European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes monday August 29, 1988 31 abortion foes released after revealing identities stateside by the associated press thirty one anti abortion activists arrested in Atlanta during the democratic National convention revealed their identities to police and were freed from jail saturday after spending 40 Days behind bars. Earlier saturday 14 people were arrested after the blocked the Entrance to an abortion clinic in Chicago and in Pottstown pa., 74 activists have been found guilty of trespassing stemming from a july 5 Demon stration outside a clinic. The protesters freed in Atlanta were among 134arrested july 19. Three of those arrested during the convention remained in jail including one who has been on a water Only fast since his arrest. I want everyone to know this is not a sign that Weare giving up said the Rev. Edwin Arentsen 71, of Illinois who was involved in the Atlanta demonstrations. We Are going to return to our Homes and we Are going to recruit More people to come to officials with operation Rescue the new York based group that organized the protests had said demonstrators hoped to overcrowd the prison system by refusing to give their real names to police thus making them ineligible for Job and family commitments have made staying in prison difficult for protesters who have come from new York California Virginia and Illinois said operation Rescue spokeswoman Juli Loesch. In Chicago police were unable to take two of the protesters into custody because they locked themselves to a bar attached to a Concrete Block and a Locksmith failed to break them free after working for More than an hour. The clinic s director called the protest by about 30demonstrators an outrage but an anti abortion activist defended the protesters tactics. This is a death Camp. As far As we re concerned this is just exactly the same As Auschwitz or Buchen Wald Joseph Scheidler head of the pro life action league said at an earlier protest at another clinic. Seven men six women and a 16-year-old girl were arrested for sitting in front of the clinic door said patrolman Gene Nero. They were to be charged with trespass mob action and resisting arrest police said. In Pennsylvania 74 activists were found guilty Fri Day of trespassing outside a women s health clinic in Paoli. Two More hearings Are scheduled to assess fines in the 591 arrests during a demonstration organized by the Binghamton operation Rescue at the women s suburban clinic. Family prevented from talking to Conrad in prison paper says Alliance Ohio a Clyde Lee Conrad former army sergeant who marked his 41st birthday saturday in a West German prison after his arrest on espionage charges has not been allowed to speak to his parents the family said. We love him and we Are quite certain he needs moral support Conrad s father Harry Conrad told the Alliance review. There s no Way we can take Backshat has happened but his mom and dad and family love him and he has our Clyde Conrad who allegedly led a spy ring that provided . And nato military secrets to the Sovi ets faces espionage charges carrying a maximum 10 year sentence. The Conrads in an interview published saturday afternoon said they have not been allowed to speak with their son since his arrest tuesday. Calls by the associated press to the family s Home in Alliance went unanswered saturday. The newspaper said the Conrads would ask .rep. Ralph Regula to help them obtain permission from the West German government to talk to their son. No request for help had been made saturday Andreula a Ohio planned to be away from his Home near Canton until tuesday the congressman s son David Regula said. Conrad grew up in Sebring a town of about 5,000 Ina Rural area 55 Miles Southeast of Cleveland. He entered the army after his High school graduation in1965, and his father and his Mother Anna along with his sister Karen Henschen moved to Alliance four Miles West of Sebring. A brother Darell Robert lives in Boca Raton Fla. I always thought i knew my son Harry Conra said. We were pretty tightly wrapped. If i had had this knowledge before it would have killed me. It about to kill me relatives and acquaintances said Conrad Seldom returned Home from Germany. He always distanced himself from us Henschen a from left Harry and Anna Conrad and son Clyde Lee at Sebring Ohio in August 1985. Said. He did t see big opportunities in Sebring. Join ing the military was a Way for him to he is a stranger we re talking about. He s someone really Don t know even though we share the same parents she said. Castro foes profess executions new York a five men protesting what they called the executions of More than 400 people under cuban president Fidel Castro s regime hand cuffed themselves to a Handrail in the statue of Liberty s Crown men stood in line with tourists about two hours before climbing to the top of the statue. Police clipped the cuffs after about an hour cite the men for assembling without a permit and ordered them to leave. They left Liberty Island by ferryboat said Tom Bradley Deputy superintendent of the statue of Liberty National men wanted to Call attention to an incident on aug. 30, 1962? when More than 400 people were executed by a Fang squad under orders of Castro said Saul Pedrera a spokesman for the statue of Liberty was chosen because it is a Well known Symbol of Freedom Pedrera said. No one was Hurt and the protesters were carrying no weapons. The men who ranged in age from 48 to 58, were no arrested but they were ordered to Post $150 Bond each within 10 Days. Mcdonald s is going once going twice in Arkansas Little Rock Ark. A want a piece Ofa Mcdonald a Here s your Chance. One of the fast food restaurants Here will Beup for auction piece by piece wednesday morn Many times can you walk in and say i bought this at a Mcdonald s restaurant " asked Wayne Ball 38, owner of an auction and really company in North Little s not that Many times people Are going to have Salt and Pepper shakers from Mcdonald s. It s just an unheard of plans to auction the restaurant off from floor tiles to air conditioning units on the roof including everything inside Salt and Pepper shakers tables desks Kitchen equipment and walk in s left after the auction will be bulldozed to make Way for a new Mcdonald a about twice the size of the current one Ball said. 1 killed As woman 77, crashes during Drivers test Tuscola 111. A a 77-year-old woman taking a driving test crashed through the Wall of the examination station killing a woman and injuring four Warnes 43, of Longview was killed Friday when Pearl a. Kamm s car jumped the curb and flew through the plate Glass window of the building said state police spokesman Bob , of Atwood put her vehicle in reverse and backed into a tree at the facility he then put it in Forward and maintained that her foot slipped off the Brake and onto the Gas examiner in the car with Kamm Mary to Fitzgerald of Tuscola was treated at a Hospital and released. Kamm was not Hurt. Also injured were Warnes Friend Donna Stutz 34, of Longview who was hospitalized Wanda Orton 39, of Tuscola who was treated and released and Robert Matteson 43, of Villa Grove who was Cut by flying Glass Fletcher said. You have to give the Guy credit 1,099 others did Santa Clara Calif. A the certified world s Champion credit card collector he never leaves Home without a Bunch of them says he wants to get even More of the Handy Little Cavanagh he Calls himself or. Fantastic plastic says he is determined to ketone of each of the 10,000 credit cards he Esti mates Are available in this country. He figures twill take him five years to reach his goal. I figure i Only have 12 percent of what s out there he said. My goal is to get them Cavanagh whose 1,099 credit cards have earned him a paragraph in the guinness Book of world records said he applies for 100 cards a month and gets few does t owe on any of the cards because he pays his Bills in has found the Only drawback to collecting plastics is the barrage 01 Cata logs and other buy me goodies he gets daily. My mailman hates me he said. Togo comic to return after 15-year absence los Angeles a the Pogo comic strip which went into hibernation 15 years a of with the death of artist Walt Kelly will return i january with new adventures of the critters at the Okefenokee Neal Sternecky 27, and writer Larry Doyle 29, who worked together on the student newspaper at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign will revive Pogo the Possum Albert the Alligator Porky Pine Howland Owland Churchy la Femme. Pogo one of the first comic strips to com ment on political affairs and social issues will continue to address current events said Lou Schwartz president of the los Angeles times Syndicate which will distribute the strip
