European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday february 14, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 exiled Moon flight Pioneer seeks visa Huntsville Ala. A a Nasa rocket Pioneer said it was a mistake for him to accept a agreement with the Justice department that exiled him from the United states and the accused sex nazi has asked to attend an Apollo space program reunion. Arthur Rudolph 82, has asked for a temporary visa to visit the National aeronautics and space administration s Alabama space and rocket cent Erthis summer for the Apollo reunion. Rudolph was project manager for the Apollo Moon flight s Saturn 5 rocket. The Apollo 8, Man s first flight around the Moon was launched dec. 12, 1968. Rudolph said it was dumb very dumb for him to accept the Justice department s offer of self exile instead of fighting for his . Citizenship in Justice department accused Rudolph of helping run a nazi concentration Camp South of Hamburg West Germany. I did not see a Chance to win in the situation iwas in so the simple solution was to go. And i made up my mind and carried it through even if twas wrong he said in an interview last week with the Birmingham Ala news at his Home near Ham Burg. Rudolph renounced his . Citizenship at Ham Burg s american consulate in May 1984 after agreeing to return to West Germany following a series of interviews with the Justice department s of fice of special regained his West German citizenship last year after a lengthy West German investigation concluded he had committed no War crimes in world War a member of nazi Germany s Werner Yon Braun rocket team during world War ii and a member of the nazi party Rudolph was put in charge of production of the v-2 missile m the under ground Mittel Werk Assembly factory about 140 Miles from Hamburg. The area is now Parton East Germany. The Justice department said during the War thousands of prisoners in the concentration amp were worked to death or executed at Mittel Werk. The Justice department charged in 1983 that Rudolph helped influence events Justice department confronted him with those accusations while he was living in retirement in did not have the financial resources to go Rudolph through a lengthy court trial Rudolph said. And did not know if after 40 years i could still find any witnesses to rebut the charges against me. An those were my main reasons for choosing to return to said he never pleaded guilty but they talk anyway about alleged things that i did not proven and i m not Haussermann who worked with Rudolph in world War ii Germany and again in development of Nasa rockets at Huntsville said a Campaign for restoration of the Rudolph s . Citizenship would he said greater attention would go to the re quest for a temp6rary visa for this think the fight for Rudolph s exoneration May take longer and we would like to get permission for him to visit Here even temporarily to be part of the reunion the United states owes him that Haussermann Exchange for his agreeing to leave rather than fight the accusations the Justice department agr edit would not Challenge the american citizenship of Rudolph s wife Martha who lives with him in Ham Burg or his daughter Marianne who works for Nasa in Southern was also allowed to keep his Nasa pen Sion and medical insurance coverage. Enthus ask a throngs was Chi female Bishop s debut Boston not on saturday she earned a place in Church history by be coming a Bishop. On sunday Bishop bar Bara Clementine Harris of the episcopal Church began the less dramatic work of simply being one. On the Day after she became the first woman consecrated As an anglican Bishop an office recognized by anglicans roman catholics and other major branches of christianity As having a Divi Nely mandated authority Harris preached at the episcopal Cathedra Church of St. Paul in Boston and pre sided at a service for the Union of Black episcopalians at St. Bartholomew Schurch in Cambridge. There Are a lot of things to learn when you become a Bishop Harris announced at the beginning of her Sermon at the Cathedral. One of the things i be Learned is that you re not allowed to preach As Long As you can in your Parish that was not the Day s Only lesson forthe Bishop. After arriving at St. Bartholo mews she discovered that the car As signed to her for the weekend had de parted with her Mitre the distinctive headgear a Bishop wears. Mitre or not Harris who is Black was greeted enthusiastically by the congregation which was commemorating the birthday of Absolom Jones an 18th Cen Tury slave who bought his Freedom and became a Leader of Black christians in Bishop Barbara Harris hugs Charles Coleman 12, after delivering her Sermon. Pennsylvania eventually being ordained an episcopal priest in 1804. In her Sermon earlier in the Day at the Cathedral Harris spoke on the Day s bib Lical text taken from Luke 4 1-13, about satan s temptation of Jesus. Temptation she said does not usually present itself As a Choice Between Good and evil but be tween what is easy and what is hard. Avoiding risks can be a temptation for groups As Well As individuals she said adding if the diocese of Massachusetts had played it Safe i would not be stand ing the Bishop s comment brought applause from the congregation contrast ing with the Stormy ceremony the Day before. At none of the events sunday was there an Echo of the vocal protests that marked the consecration. The episcopal diocese of Massachusetts the largest diocese in the 2.2-Mil lion member Church chose the 55-year-old Harris to be a Suffragan Bishop As sisting Bishop David Johnson who Heads the diocese. Dare to be fools for Christ she la make some mistakes. Well draw some criticism. Well stumble and Jesus will Bear the weight of our crosses As Long As necessary she of assent and an occasional soft amen rippled through the congregation As the Bishop spoke. The Cathedral was filled to capacity and among those in the congregation were some who had travelled to Boston from her former Parish the Church of the advocate in Philadelphia. Attending a reception for Harris after the Liturgy was the Rev. Tim Oili the first woman ordained an anglican fleeing Japan i who was already a Deacon in the Church was ordained in1944 by the anglican Bishop of Hong Kong and returned to occupied territory from which All the Church s clergy had fled an functioned As a priest until the end of the War. But pressure from the Church Hierarchy kept her from continuing until 1971. She travelled from Toronto where she now lives for Harris consecration. Role switch has teachers learning Misbehaviour Eaton rapids Mich. A on his first Day As a student at Eaton rapids High school Bob Lange was marked truant subjected to verbal abuse and told he should attend sum Mer school. It was an educational experience for Lange the school s principal who played student for the Day Friday As part of a role switch. The event sponsored by the student Council was aimed at improving relations Between teachers and students by giving both sides an appreciation of How Tough both roles Are Lange said. Teachers did t hesitate to imitate students behaviour skipping class forging papers and hanging out in restrooms. The students Are behaving better than usual said Jeremy Whittum athletic director and assistant Princi pal for the Day. It s the teachers who Are being the discipline the experience also taught teachers a lesson or two on classroom behaviour Lange said. A business teacher told Lange that the student teacher looked Over her shoulder while she did a computer assignment. The teacher does that to members of the class but As a student she did t like it Lange said. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb. 14, 1949 voting returns in Northern Ireland showed that pro British unionists had won overwhelmingly at almost two to one in the latest parliamentary elections. 30 years ago today. Feb. 14, 1959 the French nationalist party a Small extremist right Wing part formed when the fourth Republic collapsed a year earlier was dissolved on orders of the French government. 20 years ago today. Feb. 14, 1969 Andrew Jacobs jr., a three term congressman from Indiana announced that he would not accept the 41 percent pay raise legislated by Congress and would return the $12,500 to the Treasury for the rest of his two year term. I0 years ago today. Feb., 14, 1979 Pakistan s supreme court agreed to hear a request to delay the hanging of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto until further Legal arguments were completed
