European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday novembers 1988 the stars and stripes family of missing of Pilot files suit unusual reports shape Vietnam Case Page 5 , Fla. A family members of a missing Vietnam War Pilot said inc government has inflicted emotional distress on Ihm by relaying a re port that he was seen in bios and then immediately Labelling i not  the family of la. Co. Thomas Hart Iii last month wort a $632,000 judgment against the military for anguish caused by the misidentification of seven Bone fragments recovered in 1985. The remains were recovered at the site of Hart s plane crash 16 years ago in Laos. The family filed a motion in . District court on monday to reopen that Case in Light of these further horrendously aggravating  the motion seeking unspecified additional dam Ages was filed on behalf of the missing air Force navigator s wife Anne Hart of Pensacola his Mother Vcra Hart of live Oak and a daughter Gillian Hart of Berkeley. Calif. The motion alleges that Anne Hart has had to seek additional intensified psychological and psychiatric counselling and has been placed on medication a step she previously refused to take. Anne Hart received a phone Call oct. 13, seven Days after testimony in the  ease ended from capt. Dale Pangman of the air Force casualty office at Randolph fab Texas the motion states. Pangman told her the air Force had received information that her husband and four other airmen whom he declined to name had been reported sighted alive in Eastern Savannah hot province a foreign National reported the sighting to the . Naval attache s office in Bangkok Thailand on aug. 22. Pangman then old mrs. Han the report was being discounted because certain of the named servicemen including her husband and another member of his Crew had been positively identified As dead. Yet the armed services Graves registration office two years ago had rescinded that identification after an Independent forensic anthropologist working for the Hart family determined it was impossible to Tell whether the Bone fragments were Hart s remains. American and laotian officials recovered 50,000bone fragments and personal items from the site where Hart s ac-130 Gunshin crashed in december 1972. The army then positively identified Alt 13 of the plane s missing Crew members including Hart but Anne Hart refused to accept thai determination. The motion to reopen the Case includes a copy of an oct. A memorandum from col. Joseph a. Sch alter chief of the army s special office of prisoner of War and missing in action and a tale typed message from Bangkok to the defense intelligence agencies collection team. Names of the other four missing men supposedly sighted arc blacked out in the Bangkok message but it does state All four arc air Force men and that two were captains and two were technical sergeants. It also identifies Hart As a Captain his rank at the Lime he disappeared. Schlater s memo states the source of the sighting information did t have firsthand information but had obtained it from members of the so called lao resistance whom he Doc not further  Laos one of the world s poorest countries with 4 million people was taken Over by communists in 1975, and resistance elements exist among refugees in neigh Boring pro american Thailand . Officials have increasingly pursued talks with Southeast Asia s communist governments however in seeking information about Mas. Sch Latler wrote that the report should t he consid ered credible because some of the men supposedly sighted have been Eon firmed us dead. Further he wrote experience has shown that the lao resistance Are notoriously untrustworthy and they have repeatedly failed to provide even the slightest shred of evidence to Back up their. Serious i of Mia  Schlatter said efforts would be mud to follow up on the report. 2,979 gators bagged by Hunters in Florida Miami ai1 Hunter bagged 2,97 alligators and Only reported two minor injuries during Florida s first widespread Gator Hunt in 26  did belter thin we thought fact probably attributed to the number of experienced trappers who were enlisted to help said Mike Jennings a wildlife biologist for the Florida game and  fish commission. Officials were pleased at the number of gators taken and the safely record among the 230 Hunters issued permits for the Hunt which lasted throughout september. The minor injuries involved a Man shoot Ingoff his Finger with a bang stick on like George and another being bitten on the Arm according ton preliminary report. Commission officials had predicted Hunters would kill 2.600 alligators or about 75 percent of the 3,450 limit. The Hunt was called 10 promote interest in state wetland Sand to trim the Alligator population which Sands of time a the stars and stripes 40 years ago today nov. 3,194s chinese leaders were called into emergency session to meet the political crisis caused by the communist capture of Manchuria. 30 years ago today. Nov. 3, 1958 a tacit East West truce on nuclear tests remained Unbro Ken for a full 72 hours raising . And British Hopes of reaching agreement with the soviets to ban atomic lest explosions. 20 years ago today ,.nov. 3, 1968 greek shipping millionaire Aristotle Onassis interrupted his honeymoon with the former Jacqueline Kennedy to negotiate a $400 million in vestment in an Oil refinery the biggest single Industrial Deal in Creek history. 70 years ago today ,., nov. 3, 1978 two soviet Cosmo nauts returned to each afters record. 140 Days in space aboard the soyuz 29 spacecraft. The . Record was 84 Days in space set in 1974 aboard the skylab 4. Has doubled since Anil poaching  in 1970. Jennings said regulations for Nel year shunt May be altered after a study on the 28 areas in mis year s Harvest. The Hunt will bring the total alligators killed in 1988 to about 8,000, said John White a commission wildlife biologist nuisance trappers who kill alligators that threaten people destroy about 5,000 Ani Mals a year in Florida. The animal s Popula Tion is estimated at i million. Despite the lure of profits for the gators which can bring up to $1,000 per foot in meat and hide the riches came mostly in form of memories this was More for the experience than anything. It was a great Way to Sec the real Florida said James Golardi whose 13-foot"4, 770-Pound Gator was the biggest caught during the Hunt i think the game commission did a great Job said Jimmy Douglas a Sumlor county nuisance trapper who look his 15-Galor limit in 2vi nights. Bui this is the first year when everybody was real cautious. As Lime goes on people arc going to get More careless he said. "1 hear people saying already that getting Gator Ain t nothing. Well i be seen a Gator crash my fibreglass boat like it was paper. All i can say is be careful ". Louisiana has harvested More than 20,000 alligators every year since 1971, in Texas where Hunts resumed in 1984, about 1,500 gators Are taken annually. A Friend in need Fritz n Boston police horse gels com fort Tram his master policeman Frank Pamo Daro when he needs it Mast. Ii All happened monday when Fritz slipped into a Hole in a a Leirl. A Crane had to be summoned to Rescue my. The slightly bruised and Cut flu is expected to be Back an patrol soon. Burglars steal needy cd Dren s Loic aug offs Chicago a for seven years Grant a wish has been doing just that for thousands of needy youngsters but this year burglars broke into the Charity office and stole children s Holiday Hopes the group s founder said. Over the weekend someone made of with new Winter Coats for 5-year-old Robert and 8-year-old Tyche a tagging suit for 14-year-old Rochelle a Walkie talkie for l 1-year-old Timothy Laid up with a broken Arm. Can you imagine someone taking children s Coats said Anne Blair founder and executive director of the non profit organization that collects toys and clothing for needy children. Police said burglars broke into the downtown office prying open a window from an adjacent rooftop. Police sgt. . Yakutis estimated the total value of the stolen goods at about $1,000, and said police had no leads. The office was a shambles said Blair the used things they left All Over the  the thieves also made olt with item that had been donated for a fund raising auction thursday two tickets to a Chicago bears football game gift  for dinners theater tickets the shoes of basketball Star Michael Jordan they also took office typewriters Tele phones an intercom and s95 in Petty Cash i can understand them taking a Type writer or a Telephone something they could sell Blair said. Bui children s clothes. We be got to Grant those wishes Gam. Luckily Only recent acquisitions were in the office and Many donated items were stored elsewhere she said. -. In seven years of operation Blair said Lite group had been Able to fulfil almost 4,000 wishes for needy children. We work with children who literally Don t go to school because they Don t have shoes or a Coal said Blair. The children make their wishes known by. Filling out cards at schools and social Agen cies. In addition to essentials like clothing wishes have been made for. Prescription glasses and cosmetic surgery to Correct deformities. Every child whose wish is granted Musl write a thank you note that is passed on tothe Volunteer who made it possible