European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday. October 26, 198b the stars and stripes Page 6 owners split restaurants with a Coin toss Seattle up two friends who began Selling newspapers together at age 5 ended a 40-year partnership monday by dividing heir $ id million rest aural business Wilh a Coin tossed from Seattle s lowering space Needle. Mick mall High and Tim of Imsdahl. Who in 1974 storied Jake o Shau Gancs Scy s restaurant now a City landmark said that several months ago they came to a v in the Road and decided 10 end their Long and lucrative business relationship. But they could t decide who should gel which of the restaurants. So they thought up an amicable and colourful so Lution throwing a Silver Dollar min cd the year they opened Jake s off the 540 foot level of the space Needle we be worked very hard in this Busi Ness hut we be always tried to have a Little Tun along the Way As Well so this Coin loss is in keeping Wilh that philos Phy Mchugh said. The two wearing leather harnesses and ropes scrambled to the Edge of the Needle s sloping roof 65 feel from the ton. Below a Bagpiper played tunes and Robert Julian a rotund Tenor who a tended bar at Jake s since it s opening Sang Irish ballads. Speaking through a microphone wired to his Lapel. Firnstahl claimed Heads by shouting. Til go for Eisenhower whose face adorns the Coin. Amid cheers from the crowd at the base of the Needle the Coin fluttered Wilh a Bright Orange Streamer Down into an empty Fountain. With two company lawyers present the Coin was covered until Mchugh and Firnstahl could descend from their Perch. Firnstahl. Who said the two would re main friends should have called Mchugh the grinning Victor decided to take ownership of . Mcrory s Steak chop and Oyster House the los Chi Lak cafe and the new Jake o Shaughn Cesscy Sall in Seattle. The Sec Ond place finisher was left Wilh inc Origi Nal Jake o Shaughnessey s in Seattle and the Kirkland to Asir in suburban Kirk land As Well As the Kenmore Grill House and tap room scheduled to open new year s eve. As Julian popped open a huge con Tainer of Champagne the largest Botlic available and the equivalent of a full Case of bubbly Mchugh said. This is kind of sad in a Way. It was very hard to come by this arrangement. It was a big Relief to get it Over Wilh he said. Tim has been the professor and i be been inc promoter so this will be a Chance to look Over each other s shoulders and learn the popular restaurants employ More than 500 people and draw about 3,000 customers daily. The two men said the division of ownership will allow greater attention to details at inc burgeoning establishments. Firnstahl said who knows maybe five years from now Well open the pc Union cocaine seized 42 arrested aboard Amtrak by the Washington i Ost Washington attempting to disrupt drug trafficking alone Amtrak s northeastern corridor Law in Force men authorities from new York City to Rich mond a. Arrested 41 people last week and confiscated More than 15 pounds of cocaine and he Roin with an estimated Street value of up Mil lion according to area police and Amtrak officials. The five Day task Force operation marked the first Lime thai agencies along the Amtrak corridor combined resources to track and arrest suspected drug couriers travelling on trains. Authorities said the arrests and seizures underscored the dimensions of drug movements Between i Enn station in new Lork City and the Washington area. If you adhere to the concept that police interdict Only about 10 percent of a ii the drugs which Means thai about to per cell gets through then you have an idea of the magnitude of the problem said it. . Price of the Prince re cores county my narcotics squad. Such task Forte Nacri Ipiotis including i Host that focus on drug trafficking via buses and planes Are expected l become More commonplace lice said monday we want to get the Ward out that trains arc a potentially hazardous Way to move said John i. Jacobson director of Public affairs for Amtrak. The largest single Sei urc3.3 pounds of cocaine was made by i Mcc Georges county police and Maryland stale i Clicc at the new Carrollton Amtrak station Jacobsen said. In Baltimore Law enforcement agents recovered heroin weighing about 3vi pounds and heroin weighing 91- ounces in two arrests Jacob san said. William c Hapin shows off a seven Point Hull Moose he shot in new Hampshire despite � demonstration by some who protested he first Moose Hunt in the stale in 87 years. Chapin shot his Moose 20 minutes Moose Hunt protest after he season opened last week. Crispin s Moose Field dressed at 615 pounds. The animals were protected by Law tit the urn of inc Century after Hunting substantially reduced the Moose population. Be Miu \ prosecutors shocked by North s View of lying a i Ihn Iii Nimic a firt Hinl North and Al hrs Washington a Oliver l. North s claim that he was t warned thai tying to Congress would result in Crimi Nal prosecution shows a shocking and cynical View of american government Iran Centra prosecutors said. The former presidential aide s argument that he cannot be prosecuted for making false statements about aiding nicaraguan rebels is incompatible Wilh the aspirations of our system of government and we be Lieve inconsistent Wilh any but the most jaundiced View of the realities of politics and government prosecutors said in a reply to defense motions. Independent counsel Lawrence e. Walsh meanwhile consented to the dismissal of one of the 16 counts against North a former National Security Council official and re tired Marine lieutenant colonel. Walsh said he did not oppose a defense motion to dismiss a Phasge that Nonh of so Rucich an Fri investigation Inlo the construction of a is 3,800 Security Fence around his suburban Virginia Home. North is accused of preparing false documents in december 1986 to hide inc fact that arms dealer Richard v. Secord paid for the Fence. North who claims he was the target of terrorist threats is also accused of illegally accept ing the Fence As a gratuity. Walsh did not dispute a defense con Lention that the alleged fabrication was t an obstruction of Justice because the grand jury investigation did not begin until a month later. But the prosecution offered a spirited defense of charges that North made false statements to congressional committees to obstruct inquiries into reports that he was covertly helping raise Money to Arm the contras. In order to prevent congressional Dis covery of the conspirators Covert activities. North engaged in a continuing Campaign of lies and deception prosecutors said ridiculing North s defense prosecutors said he was in effect arguing that the false statements did not impede con Gress because no one could be so naive Aslo believe thai a High government offi Cial might be telling the North s rebuttal reflects a shocking and cynical View of the relations Between the people s elected representatives m Congress and officials of the executive Branch prosecutors said. The false statements were made in 1985 after the House permanent select commit lec on intelligence and a House foreign affairs subcommittee inquired about news reports thai Nort others were covertly helping Arm the Contra re Bels in violation of the so called Boland amendment. Thai provision prohibited direct military assistance to the rebels. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. ,. Oct 26 19-111 president Truman in a Campaign speech in Chicago accused Republican presidential candidate Thomas a Dewey of playing politics with the Palestine Issue. 30 years ago today. Oct. 26, 1953 because he was unable to travel to Sweden in person Boris Pasternak the russian author of or. Zhivago accepted inc 1958 Nobel Lor literature by Telegraph. 20 years ago today. Oct. 26, 1968 Debbie Meyer became the first swimmer in olympic history to win i rec individual Gold medals Wilh victories in the 200-, 400-, and Koo Mctire freestyle races in Mexico City. 10 years ago today. ,. Oct. 36, 1978 the . Navy announced thai inc first of 55.women officers selected for sea duly would report to their ships by nov. I
