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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. September 25. 1967 the stars and stripes Page 3 silhouetted against a partial eclipse Are animal statues atop Beijing rooftops East Asia s lost so a eclipse of Century seen by millions Beijing a East Asia s last solar eclipse of this Century was seen wednesday morning throughout China and in pans of Japan. Partial eclipses As the Moon passed in front of the Sun were visible for up to three hours across most of China while millions of people in a stretch from Okinawa in Southern Japan to China s far West could Sec a full Annu Lar eclipse. The annular eclipse in which the Moon blots out All but a ring of Light from the perimeter of the Sun look place Over an Ana about 3,125 Miles Long and 115 Miles wide from Okinawa to Shanghai on China s coast across shaan i and Hunan provinces of Central China and into Ginsu inner Mongolia and Xin Jiang in the Northwest. The longest annular eclipse lasted three minutes and 43 seconds Accord ing to China s Academy of sciences. In Japan Competition in the nation Al athletics meet in Okinawa was halted to allow thousands of spectators to View the eclipse. Hundreds of others filled Parks and other open spaces for a sight of the blocked out Sun partial eclipse was visible across Japan. At Beijing s Tiana men Square several groups of schoolchildren viewed a partial eclipse through Plas tic Sun Shields while a few others took in the eclipse through Brown tinted bottles and cupped hands. The sky did not noticeably Darken and most people posing for pictures in vent of displays being erected for oct. 1 National Day. Did not appear aware an eclipse was taking place. It was China s first annular eclipse since 1941, with the next not due until Jan. 15,2010. Aids exposed Brothers receive warm Welcome from new schoolmates Sarasota. Fla a three aids a posed Broth cars ostracized by their Hometown of Arcadia got a warm Welcome from new schoolmates Here but up 10 120 others were Kepi Home by fear Ful parents threatening another arca  Ricky. 10, Robert 9, and Randy Ray. 8, were treated like any other students during their first Day wednesday at Gocio elementary school said Clifford Ray the boy s lather. He said Ricky found Welcome cards on his desk. Everything was positive said the boys Mother Louise. One of the boys said they had to assign seats in the lunch room because everyone wanted to Sil next w  school authorities said 120 of the 613 pupils stayed Home and up la a dozen were withdrawn. The usual Absentee rate is about 3 percent. Later in the Day parents clashed ill a protest rally that had to be moved be cause of a bomb threat. The Ray boys had attended an arca Dia elementary school under court order last month but left after an aug. 28 fire gutted their Home a Boycott emptied their classes and threats were made against the school and family. The Desoto county sheriffs depart ment said tuesday thai the fire was arson but was definitely not related to the juror. Doctors believe the Ray boys were infected with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome virus from the blood plasma products they take to control their Haemophilia but the Broth cars show no sign of having developed aids itself school Board policy in san Sola allows children infected with the aids virus to attend class if they pose no threat to other children and arc undergoing treat ment. Angry parents wednesday questioned Why the boys had to choose their Community. The rays arc hollering about their civil rights said Tim Whitworth who kept his daughter Home. But they arc violating our civil rights by shoving their children Down our throats. People will turn violent they la end up with another Arcadia if they re not  wrong Man Nightmare haunts Mississippi resident Fulton miss. A for Joel Harris the Nightmare smacks of Alfred Hitchcock s film the wrong  in the movie authorities arrest a Man for a crime he did not commit because of eyewitness accounts but this is not Henrj Fonda s role. It s Harris life. To the past two years the 24-year-old Fulton Man was wrongly accused of six sexual assaults across Northeast missis Sippi. The attacks were similar a Stocky Man with dark Brown hair attempted to sexually assault women in their Early 20s in their Homes after brandishing a hand gun. The ordeal began in Early 1986 when Harris returned from Deer Hunting to team authorities had accused him of a Tishomingo county rape. They asked me if i was afraid of a police lineup he said. I said  the victim pointed out Harris in Tho lineup and he was arrested. "1 was scared he recalled tuesday. I knew 1 did t do in but the lady said i raped  authorities dropped charges soon after when they Learned Harris was at work at the time of the rope. In the summer of 1986, Harris was again called in and arrested on charges of attempted rape. Later the woman who had picked him out of a lineup told offi Cial in court that Harris was not the Man who tried to rape her. Once she saw me up close she said it was t  he said. Then Harris found himself in a tip pah county lineup As a rape suspect. Again the victim picked hams As the suspect but charges were dropped sever Al weeks later then they did t bother me for one whole year Harris said. But trouble returned this past sum Mer. Premiss county deputies arrested Harris on rape charges and took him in for a lineup. Two rape victims said har Ris was t the Man in August tip pah county deputies arrested Harris at work. And at a lineup in Ripley a rape victim picked him out. Those charges were dropped after har Ris produced is signed affidavits that he was at work at the Lime of the attack. Last wednesday Union county authorities arrested Sammy Ross 32, of bronc Villa. On attempted rape charges. Union county attorney Rodney Shands said hams is a dead ringer for Ross. He s almost an identical look  Highway patrol investigator Sammy Pickens said Ross is a suspect in the rape cases in which Harris originally was charged. Harris said he was at work virtually every time the various crimes took place on another occasion he w As watching As his son was bom. After the first arrest Harris began keeping a daily diary to account fur a Here he went each Day. Missing army intelligence agent believed awol Fairfax. A. Up military investigators searching for a missing army intelligence agent who had cd Tremley sensitive duties say depression rather than defection maybe the cause of his disappearance. Master sol. Joseph Paul Lati air 46, has not been seen nor heard from since sept. 14. Authorities said wednesday. We re assuming he s awol until we have some other information to discount that said Faith Fairclouh a spokeswoman for the army and Intelli gence Security come. I Don t think a defection is even considered at this  stale police officer Robert Martin said an All Points Lookout had been issued for Lattanzi foul play was not considered Likely. Court papers however indicate Lallan i was deeply depressed and May have disappeared on his own it s beginning to look like maybe he wants to bi1  Martin said. The Virginia state police filed i Mccoun papers sept. 7 to obtain a search warrant for the Soldier s Home which was searched the Nam Day. Nothing was seized the court papers said. An accompanying affidavit was filed by special agent Robert Rondon Lattanzi s Superior who de scribed him As being under extreme pressure in Bath his personal and professional life in the past several  Brendan states that Lal Lanzi is extremely reliable and never has in the past been absent without Leaie or has not been in constant Contact with his Supen visors the affidavit said. His work is extremely sensitise and necessity for constant Contact or Juch Edrutt d absence is mandatory Brendan was quoted As saying  
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