European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 12,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 5sons accused of wealthy parents murder Uncle says family feels Brothers not responsible by the los Angeles times i of Angeles a an Uncle of Lyle and Erik Menendez said saturday that he and other relatives believe the Brothers have been wrongly accused of brutally murdering their parents last August in the family a Beverly Hills mansion. Quot we done to think in the least circumstance that Thuv arc guilty of what they have been accused a said Carlos Baralt a new Jersey businessman who also is executor of the Menendez family a $14 million estate. A we Are behind the boys 100  he said that he had heard there was circumstantial evidence pointing toward Lyle and Erik Menendez As suspects. But he said he is confident there is evidence pointing in other directions As Well. �?o1 really really believe that the whole situation with the kids is something police have fallen into for Lack of a better Lead a he said. A i feel they acted perhaps precipitously. The police done to know these kids like 1  Lyle 22, was arrested thursday and is scheduled to be arraigned monday. His brother Erik 19, had been playing in a professional Tennis tournament in Israel. Erik surrendered to police when he returned Here sunday. Jose Menendez 45, chief executive of live entertainment inc., a video and music distributor and his wife Kitty 44, were slain in a barrage of Shotgun blasts at close Range As they watched television in the first floor Library of their Home last aug. 20. Their sons said they found the bodies when they returned from a night out. Police have said two killers committed the crime then picked up ejected Shell casings from the .12-gauge shotguns they used before fleeing the scene. The los Angeles times reported saturday that a Friend of Lyle Menendez found a spent. 12-gauge casing in one of the Young Many a jackets. Police said they had considered the Brothers to be suspects for some time but Only recently found a the glue that brought the Case together. That was an apparent reference to the seizure of tape re corded conversations Between the Brothers and a psychologist which occurred after the murders. Lyle and Erik Are the sole heirs to their parents $14 million estate. Baralt said that he heard from Erik late thursday night. According to the Uncle Erik had telephoned a Roommate in California Learned of his brother a arrest earlier in the Day and then called Baralt the Uncle said. A i told him the Best thing he could do was to turn himself in a Baralt said saturday. He said Erik immediately agreed. Baralt said he had not spoken to Lyle Menendez but said he understands that the older son a is afraid but pretty much in control and wondering Why he a been  Baralt said the entire family is ready to stand behind the sons. Other family members could not be reached saturday.21 years later Vietnam hero gets Bronze Star St. Louis apr Jim Lahr sat ramrod straight in his wheelchair tears Welling in his eyes saturday As his Field commander in Vietnam added a Long delayed Bronze Star to the rows of medals pinned to his Marine uniform. A the Good Guys finally won one a said col. Donald Meyers who retired from the corps less than two years ago. Quot it does no to happen very  while on patrol in Vietnam on March 21,1969 a 16 Days before the end of his 13-month tour of duty a Lahr and several other marines descended the Steep Banks of a Stream to fill canteens. It turned out they had stumbled onto a huge North vietnamese Supply Cache said Denver Lawson Freeman who probably would have died there if it weren to for Lahr. As they stooped in the 2-foot-Dccp water they were suddenly attacked with machine gun fire and rocket propelled grenades. A grenade fell nearby wounding Freeman and several others. A Corporal Lahr with Complete disregard for his own safety. Assisted several marines to safety a the award citation says. A despite the heavy fire he made several trips. Until he himself was wounded and unable to  Lahr said he took one round from a Rifle. The Bullet went into his shoulder grazed his lung hit three ribs and finally lodged in his spine paralysing him from the Waist Down. For 20 years neither Freeman nor Lahr knew that the other had survived. But through a Contact he made at a Marine corps reunion last summer. Freeman Learned that Lahr was living in Lincoln 111. He set out to see that his Friend received the Honor he deserved. A if he Hadnot pulled me out of the River that Day i  be Here today a Freeman said after the awards ceremony saturday at the Marine Reserve base in St. Louis. Lahr downplayed his heroism saying he did it All on impulse and did no to even know immediately that he was shot. A it All happened so fast a he said As he fingered the citation for heroism. �?o1 fell Down in the water and grabbed a big Rock. I did no to know i was hit until i looked Down and saw the blood running away from me in the  he said he remembers nothing More until he awoke on a Hospital ship several Days later. Col. Donald Meyers presents a Bronze Star to Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Soviet of 1 us a Deputy Premier Vyacheslav m. Molotov declared that the wik uni of a a mastered the secret of atomic Energy and the atomic weapons and lightened by the a striking terror of the Hydrogen bomb. Do soviet Iason off United states and Britain joined France in restricting the soviets failure cd in East germanyr�9� today. A the United _ _ the soviets fun j1lers t0 the area around their West German bases in retaliation for  prove acceptable passes for Allied Mission members Sta-2fc,�9� today a a a vietnamese shouting mobs of students and workers smashed the North cause a , Uong embassies in phenom penh Cambodia threatening to in that country a relations with its communist  n090 fuday. Nations commit Carter administration continued to support a United in Iran. N As Tae Best Means for winning release of the american hostages officials seeking workers exposed to iridium Pellet by the los Angeles times an International search is under Way for stevedores truckers and warehouse workers who May have been exposed to a tiny Pellet of radioactive material discovered in  from South Korea through los Angeles to the East coast. A there is no need for panic but there certainly is reason for concern a nuclear regulatory commission spokesman Karl Abraham said saturday. People handling the shipping crate in which the Loose Pellet was found a could have received significant exposure a he added. Abraham said that there was no danger to the general Public. The Globe girdling Pellet of iridium a about the size of a Pencil Eraser a was found thursday in Burlington mass., in a crate holding 14 specialized containers used to transport intensely radioactive materials. The containers were being returned empty from South Korea to the Massachusetts supplier Abraham said. The pellets Are used in a Ray cameras that scan the welds in structural steel to detect flaws. A if people were no closer than three or four feet for no longer than a couple of hours then the risk is relatively minor a Abraham said. A if somebody was closer for a Long period of time for a week or two then there could be enough radiation exposure to cause  the shipping crate left South Korea in late january and was in transit or in warehouses for 38 Days before arriving in Burlington officials said