European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page so the stars and stripes monday. September 1987 Kidnap victim Dies after being buried alive Kankakee Iii. A a kidnapped member of a prom in pm Media family died after he was buried alive in a homemade Box with a portable Light and a Jug or water while his abductors sought a $1 million Ransom authorities said saturday. Kankakee police chief Timothy o. Nugent said three suspects had been arrested and authorities were looking for others he said the suspects will be charged with aggravated kidnapping and murder in the death of Ste phen b. Small 39, who was abducted Early wednes Day morning Small s body was found Friday night in a bos buried under about three feet of Sand in a wooded area Southeast of Kankakee. Kankakee county Coroner James Orison said Small May have lived More than two Days in what eventually became his grave getting air through 20 feel of plastic pipe water from a gallon size plastic milk Jug and Light from a lamp wired to two car batteries. Orrison said Small was handcuffed and was probably put in the Box shortly after he was abducted. Based on the body s condition Orrison Esti mated that Smalt died sometime Friday morning. An autopsy was to be perforated. Orrison said Small probably suffocated. _ Jeremy Margolis. Director of the Illinois state police called the crime a Savage calculated  one or More of the suspects helped police locate the body and Small s car which was found earlier in he same wooded area eight Miles from the Indiana Border according to an official who spoke on Condi Tion he not be identified by name. Nugent identified the suspects As Daniel j. Edwards 30, and Nancy Rish. 26, both of nearby Bourbonnais and Kent Allain 3of Kankakee about 60 Miles South of Chicago. Nugent said More arrests were expected but he decl Incato be specific. Kankakee county stale s attorney William her zog said no further arrests had been made by Sun Day morning. They planned it said Deputy chief Robert Pepin. It was t a Case of today we re going to do it they buil a Box. They put a ventilation system in. They knew a Little bit about where he  authorities planned to charge the three suspects on tuesday when courts open after the labor Day Holiday Nugent said. Small 39, was a member of a family that headed a broadcasting company and the Nephew of the late Len h. Small who was president of Small newspapers inc. And editor and publisher of the Kankakee daily journal. His great Grandfather was Len Small governor of Illinois from 1921 to 1929. Small apparently was lured Early wednesday morning to a building he was renovating by a caller who claimed to be a policeman and said the build ing had been broken into Nugent said. Small had said he planned to open an antique shop in the building about three blocks from his Home. Small s wife Nancv was called about 3 30 . And told her husband was being held for a is Mil lion Ransom Nugent said. The caller said mrs. Small would find her husband in a Box if the Ransom was not paid a police source who spoke on condition that he not be identified said. The family received five Calls fac last about 11 50 . Wednesday he added. Heavily armed police canine units and air a trots found Small s wife s automobile which Small had been driving about 7 . Friday night. The body was located about 10 . About eight to Nisei West of the Indiana Border Nugent said. We believe he was taken there shortly after the kidnapping Nugent said. Small was wearing red to shirt and Blue jeans but his shoes were off in the Box Orrison raid. Ther were no visible injuries he said. A Light jacket was rolled up behind Small s head and he had been handcuffed although the Chain linking the cuffs was broken Orrison said. He had a Little room sideways to move Orrison said. I would say it was less than three feet High so he could t have sat up in  family members declined to comment saturday Small s father the late Burrell l. Small was president and chairman of the mid America Media group a broadcasting company that owned ii radio stations and two Cable television stations and was a former publisher of the Kankakee daily Jour Nal. Mid America was sold in Early 1986. The family owned group of seven daily newspapers and three weeklies in Illinois Indiana Minne Sota Iowa and California was consolidated into the Small newspaper group inc. In 1983 under the leadership of Stephen s Cousin Len r. Small. The group now owns eight daily newspapers and five weeklies. Len Small was one of the principals of Media news corp. When it bought United press International in 1982, and he served As chairman of the wire service until january 1983 before withdrawing from the company. Solo rower completes round trip across Atlantic Donagh Ireland a a 50 year old briton celebrated in a Village pub saturday after reaching the Irish coast in a Rowboat to claim a record As the first person to Row the Atlantic Ocean alone in both directions. Don Allum an advertising executive from London limped onto the coast of Achill Island in Western Ireland on Fri Day night after a 2.500-mile 76-Day voyage from St. Johns newfound land. The last few Days seas were so rough they rolled the 19-foot boat Over and had Allum writing goodbye notes. About 100 villagers rushed out to help him reach the Shoreline after he fired three flares from his boat theqe3, which was badly damaged. Car headlights guided him safely in. Allum said he thought he was going to be killed when his boat rotted Over three times thursday night. Everything was Black he said. You could t see what was happen ing at that stage i wrote my obit uary and my goodbyes and put them in a flare Jar which i lashed to an oar. I knew that if i went Down the oar would be released and  Allum completed the eastward leg of his Solo round trip in 114 Days last year rowing from the Canary islands off the Northwest coast of Africa to the Island of Nevis in the British West in Dies. He left Newfoundland on june 21 on the return leg of his voyage. In 1971, Allum rowed the Atlantic with his Cousin Geoff Allum completing a 73-Day voyage from the Canar islands to Barbados. Geoff Allum 40, who is also a Lon Don advertising executive said he had been told by official of the guinness Book of world records that his Couin would be recognized As the first person to Row the Atlantic in both direction. Kuwait from Paga 1 Pound warhead and have a Range of up to 50 Miles. . Warships and aircraft have orders to shoot first if they detect any indication that Iran is preparing to fire a silkworm. The seventh Convoy of the escort operation was expected to Clear the 110-mile-Long Strait of Hormuz on sunday. In Washington Pentagon sources said the Convoy was varying us route and Speed As it approached the Strait. News Brief 8 Madrid firemen trapped under collapsed building did Spain a searched Satur buried wider rubble that Desti capita the facade Manos brother . A the Learty As they n fire Dei of Rescue firemen Fhon a building of the Spanish Day. Building homing the her re in Central Madrid firemen just before 3water hoses on officials said. I civil governor Ana  Span i radio there was Little mope that firefighters could be four alive ugh fire officials believed they May have been Able to reach safety in a basement. Shipping sources said an iranian frigate shadowed the Convoy from two Miles away. Navy officers say such tailing Hus become common. The Convoy included the 294,739-ton supertanker Townsend and two 46,723-Lon Gas carriers. Gas Queen and Gas Princess the guided missile destroyer Kidd joined the guided missile frigate Hawes and the guided missile cruise Reeves which escorted the tankers South from Kuwait for the final leg Pentagon sources said. The amphibious assault ship Guadalcanal with mine Hunter helicopters was in the Gulf and Jet fight ers Oft the aircraft Carrier Ranger on station in the arabian sea covered the passage through the Strait. Iraq s official radio and news Agency monitored in Cyprus announced three raids on Large maritime tar gets1 off Iran bringing the number of such attacks claimed by Iraq to 15 in eight Days. The saturday strikes could not be independently confirmed by ship Ping sources. On Friday Perez de Cuellar said he would go on peace Mission to Tehran and Baghdad Iraq. He leaves for Iran thursday and will urge it to accept the cease fire Resolution adopted by the Security Council july 20. Tehran radio monitored by the British broadcast ing corp., said saturday that Iran would Welcome the Secretary general but ending the War depends on branding Iraq As the aggressor. Iraq invaded Iran in september 1980, after Border skirmishes and after sabotage acts in Baghdad that Iraq blamed on Iran. Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency also monitored in Cyprus reported new iranian attacks 50 Miles inside iraqi territory in the northeastern prov Ince of Arbit. It said iranian revolutionary guards and iranian backed iraqi kurdish guerrillas liberated four areas in the kurdish inhabited Region of Northern Iraq kill ing or wounding 250 iraqi troops Iraq denied an fighting in he North. Federal health plan rates to soar Washington a eleven million Federal workers and  facing an average 31 percent increase in health urm tace premiums next year the office of personnel managerial said saturday. The jump which translate Leo premiums Cost ing an average of an extra s1a Kex Vear was prompted mainly by increasing medical a costs and More use of health insurance spokesman Julifs. Lafferty said. We be been watching through the seen these costs going up substantially a the Federal employees he alb benefits program includes More than 200 in Sunmee plans. Some of Chr health plans Are raising jibes by More than 31 percent and some of the in pleases Are smaller latterly said. Premiums for the largest plan in the program offered by Blue Cross Blue shield will jump by s800 annually for comprehensive family coverage he said. Aetna another major plan will Cost an extra $1,100 under the 1988 Ratard Sedule released by pm on Friday. Of Otth Embet workers and retirees will be Able nge plans within the health benefits program if hey want to change How much they spend or How much coverage they have Lafferty said. " any retirees in the program Are opting for More pensive coverage he said. Hose a wired by the benefits program include members of confess some civil servants civilian astronauts Cia a Felt foreign service personnel supreme court justices ant Hosl government retirees