European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 26. 1988 the stars and stripes Paga 5 hostage s Kin doubt hell be freed soon Hingham. Mass. A i As hos Tage Alann so can entered his second year or Captivity in Lebanon on sunday members of his family said they hold Little Hope that he will tic released soon. I Only wish the kidnappers would re lease a statement or something from he hostages saying they re still of said so can s brother Craig. Stycn. 47, was a communications pro Fessor at Beirut University College when he was kidnapped Jan. 24, 19s7. Islamic jihad for the liberation of Palestine claimed his abduction. It has been month since he was last heard from. "1 Don t think anything is go ins to change any time soon said Craig Steen 40. Alart so can moved to Lebanon in 1983. "1 Don t know if it s infectious or what but there s excitement in the air. H s an ongoing adventure with a new Page every Day so ten said of Beirut in an october 1985 interview. His wife Virginia a. Rose Steen was a Fine ant professor at Beirut University College. On sunday she was in Beirut to Appeal with wives of three other hostages for the release of their husbands. Craig Siren a retired army sergeant who lives near Orlando fla., said he believes his brother s abductors arc linked to 1 a nicaraguan physician told about 300 Ameri can legionnaires sunday to either help the Contra rebels Slop the communists in Nicaragua or prepare to defend  Alejandro Bolanos 6j, a physician who says he fled his country to escape sandinista oppression and Jose Tala Vera. 26, who commanded a 300-Mcm her Contra task Force gave impassioned accounts of life in their country under the leftist regime. The speeches by Bolanos and Talavera who said his leg was blown off by a soviet mine seven months ago were part of o special presentation to Tennessee legionnaires and other Southeastern members. They saw a videotaped Mes Sage from president Reagan urging hem to write congressional leaders to support Aid for the contras. Congress will Vole in Early february whether to resume military Aid to the rebels. Reagan has argued the decision would determine whether soviets Are Able to Plant a communist Flag on the american Mainland. I be come Here to speak for your country when my children Are now and where Many of my grandchildren Are too said Bolanos who lives in St. Louis with his american wife. I Don t want them to die in 15 or 20 years defending Texas when you can have others who arc willing in die de fending you in Nicaragua. So either help them to win or prepare to defend Texas he said. Bolanos said communists Don t plan to attack the until d Siats with missile or tanks. The future attack on you comes from the fact that you have 120 million people Between the Rio Grande and the Panama canal which. By the end of the Cen Tury will be 200 million people in there living in poverty and repression and being indoctrinated Day after  he said. My grandchildren arc being indoctrinated Day after Day in Managua to be Lieve the United states is causing their oppression. The american legion which has sponsored several fact finding missions to South and Central America has wholly endorsed Reagan s position on Nicara Gua leaders said. The 3 million member group is the nation s largest veterans organization. V Iso to r t will of the. \ my t film v i / protesting Media coverage demonstrators Ealther outside the att building in new York sunday to protest he they All one sided press Cuic nire of seven weeks of violent unrest in Israel and the occupied Cam strip. The jewish political caucus says the Media especially television news is biased �e�in1 Israel. Relatives Comfort Frostbitten girl after surgery Chicago a1 a 9-year-old girl whose Frostbitten legs were amputated after she was found abandoned and tacked in a freezing filthy apartment got some company sunday from relatives As one recovered from a second operation. She s Fine As for As can be expected. Her color has come Back. She s really pretty said Katie Carlisle the 67-year-old great grandmother of Darlwin Carlisle who is recovering from Post amputation surgery. I combed her hair said mrs. Carlisle who raised the child s father and put two Blue Baric tics in her hair to go with her  the girl underwent a 2vi-hour operation at Wylor children s Hospital at the univ Emly of Chicago on saturday to close the wounds left open when her legs were removed below the Knees last week. Darlwin was listed in fair but stable condition on sunday. She was found locked in the freezing bedroom attic of her family s Gary ind., apartment Jan. 17. Authorities believe she was left there several Days earlier by her Mother who has been charged with felony neglect. The child s fall or and other relatives and friends visited Darlwin after the surgery and again sunday mrs. Carlisle said. The first time she came Oul of surgery she was crying and she asked me who was going to take care of her and i said i will " said mrs Carlisle. Or. Victoria Dvonch the orthopaedic surgeon who performed thursday s amputation and led the poral ing Cam again on saturday said Earlwin should be up on artificial Trainer legs o icam How to balance herself in a couple of weeks officials say they Are not sure with whom the girl will live when her Hospital slay is completed. The child Prfu Clive services division of the Lake county department of Public welfare look custody of her after she was discovered. Final custody will be awarded by a juvenile court. The girl s Mother Darlwin Joann Brill 24, is in jail Miami baby born with rare deformity Miami Lull a baby boy born with two faces bul Only one head is in stable condition at Jackson memorial Hospital where doctors arc evaluating the extremely rare farm of siamese twins. Tin infant was born Early Friday morning so a woman who has three other children All Normal. Hos Pital officials said the infant is breathing on his own and is being fed through a tube. The baby s head is shaped similar to a Clover Leaf joined from the Chin up to the Temple said or. Charles Bauer associate director of neonatology at the Hospital. The two distinct faces each with its own eyes nose and Mouth look in different directions he said and there is one Airway. Although the baby has one brain officials say thai the infant has very Little cortex or brain tissue and no brain Stem. The infant s body is Normal except that in was bom with  or open spine. The opening is prone to infection Bauer said and the condition is life threatening. If the baby survives the spinal condition he would Likely remain in a vegetative stale he said. The baby s condition is the most severe form of siamese twins which occurs when the fertilized egg splits most of the Way. In the Case of this baby the split was less Complete doctors said. Doctors exp Cal i hair evaluation to Lake several Days. In lieu of 150,000 Bond and faces three counts of felony neglect and a possible prison term of 60 years. She entered an innocent plea Friday in Lake Superior court. The child s fall or James Carlisle has said he wants to gain custody of the girl. He is married with n 16 month old daughter Gnu another child due soon. He is a forklift operator at a children s toy manufacturer in fort Wayne ind. Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan 26, 194b Harrold Stassun announced in Washington that he would enter the Ohio primary in direct Challenge id the Republican presidential ambitions of sen. Robert Taft. 30 years ago today. Jan. 26, 1958 radio Moscow broadcast that Nikita Khz Nische was ready to discuss n ban on inter Continental ballistic missiles As pan of a general disarmament agreement 20 years ago today. Jan. 26, 1968 pics Ideal Johnson ordered the immediate Call up of More than  air Force and Navy air reservists to Back up . Demands for the return of the . Intelligence ship Pueblo and its 83 men. 10 years ago today. Jan. 26, 1978 in Strasbourg France european legislators recommended a two year ban on Hunting baby seals in Greenland after the practice came to Light