted to come to  As a result of the dismissal the presi Dent of the University of Georgia has Lold its College of pharmacy to discontinue its association Wilh the pharmacy. The University places pharmacy students in local drugstores to give them practical training. Emerson Henderson lawyer and president of the local chapter of the nation Al association for the advancement of coloured people said Blacks in the Community were upset about the incident. It s inc blah and nature of this that disturbs me Henderson said. The Community is outraged that it happened. It s not a town of  Baleman has retained his Law firm to explore Legal remedies Henderson said. Bul there might not be any because Bateman was not being paid and the pharmacy has been a voluntary member of the University s intern program for the past nine years. Bateman who has a b average and is scheduled to graduate in August has been assigned to a pharmacy in her Hometown of Ash bum. University of Georgia officials thurs Day issued a statement calling the treat ment of Bateman deplorable and said the pharmacy would no longer be used in the intern program. Henderson said Black residents will nol tolerate blatant discrimination. Here we go again having to Deal Wilh simple things like this when our time and Energy should be spent on economic development and jobs he said. Girl born with deformed legs takes first Steps after surgery Boston a a 7-year-old ecuadoran girl bom Wilh deformed legs Friday look her first Steps in the red shoes she had dreamed of since two roman Catholic nuns rescued her As her parents were about to throw her into a Bonfire. Maria Andy did t say a word but smiled often at a news conference in the Garden at Boston s Chil Dren s Hospital. Leaning on Metal crutches the 3-fool-Lalt girl climbed Down from her wheelchair and look several careful Steps to the applause of an Impromptu Audi ence drawn by the sight of reporters and television cameras Rosa Mino Maria s guardian and interpreter said Maria was Given Trie shoes just 15 minutes before inc news conference. I had to fool her so she would close her eyes Mino said. Then they said Surprise Surprise she said she s going to dance Wilh her red shoes. Maria was bom with severe scoliosis or Curva Ture of the spine that made her legs useless. Or. James Kasser who on aug. 6 amputated Maria s legs below the Knees said the Only difficulty in the five hours of surgery was working with the burned flaps of skin. While the swelling in her stumps subsides Mana will Wear Short casts made of Clastic plaster and shaped into Short lower legs and feel. Doctors expect her to leave the Hospital in the next few Days. She will move in for two months Wilh a Spanish speaking family and continue receiving physical therapy Kasser said. In about a month Maria will get temporary artificial legs. In two months slip is expected to walk on artificial legs and return to her orphanage in Ecuador. Early next year she will return to the United states for surgery to straighten her spine using Bones taken from her legs Kasser said. He said Maria will gradually get longer artificial legs. The nuns who saved Maria s life look her Lonn orphanage in Quito where she was selected As the 1987 poster child for for Cristo a non profit medi Cal organization. Maria Andy ?. Bulks Wilh Aid of crutches. A photo mysterious garbage closes no. Beaches South Seaside Park. No. A a 50-mile-Long band of raw garbage that suddenly appeared along new Jer sey s Atlantic coast forced the closing of beaches Friday As officials scrambled to identify the source of the pollution. Gov. Thomas h. Kean vowed to take Legal action against the responsible parties we will sue in Federal court to have the guilty party pay every Penny of dam age thai this tide of garbage caused Kean said during a news conference at Island Beach slate Park. Greek Village getting $2 million estate Cincinnati a a greek Vil Lage is the rightful heir to most of the Fortune left by a greek millionaire who lived frugally in Cincinnati a state appeals court has ruled. The 1st Ohio District court of appeals upheld a jury s decision thursday that met rates a Village North of Athens should eel most of the Fortune left by Steven Zonas a native of mediates who came to Cincinnati in inc Early 1900s. He owned a Small restaurant for a Lime and later washed dunes and cooked in a restaurant. Those who knew him say he did l spend much Money in a s100-a-Monlh hotel room in his later years. He left nearly $1.6 million in stocks when he died in 1980 at the age of 87, Atlo Meys say the estate is now Worth More Ihan $2 million. A jury in Hamilton county Proball court decided last year that a will purportedly signed by Zonas in Chicago a month before his death was a forgery. That document named Ernie Doland a Farmer manager of a restaurant where Zonas received free meals executor of the estate the will accepted by the jury was made in secret when Zonas visited Greece in july 1980. It referred to a 1972 will written in Cincinnati that left nearly All Zonas Money to the  and under privileged of his native Village. George Trybulas. A Nephew of Zonas and a heir in the greek will came from Greece to Challenge the Chicago will. Doland did not Appeal the jury s find ing bul claimed that errors committed on motions before the trial began had divested probable court of i i jurisdiction