European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday. October 17, 19bb the stars and stripes Page 7 Aspin flies of plane to South Bend for big game South Bend ind. A officially us Aspin inc chairman of the House armed services Coni mixtec. Flew into Lown on an air Force plane to Visil a nearby army vehicle Plant. The real reason Aspin confided is thai Notredame is playing Miami the game saturday in which no. 4 notre Dame upset inc top ranked hurricanes 31-30, had captured lie interest of football fans nationwide. Aspin a Wisconsin Democrat was among those fans. Aspin flew in Friday from California where he briefed Michael Dukakis prior to thursday s presidential debate. He was entitled to use the air Force transportation because be to Rcd the am general corp. Plant in Mishawaka where the Hummer Multi purpose military vehicle is built. Aspin defended Hying Here at taxpayer expense because it was official business. However lie admitted the timing was dictated by the football game. He said he would pay for his own transportation leaving South Bend. Aspin also said he was the very powerful con Gressman denounced by George Bush in the debate for alleged defense waste in pushing through an appropriation for a truck contract the army did t want. I m he Guy George Bush was talking about Aspin said once again George has Gol it screwed while he was instrumental in increasing appropriations for the heavy expanded mobility tactical trucks which arc built in Wisconsin but not in Aspi n s d is incl the decision involved closing of tic contract he said. Appropriations for the trucks were increased to buy 4,700 instead of 900 and close out production. Dul rather than the army not wanting those trucks he said inc army now wants 360 More. Jessica squeals with Delight at plaque ceremony Midland Texas Jap with a Little help from her Molher. 2v--year-old Jessica Mcclure unveiled a Bronze plaque saturday commemorating her Rescue one year ago after 58 hours trapped in an abandoned Well Jessica squealed with Delight and squirmed in her Mother s arms while about 150 iconic crowded in to Sec the plaque which shows the smiling Dusty faces of Rescue workers when they pulled the bandaged child up a Rescue shall. Chip and i arc still thanking the lord for getting us our Beautiful baby Back Cissy Mcclure said at the ceremony this Rescue meant a lot to mayor Carroll Thomas praised the spirit of he Volunteer rescuers Many of whom came from cities outside Midland to help. Those people responded Marclous a on the Spur of inc moment and they came As fast As they could Thomas said. The plaque designed by Midland artist Mary Griffith reads nothing inc heart gives away i gone. It is kept in the hearts of Thomas announced the creation of an annual award to be Given by Midland to another . City which shows Community spirit Akin to that displayed in mid land during Jessica s ordeal. The firs such award will be Given next year on inc second anniversary of Jessica s Rescue. Jessica fell into the 8-Inch-wide abandoned water Well in her aunt s Back Yard on oel. 14. 1987, and captured the world s attention when she cried Abr her Molher and softly Sang Nursery rhymes until her Rescue in front of live television cameras. Volunteers drilled a Shaft parallel la the Well their Progress agonizingly slow because the hard Rock dulled even Diamond tipped Drill bits. After two Days Jessica Mcclure reaches out from the arms of her Mother. Cissy to the memorial dedicated to her rescuers an saturday. Of drilling they made a horizontal Shaft just under Jessica and plucked her out oct. If. Midland firefighters and paramedics had joined with Oil drilling engineers and roughnecks in the painstaking Effort. The plaque is intended to thank them and the oilfield service companies that provided equipment used by the volunteers. Jim and Joy Cook of Corpus Christi provided funds for the 4-by-6 foot Bas Relief on the Side of a Community Center in downtown Midland. During her ordeal Jessica was wedged in inc Shaft in such a position that the blood flow to her right fool was impaired and she lost a Small Patch of skin from her forehead. Jessica lost her right Little toe and part of her big toe and skin had to be stretched Over the forehead wound but after spending More than a month in the Hospital her doctors say she apparently has t suffered any other Adverse physical or psychological effects. In an interview published in sunday s editions of the Odessa american Jessi Ca s 19-year-old parents said i hair Daugh Ter is Normal with no memory of the Tumble that made world headlines. I Don t think she Realises she s any different Cissy Mcclure said she knows she s Jessica and she s the Little girl that Felt in the Well but that does t mean anything to after a squabble Over rights to the Story Between two factions of Cople who were involved in inc Rescue a los an Geles production company is drafting a script for a television movie about Jessi Ca s Saga. The toddler has a Trust fund at a local Bank that Wilt be used for future medical Bills and will be turned Over to her when she becomes 26. In december 1987, the Midland City Council passed an ordinance requiring thai abandoned Wells be covered. Pennsylvania lottery winners Host party fireworks Altoona a. A a couple who won $46 Mil lion in Pennsylvania s 1987 super 7 loiter celebrated their Good Fortune saturday night with a. Dinner party for about 12 5 people and fireworks for the Wulc town. Donald a Woomer or. And Linda k. Despot hit the Jackpot a year ago Friday. _ we enjoy doing things like this where you can Helpin a Small Way despot 38. Said. I figure winning that much Money we could do at least thai much for the Community give them a Nice fireworks display Woomer 56, added. Woomer and despot who live in nearby Hollidaysburg invited relatives neighbors and lottery officials to saturday night s dinner at a banquet Hall the Cou ple arrived in a Black limousine. The dinner guests selected from a Buffil of filet mignon swordfish Chicken and Ham. They then watched a 30-Minutc fireworks display at a Park Rich Dennis an Altoona disc jockey played music from the 1950s and 1960s. He also read the winning numbers for the lottery on oct. 14, 1987. Woomer a self employed plasterer prior to the big win and despot a former bookkeeper began planning inc Bash last summer. Neither knew How much the evening would end up costing. Neither one cared. There s no budget despot said if this one goes off real Well it will be an annual . Sheriff arrests 39 Al salvadoran protesters los Angeles up sheriffs deputies in rial guarantied 39 protesters who scaled a Fence Al an army Reserve Center and staged a sit in demonstration saturday protesting the . Presence in Al Salvador and the government in that country officials said. Sheriffs sgt. Arthur Ames said March ers placed placards on the Fence at the . Army Reserve Center on Wilshire Boulevard and that 39 people then scaled the Fence. They were Vecty peaceful just milling around and silting near radar equipment Ames said. It was a Sil in but it was also trespassing on Federal after ignoring repeated requests by deputies to leave the property 20 men and 19 women were arrested on suspicion of trespassing Ames said adding that they would be Cilcy and released on $2 so bail each. Before she was arrested Alice Cidy of los Angeles said we re going to get arrested today to make a Public protest against our government s military pres ence in Al Salvador. We want the . Out of Al Salvador some Joo to 400 marchers walked through we Elwood Village a Community adjacent to the Urcla Campus As part of the Al Salvador Steps to Freedom Campaign a nationwide series of fund raising walks saturday in 56 . Cities. The hundreds of marchers in los an Geles walked a roughly 3-mile route from Tho Westwood Federal building to the. Nearby . Army Reserve Center at one Point staging a skin purporting to show an attack on salvadoran villagers by government forces Flea called death squads organizers hoped to raise $30,000 in los Angeles and s 300,000 nationwide to support labor unions farm cooperatives students and human rights groups opposed to the .-Backcd salvadoran government. Before the sit in about 100 counter demonstrators jeered the marchers. As the counter protesters shouted support for the salvadoran government and for .-Backcd Contra rebels in Nicaragua police ordered the iwo groups on oppo site sides of the Street As a precautionary measure
