European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lorry Bird the $6 million Man Page 27 vol.48.no.119 monday August 14, 1989 d 8693 a brutal Beirut Duel kills 22 More by the Washington Post Beirut syrian and lebanese Christian sol Diers saturday pounded Beirut and its suburbs with one of the most brutal exchanges of firepower in More than five months of fighting each Side vowing to continue the destruction until the other surren Ders. Artillery shells exploded often seconds apart throughout the City for the third straight Day As the City s few remaining residents cowered in crat Rcd Homes and Dank bomb shelters. The casualty toll for the past 72 hours so to More than 60 dead and 300 wounded As Rescue teams reported they were unable to reach victims because of the fighting. The associated press reported that at least 22 peo ple were killed saturday and 110 were wounded. It is a burning hell out there said lebanese red Cross worker rank Khoury. 24, in charge of the Hadath District Northeast of Beirut. When his volunteers Are summoned he said we realize with each Call that our turn will come sometimes we arc useless peo ple arc dying in their  lebanese Christian Gen. Michel Aoun who Heads a self declared Christian military government said his 5 month old Battle to expel syrian troops from Lebanon is going to be a Long  speaking by Telephone from his fortified under ground Bunker at the crat Rcd presidential Palace in Baarda Aoun said one of us has to. Be  wherever there Are syrians. I am going to hit As far As my guns can reach said the 54-year-old see Beirut on Back Page More . Aircraft join Hunt for Leland three Black Hawk helicopters take off from Addis Ababa Ethiopia to join the search for rep. Mickey Leland and 15 others. By the Washington Post Washington the defense department said saturday that it has stepped up its Effort to find rep. Mickey Leland a Texas and is others missing for a week in Ethiopia by increasing the number of . Search personnel to 265 and sending five additional aircraft to join the air and ground Effort that has turned up no sign of the missing plane. Mai. Gen. James f. Record the director of operations for the . Central come travelled to Ethiopia saturday to oversee what one Pentagon official called Art unprecedented search. In my professional memory in the military i am not aware of any search Effort anywhere in the world that has involved More . Military assets than have been applied to this particular search said Navy capt. Stan Bloyer a 21-year Veteran who is scarch and Rescue adviser to the joint chiefs of staff. The new details about the extent of american participation in the search which began shortly after the plane Dis appeared on aug. 7, appeared to placate see Leland on Back Page favourites in Runoff after Topping special vote for Wright s seat Dallas a Republican or. Bob Lanier will meet Democrat Pete go run in a Runoff for a congressional replacement for Jim Wright the former House speaker toppled by ethics charges fort Worth area voters decided saturday. Lanier Host of the nationally syndicated to health show "60 second House Call received 21,978 votes or 39 percent of the total to 17,751 votes or 32 percent for go run a fort Worth lawyer and former aide to sen. Lloyd Bentsen a Texas. That made a Runoff necessary since a candidate had to gel More than 50 percent of the vote to win. Democrat Jim Lane was third with 12,308 votes or 22 percent. The remaining five candidates two democrats two republicans and a libertarian trailed far behind. The highest vote getter of the five was Republican Laraine Bethke who had 1,313 votes or 2.4 percent. Under state Law candidates from both parties run in a single special election with a Runoff Between the two top vote getters if no one gets a majority. The Law requires the governor schedule the Runoff 20 to 30 Days after the votes Are officially counted. At the american legion Post where Wright and his wife Betty cast ballots earlier saturday a steady Stream of voters turned out during an overcast so degree morn ing. Turnout had been expected to play a Large part in the election because few issues divided the candidates and Many residents remained angry that they had to vote for anyone other than the popular Wright. Voter turnout also was expected to affect an emotionally charged referendum on reorganizing Dallas City Council districts to equalize voting Power Between Whites and minorities. With about 75 percent of the ballots counted saturday night the proposal was getting heavy support. On another Issue voters in the Dallas suburb of cop Pell faced suspension of bus Sci vice at Midnight sunday after voting to withdraw from the Dallas area rapid transit authority. The suburbs of Carrollton Irving piano and Rowlett decided to keep the service. In the congressional race Lanier and Gercon had been the front runners in a recent opinion poll. Each Man had his party s endorsements but Lane who stressed a pro Choice stand on abortion had endorse ments from labor groups and Wright s son. Wright did not endorse anyone. Also on the ballot were democrats George Petrovich or. And Bill Turner republicans Bethke and Jim Hunter and libertarian Robert Buckingham or. Wright who was revered for his talents at serving constituents and bringing Federal Money and jobs to fort Worth resigned his House scat june 30 after an ethics investigation turned up 69 instances of alleged rules violations. Horse survives plunge into Pool Albuquerque . A a horse try ing to get to a Fig tree in its owner s Yard fell into a swimming Pool and treated water for a half hour in the deep end before he was rescued. Fadge a 9-year-old, 1,100-Pound arabian was rescued Friday from the Pool where he had to stay afloat in 8 feet of water until Rescue Crews could save him. The horse was discovered by 3-year-old Ash Ley Aceves whose father Henry owns both the horse and the House at first i thought it was a paper horse be cause horses Aren t supposed to be in swimming pools said Ashley. Aceves had to Drain the Pool so that Fadge could stand until rescuers arrived. Firefighters and animal control officers used a Tarpaulin and ropes to pull the animal out but Only after they coaxed him to the shallow end. The horse was exhausted and disoriented but otherwise unhurt said animal control officer Leslie Byrnes. It s a Good thing we got Here when we did because he was going to drown Byrnes said. He had Given up and probably thought he was going to die in