European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 29, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 Home with $2 million addition1 still under spell Greenwich Conn. A it covers a space roughly the size or a football Field and boasts 10 bedrooms and 10 full bathrooms. But locals say Dun null in Hall also carries a curse that has brought ruin to its previous owners and could be a bad Omen forthe Home s current mistress Lcona Helm sly. The opulent 28-Rpom jacobean mansion on the outskirts of Greenwich with a $2 million addition has been in the National limelight in recent week because of the Federal tax evasion Case against Helm sly. She and her billionaire husband Harry Helm sly were accused of Billing s3 million in expenses at the House to their real estate Empire and hotel Chain. Federal jury in new York began deliberating the Fate of mrs. Helm sly and two former aides this  Helm sly was severed from the indictment because of mental incompetence. The prosecutor assistant . Attorney James de Vita says the Money was spent in a bid to turn the Home into a modern Taj mahal. It s probably one of the most important houses i Greenwich says Majorie Rowe president and co owner of preferred properties in Greenwich. She said the House features a dramatic stairway in the main entry a handsome Library and Many other gorgeous rooms. This House has some history if the Walls could talk said Rowe who has twice handled its Sale. Two previous owners lost the estate to financial setbacks another was indicted for forgery and a Dodge automotive heiress suffered marital problem with a husband who killed a Busboy in Florida and later killed himself. The three Story Brick mansion sits on 26 acres of rolling Hills in the Northern end of this posh new York suburb. Stone Walls Iron fences and a sophisticated electronic system keep the curious at Bay. But a glimpse is possible through the main Gate and up a1.000-foot driveway painted Brick red for Leona s birthday in 1986. The curious can also get a feel for the House by watching for a late night rerun of the 1968 film a Lovely Way to  the movie starring Kirk Douglas was filmed at the estate and in keeping with the alleged curse at Dunn Cllon it was a Flop. The Helmsley s Hometown newspaper the Green wich time recently obtained a rare look inside the House. Its reporter described in detail the ornate dining room with its chandelier tapestry paintings and floor to ceiling wainscoting the Limestone walled reception Hall grand staircase second floor workout room where Harry Helm sly exercises on a Treadmill under the Eye of his personal instructor and the Pic Tures of a smiling Lcona and Harry Helm sly that Grace nearly every room on the first and second floors. The main House stretches about 300 feet from end Mil "3 s i this Pool part of a $2 million addition is one of the expenses the 1 Lel Sleys allegedly billed to their business. To end and is More than 200 feet wide. It has More than 28,000 Square feet of living space. Separate from the mansion is a Ido-fool-by-25-foot guard House that provides nearly an additional 4,000 Square feet of living space. The building has five bedrooms and three bathrooms according to records at the Greenwich assessor s office. By comparison the White House has has 132rooms and 55.000 Square feet of space spread Over six floors. Dunn Cllon Hall was built in 1916 by Daniel Grey Reid for his Only daughter. It had four More owners each of whom suffered some ill Fortune before it was purchased by the Helms lays in 1983 for $11 million. Shortly after purchasing the Home the  a 4.453-Squarc-foot addition that runs More than 88 feet to enclose the swimming  of Limestone and Marble and topped by a Marble dance floor the addition Cost about $2million. It also is one expense the Helms lays allegedly billed to their business. Other renovations made by the Helms lays include $ 130,000 Remote control outdoor indoor stereo system which is named in the 47-Coum Federal indictment. There s also a wine cellar that can hold up to 5.000bottles and maintain them at 54 degrees according to literature on the House. The Kitchen features a huge walk in Bank vault that is 8 feet wide 8 fact Long and 10 feel High. Inside the vault arc Silver trays goblets candelabra a Champagne buckets. The mansion is maintained by a full time staff of15. Including chambermaid three gardeners a chef a Butler and a 24-hour Security Crew the Greenwich time reported. The previous owners who suffered the curse  Hall arc Loring Washburn president of a steel fabricating company who bought the House in 1950 but lost it to a commercial financing firm in 1963, Sherwood Dodge Moran of the Dodge Auto Mobile family who bought the House in 1967. A year later her husband a former new York City police Man shot and killed a Busboy who was apparently trying to climb into the bedroom window of their Florida Home. The slaying was ruled justifiable Hom Icide. She sold the Home in 1968 10 years later he husband died of a self inflicted gunshot. Investor Jack Dick who bought the Home in1968. He was indicted on larceny and forgery charges in 1971, but died in 1974 before his Case was settled. Ravi Tikoo who owned the world s largest Oil Tanker was the next owner. He lost his Fortune Dur ing the Arab Oil embargo. Many americans feel global War will happen within next 20 years new York a fifty years afterword War ii erupted half of All Ameri cans believe global War will consume the world again one Day a Media general associated press poll indicates. A majority of those who expect another world War believe it will happen with in two decades the Survey found. And fit docs recur most americans fear it will escalate into an All out nuclear conflagration. A majority of respondents to the pol also said one of world War la s darkest episodes could recur. A holocaust on the order of nazi Germany s murder of More than 6 million jews. The 1,163 respondents were asked do you think that kind of thing could happen again that is the killing of millions of people because of their Reli Gion or ethnic background six in 10said it could. More than a million German soldiers invaded Poland on sept. 1, 1939, prod Ding France and Britain to declare Waron Germany a few Days later. World War ii lasted until 1945, claiming the lives fan estimated 50 million people. The United states joined the War i december 1941 after the japanese at tacked the . Pacific Fleet at Pear Harbor Hawaii. Four years later the . Air Force hastened Japan s surren Der by dropping atomic bombs on Hiro Shima and Nagasaki the Only Tim nuclear weapons have been used in War. Six in 10 poll respondents said the Hiroshima bombing in which 200,000 peo ple died was right. Seventy percent of the men in the Survey supported the bombing half the women agreed. Two in 10 respondents said the sometimes think of Japan As the enemy because of the War. And with Japan now one of the world s leading economic Powers nearly four in 10 said the unite states did too much to help rebuild Japan after the War. A smaller group 24 percent said the United states did too much to help re build West Germany which also boasts one of today s strongest economies one in 10 said they sometimes think of Ger Many As the enemy. Respondents strongly supported the reunification of Germany which was divided after the War into democratic West Germany and communist controlled East Germany. Seventy percent favor Edthe two germanic coming together again As one country. Overall nearly 70 percent considered themselves familiar with the events of world War ii. Older people were far More Apt to rate themselves As very familiar with the War 57 percent of those older than age 64 chose that category compared with just 12 percent of those younger than 45. Familiarity with one aspect of the Warwas overwhelming 95 percent said they had heard of the holocaust. Age was Nota Factor. Respondents in the oldest group wireless Likely to believe there will be another world War. But they were More Likely to expect that if one did occur it would escalate into All out nuclear War holocaust victims protest Convent at Auschwitz site Loch Sheldrake . A More than 1.000 jewish holocaust survivors sunday called on Pope John Paul into remove a controversial carmelite con vent from a building at the site of the Auschwitz concentration Camp. A statement released by the american gathering federation of jewish holocaust survivors meeting at Brown s hotel in sul Livan county said Vatican silence on the Issue was reminiscent of papal inaction during world War ii when More than 6 million jew s died in the  Meed president of the american gathering said the presence of the carmelite nuns at the site angered jews and that they had set up symbols of Faith holy to them but alien to most of those who perished at Auschwitz the nuns have been the subject of pro tests by jewish groups for about two years. Catholic leaders signed an accor with jewish leaders agreeing to remove the group by feb. 22,1989, but the nuns Are still in the building in Oswie Cim. Poland a few feet from the Fence surround ing the concentration Camp