European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday August 19, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 1 Snake staggers from left Bruce Budnar Felix pc Liz Todd i lard ick and Joe Vasille ski unite to earn the 250-Pound Python. Huge puff Ion snared under Flo. Home fort Lauderdale Fla. A a giant Python known to gobble Down raccoons like they were Marsh mallows was captured thursday by four men who tunnelled under a Home to confront the 20-foot, 250-Pound Snake. I got a Jose enough to snare it and then we just attacked said Todd Hardwick owner of Pesky critters re location in suburban Miami. It showed no fear of us. It s a proud rep tile. He could have broken our ribs in the Flash of an Hardwick believes the Python was a pet released years ago in a nearby Park across from fort Laud Crdal Beach. The animal probably crawled under the House and caught Small animals for food. The homeowners had been calling people for a month but no one wanted to go after it said Hardwick whose company traps nuisance animals i South Florida. People say they be seen it cat 30-Pound raccoons like they were Hardwick believes the Snake is the largest Ever captured in Southern Flor Ida where Many exotic pets Are Ille Gally released into the wild. The Python a native and Indonesia can grow to More than 30 feel. The snakes which Are nol venomous Coil around their prey to Stop breathing and blood flow. On wednesday. Hardwick and a Crew began digging tunnels below inc Home. They found the Snake about eight feet underground next to a con Crete Wall. Hardwick said he hooked the Snake around the head Wilh a pole snare. He and his helpers then wrestled it Down and yanked in out of inc Tunnel. Exxon named in spill suit Washington a two nation Al environmental groups sued Exxon corp. Thursday seeking to Force the Oil giant to pay the full Cost of fixing environmental damage caused by the Exxon Valdez Oil spill in Alaska s Prince Wil Liam sound. The suit filed in state Superior court in Anchorage Alaska charges Exxon was negligent in tailing to prevent the March 24 spill and that Exxon and its six part ners in the Alyeska pipeline service co., which runs the trans Alaska Oil pipeline fraudulently misrepresented their ability to prevent or control a major spill. This lawsuit simply seeks to Force those who caused the unprecedented As Sault on the environment to pay to re store one of the world s last reservoirs of natural Beauty to its original unspoiled said the complaint by the nation Al wildlife federation and the natural resources defense Council. Sharon new Simc the wildlife federation s vice president for resources conservation told a news conference the suit complements and reinforces one filed tuesday by Alaska seeking to recover unspecified damages for losses from the spill. She said billions of dollars May be required to fix the damage. Exxon spokeswoman Sarah Johnson said the company would not comment on the suit until it had seen it. The suit says Exxon should pay for the establishment of an Independent group of scientists appointed by the Alaska court to control and Monitor the environmental restoration Effort. Exxon should also pay to buy natural resources such As fish and wildlife to compensate for ecological damage that cannot be repaired the suit says Powell credits Rise to military s equal Opportunity new York a Colin a Powell. Inc Black general nominated to head inc joint chiefs of staff attributed his Rise thursday to equal Opportunity in the military that he said docs not exist in All of society. Citing his own nomination and the Choice of a woman As first Captain of the Cadet corps at the . Military facade my. Powell told the National association of Black journalists almost All barriers have now it remains for All society he said to follow inc Lead of inc military in provid ing equal Opportunity. If you look at the armed forces of the United states you Sec the kind of Opportunity for advancement that regrettably does not exist in every part of our society even within your own profession Powell said. In was he said inc kind of Opportunity that we have led the Way with and hopefully will eventually spread to All parts of our society. So that achieve ment recognition should be a function solely of Powell 52, formerly National Security adviser to former president Reagan was nominated As the Nalion s most senior military Leader by president Bush last week. If confirmed by the Senate he would be the first Black in the Job. Powell suggested to the journalists group what he said would have been Thebes second paragraph to news stories on his nomination Gen. Powell s appoint ment would not have been possible with out inc sacrifices of those Black soldiers who served this great nation in War for Over 300 years the real Story is that yes. I climbed. I climbed Well i climbed hard and i climbed Over the Cliff he said. Bui always on inc backs on inc contributions of those who went before. Your Challenge and my Challenge Islo Tell our Young people throughout inc land Black White whatever coloration Hal icy pc got to prepare themselves. They be got to be ready. I May have crossed Over and climbed the Cliff with the help of Many Powell said. Bui now Hal we re on lop of that Cliff and looking ahead there arc still More Rivers to Cross and our Young people have to be Senate confirmation hearings on the nomination of Powell arc scheduled to begin Early next month paving the Way for him to succeed adm. William a Crowejr. Ocl. I. Bush begins vacation with a boat ride Golf , Maine a president Bush surrounded himself Wilh children and grandchildren thursday As he began inc first full Day of his 2 a Weck summer vacation Wilh a cherished activity a fasl boat ride. The president who planned few pub Lic appearances during a vacation scheduled to last through labor Day spent several hours crashing through Atlantic Waves in his speedboat Fidelity with two of his sons George w. Bush of dal Las and Neil Bush of Denver. The president later played 18 holes of Golf at a local course with son George and the club s Golf pro Ken Raynor. Although Bush shot a no comment at a reporter s question on developments in Poland when asked How his vacation was going he should now we re talk ing when Bush repeated a shot on the 12th Green four limes before he Sank inc Ball in the Hole his son joked one of the advantages of being president is you get to pull As much As you want by inc weekend All of inc first family s five children and 11 grandchildren were to have gathered Al Walker s Point. Bush s ii acre coastal vacation com Pound. In will be the largest gathering of the Bush clan since inc president s inauguration in january. Sands of time in the stars and stripes40 years ago today. Aug. 19, 1949 John j. Mccloy . High commissioner in Germany announced his office would be activated ocl. I and Hal inc liquidation of inc occupation military government in Germany was expected to be completed by nov. Is 30 years ago foe a. Aug. 19, 1959 the stale depart men denied reports Hal the government was considering a soviet proposal to place West Berlin and a linking corridor through East Germany under the Wisl German Federal Republic s control. 20 years ago today. Aug. 19, 1969 Al Casl 18 persons were killed and several Mississippi civics Dusl Royce As Hurricane Camilla moved across the Gulf coast Wilh 205-Mph winds. 10 years ago today. Aug. 19,1979 Texas officials reported in might be impossible to keep i than 64.5 million Gallons of crude Oil Hal had spilled from inc mexican snip from entering Matagorda Bay and destroying inc coast. Inc More i bloc i
