European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 17. 19b7 the stars and stripes Page s attack on Birds Means a Peck of trouble Jacksonville. Fla. A How much is an endangered Woodpecker Worth the killing of at least two rail cock add Wood peckers plus he Ali slur lion of their . Is cod ing an Tola area Developer almost is million. Kulbir thu Minn. 4-1, of Fiul Stream am blur Berl von Kluge. 41, Oroala. Both of development and construction co. Of America inc. Pleaded guilty tuesday to one taunt of n Federal indictment Alleg ing thai they look Rcd cockade woodpeckers in violation of Federal Laws Ai Ilie company s Oak Hun development no Arcala. Ghumman As president and chief executive offi cer of the construction company was ordered to pay 1300.000 in restitution to the National fish and wildlife foundation. The Money is earmarked for Rcd cock add Woodpecker recovery projects. Von Kluge was ordered to pay a $ 1.000 Fine. Both men were placed on probation for two years and the company received three years probation. The company also agreed to set aside 40 acres within the development for wildlife habitat and to provide 130 acres of protected habitat next to a slate or National Park. In Exchange for the guilty pleas the government dropped one count of conspiracy against each of the men and the company. I human s attorney Charles w. Arnold jr., Esti mated after the court session that the sentence would Cost the company about $1 million. There will probably be a lot More Rcd cock add woodpeckers in the stale of Florida As a result of the Good these men arc doing said Arnold. Assistant . Attorney Richard a. Potoc said the Birds were hunted and their nesting Trees were Cut Down in june and july 1985 so the Developer would t have to preserve an area for the species. Arnold disputed whether the men Ever killed any of the Birds but John Moran a wildlife investigator with the Florida game and fresh water fish com Mission said at least two Birds were killed with shot guns. N addition Moran said As Many As 200 Pine Trees Wilh cavities that could have been fwd As Woodpecker nests were Cut Down. In pronouncing sentence . Magistrate Howard Snyder said i m treating this us a Siniua Ninal crime. I have every Faith and Confidence that this a vital never happen  the red cock add Woodpecker on the endangered species list since 070, is about seven inches Long. The Back and top of its head Are Lilack. And there Are numerous White spots in horizontal rows on the Back that give a ladder like appearance. The male and female look similar hut the males have Small red streaks on their checks. The development company which will build 4,500 Homes in Oak run said its Board of directors has expressed deep regrets for an incident that occurred in the summer of 1985 involving some pre sent and former  it is our sincere Hope that any harm done has been mitigated by these measures and that they will in the end improve he prospects for belter habitat far this endangered species it said. Army identification lob adds personnel equipment Washington a an army Laboratory which was criticized last year for some of its work in identifying the remains of . Servicemen from the Vietnam War has been changed to improve its operation the service Lold con Gress on tuesday. We continue to explore ways to fur ther improve our ability to accomplish our important and sensitive Mission army via. Gen. Donald w. Jones told a House armed services subcommittee. Jones commander of the army s Mili tary personnel Center was discussing changes Al the Central identification Laboratory in Hon Tutu. The facility to which remains recovered from Southeast Asia arc taken for identification. In 1985, after some family members of missing . Servicemen expressed doubts about the identification of their relatives the army commission cd a review team that propose Tia num Crof improvements. The army agrees that most of the improvements were needed and the changes Are being implemented Jones told the investigations subcommittee. Among the proposed changes were More personnel and belter equipment strict delineation of the professional personnel who perform dental and anthropological identifications and participation by lab personnel in professional conferences and seminars Jones said the number of personnel at the lab has More than tripled from 12 to 42, and new equipment was purchased. Most of the extra personnel arc for search and recovery teams and the lab can now simultaneously Field three full teams Jones told the panel. Or. Ellis Verlcy an anthropology pro Fessor at the University of Maryland and head of three member review team will remain affiliated with the Hawaii lab As an adviser Jones said Jones told the pane that the service was encouraged by last month s trip to Vietnam by John w. Pc secy jr., retired army general and former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Vessey Al i resident Reagan s request led a team to Hanoi fur three Days of talks. When he returned he said Vietnam insists it does t have any american prisoners but that Hanoi suggests it is possible there Are some elsewhere in Southeast Asia. There Are 2,413 americans missing in action in  1,776 in Vietnam. Searchers turn up clues in wreck of Wii plane Juneau Alaska a military officials Hope watches coins a Driver s License and the photo of a Little girl found at the site of a 1943 plane crash will help them identify the Crew of the Long lost aircraft. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 17, 1947 the slate depart ment said the United states and Den Mark had begun talks on the future stat us of american built defense bases in Greenland. Denmark had expressed a desire in May to terminate the joint War time agreement that made the United Silies responsible for Greenland s de sense. 30 years ago today. ,. Sept. 17, 1957 Marc than 31 Mil lion voters in West Germany swept Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and his Christian democratic Union to a Victory out the socialists in the parliamentary election. 20 years ago . 17, 1967 Hurricane Doria hit the coasts of Delaware. Maryland and Virginia raking them with us Mph winds and sending the Ocean roaring through result cily sirens. To years ego today. Sect. 17. 1977 Maria Callas. 53, renowned american born opera Sisr. Died in her Paris Home of a heart Aii ack. Her Tang love affair with greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis and a heated divorce controversy had Contri Huid to her notoriety. A team of army air Force and coast guard searchers combed the Rocky site about 150 Miles West of Kodiak hit week for Etues to the Crew members identities. The search Hough 60,000 Square feet of ook Rock turned up scattered human Bones uniforms identification cards and the girl s photo in a Wallet.  identified said coast guard spokesman . Investigators won t know How Many peo ple were on the plane until they can compare All a Bones Morth said tuesday. As far As identifying them that could take months. M depends on what military records they can find he said. Also found were parachutes a Light raft survival gear shaving kits and a knife. The items arc being sorted at Elmendorf fab and will be sent to the army Central identification Laboratory in Hawaii. The plane a coast guard Grumman Goose was lost during world War ii. It remained missing until a . Fish and wildlife service Pilot flying a patrol to find radio collared bears spotted the wreckage on a Mountain slope aug. 26. The Crew members personal effects apparently were preserved by Snow that normally blankets the site in Reid said. Wind damage App Inu a Light plane is propped on its nose against a damaged Lia Kiir at Robert Airport in Austin Texas. Around it Are other Small aircraft Lewt were torn apart when 80 Mph winds ripped through he judge stays order on convict s Hairdresser Concord. . A a judge who ruled that a convicted murderer could bring his on Hairdresser to a a a prison stayed the order tuesday after the stale s top corrections Ollices expressed fears that the Barber s tools could Bir used As weapons. Superior court judge Linda Dalianis who ruled monday thai James Moulton. 3-1. Could bring his own Hairejr Cusit to the prison stayed the order and scheduled a hearing for later in the week on the Mailer. M Nulton is accused of Shooli no a and he heading John Timothy Whalen 32, in december l ik4. Jury selection for his trial began monday. Moullin face Leo life prison sentences in Conradi for murdering two people  the Kjear Dit daughter of Whalen. Cum Loru cum ii Moi ii r Ronald i Uwell and Weir Dan Michael cunning Ham had said they were profoundly concerned Ihal this precedent has been set by Dalianis original ruling. They Laid Moulton refused the service of a prison Barber even though the War Den nude assurances to the defendant s attorney thai hit hair would lie culo i own  in court monday. Moulton Slack hair Hung Jun mar his Foliar. It did not appear lobe so Vlad