European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday August 31, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 sex Marine gives up after occupying fort Vancouver Wash. A a homeless for Mer Marine barricaded himself inside hist9iic for Vancouver monday to protest what he said was a Lack of help for troubled Vietnam veterans the gave up quietly in Exchange for a Chance to talk to reporters. The Man who identified himself As Ken Rose 40,surrendered to police and Fri agents seven hours after he scaled the fortress s 15-foot Wall and fire several apparently harmless shots from replica can Nons. Rose who said he had enough provisions to Sta two weeks agreed to give up after an Fri negotiator told him it would be pointless to hold out. He said he was unarmed except for Black powder that he used to fire the cannons. Veterans in this country paid their dues. The served with Pride Rose of the Tillamook ore., area told reporters. It s a disgrace to see the sleeping on the sidewalk. They face a lot of emotion Al psychological and physical problems that Are unlike any other segment of the population in America. I feel that what we need to do is set up a recover place of our own run by veterans not by bureaucrats so we can treat them and get them Back tothe right Way of after talking to reporters he was arrested an charged with first degree burglary. Bail was set at $10,000, police capt. Ray Anderson said. He said the county prosecutor was considering whether other charges would be filed. Bart Gori an Fri spokesman in Portland ore., said Federal officials were leaving prosecution to the local authorities although the reconstructed log for Tress is a Federal landmark. Rose who said he served As a Corporal in Vietnam in 1967 and 1968, said he was recently treated in the veterans administration Hospital in Portland for Post traumatic stress syndrome and alcoholism. He said he was not drinking during the takeover. He said he had been living in his car and wit friends recently. While in the fort Rose asked to speak with Catholic priest and a psychiatrist or psychologist from the a Hospital and to rep. Lane Evans d-111., a member of the House veterans affairs com Mittee. Evans was in Washington state monday campaigning for a fellow Democrat and was expected in Vancouver in the afternoon. Ill be glad to talk to him about his problem with the veterans administration Evans said be fore Rose surrendered. Rose was in a three Story Tower known As the Bas Tion at the Northwest Corner of the 4 la acre fort. The fort is surrounded by a wooden stockade and has several other buildings in addition to the Tower. A note left outside the fort said it was taken by Vietnam veterans at 4 30 a.m.," but authorities said there was no evidence More than one person was involved. Police surrounded the stockade and closed sur rounding roads and nearby Pearson air Park. The note also said any attempts to retake the fort will result in the destruction of the asked by reporters whether he would have carried through on the threat Rose declined comment. Anderson said there was some minor damage tothe fort including a broken window. He said can Nons within the fort appeared to have been loaded Only with Black powder and the explosions were Little More than puffs of smoke. Helicopter escape attempt revealed As a trick Tallahassee Fla. Up fed eral officials used a disguised helicopter and a . Customs Pilot to trick imprisoned techno Bandit Werne Bruchhausen into trying to escape then foiled the attempt authorities revealed monday. Bruchhausen 45, of West Germany who is serving a 15-year sentence for Selling High tech secrets to the soviet Union and other communist countries. He is considered to be one of the Lead ing techno bandits in . History and until sunday was confined at Talla Hassee s Low Security Federal correctional Institute. About 7 30 . Sunday a Blac helicopter swooped Over the prison Wall and appeared to make a Landing on a exercise Field. Bruchhausen ran toward the helicopter Only to see it Rise and take off As he approached. It was a government helicopter flown by a . Customs service agent said Warden Robert honsted describing the scam. That s what enabled us to apprehend or. Bruchhausen obviously and preclude him from boarding the Craft and Bruchhausen has since been moved to the High Security Atlanta Federal Penitentiary and May be charged with attempted escape and conspiracy to escape. He could be sentenced to 10 More years in prison and fined up to on those charges. Honsted said officials were tipped by Warden Robert honsted left and . Attorney Michael Moore describe to reporter the foiled escape attempt of West German Werner Bruchhausen. Unnamed sources 2 /2 weeks ago tha Bruchhausen was planning an escape. Prison officials began monitoring Bruchhausen s outgoing Telephone Calls. From those Calls they pieced together Bruchhausen s escape plans which included a proposed $250,000 payoff this rescuers. Honsted and other officials said a investigation into the escape conspiracy is continuing and refused to give other details. Honsted said a $5,000 Down pay ment was in the custody of Law enforce ment officials but refused to say if that payment had been delivered to one of the suspected co conspirators. . Attorney Michael Moore said a indictment has been issued against a person who is not in custody. He re fused to elaborate on that person s identity. The escape attempt was videotaped by a ctr a lbs affiliate that had been tipped to the Story in said he would like to know where the station got its information but that he did not plan to take any action against it. Moore said a ctr knew authorities were already aware of the planned escape and so did not Call prison officials. He said the escape was filmed from nearby Road and not from the prison grounds. A ctr managing editor Richard Smith declined comment. Fake bomb hostage used of hold up California Bank Buena Park Calif. A two men took a Bank Teller and three members of her family hostage Over night then robbed the Bank the next Day by strapping a fake bomb to the woman and threatening to blow Herup. The robbers burst into the la Habra Home of Security Pacific Bank Teller Norma Sanchez sunday night taking her hostage along with her Hus band daughter and son Larry Kelly according to Buena Park police offi cer Mike Borregard. One intruder was armed with a Pis Tol and the men carried a device they claimed was a bomb they could Deto Nate by Remote control Borregard said. The two men took mrs. Sanchez and Kelly to the Bank just before opening time monday with the de vice strapped to her Waist Borregard said. They ordered Bank officials to open the vault snatched up an undisclosed amount of Cash then forced Kelly to drive them away in his truck warning those in the Bank not to Contact police or they would explode the bomb. However passers by noted suspicious activity at the Bank and contacted officers Borregard said. The Orange county sheriffs bomb squad found the device strapped Tours. Sanchez s Waist was harmless. Police and the Fri Are investigating Borregard said. Many babies addicted at birth Survey finds new York a an alarming number of unborn babies Are exposed to drugs by their mothers creating inno cent addicts according to a nationwide Survey released monday. The study found that at least 11 per cent of women in 36 hospitals participating in the study by the National association for perinatal addiction research and education had used illegal drugs during pregnancy. It s not just a minority problem and it s not just an inner City problem m. Johnson director of the Feder Al office of substance abuse prevention told a news conference. The Survey was made in hospitals of varying sizes with patients from varied backgrounds or. Ira j. Chasnoff director of the Survey said. The study showed a Range of substance abuse in pregnancy of .14 percent to 27 percent. However Chasnoff said the differences often reflected How carefully Hospi tals looked for the problem with those hospitals with an established system of determining drug abuse finding consider ably More. Substances included in the Survey were cocaine marijuana heroin and methadone amphetamines and pc. Chasnoff said damage to babies from mothers use of drugs could include pre Natal strokes lasting brain damage Sei zures after birth premature birth retarded fetal growth breathing lapses absence of part of the intestines and structural abnormalities in genital an urinary organs
