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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 26,1988 the stars and stripes Paga 5 Small Turtle bogs Down Highway plan Wilmington. Del. Not the future of a Highway project in Delaware May rest on the Back of a Small Turtle. Federal wildlife officials said they found a hog Lurllie an endangered species in Delaware in inc Freshwater wetlands path of a major Highway relocation project near Christiana Southwest of Wil Mington. Stale experts looked at photo graphs of the Turtle and said it was not a bog Turtle hut i More com Mon non endangered spotted Turtle. Bogged Down while Federal and stale specialists on amphibious animals seek to determine the tunic s genealogy is a 1,5-mile segment of Highway expected to Cost up to $25 million if the Idun life Ilion question is not resolved soon Delaware May miss inc Friday deadline to qualify the project for a major share of this year s Federal Highway Aid package. Discovery of an endangered Spe cies in the path of the project could Force a delay while detailed studies of the animal and its Habi Tat Are made. Some Federal officials have suggested an extra $6 million Bridge to protect the area. Harris becomes first woman elected As episcopal Bishop new York not the first women to be a Bishop in the history of the episcopal Church was elected sat urday by the nation s largest diocese the diocese of Massachusetts. The Rev. Barbara c. Harris 58, was elected Suffragan or assistant Bishop on the eighth ballot at a diocesan convention in Boston. Harris a priest at Philadelphia s Church of Llic advocate Defeated the Rev. Marshall Hunt. 276 to224. Harris who became a priest eight years Aio and has served As the chaplain of the Philadelphia prison system fuelled the controversy Over the ordination of women As Bishops last summer when she attended an anglican Church conference in Canterbury England. At the Lime the Rev. Eddy stride chairman of an organization of Church of England traditionalists denounced her appearance As a provocation and a very serious Challenge to Many in the  ultimately the convention gave its approval to the naming of women As Bishops. Harris s election is the latest step in the Church s gradual opening of its top ranks 10 women. In april the episcopal National office of the presiding Bishop in Manhattan mailed a report to Bishops explaining the american Church s Readi Ness to consecrate any women Bishops chosen by local dioceses. The episcopal Bishops in the United Stales endorsed the report a year ago. A minority report warned that Conse crating women As Bishops would risk splintering the episcopal Church in America from the anglican communion the inter National family of 23 autonomous Church Bishop Barbara Harris is lied to the Church of England. Traditionalists who oppose the Ordi nation of women Bishops argue that since the Christian ministry has been male for 2,000 years ordaining women would be improper. Opponents also con lend that sacramental acts an ordained woman might perform arc invalid including ordinations of men As priests. For Many episcopalians inc Issue of ordaining women As Bishops was settled in principle in 1976. After several unauthorized ordinations of women the Gen eral convention of inc episcopal Church rewrote its rules so thai the three or Ders of the clergy deacons priests. And Bishops could include women but because episcopalians generally expect Bishops to have 10 years of experience As priests the consecration of women As Bishop did not become an Issue until the 1980s. Harris is not the first woman nominated to be a Suffragan Bishop. In 1936, the Rev. Mary Chotard doll herself a Bishop s daughter was nominated to the Post in Washington. She placed second in the , in a statement distributed to bos ton delegates before the voting began said she would contribute my Peculiar gifts As a Black woman and As a woman priest if she were elected. Moreover she said i would bring a sensitivity to the needs of different kinds of people including in Man lies women the incarcerated the poor and other marginalized  Harris became a Pricil in 19so in Norristown. A. For 14 years before her Ordi nation she was an executive in various positions for the Sun Oil co soul Singer Brown arrested after truck Chase Augusta. Of. A soul Singer James Brown was arrested saturday in Georgia after a iwo Szalc Auto Chase that ended after authorities shot out two tires on his truck authorities said. The arrest is the latest Legal problem for Brown 55, who was arrested on drug and weapons charges in May authorities said the Chase saturday afternoon started on the Georgia Side of the Savannah River in Richmond county crossed into South Carolina then came Back into Augusta where Brown was apprehended. Brown who was driving a pickup truck tried to ram police cars during the Chase said sgt. Frank Tiller of inc Richmond county sheriffs department they shot out his tires in South Carolina. He was running on two steel rims on the front. He drove about six Miles like  said sol. . Wylds of the Augusta police department Aikin county s.c., Deputy Donald Donner who was involved in the Chase said to his knowledge Brown had not fired at police. Brown was carrying a Shotgun when apprehended Augusta police said. Brown was charged with traffic weapons and As Sault charges in Georgia and bail was set at $3,900. He was taken to inc Aikin county detention Center in South Carolina where he was booked on two counts of assault and Battery with Intuni to i ii As Well As Drunken driving and traffic offences. Bond on those charges was not set by saturday night. Police said the Chase Starlet after Brown entered an insurance class in an Augusta area building he owned. They said he allegedly disrupted the class. Brown known to his fans As the godfather of soul won his second grammy award last year for his re cording of living in  when he was charged with drug violations earlier this year Brown claimed his wife Adri conc 38. Plan Ted drugs on him. Charges against Brown in May included drug and weapons charges resisting Harreil As Maine woman finds stolen heirlooms Rockport Maine not Dorothy Neidig could have simply Given up. There was Little Chance she would Ever again inc $35,000 Worth of jewelry and Silver that was stolen from her Home Here. Bui that was t her nature. If will just wring our hands nothing will gel done said Neidig. The valuables some of them family heirlooms were stolen in june 1987 As Neidig stood in her front Yard watching her granddaughter Cross the Street to go to the Library. In those few minutes a lifetime of precious items we re stolen. La was a Hean breaker said Neidig. She lost her i a Carat Diamond engagement ring nearly All her Silver flatware including a cake knife used at every family Celebration for generations and some Gold jewelry Only inc very Good stuff she said. She had heard that similar burglaries had occurred in other Maine towns and that the goods were shipped Oul of state. Law enforcement officials believe thai  million in goods were stolen from 150 Maine residences that summer by the same group of people who move from state to state. With that information Neidig went 10 the Post of fice in nearby Rockland and found that a Large package had been shipped the Day after the burglary to a Brook Lyn n.y., address Shi called Law enforcement officials there and was told that stolen merchandise often ended up in stores on 47ih Street in Manhattan. Neidig and her husband Pic took off for new York spending two Days in a futile search for her belongings. In the process however she was told of a Man in new Jersey who sold Flat War that she believed he got from dubious sources. She got in touch with him and found thai he had one set in her pattern. Presenting herself As a dealer she bought the set valued it about s6,Soo,forj900. Neidig said she is not positive the flatware pieces were what was stolen from her but added with satisfaction i think they  Sault and Battery against his wife and failure to Stop for police. Brown has denied any connection with drugs. Mrs. Brown withdrew a guilty plea to two drug charges against her on Friday the Day she was to be  lawyer John Fleming said the decision was based on new information he has received. Mrs. Brown was also arrested in May and charged with Possession of the drug pop As she arrived at the Augusta Airport from new York. Police said icy had been lipped that she had the drug. After an april 9 arrest on drug charges mrs. Brown contended she was set up by a Friend of her husband s. The Browns have a ranch at Beech Island s.c., near Augusta. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 26, 1948 speaking at a . General As Sembly meeting in Paris soviet Deputy Andrei vis Hinsky urged the five members of the . Security Council to scrap one third of i hair land sea and air forces and ban the atomic bomb. 30 years ago today. Sept. 26, 1958 the . Atomic powered sub Marine skate became the second submarine to Cross beneath she North pole after completing a 31-Day Iran Polar voyage. 20 years ago today. Sept 26, 1968 South vietnamese customs officials estimated thai about j120 million Worth of goods from american miliary to exchanges in Vietnam wound upon the Black Market in 1967. To years ago today. Sept. 26, 1978 a commercial Boeing 727 jetliner collided with a Light Cessna plane Over a residential District in san Diego killing Al least 142 people in the worst air disaster in . History  
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