European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday novembers 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 body builder says Competition in Czechoslovakia memorable by dime like Baker Hanau Germany the wife of a 3rd army div Soldier said taking Sec Ond place in a body building Competition behind the Iron curtain was one of the most memorable experiences of her life Maryellen Campo � physical therapist at the army Hospital in Hanau won the Mariansky Lane Sandow cup for her Efi Bru in the czechoslovakian Competition. The 14-year Veteran gymnast began body building 2vi years Aeo. She said her experience in a Competition in the Eastern bloc country a Well As slaying with a czech family while she was there was one of the most unforgettable events in her life. Vera Bendel a professional body builder on the staff in the gym where i train encouraged me to compete for Pleho m Sis 6y of attn.  Cimpo holding atrophy stands by her collection of body building Ink. The Sandow cup Campo said. In retrospect. I Don t think that when she asked me i thought about what this would mean professionally or personally to me. Having gone through it. I think it s one of my most memorable  one of the More impressive aspects of the Competition was the size of the Field. Campo thought she was competing in a local contest. I did t know the Competition was As big As it was she said when Vera asked me about it i thought in was just a local Competition. Once there i Learned that this was one of the biggest compositions in body building in an Eastern bloc country. The competitors were from Austria Switzerland eng land Holland and Germany every Hole for Miles was tanked and i was the first american to compete. It was then hat i realized How big this  Bui the size and Quality of the com petition did t intimidate her. I placed second to the czechoslovakian competitor and it was a Little disappointing but i feel now that it was More political than anything. And the people in the audience made me feel that Way Campo said. The audience s reaction to her finish was surprising to Campo when my name was called As the runner up the audience began booing then they started shouting Usa num Ber one " Campo said. Bui it was a different Blory when the czech Champion was announced As the first place finisher when miss czech was announced As the first place Winner the audience was silent. There was no applause Campo said. "1 have never experienced anything like that in my life. I have never Felt so patriotic or proud to be an  the audience s response made up for her disappointment at finishing second. The disappointment hat 1 fell lasted for a fleeting moment Campo said. After the Competition the people Campo strikes pose at Ceth meet. Were so supportive until i fell like a Winner. I later found out that there was a Peoples ballot taken and the Audi ence had voted me for first  Campo also had an Opportunity to experience what everyday life was like for the czechs. I had an Opportunity to stay with a family while there and it was a Tittle depressing she said. The Walls in their Home looked like they had t been painted in 40 years the furnishings were modest and  two experiences made Campo appreciate the lifestyle she was accustomed to in the West. I took some fruit with me and gave the Lidie girl in the family a banana. She was so Happy and appreciative Over something As Smalt As a piece of fruit. It made me aware of How we Lake so much for granted Campo said. Then there was the Cost of her stay for the czech family. When we left 1 was told thai the breakfast that the family served me when i was in their Home probably Cost them a week s salary Campo said. Us k on of h m my do Bank suing trainee who lost in Stock Deal London a a stockbroking subsidiary of the National Westminster Bank said saturday it is suing a 23-year old trainee accountant for More than  million he lost in option trading during the Stock Market crash. The trainee who earns ii 1,100 a year and lives with his parents in West Lon Don lost 11,832,376,70 on an option which wat in effect a bet that the Finan Cial times 100-share Index would finish at or above 2,250 Points at the end of october. The Index closed at 1,749.6 on Friday two weeks after the crash of world Stock markets and the tast trading Day of the month. Attorneys for county Nat West Securi ies and Nat West stockbrokers have filed suit in the High court against the trainee seeking recovery of the losses on the option trading and a further s2.973.78 for tosses in share dealings. His asset which were not disclosed have been Frozen. Legislator John Smith the opposition labor party s spokesman on financial is sues criticized As irresponsible Banks that allow inexperienced people to build up such debts. He said he fears the trainee will be the first of Many Stock Market newcomers to get their fingers badly  the trainee was quoted As telling the daily Telegraph that he began by invest ing a few Hundred dollars at a time buy ing options written by financial institutions and making profits in the Bull Market. The paper said the trainee asked not to be named so he could inform his employer of his predicament. It added that he still hoped to pass his examinations next year 10 become a qualified accountant. The trainee said county Nat West Al Lowed his credit to Rise and he was encouraged to buy shares with More credit to Back his existing liabilities. My debit and credit balance increased to 11.3 fruition but they did not seem to be Wor ried the trainee was quoted As idling the newspaper. He was quoted As saying he stood to make about 162,300 on the 100-share Index option for october before the mar Ket crashed. I had no idea that i could lose so much he was quoted As saying. Finder of titanic wreckage questions blast theory new York not the suggestion that an explosion played a critical role in the sinking of the titanic 75 Yean ago is incompatible with accounts by survivor according to Robert Ballad Leader of the expedition thai found the wreckage of the giant Ocean liner in 1985. The suggestion was made on a television program broadcast last week on which items front the titanic Wen displayed. Officials of the expedition that retrieved the items suggested Lylial the explosion could have originated from a Long soldering ire in the ship s Coal Supply. But Ballard said the theory is incompatible with accounts of witness which he asserted left no doubt that a collision with an iceberg was to blame. Survivors described ice scattered on the deck of the titanic and protruding through a Small Hole in the Hull. The gaping Hole shown on the television show described As 30 feet wide must have been formed later he did in a Telephone interview. Survivor also described a fearsome roaring As he ship tilled vertically. Presumably massive machinery in the ship s hold broke Loose some of which. Ballard said could have punched the Hole at thai time or when the Bow hit the Ocean Bottom. The titanic on its Maiden voyage from England to new York Sank in the Atlantic off Newfoundland on april 14, 1912, lulling More than 1,500 passengers and Crew members. The two hour television show on wednesday. Return to the titanic. ,. Live was shown on television Slat ions throughout the United states. It was based on findings of a French diving expedition that retrieved a variety of items from the wreck last summer with sponsorship by a television company we stale International. When Ballard on an expedition for the Woods Hole oceanographic institution in Massachusetts inspected the wreck he reported that Many of the Riv eted Hull plates had been sprung open apparently by the collision with the ice Berg. This flooded Many water tight compartments causing the liner to sink. But he said the rate of hooding was much slower than what would have been produced by a Hole 30 feel wide