European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 24, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 defectors reported ready to return to . Erie a. Al a Coupe who i pc Clad 1o the soviet Union last year after the .s.r. Promised them n Job and an apartment have decided to return to the United Stales reportedly because the . Has Row made similar promises a soviet embassy spokesman said in Washington. As far As i know they arc Saj ing the situation in this country the . For them it changed and they Are coming bark Boris Mala Chov Lold the Eric morning news thursday a relative of the couple also said the . Has apparently promised Aid to Theodore Branch 43, and his wife Che Ryl. 40. Bill state department officials said they did not know of arrangements for the couple s return. The branches made headlines after they left the United stall last year and expressed disenchantment with the country s economic and Legal sys tems. Branch had worked As part time Sta Tion manager and his wife had worked As music director at radio station a Hub am in mount Dora. Fh., near Orlundo the couple failed in efforts to collect j6.500 in Back wages and $15,000 in the branches pictured in red Square shortly after their defection id the .s.r. Legal fees from the bankrupt Central i lurid  co. The Money hid been awarded in them by a Federal judge in May 1986. After inquiring at the soviet Nib Ivy in Washington find receiving promises of a Job and an apartment the couple went to the soviet Union last october and had been living i Moscow since november. In Public statements and in letters Home. Branch said the soviets promised Security at 3 time when he could not find steady work in the United Stales and was going broke. No. Malakhov and Branch s Mother. In Vcra ranch said they understood the . Embassy in Moscow promised the couple jobs and compensation if Lluy re turned. When i last heard from my Sun lie had talked to the . Embassy about torn ing Back and they promised 10 pay his air fare Back and get him a Job and an apartment. Now i hear Washington claims they did t Promise  my Branch said in n elephant interview  Home in Summit township. "1 know Ted would t give up his Job and apartment in Moscow and come Back Here for nothing she said. "1 Hope the . Government keeps their  something to write Home about is brands Hosl Tri a Soldier amid camouflage no Rinji find u quiet Szkil to write a letter to his Rirl. If. Michael Kume. Probably has a lot to Tell Bis Girlfriend Rubin Back in t us Lake Calif. The 19-year-old Generator Mechanic from b cd 29lh support in in Bobbi Noiin West Germany was on perimeter Uard duty will Nisi by in by sufi Den. Nuclear isotope recovered at . Airport dumpster new York up investigators found a Cylinder of Cobalt fio in a dumps or at Kennedy International Airport ending a two country search Tor the mining radioactive isotope officials said. The nuclear regulatory commission confirmed thursday that the Cylinder recovered near the Luft Hansa airlines cargo terminal is the Cobalt 60 shipped from West Germany on sept. 13 and reported missing tuesday. Nyc spokesman Karl Abraham said the Cylinder could not he used in weapons Anil is Safe unless you carry it around ii Exi to you fur Days at a  it has nothing whatsoever to do with bombs he said. Cobalt id is used to Ireal cancer and to do research. The con Miner had been shipped in a shielded can Siiner from the wild bad. West Germany Parent com Pany Oft Berthold sys Lenis inc. Of Sewickley. I a. It when runic to Pennsylvania from Stuttgart. Arc officials called wednesday for a Tiei Jer Iii if Ier search at the Lufthansa facility. Any radioactivity Reading Over 2 Mil Lirums an hour must be investigated and the dumpster had measured up to 14 Mil Lirums Abraham said. In the course of that search and Survey the inspectors selected radiation emanating from a dumpster. A search of the dumps or today thursday resulted in the recover1 of the missing  arc spokesman Steve Honyiu said. He added that the Cylinder was intact and there was no leakage of the Cobalt 60." authorities did not know How the radioactive mate rial was lost i said. The Bollom line is we Dun t know we re  Horwitz said. There is no evidence of foul play and there is no full blown investigation at this Lime. But on the other hand we re not letting it drop  Sun now sets on Fri Fotion Hemingway Competition los Angeles up the owners of Harry s bar and american Grill announced thursday that they no longer will hold their imitation Hemingway Competition Hal had attracted parodies of the author s unique style from around the world for More than a decade. Quite frankly the time and manage ment commitment in addition to the Cost of the Competition have just out grown our resources said Charles Frank president of specs Ami foods inc., which owns and operates Harry s bars in san Francisco and los Angeles. Each year s Winner received dinner for two a the Harry s bar in Florence Italy plus round trip air fare for two. The res. To uranus Are named after the original Harry s car in Venice Italy where Ernest Hemingway ate an drank. Entries were typically judged for their Ribald humor by a parse of writers and editors thu included such notables As authors Kay Bradbury and liar Naby con Rad. Los Angeles times columnist Jack Smith san Francisco c pro Nice columnist Herb Caen Georgc Plimpton and Hemingway s son. Jack. This year s Winner was Gordon  son of Anchorage Alaska. Frank said lha As the contest grew in renown some managers at the i in any began spending half of their Lime dealing with the  requests for entry forms and 2,500 entries. You create something hut you Don t expect it to become Loo successful he said. Pc had a Ball with it. But we just decided this year it had become too much. I feel in u much better to end the veal on a High Tiole wish 11 Success Ful s ears Enjo cd by How who have in tered.". As some i Iuli Wijn Frank said liar Oiin. Brace Lovanovitch is planning 10 include 75 of the Best entries from past contests in a compilation of Hemingway parodies due out Nam Spring