European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday december 28,1989 Mark Solomon feeds two emus at his East Texas ranch. The Birds fetch More than $12,000 a pair. For an ugly Bird Emu is proving to be a real beaut Lovelady Texas a there s Oil i them thar Birds and two entrepreneurs Are Cash ing in on the animal that s so despised in it native land that the government once paid peo ple to kill the  a 65-Acrc tract in the East Texas Piney Woods Mark Solomon and Dusty Driskell arc entering their second year As a new Breed of Texas oilmen raising  s just been unbelievable for us beyond our wildest dreams said Solomon 27, whose full time Job with the Texas department of criminal Justice is designing furniture manufactured forthe state by inmates. We have to Pinch ourselves to see if we reawaken. It s still hard to believe and we have to Tell ourselves it s really happening said Dris Kell 29, a tax consultant. Last october the lifelong friends purchased pair of emus for ,800. The australian Birds which resemble ostriches now fetch More than$12,000 a pair. Solomon and Driskell now have 31 Birds including 12 Breeding pairs. And profits from the sales of Birds to people who buy them As an invest ment have enabled Solomon and Driskell to Pur Chase the 65-acre spread in Houston  Don t know what they Are but they be been Good for us Solomon  can grow to about 5 i feet tall and can weigh up to 120 pounds. The Only bigger Bird is the Ostich. Emus have Brownish Black feathers a Long neck and Long tags that can propel them about 30mph. The Bird s meat hide and feathers arc Marketa ble but what makes emus valuable is the Oil they  Oil about 5 quarts per processed Bird is used As a pharmaceutical for people suffer ing from arthritis. In cosmetics the Oil is used in production of a wrinkle retarding  and Solomon say the meat although not readily available tastes like beef and has Les cholesterol and fewer calories. The hide is used like Ostrich leather and the feathers arc used for fishing lures and Feather dusters. Even the Large Tonaus three per foot Are used for  now it s strictly a breeders Market Solomon said recently. That s Why prices Are so High because there Are not so Many around. But it s getting More  prices Are on the Rise because of speculation about placing a processing Plant in the unite states according to the american Emu association. One Plant already operates in Europe an another in Australia where thousands were killed and bounties were placed on the Emu because the Bird trampled sheep fences and ate crops. Romanian envoys continue work for new government Washington a ambassador Ion stoic Hiciano a few aides struggled to conduct diplomacy from the barricaded egg splattered romanian embassy tuesday consulting with . Officials and helping romanians who want to return  embassy was closed while the staff shifted gears and loyalties from the deposed Nicolae Ceausescu tothe revolutionary National salvation committee which televised pictures of the executed despot and his wife tuesday morning. We have the same feelings As other romanians said Stoichick who declared his loyalty to the new government on saturday before the outcome of the fighting was Clear. Another embassy officer Vasilic Leca said All the staff. Fully support the National salvation commit tee. We condemn the crimes that were done to the romanian people by Nicolae and Elena  Stoichick and Leca refused to allow a reporter inside the embassy speaking instead through Iron bars on a window in the consular , Frozen eggs coated the White Brick Walls of the embassy a Tum of Century mansion on Sheridan Circle along embassy Row. Wooden police barricades and yellow plastic tape stretched alongside the sidewalk where scores of romanians braved frigid temperatures Over Christma weekend to vent their rage against a Symbol of Ceausescu s 24-year  ambassador said his first order of business was to work to improve relations with the United states which had grown increasingly critical of Ceausescu s human rights  evening the state department informed us that they recognized the staff of the romanian embassy As the representative of the new government said the ambassador. He said he was in Telephone Contact with stale department officials. A stale department official said no meetings we rescheduled Between Stoichick and american diplomats but we remain in Contact with them As much As we  Are in Telephone Contact with us but when we Call them they Don t answer said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity. Press Calls to the embassy were not answered  consular officials were also accepting through the barred window visa applications from romanian americans who wanted to return Home. I want to go Back to help the people who Are suffer ing. I would like to offer blood Money anything i can said Hie aurelian a romanian emigre artist who lives in Springfield a. His wife is part of Romania s hungarian minority and subject to official persecution under Ceausescu. They emigrated from Romania five years  agreed that it was necessary to kill Ceausescu to prevent Security forces from rescuing him an restoring him to Power. So now the killing has stopped. That is Good said aurelian. . Officials also regretted the secret  would have preferred it if there had been a Public trial White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwa Ter said. Man pleads guilty to smuggling 200 tons of marijuana into . Seattle a a Man prosecutors Call the biggest single dealer in Southeast asian marijuana pleaded guilty to smuggling an estimated 200 ions of the narcotic into the United states Over a four year period. Brian Peter Daniels 43, appeared before . District judge John cough our and admitted tuesday to one count of operating a continuing criminal Enterprise and two counts of conspiracy to import and distribute marijuana. Daniels a new yorker who has lived in Thailand for the past 10 years could be sentenced to life imprison and fined up to $6.25 million. Sentencing was set for May 25. In court documents Daniels said he masterminded some of the biggest marijuana shipments from South cast Asia to the United Stales Between 1984 and 1988. The shipments included tons of marijuana delivered to Seattle Southern California Oregon Nevada Brit ish Columbia and Mexico. Among them was the ship ment of 72 tons of High Grade laotian marijuana seized in june 1988 aboard the encounter Bay an Oil Supply vessel off the Washington coast. As far As i m aware he was the single biggest broker of Southeast asian marijuana said assistant . Attorney Peter Mueller. He helped negotiate a plea agreement that dropped charges filed in san Diego and Reno nev., in Exchange for a guilty plea. Daniels trial Caps one of the longest and most successful sting operations by the drug enforcement administration in which its agents in Seattle Reno Miami Hong Kong and Bangkok Thailand collaborated to ensnare the drug dealer. Dozens of other defendants have been prosecuted in Seattle san Diego and Reno and arrest warrants have been issued for other key figures who Are in  said the Agency was Able to obtain informants who wanted to get out of the marijuana business and Coset up an undercover Money laundering operation using agents posing As Money collectors and  the encounter Bay seizure two Seattle agents posed As fishermen willing to unload the  police and . Drug enforcement agents arrested Daniels in july 1988 in Zurich Switzerland where he had gone for treatment of an old Burn injury. Ship officer walks razor s Edge after Disney fires 2 for mustaches Long Beach Calif. A the Queen Mary s first officer said hell probably be the next to walk the Plank following the firings of two waiters whose mus taches ran afoul of a Walt Disney co. Grooming code. First officer John Magness said he planned to keep the Mustache he has worn for 42 years while serving on ships around the world. I m going to work punch in As usual and if they want to fire me they can find me and fire me mag Ness 65, said tuesday adding that he would fight the expected dismissal in court. Waiters Racza nazi Tehrani and Tom Nicolai were dismissed Christmas eve for refusing to shave facial hair forbidden by Disney which owns the leaseholds on the permanently docked Ocean liner in Long Beac Harbor. I got a Beautiful present from the Disney Corpora Tion my Pink slip said Naze Tehrani. A 12 a year Queen Mary employee. Nicolai 26, called the 35-year-old Disney policy barring facial hair out of Date. Both men said they would file Union grievances pro testing their  grooming restriction which bans mustaches beards and Long hair on men puzzles those who recall that Walt Disney himself sported a Mustache. Bright Eye Shadow red fingernails or two tone hair for women Are also forbidden. Naze Tehrani 43, said the Issue involved More than appearance. I am iranian he said. This Mustache is part of my culture. It is a thing of  five or fewer Queen Mary workers have lost their jobs for refusing to shave said Rich Karlin a spokes Man for the tourist attraction. He said the firing  and Nicolai on Christmas eve was an Accident of  bought rights to the Queen Mary a couple of years ago but Only imposed its company wide dress and grooming codes on the ship recently in conjunction with a promotional Campaign. I think the initial reluctance people expressed has subsided Karlin said. It was controversial for Only week or