European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday August 15, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 buddies three year old Dustin Bamberg of win Ter Haven fla., gives an affectionate kiss to a 3-month-old Puma cub named after him at Cypress gardens a Central Flor Ida theme Park. Dustin s Grandfather i curator of animals at the Park and picked the cub s name. Dustin the Puma take daily walks on a Leash. Animal rights group hits convention of trappers Peoria 111. A about 15,000 Ani Mal trappers swapped tips and admired everything from Raccoon fur to Alligator Heads at a National convention while demonstrators saturday marched with signs Reading every fur coat  some of the 200 animal rights activists marching outside the Peoria civic Center also carried signs with a picture of a Mink Reading this animal needs her Mother. Is she on your Back the activists say the trappers use of steel leg hold traps Are responsible for Mil Lions of painful animal deaths each year. Strong men protect and defend the in Nocent. Cowards trap said Kay Sievers who represented trans species unlimited. It s time to ban this trap Sievers said during a rally in front of the civic Center. You know Why this is a great Day it s a great Day because we be got our selves a winnable Issue said Victoria Moran of Kansas City to. The protesters collected signatures to use in their Effort to lobby Congress to ban leg hold traps. The trappers meeting this weekend for the National trappers association s 29th annual convention say they Are misunderstood animal lovers and blame animal rights activists for tarnishing their image. We love animals said Ray Petru Nich 50, of Taylor pa., owner of trap pers specially products a mail order trapper Supply company. We have a great Deal of respect for animals. We re Nelp ing keep their numbers Down and pre vent overpopulation. There s no logic to any of their  on Friday about 400 exhibitors Dis played assorted animal skins and the lat est gizmos for catching wild critters. The parking lot outside resembled a giant tailgate party featuring such Delica cies As Wyoming Coyote and Florida Alli Gator steaks. Also on Sale were Alligator Heads skeletons or preserved with skin and eyes at prices ranging from $95 to $200. Inside the civic Center exhibition Hall steel traps Are available by the thou Sands and wire snares Are common. An old time trapper demonstrated the Best Way to conceal a Small leg hold trap and fielded questions from hundreds of conventioneers on topics such As How to lure a Beaver into a submerged trap. Former democratic rep. Passman of Louisiana Dies at 88 by the new York times Otto e. Passman an acid tongued son of Louisiana sharecroppers who served in Congress for 30 years and pursued a relentless Battle against spending for for eign Aid died saturday at a Hospital near his Home in Monroe la. He was 88. Passman who became a Central figure in a Case of reported influence buying by a korean businessman a decade ago was first elected to Congress in 1946. He Wasa conservative Democrat and segregationist who opposed civil rights legislation fought for restrictions on organized labor and criticized government spend ing in Many areas. He was chairman of the House for eign Aid appropriations subcommittee from 1954 until he was Defeated in his bid for a 16th term in 1976. His fiery speeches in opposition to foreign Aid on the floor of the House and his critical questioning of foreign Aid administrators in the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations led critics to Brand him Otto the  the Best Way to destroy friends is to Start supporting them with gifts and favors Passman said in 1956 when he urged colleagues to reject an Appeal from president Eisenhower to raise a foreign Aid ceiling. A Dapper Gray haired Man who rep resented the largely Rural 5th District of Louisiana he faced no organized or Well financed election challenges in his 30 years in Congress until he was upset by Jerry Huckaby in a 1976 primary. Before the primary defeat Passman had been accused of cheating on his con Gressional expense accounts and using his influence to persuade foreign govern ments to ship Rice in ships owned by a California company the St. John Mari time co. He denied the charges. Two years after leaving Congress he was charged with taking illegal gratuities while in the House. He was found not guilty in 1979 after a lengthy trial in Monroe on charges of taking $273,000 from ton Sun Park a wealthy korean Rice trader for using his influence to Aid him. Passman who described himself As just a country boy was born on june27, 1900, on a farm near Franklinton la., to de and Pheriby Passman who were sharecroppers. He left school when he was 13 and spent the next 16 years working at a Vari Ety of jobs. He attended night classes graduating from Baton Rouge High school and commercial business col lege in Bogalusa la. An astute businessman he moved in 1929 to Monroe and established the Passman wholesale equipment co., which manufactured commercial refrigerators and restaurant equipment. In 1931, he married the former Willie Bateman. She died in 1984. In the 1930s, Passman acquired a wholesale equipment company in fort Smith ark., and furniture concern and an investment company in Mon Roe. He joined the Navy in 1942 As a lieutenant and served As a procure ment officer until his discharge As a lieutenant com Mander in 1944. It was in world  Manwar ii that he decided to enter politics and he Defeated the incumbent Congress Man from Louisiana s 5th District Charles e. Mackenzie in a 1946 demo cratic primary election. In Congress Passman quickly established a reputation As an articulate conservative. With a largely Rural constituency he supported several measures designed to Aid Farmers including an Al location of $2 billion in farm Price sup ports in 1950, but he opposed govern ment Aid programs in other areas. After he was named chairman of the House foreign Aid appropriations sub committee in 1954, he began a crusade against foreign Aid that forced delays an reduced spending in the programs for More than 20 years. In closed committee meetings he frequently subjected administrators of the programs to prolonged hostile questioning on minute details of their programs. One target was the development loan fund a government Agency that made Loans to poor nations. After making what he described As fact finding trips to several countries in Asia and the Middle East in1959 and 1960, Passman charged the pro Gram with mismanagement but offered no evidence to support the charges. Throughout his 30 years in the House Passman who was 6 feet tall maintained an Early morning regimen of calisthenic that kept him at a trim 175 pounds. A Dapper Dresser he told reporters that his wardrobe included 48 suits. He is survived by his wife Martha whom he married in 1985. Detroit papers hasp a probe finds serious errors including Man identified As female raising Price Detroit a the prices of de troit s two daily newspapers whose Sepa rate business and circulation depart ments Are in the process of becoming one will go up 5 cents each the Detroit free press announced sunday. The newsstand Price of the free press will increase to 25 cents from 20 cents and the Detroit news will increase its Price to 20 cents from 15 cents in six counties near Detroit and to 25 cents from 20 cents elsewhere. The increases which will go into effect Friday had been expected after the Deci Sion by attorney general Edwin Meese to approve a joint operating agreement Between the two papers. The Price of the combined weekend editions will be 25 cents on saturday and $1 on sunday. New York a a state review of a Brooklyn Hospital found five questionable deaths improperly stored radioactive waste and records so Sloppy that a Man s Chart identified him As a woman. The state department of health made the findings during a two week Survey of the 620-bed interfaith medical Center the daily news reported in sunday s editions. The 95-Page report said the Hospital failed to provide proper care in 16 cases More than half of which involved deaths including five that state officials said were questionable but were not noted in doctors special files As required by Law the newspaper said. It said two is gallon Drums and a least four Large plastic bags were filled with radioactive waste. They were not protected from tampering and were left exposed to the weather and vermin. The report which cited dozens of Vio lations also said one woman s Normal Gall bladder was unnecessarily removed and a 79-year-old heart patient s leg was amputated without her permission. The deficiencies Are very serious and ones that involve Many key areas of the Hospital said Wayne Osten director of the state s Bureau of Hospital services. Theodore Jamison the Hospital s pres ident said he had just received the re port and was not prepared to comment. The not for profit Hospital was created five years ago when Brooklyn jewish Hospital and St. John s episcopal Hospi Tal merged. In 1986, interfaith s two facilities 81 clinics and its emergency wards handled More than 200,000 patient visits. Lars Larmon a Hospital spokesman said interfaith is $20 million in debt. He said the administration has been using Money from its operating budget to Payfor physical improvements of the antiquated Brooklyn jewish site resulting in a shortage of medical supplies Materi als and everything  Larmon said 14 percent of its admissions Are the working poor or homeless. Osten said the financial problems can not be accepted As adequate justification for the medical nursing and Quality Assurance problems we have