European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. April 4,1989 the stars and stripes pages blood donor Goldie a mixed bad owned by Larry and doth Law Bunny of Soi Nellle miss., plecs blood at by ton s Angell memorial animal Hospital which is participating in the nation s first animal blood drive faking the blood is lie Hospital s surgery supervisor Laurie Cott Laro left and nurse Millura Mower. Hitler fan fined pledges parties no More Las vegas not Ever sensitive about their City s reputation business leaders Here Ore glad the Engelstad affair is finally Over. Ralph Engels lad a Casi no and hotel operator agreed recently to pay $1.5 million in fines and damages arid promised not to hold any More birthday parties for Adolph Miller what was so unusual about the Fine the second larg est Ever imposed by the Nevada gaming authorities was that it was not for any of the usual gambling sins like skimming or loading inc Dice. Rather the gaming Board said Engels lad had damaged Nevada s image by glorifying Hitler and the third Reich at his Imperial Palace hotel and Casino on the glittery Las vegas strip. ,.". Last year local news reports disclosed that Engels lad had a secret room full of a i Memorabilia including murals of Hitler and a painting of Engelstad. Dressed m nazi uniform. He also threw two birthday parties for the nazi Leader in i9b6 and 1988, and owns automobiles used by German and japanese Lead ers in world War ii. ,. Engelstad denied being a a i sympathizer saying thai his interest was purely historical and that the birthday parties were just theme parties to boost employee morale the Nevada gaming control boned d id not Sec it that Way. The charge was honouring Iii glorifying Hitler said Gerald a Cunningham a Board member. It was an improper act which affected the reputation of the state of Nevada while denying thai. He had glorified Hitler Engelstad who has refused to , agreed to the Fine and nine rest Rici Ion on his License to avoid an inquiry thai could have resulted in revocation of his gaming License the ultimate calamity in Nevada a spokesman for the Las vegas jewish Community comment cd after All was Sai f and done we fell the Man was punished As much As possible but added we will not go into his meanwhile Las vegas tongues arc wagging Over an other gaming matter a $38.8 million verdict that Blackjack dealers won on March 8 against the Las vegas Hilton hotel which summarily discharged them in 1983 because they were too the rial shed rare Light on the inner Workings of casinos. The plaintiffs All men were dismissed after nine months in which the Casino s Lake from the Blackjack table was abnormally Low normally the Casino expects its win percentage to run about 18 percent to 21 percent of cts the Lake for inc period in question was averaging Only 12.8 percent. The fired men were re placed by Young women., / Hilton officials maintained that the Industry tradition under which anyone can be dismissed at will was essential Given the chances of scams though no proof was offered that the men cheated that was the implication. You have to understand the nature of our Busi Ness testified Barren Hilton chairman of the Hillon hotels corp. We have a tremendous amount of Cash. You have to mate decisions. s a problem you have to -. Brian k. Berrian attorney Tor the dealers accused the hotel of age and sex discrimination breach of con tract bad Faith discharge and intentional infliction of emotional distress. If there was cheating he argued it was a scheme in which management was diverting Money on its Way to the counting room. The jury was trying to Send a message to the Casino Industry that it cannot fire at will As it has historically done Herman said. Hilton which is also facing charges by the Federal equal employment Opportunity commission said it would Appeal. 20,000 abortion a hts marchers Israel reportedly ii. I a c c paying sex spirally in downtown san Francisco j n . Prison san Francisco api at least 20,000 people marched through Down town on sunday in a Noi a abortion rights demonstration. That organizers called inc largest pro Choice gathering held in the san Francisco May area. Police estimated the crowd at about 20.000, but organizers of the March for women lives said More than 30,000 people participated in the March and rally at City Hall. Margarct. Connell 59, of Santa Barbara marched with her 83-year-old Mother and 30-year-old daughter. They carried n sign that said three generations for i think what s before us is a Choice of whether abortion is Safe and Legal or whether abortion is unsafe and illegal said Connell. It s not whether there s going to be the March reportedly including sup porters from As far away As Oregon and Washington slate was held in conjunction with a scheduled april 9 abortion rights rally -.in/Washington. . In new Yark cily about 400 abort lion fights activists some hoisting giant clothes Hiitt Gers. Pushed a aint anti abortionists in a demonstration in front of St. Patrick s Cathedral in a rare show of civil disobedience marking what a rally Leader called a turning Point in the abortion rights movement nine activists were arrested for trespassing on Church property and for disorderly conduct Cardinal o Connor we know your mormons urged to lobby for less violence sex on to position you Are the head of the new inquisition shouted the protesters who claim that Cardinal John o Connor and tin1 roman Catholic Hierarchy . Women by sup porting Radical anti abortionists. Activists on Boih sides of the Issue have been galvanized by a recent . Supreme court decision to hear a Case that could overturn Legal protections for a onion. Avalanche kills skier Keystone Colo. An of Alun tie killed a Bac country skier who was skiing in a restricted area authorities said. Douglas , 23. A Brick Enridge ski area lift operator died of suffocation Summit county Deputy Coroner Derek Woodman said. Sands of time new York at1 Israel is paying 15,000 a month to convicted spy Jona than Jay Pollard who is serving a life sentence in Federal prison in Illinois for stealing . Secrets for Israel according to a published report. Each month 15,000 is put in an israeli Bank account for the former . Intelli gence analyst according to the april 10 Issue of Newsweek Magazine Newsweek attributed the information to territory of lits a forthcoming Book by Jerusalem Post correspondent Wolf Blitz or Blitzer suggests Pollard an american citizen will eventually make a Deal to be deported to Israel where hell gel the Cash bul no . He a get some mane and probably even a Nice apart mint. Bul that s it an israeli official told Newsweek. Salt Lake City a a mor Mon Church official joined the Battle against violence and win television telling Church leaders sunday there is an undeniable link Between televised Vio Lence and human behaviour. In remarks to the concluding session of the Church s i59th annual general conference elder m Russell Ballard urged parents Tocu Plarl and control their children s television vie ing. He urged the 6.7 million members of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day saints to write to television stations Cable and National networks and Spon sors to express concern about program Ming thai tears Down and destroys the values that have made our families and our countries Strong Bayard s remarks were similar to those by a Michigan housewife and a Mississippi group who recently put pres sure on advertisers to drop their sponsorship of controversial shows. Terry Makolla of Bloo Fidd Hills mich., Drew nationwide support and got some advertisers to pull sponsorship of the program married. With Chil some advertisers also cancelled commercials on saturday night live after the american family association of Tupelo miss., complained Ballard insisted that people should not Tave lightly now executed serial killer Ted bund a claim that violence in the Media had fuelled his contended family life wot id improve if television watching were reduced from the National average of seven hours a Day to two hours of carefully selected programs. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today april 4, 1949 foreign ministers from 10 european countries the United Stales and Canada formally signed the North Atlantic treaty in Washington As president Truman called the pact a Long step toward permanent peace in the whole 30 years ago foe a. April. 1959 Indian officials reported the 25-year-old Dalai Lama the Spir Tuul and political Leader of revolt Lorn Tibet had crossed safely into India from ins country and had been granted diplomatic Asylum by the Indian government. 20 years ago today. April 4. 1969 Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau said Canada would sri a phased reduction of his armed forces in the North Atlantic treaty organza Tion by ginning the following year 0 years ago today. April 4.1979 a bomb exploded inside a mail warehouse at Frankfurt International Airport in West Germany injuring 10 persons and leaving the facility a Sham Hies of charred and damaged mail
