European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday september 27.1987 App Trolo the Golden Hind Lefta replica of str Francis Drake s ship sails a Tolan Francisco Bay Friday history remade when replica of Drake s ship enters Bay san Francisco a although sir Francis Drake missed san Francisco Bay 408 years ago in the Golden Hind probably because of fog a replica of h is ship has made it to the Bay. The Square rigger escorted by a Small flotilla of sail and Power boats and aircraft aloft sailed under inc Golden gait Bridge on Friday for a port visit of several weeks in a berth at Jack London Square. It was in inc treasure Laden Golden Hind that Drake the first englishman to sail around the world anchored in a Small Bay in the Lee of Point Reyes on june 17,1579. He christened the place now called Drake s Bay As Nova Albion and claimed it for England. Appropriately the Golden Hind visited Drake s Bay on Friday paying homage to inc memory of Queen Elizabeth i s favorite sea dog As the intrepid captains of he Day were called. Why Drake missed san Francisco Bay by 40 Miles is a favorite local mystery. Speculation includes the possibility that one of the Golden Gate s legendary pea soup fog shrouded inc Entrance to he great landlocked Harbor and so possibly changed history. When Drake touched Down on North american soil he was on his most famous voyage a Circum navigation. His Mission was to explore the pos Sibil lies of Trade and colonial settlement in the Pacific we Ulli flu or i Drake is thought to have originally Marigold As his flagship on the voyage by and losses from violent storms forced Oral with time off to plunder some Spanish ship if he got the Chance. Used the . But damage in Drake to Lake his Flag to the Pelican which he renamed Golden Hind. Fascination with the life and limes of the English explorer military commander and pirate led to replication of the 102-foot vessel under the direction of West coast architect Loring Norgaard. Bankrolled by a san Francisco group the Golden Hind was reconstructed and launched in 1973 at in English shipyard i Hinks & son established in 1844. The Golden Hind is owned by English interests who use it As a fully operational sailing i6th-n Lury museum. It left Vancouver British Columbia in october and has stopped at 17 ports while work ing its Way Down the Pacific coast. So faithful to the calculated original design is the Golden Hind that the vessel has Only a Small a neutering engine to work inc ship through crowded harbours. The Golden Hind will be berthed in Oakland for several weeks kicking off safest 87, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the port of Oakland which operates the City s docks and Airport. Stateside thieves in St. Petersburg escape with Little Tomato St. Petersburg Fla. A police were on the Lookout Friday Tor a walking Tomato. It was a 3-ibot-Lall robot in a padded Tomato suit with a Little round head and a Green Stem on lop. The Mascot of the Naples Tomato growers which was holding a three Day convention Here was lifted thursday said police officer John Mauro. He looked like a Little Tomato said Sharren Bishop a Secretary for Florida Choice food and drug which was Host for the convention. He looks so cute a standing Little robot thai walks around and talks thieves looted display Booths at the supermarket gather ing smuggling out $50 Worth of iams and jellies liquor an the mechanical Tomato Worth $300 to 1500, police said. New York violating rights of Foster kids judge rules new York not a Federal judge ruled Friday that new York City is violating the constitutional rights of Hundred of Foster children who Are kept in offices during the Day and moved to temporary Beds night after night because no permanent Homes can be found for them. The judge Mary Johnson Lowe Offe Cral District court in Manhattan found that the City had failed in its obligation to provide adequate stable and Safe Homes for these Chil Dren. But she took no imme Dinle action against the City pending hearing lode Iermini officials said the problem is an overcrowded system caused by an explosion in the demand for Foster care redid not have to wait for the judge s opinion to know we have a Large and serious problem. Said Thomas w. Bergdall general counsel of the human resources administration. Shortages in Alaska pushing Salmon prices up Seattle a poor Salmon runs in Alaska arc driving up prices in la United states for Mosi Varie ties of he fish. Wholesale prices started climbing dramatically 30 to 4s Days ago said Mel Donaldson a partner in windjammer seafood inc., which produces processes and Sells fish wholesale. It s your Basic old Supply and demand Don Aldson said. There s no fish and everybody need fish. We re in the Middle of panic fishermen an getting $105 a Pound for Silver Salmon or Coho compared with an average of 97 cents per Pound last year. Inmate with aids virus sentenced for attack Minneapolis a an inmate who Bil two guards after testing positive for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome virus was sentenced Friday to five More years in prison by a Federal judge who said she had empathy and compassion for the Man. You have this Sims that people Are afraid of and you Are Uncertain about what the future holds. But this was a violent crime and it Calls for a significant sentence . District judge Diana Murphy told James v. , 44, of new York City was convicted in june of two counts of assault with a dangerous and deadly weapon his Mouth and Teeth on two guards at the Federal medical Center in Rochester Minn. He had faced up 10 10 years on each count. Murphy sentenced him to concurrent five year sentences on each count but ordered the sentences to run consecutively to his previous conviction for drug Possession. Elderly stripped of rights by guard ans pane told Washington a elderly americans told a House pane Friday of their terror and humiliation As wards of a troubled guardianship system that snipped them of their rights under the Guise of Protection. What began As a plan to protect my self and my affairs while i recovered from my stroke ended up a Nightmare said Minnie Monoff 81, of Grec Lcy Kan. All you have to do is to have a stroke or be in a coma and they can take away All your rights added Marguerite Van Ellen. 66. Of Plantation fat. The iwo women and others Lold tales of forcible removal from their Homes forced admission to nursing Homes Shefl committed by their guardians and loss of Basic rights such a getting mail Tele phone Calls and Money from the Bank. I fell so helpless. It really Hurt thai 1 was branded incompetent and no one would listen to me said Tod Porterfield 83, of Albion ind., at the end of a tearful presentation. How can a Man step in and just take Over another Man s life and no one even questions it a sympathetic rep. Claude Pepper at 87 the oldest member of Congress called for minimum Federal standards that would give people the same Protection a criminal is entitled to in court when competency bearings Are held. For these things to have occurred in the United Stales of America is difficult to believe said Pepper d-Fla., chair Man of inc House select committee on aging s health subcommittee. "1 wonder if they la gel me he added. I m 87.1 have to be on the the hearing by Pepper s subcommittee was prompted by a series of stories b the associated press last week on abuses in the guardianship system nationwide. Under guardianship procedures which vary from state to state and some times from county to county guardians Are appointed to take control of inc property and personal affairs of elderly people who arc judged infirm or in competent it is unclear How Many people Are under guardianship but estimates Range a to 5qo.doo. The problem will Only Crow greater As America grows older Aid John h. Pickering chairman of the american bar association s commission on Legal problems of the elderly. In 43 percent of the 2,200 Case Stu died by the a senior citizens were not represented by an attorney at court proceedings. Forty percent of the wards were not at heir own hearing and 25 percent did t even have a hearing. Pepper said the Justice department had been invited to testify Friday but the Agenda declined and said they did t Nave any contribution to make on this however Pepper said Federal Stan Dards Are needed because states Are not addressing deficiencies in the system
