European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 4. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 to station opts for Parade Over title game i ii la of Liwa apr a local Tel Camion Sta Tion found itself in a no win Situ lion when in was forced in choose by a can finishing is coverage of a City Enid Linn or switching Over in the National col lege football championship. In chose local tradition. Nylic affiliate Kew to televised More than 12 hours of the mummers Parade from its hour delayed Start id i finish so local viewer missed most of Ine unit half of the Orange bowl clash Between no. I Oklahoma and no. I Miami. Miami won the game,20-14. That prompted hundreds of Telephone Calls to the station As Well As to a local newspaper the net work and the Telephone company by outraged football Fane. Had we made the decision to dump the Parade we probably would have gotten an equal number of Calls from irate mummers fans and the mummers family members Kew spokeswoman Joanne Cala Bria said. The station occasionally hashed the football score during its a rude coverage and finally turned to the game 9d minutes after the Kickoff. Calabria said the station did not fag the number of Calls but said ils newsroom phones were swamped. She said the Slat Ion had expected the Parade to end in Lime for the beginning of the football game but it Wen on until about 9 30 . We arc not contractually bound to stay with the mummers Parade until it is Over she said. It was our decision to stay with the Parade showing our commitment to local programming and to the  nearly 15,000 mummers strutted up Broad Street in elaborate colourful costumes decorated with sequins and plumes in the ssh annual Folk Cele bration. Police said More than 86,000 people watched the Parade. Services held for family victims of mass Slayer , Ark. A a woman killed last month alone with 13 relatives it her Rural Home once Uroic to a relative i always try to remember a Man who Hales suffers More than the Man  the words of freely Simmons 16.were read saturday it a memorial service for the m members of the family of r. Gene Simmons or. At i he first Assembly of . Simmons 47, is accused in heir deaths at the Louse outside Kussell Villa As Well As those of two other people he shot in town. He is undergoing court ordered Psychia tric observation at Iho stale Hospital at Little Rock. A sister. Viula Shields said mrs. Simmons explained her daily prayers and lib la read Imp by Ute int Slie diff in he cause 1 Don t want id meet him in  the him was Simmons about 250 people attended the service. In addition to about 25 members of mrs. Simmons family her parents. And three Sisters and three Brothers and their children a group Ofa Hout 25 teen Peers filled one Section of the Church. They were set rid Nis Irani Dover High school where Luctta Simmons 17, had been a indent the Rev. Kace Savage 47, pastor of first United methodic Church of Dover delivered a Eulogy including excerpts from letters written by mrs. Simmons to her relatives. We Hau been shaken our lives have Cen shaken our nmn Unity has been shaken Savage said. Many in the Community pm e Litvyn touched. Now he must begin the Healing process. We come Ludy of ask the eternal question Why .1 " Savage said. We Are mad. We arc angry. We Ore Hurt. Their is  a huge did mrs. Simmons Joy was in her children and her peace and her strength came from  he read from Anu her of mrs. Sim  roof b"1ii1 Sam of iT11 " i flu Leral Altwin rih Bellville. Ark Hureh. From left they Are a Lisurs a Tolar Shields Hir Mother m he Novak a St scr Matild Gull nov and Hermite Pfohler Andy Novak. Ruins letters i always kiss my children to show them my love. I show my love who a  and from another letter speaking of her children she wrote they like each other Anri Tovac each other. I Hope they keep in and work  inside the Church a table held photo graphs of All 14 slain members of the family there were no caskets at the service. Instead 14 red roses stood in front of the pews where the family members sat. John Morgan of Shinn funeral serv ice., said the bodies of seven Simmons family members not being buried else where would be cremated and the family will Lake the remains Back to Colorado for private burial at a later Dale. Blacks demonstrate in Brooklyn new York us l More than Joo Blacks marched amid a Din of racial Taunis and jeers saturday through a predominately while Section of Brooklyn where two Black Brothers were attn cd by a gang of while youths Christmas Day. The Blacks marched through Bensonhurst to Cali Atten Tion u what they said was the area s racism and to express their murage Orr the attack that left Toni Blacks who had wandered into the immunity seriously injured. By Lori icy even arrived at the 62nd precinct the station How Ulicne two White suspects were arrested in the attack the  were mobbed by hundreds of whiles who Ehan cd Howard teach Howard each and waited signs Reade tribes to Home whiles  about i hx1 policemen flanked the demonstrators and at numerous Points m the 2.5-mile March some of the 35 mounted policemen raced into the Rundi of Whites to twp Ihm from charging at tk1 demons razors. Twenty-lv.0 policemen on motorcycles repeatedly sped from one Silion of the Demon traitors route to another with their sirens blaring to keep a band of Whites that was pursuing the marchers from reaching their targets. Police said however that conflict Between the two sides was confined to a few minor skirmishes. There were no arrests and no injuries were reported the Blacks generally ignored the taunts and jeers Bui chanted no Justice. No peace and Benson Hurst have you heard this is nut Johannesburg a they marched. Ulack organizers Jaid the March was to protest the Christmas Day attack on Sylvester Lamont 29, and his brother. Steven 31. The two were beaten by a group of White youths As they collected hollies and cans they intended to redeem for 5-Ccnt refunds. The attack on the Brothers came us four Days after three White youths were convicted of manslaughter and related charges in a racially motivated attack in which a Black Man was chased to his death on a High Way in the Howard Beach Section of Queens. A fourth while youth was cleared of All charges. Shortly after the demonstrators resumed to the Marlboro houses a project on the outskirts of Benson Hurst where the March began a protest organizer the Kef. Al so Carpion warned that Irie demonstration was the first of Many we arc coming Back and we Are coming Back in numbers. We want you to know we Are not afraid of you any More Sharpton said we want them to know there is racism on their streets and we want inc dogs in Benjo Hunt to act lust As responsibly us they arc calling on us to Aci he said. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago . 4. 1148 British prime minister Clement r. Ailce did soviet policy is threatening the welfare and Way of life of the other nations of Europe with a new Forron of imperialism ideological economic and  30 years ago . 4, 1958 mount Everest conqueror sired Mund a hoary won a race to the South pole ceasing a rival British team and arriving with less than 20 Miles of fuel remaining in his Racior. 20 years ago today. Jan 4, 1968 sen. Eugene Mccarthy. D-minn., said he would a Nice inc March 12 new Hampshire presidential primary although he said be had no Clear indication of Bow he would fare against president Johnson on the Vietnam Issue. I 0 years ago today. ,. Jan. 4, 1978 president Carter arrived in saudi Arabia for talks with saudi leaders