European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday october 2,1989 pincers of bureaucracy Pinch family s pet Brooksville. Maine a a Man who is in hot water after being caught with an oversize lobster says her was a pet and Marine patrol officers went too tar when they seized the 10-Pound crustacean and made two boys cry. James Banc non a new yorker and summer resident of this Down East town said Friday he would not min paying the s 71.50 Fine for lobster fishing without a License. But he pleaded inno cent at his arraignment last week. The reason i m scrapping about it is that i think it is quite silly bothering Chil Dren Over a benign act Banc non said. He said two officers confiscated Herb earlier last month from the submersible Box where his sons James 10, and Clem ent 8, had kept it for about seven years. They cried their eyes  said Ben Anson. He recalled his younger son Tell ing him daddy police arc supposed to help you not make you  Banc non said he docs not know where Herb was taken but we Hope he snot in someone s  messages left Friday at the Marine patrol Headquarters in Augusta were not returned immediately. A Secretary said no officers were available at the Ellsworth Field office and referred Calls to Augusta. Herb lived on seafood. He loved log is a fish used for bait and Oil Bennson said. He loved dog fish. He could cat a 3-foot Dogfish in less than a week and he would cat everything but the  Herb also loved to be scratched while lying on the Dock preferably with Mussel shells and that is what ultimately led to Banc non s citation. Officers spotted the lobster earlier this month. Later two officers came to Ben Anson s Home and demanded identification so they could cite him. Bennson said. Bennson said he tried to find a new Home for Herb at aquariums but failed and the officers confiscated the lobster. Technically Benenson is accused or lobster fishing with the wooden Box his sons used to catch crabs Banc non said. His lawyer Barry Mills said he Hopes to work out an agreement with prosecutors in As amicable a Way As  on a scale of crime from one to 1,000, this is a one half Mills said. Lone voter tract Hodgson a graduate student at Boston University holds up one Finger to show that she cast the single vote in Ward 21, precinct 2, during the City s preliminary elections sept. 26. The 22 year old student from Little Rock kan., stunned election officials by being the Only one of 276 registered voters in the Ward to go to the polls. Mormon elders urge obedience Salt Lake City a a mormon Church offi Cial on saturday apologized for the leadership s human frailties brought on by old age but issued a Call for obedience to Church decrees. We arc sorry for our inadequacies sorry that Weare not belter than we Are. We see As you Sec the erosion of age As it limits and enfeebled his leaders before your very  said elder Boyd k. Packer an apostle of the Church. The 15 members of the governing first presidency and twelve apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day saints average 69 years of age and serve under a system of apostolic succession until death. Packer 65, and other members of the quorum of the mormon Church convened the Faith s 159th semiannual general conference with Calls for obedience. There arc those within the Church who Are Dis Turbed when changes they propose arc not made or when changes arc made with which they disagree Packer said. They Point to these changes As evidence that the leaders Are not  such critics Are always irritated by the word Obedi ence and always they question revelation. It always has been so Packer said. The remarks seemed aimed at criticism from George p. Lee a former member of the first quorum of the seventy and a Navajo who was excommunicated a month ago in a dispute Over the doctrinal role of indians in the Faith. Members of the Church s Hierarchy also condemned drug use As a form of murder reaffirmed that women cannot hold the Priesthood and said the safety of thou Sands of Young missionaries amid political turmoil abroad is a Paramount  the mormons president. Ezra Taft Benson at tended the gathering in the Tabernacle on Temple Square but one of his Counselor Thomas s. Monson read the 90-year-old Church Leader s address. Benson praised the Faith s elderly and counselled their families to Honor them. Dissidents end 41 week protest calling for resignation of priest Bridgeport Conn. A protesting parishioners of a predominantly polish roman Catholic Church say they have ended their 41-week demonstration calling for the resignation of their pastor. We re frustrated and it s time to Stop said Bria Syc a spokesman for the group. The dissidents were calling for removal of the  Bambol pastor at St. Michael the archangel Church. The group said it will continue to withhold financial support from the Parish and attend other churches until its demands Are  is not a Happy occasion Vincent Knapczyk another spokesman said Friday. We accomplished something. We showed that people could unite if they think something is  for 10 months demonstrators had gathered on the Street outside the Church to sing and  told about the end of the protest Bambol said Mazowiecki to meet Pope Warsaw Poland a prime minister Tadeus Mazowiecki planning a visit to Italy in october will meet with polish born Pope John Paul ii during his first trip since becoming the East bloc s Only non communist government Leader state television i cloned. He did t care what the group decided to do calling it demands senseless. I did t pay attention to those people he  disturbed and harassed people in the Church. It will be a Relief for he people in  schism that divided the Parish began in the summer of 1988 and exploded in december when Bambol called for the opening of the Church to non polls. His recommendation sparked an angry reaction from some parishioners who said the proposal threat ened the polish character of the  after the protests began the Rev. Roman pal asic Weskil who was popular with Many recent polish immigrants was ordered to leave the Parish by the Francis can order. Some parishioners blamed Bambo for the priest s t Ransfer and occupied the Church for a week. The sit in ended feb. 18 when Church authorities summoned police to evict the demonstrators. The Church then closed for three  eventually was suspended by his superiors for not returning to Poland As he was ordered Todo. The priest went into hiding and became the rally ing Point for the  then Palaszewski has travelled to the Vatican to plead to slay in the United slates. He remains i Poland awaiting a decision on his request. Stateside overdose cases crowd san Francisco hospitals san Francisco a an extremely potent form of heroin that appeared in the Cit recently has caused dozens of overdoses and one death and is overwhelming hospitals officials say. At least 42 people have overdosed on the mexican Black tar heroin since Friday morning and doctors Are barely Able to handle All the patients crowding the hallways said or. Ronald Dieckman emergency room physician at Sanfrancisco general Hospital where 38 of the Vic Tims were treated. The emergency room staff heard about the other victims by canvassing other hospitals. Ambulance Drivers reported additional uncounted cases Dieckman said saturday. It appears to be the influx of a Large amount of an extremely powerful drug dumped into theban area. Over the weekend we were Over  Dieckman said. Typically two or three overdoses would have normally occurred in that period he said. Woman gets probation for setting anti drug fire Houston a a woman who said she was inspired by president Bush s anti drug speech received two years probation for setting fire to a vacant trailer she believed was a crack House a prosecutor said. Jessie mall Gross 54, was sentenced to two years deferred adjudication in connection wit the fire that destroyed the trailer prosecutor Kathy Braddock said. Judge Jimmy James declined to impose a $500 Fine on Gross. The Fine had been requested by the prosecutor Braddock said. Police had responded several times to complaints about fights and disturbances at the trailer Park but Only Gross complained about alleged drug use at the vacant trailer Braddock said. Police weren t Able to determine if the trailer was used As a crack House. Braddock that Gross told authorities she was inspired to do something to Stop drug use after hearing Bush s speech last month. . To sell saudis tanks makes pledge to Israel new York up the White House has decided to sell about 300 . Army tanks to saudi Arabia while promising to help fulfil is Rael s Security needs if Israel does not try to Block the Sale the new York times reported. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney raised the possibility of Selling the army Battlefield mini tanks to the saudis three weeks ago when he meet with israeli defense minister Yitzhak Rabin in Washington the times said. So far israeli officials have not opposed the proposed Sale outright but have not expressed enthusiasm for the Prospect the times said. Each mini would sell for about $2.6  the saudis decide to Purchase All 315 from the United states the Sale would be Worth from$700 million to $ i billion the times said. Currently the saudi army has about 550american and French made tanks