European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 6, 19bfl the stars and stripes Paga 7 missing River causes groans in Grayville orayv1lle, 111. A when a town loses a River inc situation can become explosive. It has for Grayville a town of Aboul 2,300 thai until 1985, Sal on the Banks of the Wabash r incr. The town did t move the River did. And now after three years of waiting for Federal agencies or floods to return the River to its rightful course some frustrated resident arc threatening to use dynamite. If Mother nature docs l do in Man will said John Farmer who owns the hard times fish Market in this Southeastern Illinois own. If Grayville s economic situation were better Resi dents might be More tolerant of the River s shift. Several years ago Grayville was a thriving Oil pro Ducer but Aboul the time the River changed course cheaper imports glutted the Market. And because this year s drought dried up anticipated agricultural income the stagnant Channel has become an unpleasant reminder of hard times. Before the River changed course hundreds of fish Ermen used to crowd Grayville s restaurants bars and Gas stations every weekend. The Money they spent once would have buffered losses from Oil and agriculture. But now like the Wabash the anglers Don t come around anymore. When Spring hoods receded in 1985, residents discovered the River had left them. A new Channel had Cut off the Horseshoe Bend upon which Grayville was founded. These Days fishermen arc Lucky to gel a Flat Bot Tomed boat in the shallow Waters of he old Channel. And they d belter be prepared to Row because a motor will strike Bottom residents say. Water that used to flow at 40 feet per second now does t move at All. Silt that once was washed Down Stream is now tilling in the old Channel and tall weeds have taken Over the Sand bars that boaters and swim mers once flocked to. Grayville s boat ramp is usually empty. For three years residents pleaded with Federal and slate officials for Money to bring the rambling River Home. Federal agencies came up Wilh a package that would Cost the town $900,000, a Quarter of the Cost to build a dam to divert the Wabash Back. There s no Way inc town could come up Wilh$900,000," said mayor Jack Hagedorm noting that the town s entire annual budget is barely More than is million. Talk at Bob s Barbershop and other hangouts has focused on residents Laking care of the problem themselves. A recent editorial in the Mercury inde pendent Grayville s Hometown newspaper criticized the Lack of help from authorities and reported growing sentiment among Grayville citizens to Lake mailers into their own hands " the editorial refers to a rumoured plan to dynamite a Trench to relocate the River but adds we have no idea this will actually be carried out it s talk said Alan Rich by who runs the Gray Villa sewage Plant. No one s Gol the courage to do it. Vandalism like thai is unheard of in  i would Start looking for another Monument to she town Ritchy said. Practical poker persuades . Woman to Cut hair Matfin in i.,T / a a a. I ,1, Emin to Urf a,.i n Onna 1 p " or. Caller told mrs. Hansen. When mrs. Han , . A a Tele phone caller who convinced a woman she might have been exposed to i 0chemicals persuaded her to Cut off her shoulder length hair before telling her in was a practical joke. I am really embarrassed and i Don t want his to happen to anyone else said Lisa Hansen who reported the incident to police saturday. He kept saying be sure to Cut close to the Scalp so we get a Good test " mrs. Hansen said. The Man who claimed to work for Mandan Hospital Lold mrs. Hansen she might have been exposed to toxic poly Chlorina cd biphenyl or pcs through her former husband a truck Driver who sometimes hauls chemicals. Bradley Hansan had already been and milled to the Hospital for tests some of which confirmed the contamination the caller told mrs. N mrs. Han san asked to speak to Hansen she was told he was still groggy from sedation mrs. Hansen then Lold the caller she wanted to go to the Hospital but the caller told her she was under quarantine and would have to Cut samples of her hair Al Home which the stale health department would collect later. After she finished culling her hair the caller Lold mrs. Hansen in was a hoax mrs. Hansen 21, said she bought a $60 wig saturday. The owner of a Bis Marck cosmetics shop said she also sold wigs Friday and saturday to iwo other women also in their 20s, who had been told to Cut off their hair so it could be tested for cancer causing chemicals. A Hospital spokeswoman said sunday the Hospital docs not have an employee by inc name the caller used. First generation americans democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis and new York Cov. Mario Cuomo Chat an a ferry while returning to Manhattan Sun by Alicr attending ceremonies on Ellis Island paying tribute to the 17 million Ameri Cana who passed through there. Cuomo introduced Dukakis a fellow line generation american and spoke warmly of his own immigrant parents. Bullfights in Chicago split official hispanics Chicago a an official is promising to close a Legal loophole that allowed the City s first bullfights to take place Over inc weekend but hispanics argue that a ban will strip Ihm of their culture and heritage. We re going Back to the drawing Board on tuesday to figure out How Toban bullfights said Peter Poholik executive director of Chicago s commission on animal care and  300 people viewed bloodless bullfights in a temporary Arena set up As part of a hispanic festival saturday four matadors confronted three 1,000-Pound bulls using the traditional capes. But instead of being killed the animals had velcro patches glued to their backs to grab onto the matadors velcro covered swords and dans. The erupt Cal thing they re doing is leasing the animal Poholik said in a Telephone interview sunday. It s not right but it s not physically harming the animal. We be got enough of animal exploitation. We Don t need  is not permitted in the United slates Bui three Stales Kansas okla homa and Texas have allowed inc bloodless variety Poholik said. Chicago has an ordinance to prevent bullfights. But Cook county circuit judge Albert Green on Friday ordered inc City to grand a permit to Jalass productions inc. To stage the exhibition be cause the bulls Are not killed. I m going to work Wilh the mayor and cily attorneys and get an amendment to an ordinance so we can ban Bull bail ing the commissioner said. This bloodless bullfight is just another form of teasing and  Bui Rodolfo Mancilla an aide to slate rep. Benjamin Martinez who helped arrange inc festival said bullfighting is part of hispanic culture. They be already Lakin away our Lan Guage in schools he said. Now the want to take away our folklore tradition heritage culture. You just can t keep doing that and have people stand for  Poholik who watched saturday s Bull right with an investigator from his staff and stale officials said the animals were not treated harshly. The promoters kept their word. There was no blood drawn Poholik said. The animals were in excellent Condi Tion Well fed. There was a Good Corral area. You could Tell they were Well cared  Home movie of Juk assassination costs $30,000 Houston up copies of the Zao Ruder film copyright Home movie of the assassination of presi Dent John f. Kennedy Are being sold for As much As$30,000 by the filmmaker s son a Houston newspaper reported in its sunday editions. The film one of the most famous Home movies in history is being sold 25 years after Kennedy s death at130,000 a copy by a company run by Henry zapruder the son of Abraham zapruder the Houston chronicle reported in a copyright Story Chip Selby a University of Maryland graduate student sought permission from Henry zapruder Louse the 22-second, color film in a documentary he is preparing and eventually would like to sell for educational purposes. Selby told the newspaper that zapruder has maintained that Selby must pay $30,000. "1 explained to him Henry zapruder that i was a graduate student and i did t have that kind of Money to pay Selby Lold the newspaper zapruder a District of Columbia tax attorney whose father died in 1970, would not comment on his discussions Wilh Selby but he discussed his general policy on the film. Anybody who is using it for their own use re search showing in to students colleges can have it free of charge other than the costs of printing the film. But if they re going to make commercial use of it then we charge said zapruder who Sells the rights to the film through the family business Lmh co. Selby Lold the newspaper he obtained a $75 Boot legged Canadian copy of the film but an assistant to zapruder Lold him he would be sued if he docs not pay the 130,000 for non exclusive rights. Richard b. Lolley who purchased the film for time inc. From Abraham zapruder in 1963, said the once of the film was j20.000 in 1987 and probably would go up this  although the zapruder family owns the original film and the film rights the original 8mm film is currently being held on behalf of the family at the National archives in Washington