European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 02, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes monday May 2.1988 Hihi Birdie Mullok the first California Condor conceived in Captivity is Given some food at the san Diego wild animal Park saturday. The Chick was hatched Fri Day with keepers using tweezers and their fingertips to help the baby break free from its Shell. The Chick brings the known number of the nearly extinct Spe cies to 28. The squawking baby was named after the Indian word for stateside Minn attorney accused of unlicensed practising St. Paul. Minn. A an assistant City attorney who resigned earlier this month after her education credentials were questioned has been charged with practising Law without a License. Nancy Magnuson an assistant City attorney for More than two years before resigning april 13. Is scheduled to appear in court May 9 on the mis Demea nor charge. If convicted she faces a maximum sen tence of 90 Days in jail and a $700 Tine. According to a criminal complaint tiled by the ram sey county attorney s office Magnuson s inability to pay a state Legal registration fee led to an investigation in which a court clerk found Magnuson had never been licensed to practice Law. Earlier in april. Magnuson s supervisor had checked her records at the William Mitchell College of Law and the University of Minnesota s Law school and found she never attended either institution. She resigned when the City attorney asked to Sec her License. Hewlett Packard founder to bequeath Fortune san Francisco a Hewlett Packard founder David Packard 75, plans to bequeath his $2 billion Fortune to the foundation created by him and his late wife making the Charity one of the nation s 10 wealth Iest its director said. The los Altos based David and Lucille Packard foundation valued at si45 million would rank with others such As the Ford foundation valued at s4.7 billion executive director Cole Wilbur said. The bulk of the donation will consist of Stock contributed to the foundation a charitable organization created by the Packard in 1964 to finance education and health projects throughout the world Wilbur said. Worker killed in Cave in f of i i Vui to i Milieu 111 Uva contractor of wite s murder of Sand att. Louis Piant found hanged in his prison cell Polk City Fla. A a Man convicted of contracting his wife s murder through an advertisement in Soldier of Fortune Magazine was found hanging in his prison cell saturday an apparent suicide authorities said. Robort Spearman who was serving a sentence of life plus 20 years in the 1985 slaying of his wife was found Drad three Days after authorities announced they had thwarted a planned helicopter escape. The body of Spearman 60, was found hanging by a bids Eccl from the top bars of his cell Wall in Polk county correctional Center in Polk City about 35 Miles Northeast of Tampa said stale correction spokesman Bob Macmaster. Spearman was found sat urday morning just 15 minutes after the last Check of his cell Macmaster said. Macmaster said Spearman was not considered a Sui cide risk. Spearman had been transferred to the Polk prison monday from Zephyrhills correctional institution 25 Miles to the cast. On wednesday the Florida department of Law enforcement disclosed that agents had thwarted an at tempt by Spearman a millionaire boatyard owner from Palm Beach gardens to arrange a helicopter escape from Zephyrhills. Two undercover file agents posing As pilots received $4,700 As a Down payment on a $54,700 con tract to steal a helicopter and Fly Spearman out of the prison said de Williams agent in charge of the file s Tampa office. Spearman asked the undercover agents to have two machine guns and four hand grenades aboard the Heli copter authorities said. He intended to use the Gre Nades to kill his prosecutor Palm Beach county assistant state attorney Moria Lasch said John Joyce an file spokesman in Tallahassee. Spearman was charged with attempted escape and weapons offences. Stepson Fred Douglas Laurent jr., of fort Laud Crdal a suspected accomplice was charged with the same offences but remains at Large authorities said. Longtime Friend Gene Mcnno said Spearman was struggling to Cope with prison life when he visited him last summer. He was always talking about getting out that he could t stand it Mcnno said alter the escape plan was disclosed. Attorney David Roth who represented Spearman in his murder trial said he was not shocked by the escape plan because under the sentence imposed in april 1987, he would not be eligible for parole before he reached his mid-80s. Someone in his position would not have a great Deal to lose Roth said. Spearman was convicted of hiring two men who had advertised in Soldier of Fortune to kill his wife Anita for $20.000. She was bludgeoned to death in november 1985. Prosecutors said Spearman wanted to get rid of his cancer stricken wife a former Svast Palm Beach assist ant City manager because he had fallen in love with his Secretary and did t want a costly divorce. St. Louis a Sand breaking Loose from the sides of a Hopper buried and killed a maintenance worker saturday authorities said. The usually powdery Sand used to make holds for Brake parts had been caked onto the sides of the hop per that Bernard Hayes 38, was cleaning said Battal Ion fire chief Frank Schaper. It took about five hours to recover Hayes body after the Sand caved in at 4 45 . At the Warner division Cooper industries Plant Schaper said. He said one fireman suffered a minor Back injury when he became trapped in the soft Sand and was pulled out by his safety harness. Pm to recall 26,000 cars for potential problems Detroit a general motors corp. Has announced it is recalling nearly 26,000 cars to Correct several possible problems including an automatic transmission Cable that could leave a Driver unable to know what gear he s in. Included in the recall were about 17,500 Buick re gals and about 8,400 Pontiac grand prix models pm said. Both arc 1988 models. Both models have potential problems with the trans Mission Cable that could cause the cars to be in a gear other than that displayed on the shift indicator pm said. Among other potential problems both models hoods also could unexpectedly pop open because of a faulty Back up Latch and the grand prix s wheels could fall off because the lug nuts attaching them could loosen pm said it was unaware of any accidents because of the potential problems. Owners were being notified to take the cars to dealers who will make repairs free. Boxer shorts May Aid male Fertility study says Boston up wearing Loose fit Ting Boxer shorts instead of tight Bikini style underwear May help alleviate infertility in some men a preliminary study reported saturday suggests. The Pilot study involving two men with Normal sperm production found their sperm production was significantly higher when they wore Boxer snorts rather than Bikini beefs researchers said. The results of this Pilot study support the underwear hypothesis by showing that Choice of underwear can influence wrote the University of Nebraska medical Center researchers who conducted the study. Patrick c. Friman an assistant professor of paediatrics who headed the study cautioned that the results were preliminary and needed to be followed up with additional research. However the results suggest that underwear May be an important variable for behavioural Medicine studies in male infertility wrote Friman who reported the findings at a meeting of the society of behavioural Medicine. The study was based on previous re search which suggested the amount of heat in the Scot Cuirca appeared to affect sperm production with higher tempera Tures apparently reducing sperm Levels. By extrapolation men s Choice of underwear has been suggested As an important variable he said. The hypothesis is that tight fitting underwear e.g., Bikini briefs increases intr scrotal heat and thereby decreases sperm underwear hypothesis seems to have been accepted As already proven by the the researchers noted that this approach to alleviating male infertility commonly is recommended in popular magazines and columns by Abigail Van Buren who writes the popular syndicated dear Abby advice column. But the hypothesis has never been tested directly Friman said. In the new study the two men alternately wore Boxer shorts or Bikini under Wear for 90 Days at a time for a year
