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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 31, 198b the Star band stripes Page 7 Granddad boy go Bye Bye forever Hollis Day 75, and his grandson Dylan 2 Tacoma Wash. A Hollis Day gave his daughter an extra warm hug the last morning of her Christmas visit and old her he would watch her 2 year Oid handicapped son Dylan while she packed for the trip Home. The 75-Yearjold Man then drove off with his Only grandson leaving a note thai said Only cramps and Dylan have gone Bye Bye  on thursday two Days later Hollis Day end his grandson were found shot dead in a locked vehicle on wooded family owned land 50 Miles away Sher Iff Bill Logan said. The gun was near the bodies. Both were shot in the head. At this Point the evidence appears consistent with a homicide suicide theory Logan said. Autopsies were scheduled for Friday. Debbie Day 40, said she had realized a few hours after her father left with Dylan that he May have been saying goodbye forever. He told me what a wonderful Gin and Mother i was she said of the Exchange tuesday. She said she called police a few hours after her father left. It s hard to believe he would Hurt anybody much less his grandson but he d written me a number of idlers talking about dreams he d had about lying with Dylan into he hereafter she said he had a hard time with the fact the boy was such a Burden to me. He was t a Burden to me because i love him but he wanted me to be free of this responsibility which was  the Grandfather had tried to give his daughter some time off most recently offering to hire a nurse or a Nanny for the boy while she went on a hawaiian  was  disabled his Mother said. He could t walk or talk and the right Side of his body was Limp because of palsy. Her father was scheduled for Cataract surgery thursday and was anxious about his own future she said. Dad was going id watch my Little boy for a few minutes while packed to return Home to Portland ore., with Dylan and his father Al Berreth inc said. They had been visiting her father the retired presi Dent of a clothing company and his wife Uwarda for Christmas. Instead of watching Dylan the Grandfather bundled the Panama Clad boy in a Coal and hat loaded the Tot into his car and look off. My son was beginning to talk. He was doing just Fine she said. She added Dylan was in a Hospital therapy program. He was a gregarious outgoing Happy Loving affectionate child. He was a Beautiful child. He had All the support and love of both parents and All of his family members she said. Day said she believes her father was trying to help. He was the kind of person who did t want to be burdened in his own life and did t want me to be burdened by my child she said. When you have a handicapped child they re a Little bit More work and he thought that having a child like that would be a total altering of my lifestyle that he did t want to see imposed upon a daughter whom he loved dearly. But it was t in my wildest dreams that he d do  after she called police Law enforcement authorities statewide were alerted Logan said a family member called his office wednesday and asked for a search of the family property near Packwood in the Cascade mountains. It was definitely premeditated Day said before the pair were found. He had the car All warmed up and ready to go so he could sneak my Little boy out of the  store in Ohio . Mayor denies he used drugs car is record for Book of is Cleveland a with 36.5 Miles of shelves and More than 1.1 Mil lion different books John Zubal thinks his Bookstore offers the largest collection of lilies for Sale in the world. He Hopes the guinness Book of world records will think so Loo. Zubal. 49, says he s writing the Guin Ness editors to substantiate his claim. Four warehouses packed from floor to ceiling House Zubal s volumes arranged alphabetically by categories. They Are so Large that until recently his 49-year-old wife Marilyn roller skated to retrieve customer requests. W. & g. Foyle Ltd of London is listed As the Bookstore with the most shelving at 30 Miles while Barnes & Noble Bookstore in new York City is listed As the largest Book building with 154,250 Square fret of books. Said Shelagh Thomas a guinness Deputy editor. Zubal said he has 78,000 Square fed of books and More lilies Shari any other Szorc because he has few duplicate books textbooks or remainders such As those sold at Barnes & Noble and Foyle. We Don t have Loo Many books for the casual Reader Zubal said. Our books Are for the scholar and most Are sold by mail order. We Are hot too concerned with what is being published  .-.-.  biggest categories Are literary criticism anthropology philosophy theology and history. Zubal says he has 250 books on Charles Dickens and 1,000 on Shakespeare. We do a lot of business in world War ii books said Zubal we think there Are about  books published on world War ii and we havc.3,000." Zubal uses contacts who Ell him of literary estates or bookstores for Sale "1 used up hit the Flea Market circuit but now i let the younger Guys do in said the bookseller who travels to Europe several limes a year to buy and sell. Washington a mayor mar Ion Barryjr. Denied again on thursday that he used drugs with an acquaintance whose hotel room he visited several limes including once when police re treated from a planned attempt to make an undercover buy from the Man. I believe that one is innocent until proven guilty Barry told a City Hall news conference attended by about 200 reporters and City officials. Bui since last thursday i have been tried con Vic cd sentenced  Lime by some members of the  police investigators have turned Over to inc . Attorney s office the Rusulis of a probe of Why iwo detectives were stopped from attempting an undercover drug buy from former cily employee Charles Lewis a week earlier alter Barry turned up at Lewis hotel room. . Attorney Jay b. Stephens said thursday that his office was conducting a full investigation of this entire Mailer. We will continue to pursue aggressively All aspects of it to determine whether there has been any criminal  earlier this week Federal prosecutors had said Only that they were reviewing what police investigators had found. Barry has acknowledged Mak ing several visits to Lewis whom he de scribed As an acquaintance but de Nied any involvement with drugs. Asked on thurs Day whether he a Rev would submit to a an drug lest Barry responded i would do anything necessary to gel this Issue be Hind  tic said he would discuss in with his doctor and hell Tell me what to   asked if thai mean he would Lake the drug test if his doctor approved the mayor said he would absolutely the police investigation was said to be focused on whether Lewis was involved in any drug activity Why the mayor was. In the hotel and Why the police officers did not search lewis1 hotel room until after he had checked out Friday morn ing. Hold employees police sources said initially had complained that Lewis had offered drugs in return for sex. The Public needs to know what happened Barry said. I still have demanded and Call for a Complete investigation and a Complete disclosure of this report so this City can get on with its business at the beginning of the news Confer ence Barry promised to provide details on his relationship with Lewis but he revealed Only that he Mcl Lewis when Lewis worked for the District govern ment. The mayor refused to answer questions after finishing his remarks. Barry s latest controversy refocuses scrutiny on his social habits Barry who is married acknowledged last year he once had a personal relationship with a convicted cocaine dealer Karen Johnson. However he dented buying cocaine from her or using drugs with tier and denied reports she had been paid hush Money. In the midst of inc Johnson controversy last year Barry was shooed away from the Southeast Washington Home of exotic dancer Grace Shell who had complained that Barry was harassing her and trying to persuade her to Slan a relationship with him. -. -. Mississippi judicial election approved Jackson miss. A two Federal courts cleared the Way thursday for the Selling of a statewide Dale for inc elec Tion of trial judges delayed for years by. Racial discrimination lawsuits. Stale attorney general Mike Moore said inc action would end the piecemeal fashion in which voters elect chancery and circuit judges by allowing one elec iionjune20. Now 1 Don t think Mississippi is discriminatory and 1 think it is time we stood up and showed it Moore said. No Black has been elected a judge in Mississippi without first being appoint cd. Asa result Blacks challenged judicial election practice in lawsuits filed in 1984 and 1985, and some judges whose terms expired remained in office await ing court  action involved the signing of proposed orders in two separate courts. Carroll Rhodes a lawyer in hazier Hurst who represents Black plaintiffs in the lawsuit said an agreement had been reached to allow Federal courts in both Mississippi and Washington to close pending cases and appeals dealing with inc election of chancery and circuit judges. Under inc agreement primary elections will be held site wide april 4 for the judg ships with the general election june 20, Rhodes said. . District judge William a bar Bour or. Signed an order delaying until june elections that would have been held in february in 21 districts that have not voted for judges since 1982. Under a settlement of a racial Bias lawsuit already worked out by Harbour 13 Blacks had tiled in those districts be fore a dec 9 deadline. Attorneys said under inc agreement filing would not be reopened in the 21 districts. The other court that signed an order thursday was a panel or three Federal judges in Jackson led by inc chief judge of the 5th . Circuit court of appeals ii tentatively accepted settlement of a similar Rudis Vrieling lawsuit in which election of judges Post by Posl instead of District wide was challenged As designed to dilute Black s voting strength  
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